Oct 21 WATCH: Trump holds in-person rally in North Carolina By Zeke Miller, Will Weissert, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Trump trails in polls in most battleground states. The Republican president stopped in Pennsylvania on Tuesday and was bound for North Carolina on Wednesday. Continue reading
Oct 21 Giuliani caught in hotel bedroom scene in new ‘Borat’ film By Associated Press Trolling those close to President Donald Trump is a central theme of the new "Borat" film, a sequel to the 2006 mockumentary that saw Baron Cohen's character travel the United States, espousing sexist, racist and anti-Semitic views. Continue reading
Oct 21 Thai protesters march in show of strength against government By Grant Peck, Associated Press Student-led protesters in Thailand have defiantly marched to the streets outside the prime minister’s office, repeating their demand that he step down even as he urged them to let Parliament deal with their calls for democratic reforms. Continue reading
Oct 21 Brazil’s Bolsonaro rejects Chinese COVID-19 vaccine By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro overruled his own health minister on Wednesday, rejecting the announced purchase of 46 million doses of CoronaVac, a potential vaccine against COVID-19 being tested in Sao Paulo state. Continue reading
Oct 21 WATCH LIVE: HHS and CDC hold COVID-19 vaccine update By Laura Santhanam Health Secretary Alex Azar will meeting with Dr. Robert Redfield, who directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to update the public about progress in the nation's COVID-19 response and its pursuit of a vaccine. Continue reading
Oct 21 Armenian Prime Minister sees no way to settle conflict through diplomacy By Avet Demourian, Associated Press Armenia’s prime minister says that Azerbaijan’s aggressive stance in the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh leaves no room for diplomacy. Nikol Pashinian has urged citizens to sign up as military volunteers to protect the country and urged local mayors to organize volunteer… Continue reading
Oct 21 Worsening opioid crisis overshadowed in presidential race By Farnoush Amiri, Report for America, Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press The coronavirus outbreak and the Trump administration's response to the pandemic have been a dominating theme in this year's presidential race. That has overshadowed debate over how to handle the nation's drug overdose crisis, which has contributed to the deaths… Continue reading
Oct 21 WATCH: Obama holds drive-in rally for Biden in Philadelphia By Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press Former President Barack Obama made his first in-person campaign pitch Wednesday for his former vice president, Joe Biden, urging voters in Philadelphia not to sit out the election and risk reelecting President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Oct 21 WATCH: Pence speaks at campaign rally in Portsmouth, New Hampshire By Candice Norwood Pence and President Donald Trump have continued to hold in-person rallies in the final stretch of the election campaign, despite rising cases of COVID-19. Continue reading
Oct 21 WATCH: Sen. Kamala Harris makes campaign stop in Asheville, N.C. By Candice Norwood and Associated Press Hours before President Donald Trump holds a rally there this evening, Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris was participating in early vote mobilization events. Continue reading