An electric Hummer? Battery-powered trucks head to showrooms
DETROIT (AP) — Seven auto companies have plans to roll out new battery-powered pickup trucks over the next two years, aiming to cash in on…
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Trump taunts Lesley Stahl of ’60 Minutes’ after cutting off interview
Michael M. Grynbaum and Maggie Haberman, The New York Times October 20, 2020 President Donald Trump abruptly cut off an interview with “60 Minutes” star…
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Trump and Biden gird for the final debate of a bitter campaign
In a phone interview broadcast on “Fox & Friends,” Trump lashed out at the moderator of Thursday’s event, NBC’s Kristen Welker, as “totally partisan” and…
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CEO Secrets: Juggling kids and a new lockdown business
Lockdown and the extra childcare that came with it put an “immense” burden on parents, according to a report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies…
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Video: Customer assaults Salem restaurant owner after arguing about fried rice and refusing to tip
October 20, 2020 | 7:29 PM A restaurant manager in Salem was assaulted by an enraged customer last weekend after she refused to leave a…
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Royal Mail launches parcel pick-up service
The postal service launches a home collection service as online shopping booms. Source link
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Covid: How to protest during a global pandemic
Young activists explain the challenges they have faced in demonstrating during a global pandemic. Source link
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Machines to ‘do half of all work tasks by 2025’
Millions more jobs will be lost to robots with Covid accelerating the trend, says the World Economic Forum. Source link
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Adapting in a pandemic: Inside Europe’s largest cancer unit
As hospitals grappled with a surge in Covid-19 cases, cancer units up and down the United Kingdom had to adapt fast. They were faced with…
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Supreme Court split in Pa. election case raises questions about how a Justice Barrett would rule
The order was a temporary reprieve for Democrats who fought to ensure those ballots would be tallied. But the justices had split 4-to-4 on the…
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Newspaper headlines: ‘Chaos’ of Manchester curbs and PM’s ‘tussles’
The row over tougher Covid measures and Boris Johnson’s other conflicts feature on the front pages. Source link
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McConnell warns White House against making stimulus deal as Pelosi and Mnuchin inch closer
McConnell’s attempted intervention came as Pelosi and Mnuchin continued negotiating over the roughly $2 trillion economic relief package. Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill said the “conversation…
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Nasa’s Osiris-Rex probe touches asteroid Bennu in sample bid
But the Nasa-led mission will have to wait on further data from Osiris-Rex before it’s known for sure that material was actually picked up. Source…
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Moderna CEO: Vaccine could be approved for emergency use in December
October 20, 2020 | 6:19 PM Stéphane Bancel, the CEO of Cambridge-based biotech company Moderna, told the Wall Street Journal Monday that the US government could…
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Analysis | The Trailer: Is this the future of the GOP?
EUGENE, Ore. — Like every debate in the age of the coronavirus, it was awkward. Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, the Democrat who has represented southwest…
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US election 2020: Why it can be hard to vote in the US
Long queues, weird rules and strict ID laws… what are the barriers to voting and why do they exist? Source link
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Weary city dwellers escape to Montana, creating a property gold rush
BOZEMAN, Mont. – The four-bedroom contemporary just west of town smelled of fresh paint, flooring, sealant and new beginnings. The Bridger Mountains beckoned against an…
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The other side of America’s iconic folk anthology is entrancing — but also plenty disturbing
An experimental filmmaker, artist, mystic and collector of everything from paper airplanes and Seminole textiles to Ukrainian Easter eggs, Smith was best known for one…
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Analysis | Trump’s farmer bailout has given $21 billion to red counties and $2.1 billion to blue ones
The first part of this isn’t true. Trump imposed tariffs on products coming from China, a tax paid largely by American consumers. The second part,…
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Top Democrats refuse to stand by Feinstein after she praised GOP handling of Barrett hearings
Feinstein’s comments, praising Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham last week after four days of confirmation hearings, infuriated Democrats and liberal activists who had been seeking…
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