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The bushfires that scorched vast tracts of Australia in late 2019 and early 2020 were just a glimpse of what’s to come as global temperatures rise, a landmark report made public on Friday warned. Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster

On the roof of his house overlooking the sea in northeast Scotland, David Milne stands below a Mexican flag and stares down at a palatial golf clubhouse owned by Donald Trump. Milne has been a major opponent of the development

People ages 18 to 29 are turning out in record-breaking numbers for early voting. But will pandemic-related disruptions to campus life affect student voter turnout on Election Day? (Image credit: Elissa Nadworny/NPR)

Son of terror chief Zakaria Zubeidi among those hurt, all said to be teens; 1 in serious condition, 2 moderately wounded; IDF says troops opened fire as vehicle sped toward them

Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballot postmark problem, USPS says there’s room for error  Fox News It’s not too late: California mail-in ballots accepted 17 days after Election Day  KCRA News Why the Supreme Court let some states count mail-in ballots received after Election Day

25 Minnesota counties with COVID-19 case rate high over threshold for full distance learning  FOX 9 Oregon hits another coronavirus record with 575 new reported cases  OregonLive Europe struggling with 2nd surge of COVID-19 case, and it may be worse than the

A petition demanding an inquiry into Rupert Murdoch’s dominance of Australian news media has garnered a record 420,000 signatures, overtaking a previous appeal focused on climate change. The online petition was launched on October 12 by former Labor prime minister

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin on Friday warned of more attacks as the country was placed on maximum security alert following Thursday’s deadly attack by a knife-wielding man at the Basilica of Notre-Dame in the southern city of Nice. “We

New Zealanders voted to legalize euthanasia in a binding referendum, but preliminary results released Friday showed they likely would not legalize recreational marijuana use. With about 83% of votes counted, New Zealanders emphatically endorsed the euthanasia measure with 65% voting

Build your own US election result: plot a win for Biden or Trump  The Guardian The Battleground States Where We’ve Seen Some Movement In The Polls  FiveThirtyEight Dave Matthews talks about meeting Donald Trump and Joe Biden  CNN The polls point to a