Republican Sen. David Perdue and Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff battered each other Wednesday night with what has become the familiar refrains of their bitter race: Perdue repeatedly accused Ossoff of backing radical, socialist policies while Ossoff slammed Perdue’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and Republican efforts to overturn the Affordable Care Act. Perdue and Ossoff […]
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#Election2020: Georgia Senate debate canceled after top candidates decline
A debate between the candidates vying for Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s seat has been canceled after Loeffler and top Democrat Raphael Warnock declined to participate, according to a letter sent by the organizers. WSB-TV announced the cancellation of the debate, scheduled for Nov. 1, in a letter sent to the candidates. “Sen. Kelly Loeffler and […]
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#Election2020 | Trump: I’m ‘getting your husbands back to work’
President Donald Trump offered his latest appeal to suburban women Tuesday evening, promising to get their husbands “back to work” if he’s reelected. Claiming he was “saving suburbia” at a campaign rally in Lansing, Michigan, the President pitched himself as the candidate for suburban women voters because he’s “getting your kids back to school” and […]
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Philadelphia sees more protests and looting as authorities investigate police shooting of Black man with knife
Protesters took to the streets and bands of looters broke into businesses for a second night after officers in Philadelphia shot and killed a Black man who was holding a knife in an encounter that city officials say raises questions. One group marched peacefully for much of the night, chanting Walter Wallace Jr.’s name and […]
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Official: 46 COVID cases reported at Atlanta nursing home
Forty-six residents living in a long-term care facility in Buckhead have recently tested positive for the coronavirus following an outbreak at the facility, according to a spokeswoman for a company that runs the home. The outbreak happened at Atlanta’s William Breman Jewish Home, where 57 residents have now tested positive for the virus and 10 […]
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Georgia infections show sharper rise if rapid tests included
COVID-19 infections are rising more rapidly in Georgia, in line with a national trend of increasing cases. The broadest measure of COVID-19 cases, which includes rapid antigen tests as well as the more precise genetic tests, shows the number of confirmed and probable cases was 18% higher in the week that ended Friday compared to […]
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#Election2020: Obama to join Biden on campaign trail for final weekend push
Former President Barack Obama is set to join Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on the campaign trail in their first joint appearance during the final weekend of the election season. The two will be in the key battleground state of Michigan on Saturday to “discuss bringing Americans together to address the crises facing the country,” […]
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#Election2020: Trump’s unhappy warrior pitch to voters includes insults and highly specific grievances
President Donald Trump is ending his reelection bid in a frenzied cross-country push for votes in states he won — some handily — four years ago. But he is not pretending to be happy about it. “It wasn’t even going to be like we had an election,” Trump said on a rain-drenched tarmac in Lansing, […]
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Electoral College vs. popular vote in the United States
WHY IS IT THAT ONE CANDIDATE CAN WIN THE POPULAR VOTE BUT ANOTHER WINS THE ELECTORAL VOTE AND THUS THE PRESIDENCY? That’s how the framers of the Constitution set it up. This unique system of electing presidents is a big reason why Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016. Four candidates in history have won […]
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7 days from Election Day, here’s what we know about who’s voted so far in key states
One week from Election Day, early voters so far are younger, more racially diverse and more likely to be Democrats than they were ahead of the 2016 election in many of the key states that could decide the next president. More than 65.5 million votes have already been cast around the US, surpassing the 58.3 […]
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Hearings begin into killings of Nigerian protesters
A week after the killing of activists protesting police brutality in Nigeria’s largest city, a Lagos state government judicial panel began hearings into the violence on Tuesday. President Muhammadu Buhari tweeted on Sunday that the panel had his “full support”, but protesters say his administration has for years ignored their calls for reform. Demonstrators took […]
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Amazon plans to add 100,000 seasonal workers in holiday hiring blitz
In preparation for holiday shopping, Amazon is adding 100,000 seasonal jobs. The ecommerce giant is looking to fill both part-time and full-time roles, and the jobs span across all skill levels, according to a press release from the company. The jobs offer “a path to a longer-term career, or can simply provide extra income and […]
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#Election2020: Barrett sworn in at court as issues important to Trump await
Amy Coney Barrett was formally sworn in Tuesday as the Supreme Court’s ninth justice, her oath administered in private by Chief Justice John Roberts. Her first votes on the court could include two big topics affecting the man who appointed her. The court is weighing a plea from President Donald Trump to prevent the Manhattan […]
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Morgan Stanley launches program to provide full scholarships to Spelman, other HBCU students
Global financial services firm announces the launch of its HBCU Scholars program which will give $12 million through 60 full scholarships for students enrolled in Spelman, Morehouse College and Howard University over the next four years. The program is designed to eliminate financial barriers to higher education for African American college students. “The most significant challenge many of our […]
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#Election2020: Biden vows his unity can save country; Trump blitzes Midwest
Joe Biden traveled to the hot springs town where Franklin Delano Roosevelt coped with polio on Tuesday to declare the U.S. is not too politically diseased to overcome its health and economic crises, pledging to be the unifying force who can “restore our soul and save this country.” The Democratic presidential nominee offered his closing […]