February 18, 2022 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include:

LOCAL

• Ex-Youth Theater Employees Plead Not Guilty To Sex Abuse Charges
•  Rancho Bernardo man sues SDG&E over rising utility costs (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego Supervisors vote to ask state for 'safe' phase-out of school mask mandate (KPBS)
• Mesa Grande tribe embarks on plans to repurpose Ramona’s Golden Eagle Farm (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson’s second act gaining speed (Orlando Sentinel)
• Marines investigate former GOP chair's son for white supremacy ties (KPBS)
• Man pleads guilty to dragging, seriously injuring El Cajon officer with SUV (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego city attorney refers matter related to former council member to criminal investigators (San Diego Union-Tribune)

STATE

• California adopts nation’s 1st ‘endemic’ virus policy (AP)
• San Francisco DA drops charges against woman linked to crime through rape victim DNA (NPR)
• COVID-19 sick pay reinstated in California — and more aid for businesses San Jose Mercury News)
• What will change with California’s mask rules? (San Jose Mercury News)
• California Considers Mandatory Student Vaccines and More Bills (New York Times)

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January 20, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Supreme Court blocks Biden’s workplace vaccine rules, allows requirement for health-care workers (Washington Post)
• The Supreme Court Just Denied Trump’s Request Regarding Jan. 6 Records (Mother Jones)
• Manchin, Sinema join with GOP in rejecting attempt to change filibuster rules, effectively killing Democratic voting bill (Washington Post)
• Oath Keepers leader and 10 others charged with 'seditious conspiracy' related to US Capitol attack
• New FEMA program would place homeless disaster survivors in apartments instead of trailer parks (Washington Post)
• Atlanta D.A. Requests Special Grand Jury in Trump Election Inquiry (New York Times)
• RNC moves to require presidential candidates to skip traditional commission debates (The Hill)
• Supreme Court’s Gorsuch refused to wear mask despite request over Sotomayor’s Covid concerns, report says (CNBC)

WORLD

• Prince Andrew loses military titles and use of HRH (BBC)
• Analysis: Russian troop build-up sparks unintended NATO renewal (Reuters)
• Quebec will impose a tax on the unvaccinated  (NPR)
• Canada: Unvaccinated father loses right to see his child (BBC)

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December 23, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Why Christmas Gifts Are Arriving on Time This Year (New York Times)
• Deadly tornadoes leave path of destruction across six states: ‘It’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen’ (Washington Post)
• Biden backs exception to filibuster for voting rights bill (The Hill)
• Deadly Collapse at Amazon Warehouse Puts Spotlight on Phone Ban (Bloomberg)
• Operation Whistle Pig: Inside the secret CBP unit with no rules that investigates Americans  (Yahoo News)
• Unruly behavior on flights could result in revoked TSA Pre-check, the FAA says  (NPR)
• Biden says ground troops ‘not on the table’ but Putin would face ‘severe’ sanctions for Ukraine invasion (Washington Post)
• Biden resists shutdowns as Omicron threat rises (The Hill)
• Derek Chauvin pleads guilty to violating George Floyd's rights (Reuters)

WORLD

• Biden signs bill punishing China for Uyghur abuses  (The Hill)
• Mexican cartels turning to meth and fentanyl production  (NPR)
• Putin says Russia has 'nowhere to retreat' over Ukraine (Reuters)
• Taliban chief bans forced marriage of women in Afghanistan (10 News)
• Pro-Beijing candidates sweep Hong Kong elections  (NPR)
• 'Biblical' flooding in South Sudan displaces hundreds of thousands (CNN)
• Kidnapped missionaries escaped their captors in Haiti, aid group says  (NPR)
• One of suspected killers of Saudi journalist Khashoggi arrested in France - RTL (Reuters)

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November 24, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Biden releasing oil from strategic petroleum reserve to help lower gas prices (CBS)
• Biden hopes fines on lingering cargo containers ease congestion at major U.S. ports (CNBC)
• January 6 committee flexes its power as Bannon indictment serves as a warning to other reluctant witnesses (CNN)
• US announces big hike in Medicare premiums (CNN)
• Jury finds all 3 defendants guilty of murder in Ahmaud Arbery's death  (USA Today)
• Rittenhouse acquittal magnifies divisions in a polarized America (Washington Post)
• This Colorado 'solar garden' is literally a farm under solar panels(NPR)

WORLD

• Indigenous voices stir debates at COP26 climate meeting (Indian Country Today
• French couple who said windfarm affected health win legal fight (The Guardian)
• Austria brings back COVID-19 lockdown, this time for the unvaccinated (Reuters)
• Singapore’s Unvaccinated Will Have to Foot $18,000 Covid Bills Now (Bloomberg)

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September 30, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Biden signs bill to avert government shutdown, approves bill to fund government through Dec. 3 (USA Today)
• After 9/11, No Americans Were Held to Account. Here's Why That's Dangerous (Newsweek)
• Former President Bush says violent extremists abroad and at home are "children of the same foul spirit" (CBS)
• Unvaccinated people were 11 times more likely to die of covid-19, CDC report finds (Washington Post)
• Sweeping New Vaccine Mandates For 100 Million Americans (KPBS/AP)
• Insurance companies are now asking COVID-19 patients to share in the cost of their treatment (CBS)
• Biden to require COVID-19 vaccines, tests for millions of private workers (The Hill)  
• Woodward/Costa book: Worried Trump could 'go rogue,' Milley took secret action to protect nuclear weapons (CNN)
• The VA Will Finally Fund Service Dog Training for Veterans (MSN)
• The government's pandemic help has run out (CNN)
• The Last Days of American Wild Horses? RTFitch
• How US deactivated hundreds of planes, rockets and artillery before leaving Afghanistan (DNA India)

WORLD

• U.S. says Kabul drone strike killed 10 civilians, including children, in 'tragic mistake' (Reuters)
• In escalation over submarine deal, France recalls envoys from U.S. and Australia (Reuters)
• U.N. seeks $600 million to avert Afghanistan humanitarian crisis (Reuters)
• Afghanistan: Taliban announce new rules for female students (BBC)
• Taliban stop planes of evacuees from leaving, but unclear why  (AP)
• Afghan protests persist, posing a problem for new Taliban government (Reuters)
• Mexico's top court decriminalizes abortion in 'watershed moment' (Reuters)

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August 10, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Pentagon to require all troops to get coronavirus vaccine by mid-September (The Hill)
• Biden backs effort to include immigration in budget package (The Hill)
• United Requires Employees Be Vaccinated, As 1st Major U.S. Airline To Do So : Coronavirus Updates   (NPR)
• Biden administration considers withholding funds and other measures to spur vaccinations (Washington Post)
• 2 travelers to Canada who gave false COVID-19 vaccination information each fined almost $20K (USA Today)
• Simone Biles sparks nationwide conversation on mental health (The Hill)
• Senate negotiators reach deal on $2 billion Capitol security funding bill in wake of January 6 insurrection (CNN)
• The Postal Service Presses Forward With Unpopular Plan To Slow Some Mail Delivery (NPR)

WORLD

• Afghanistan: Fighting rages as Taliban besiege three key cities (BBC)
• As Fears Grip Afghanistan, Hundreds of Thousands Flee (New York Times)
• Panic-Buying And Transport Lockdowns. In Wuhan, It Feels Like Early Pandemic Again: Coronavirus Updates  (NPR)
• Brazil's scandal-plagued President may face a reckoning as lawmakers consider impeachment (CNN)

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July 10, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Biden declares war on anti-competitive practices with sweeping order (The Hill)
• More than 60 dead from heat wave in Pacific Northwest as region confronts new future (NBC)
• Supreme Court says Arizona limits don't violate Voting Rights Act (CNN)
• Poll: More Americans Are Concerned About Voting Access Than Fraud Prevention (NPR)
• Grand Jury Indicts Trump Organization and CFO Allen Weisselberg (Yahoo! News)
• Biden directs ICE to limit arrests of pregnant, nursing women (The Hill)
• Biden fires Social Security commissioner (Politico)

WORLD

• Extreme heat cooked mussels, clams and other shellfish alive on beaches in Western Canada (CNN)
• Haitian president assassinated by gunmen at home, state of emergency declared (Reuters)
• Statues of Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth toppled in Canada (CNN)
• Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim to rebuild collapsed Mexico City overpass at no cost (CNN)
• Musicians faced death under Taliban rule. They may be silenced once more (Los Angeles Times)
• Canada Battles More Than 180 Wildfires With Hundreds Dead In Heat Wave    (NPR)
• As Secular Peace Effort Stutters in Israel, Religious Mediators Hope to Step In (New York Times)
• Gas leak responsible for 'eye of fire' in Mexican waters, says oil company (CNN)
• Iran takes steps to make enriched uranium metal; U.S., Europe powers dismayed (Reuters)

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June 15, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• The Criminals Thought the Devices Were Secure. But the Seller Was the F.B.I. (New York Times)
• As Shootings Continue to Surge in 2021, Americans Set to Face a Summer Plagued by Gun Violence (Time)
• U.S. says Russian-backed outlets spread COVID-19 vaccine 'disinformation' (Reuters)
• Senate GOP blocks bill to combat gender pay gap (The Hill)
• Delta flight attendant tackles would-be hijacker, zip-ties his wrists (Fox News)
• Harris tests migration waters with Latin America trip (Washington Post)
• Trump, allies try to rewrite history of pandemic while villainizing Fauci (Washington Post)
• Trump advances dangerous disinformation campaign as more states move to restrict the vote (CNN)

WORLD

• Netanyahu out, Bennett in as Israel marks end of an era (Reuters)
• G7 Leaders Offer United Front as Summit Ends, but Cracks Are Clear  (New York Times)
• G-7 nations back global minimum corporate tax of at least 15% (CBS News)
• Buried Alive In Mongolia's Worst Sandstorms In A Decade (NPR)
• Mexico goes to the polls in elections marred by violence against candidates (CNN)
• ‘Not again’: Jon Rahm told he has Covid on live TV while leading US PGA event (Guardian)
• Prince Harry and Meghan welcome a baby girl, Lilibet Diana, named for the queen and Harry’s late mother (Washington Post)

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May 11, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• As US Economy Surges Back, Economists Forecast 2021 Boom (WTTW)
• White House announces deal for free vaccination rides from Uber, Lyft  (The Hill)
• Biden defunds border wall, returns millions to military (News and Guts/Dan Rather)
• Top U.S. fuel pipeline operator shuts network after cyber attack (Reuters)
• Supply chain interruptions: here’s everything you can’t get now (CNN)
• GOP divided over expected Liz Cheney ouster (The Hill)
• GOP governors slash jobless aid to try to force Americans back to work (Washington Post)

WORLD

• At least 68 killed in Afghan school blast, families bury victims (Reuters)
• Israel launches airstrike after rockets fired from Gaza in day of escalation (CNN)
• How a Jerusalem neighborhood reignited the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (Washington Post)
• India turns to ex-army medics as COVID surge sparks calls for lockdown (Reuters)
• The Taliban is targeting areas around key provincial capitals, looking for weak spots as foreign troops withdraw (Washington Post)

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April 12, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Biden Details $2 Trillion Plan to Rebuild Infrastructure and Reshape the Economy (New York Times)
• US gun violence: Biden takes action on 'international embarrassment' (BBC)
• The US saw significant crime rise across major cities in 2020. And it's not letting up (CNN)
• Court tosses Trump rule limiting emissions regulations (The Hill)
• Police chief: Kneeling on Floyd’s neck violated policy (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Boeing Warns Of Possible Electrical Issue, And Airlines Ground Some 737 Max Planes (KPBS)
• Inside BLM co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors’ million-dollar real-estate buying binge (New York Post)

WORLD

• Putin signs law that could keep him in Kremlin until 2036 (Reuters)
• Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, dies aged 99 (Associated Press)
• Incident at Iran's Natanz facility a 'terrorist action,' nuclear chief says (CNN)
• St. Vincent suffers power outage after La Soufrière volcano erupts (CNN)
• Pope condemns 'scandalous' armed conflicts in scaled-down Easter Sunday mass (CNN)

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February 8, 2021  (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Democrats split over criteria for $1,400 payments as relief bill advances (Washington Post)
• Senate eyes speedy Trump impeachment trial (The Hill)
• Democrats’ $50,000 student loan forgiveness plan would make 36 million borrowers debt-free (CNBC)
• Was the storming of the US Capitol a coup? An academic group now says yes (Politifact)
• Sports leaders seek to protect women's sports while accommodating transgender girls and women USA Today)
• Revealed: US citizen newborns sent to Mexico under Trump-era border ban (Guardian)
• Exclusive: Dozens of former Bush officials leave Republican Party, calling it 'Trump cult' (Reuters)

WORLD

• Al-Qaeda's leader in Yemen under arrest: UN report  (MSN)
• Hong Kong unveils national security guidelines for children aged six and above (Reuters)
  
  Russian court jails Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, West demands his release (Reuters)
  
  
  
  Police find 12 bodies dumped on road in Mexico's Veracruz state (Reuters)
• Israel sharing COVID-19 data with Pfizer to help fine-tune vaccine rollout (Reuters)
• Vale will pay nearly $7 billion over Brazilian dam collapse that killed 270 people (CNN)

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January 19, 2021  (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

Capitol attack

• U.S. pursuing seditious conspiracy cases in 'unprecedented' probe of Capitol assault (Reuters)
• 67 of public blame Trump for deadly riot (Newsweek)
• Some members of Congress fear the Capitol mob attack was an inside job (Axios)
• Insider: White House was Warned March was Illegal (GregPalast.com)
• Lawmakers propose Congressional Medal for war vet who lured mob from Senate chamber (Local 12)
• Six hours of paralysis: Inside Trump’s failure to act after a mob stormed the Capitol (Washington Post)
• The FBI and DC police want the public to help identify Capitol rioters (CNN)
• FBI Arrests Queens Man for Allegedly Plotting a Second Attack on U.S. Capitol (Complex)
• Large bitcoin payments to right-wing activists a month before Capitol riot linked to foreign account (Yahoo News)
• Secret Service Tells Mediaite They’re Aware of Threats Lin Wood Has Made Against Pence On Parler (Mediate)
• The FBI charged a man over traveling to Washington, DC, with an assault rifle and saying he planned to kill Nancy Pelosi on live TV (Business Insider)
• Lawmakers ask for investigation into identity of Capitol tour guests on January 5 (10 News)
• A Black officer faced down a mostly White mob at the Capitol. Meet Eugene Goodman. (Washington Post)
• 'Murder the media': Photographers release terrifying video of the mob attack outside the Capitol gates (Alternet)
• Capitol attack: The five people who died (The Guardian)
• Some among America's military allies believe Trump deliberately attempted a coup and may have had help from federal law-enforcement officials (Business Insider)
• Pence took lead as Trump initially resisted sending National Guard to Capitol (CNN)
• Feds say police found a pickup truck full of bombs and guns near Capitol insurrection as wide-ranging investigation unfurls (CNN)
• A Riot Amid a Pandemic: Did the Virus, Too, Storm the Capitol? (New York Times)
• Majority of Americans want Trump removed immediately after U.S. Capitol violence  (Reuters/Ipsos poll)
• FBI focuses on whether some Capitol rioters intended to harm lawmakers or take hostages (MSN)
• Federal murder investigation to be opened in Capitol Police officer's death (CNN)
• FBI: No evidence Antifa was involved in capitol riot (The Hill)

Other national news

• 2nd stimulus: IRS urges people to watch mail for these envelopes (Fox 5)
• Women accounted for 100% of the 140,000 jobs shed by the U.S. economy in December (Fortune)
• US budget deficit up 60.7% in first 3 months of budget year (AP)
• Investors race into munis as Biden announces stimulus plan to cash-strapped states (Financial Times)
• Greyhound offering free rides home for runaways between ages of 12 and 21 (Fox)
• GOP Rebukes Trump as Senate Votes 83-13 to Override His Veto of Defense Bill (Reuters)
• One-third of America’s rivers have changed color since 1984 (AP)

WORLD

• COVID wards 'full of children' as UK pandemic explodes (Reuters)
• US will require all arriving passengers to get COVID-19 test (AP)
• Aviation deaths rise worldwide in 2020 even as fatal incidents, flights fall (Reuters)
• U.K. Judge Refuses to Extradite Julian Assange to U.S. (Time)

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December 18, 2020  (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• All 538 electors have voted, formalizing Biden's 306-232 win. Here's how the Electoral College works. (CBS)
• FDA authorizes first coronavirus vaccine in U.S., a rare moment of hope in pandemic  (Washington Post)
• ‘We want them infected’: Trump appointee demanded ‘herd immunity’ strategy, emails reveal (Politico)
• With 300,000 COVID-19 Deaths And Counting, The U.S. Faces Unfathomable Loss (NPR) 
• Santa takes a back seat to COVID vaccine, UPS, FedEx officials say (Reuters)
• Stealing to survive: More Americans are shoplifting food as aid runs out during the pandemic (Washington Post)
• Trump administration officials passed when Pfizer offered in late summer to sell the U.S. more vaccine doses. (New York Times)
• Report: White House security chief has leg amputated due to COVID (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
• Court Rejects Trump's Arctic Drilling Proposal in 'Huge Victory for Polar Bears and Our Climate' (EcoWatch)
• Supreme Court denies Trump allies’ bid to overturn Pennsylvania election results (Washington Post)

WORLD

• Coronavirus: China to vaccinate 50 million people for Lunar New Year (China Morning Post)
• Morocco joins other Arab nations agreeing to normalize Israel ties (Reuters)
• UK's Johnson says 'strong possibility' of no-deal split in EU trading ties  (Reuters)
• Iran executes dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam - Nour news (Reuters)
• Germany to enter hard lockdown as infections swell (Bloomberg)

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November 9, 2020  (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• President-elect Joe Biden declares a "clear victory" and calls for unity in speech (CBS)
• U.S. surpasses 1 million coronavirus cases (CNN)
• Georgia likely removed nearly 200K from voter rolls wrongfully, report says (CNN)
• Here Are All the Lawsuits the Trump Campaign Has Filed Since Election Day—And Why Most Are Unlikely to Go Anywhere (Time Magazine)
• Pennsylvania: Philadelphia police discover plot to attack centre where votes are being counted, report says (Independent)
• USPS data shows thousands of mailed ballots missed Election Day deadlines (Washington Post)
• Pence breaks silence to take credit for Pfizer vaccine - and drugs company immediately denies Trump involved (UK Independent)
• 'In the sun they'd cook': is the US south-west getting too hot for farm animals? (The Guardian)
• Many Americans Plan To Move, Now That They Can Work From Anywhere : Coronavirus Updates  (NPR)

WORLD

• What’s reopened and what’s still restricted in 16 cities around the world (Washington Post)
• Europe Lauds Biden but Wonders: What Will He Want? How Long Will He Stay? (New York Times)
• Child malnutrition at record highs in parts of Yemen – U.N. survey (Reuters)
• Activists converge on Warsaw for ‘biggest’ protests against abortion ruling
• Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus (Ritzau)
• Million line up as Slovakia launches unique nationwide COVID-19 test (Reuters)

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October 9, 2020  (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

Presidential election

• Prestigious medical journal calls for US leadership to be voted out over Covid-19 failure (CNN)
• Trump mounts bizarre and misleading White House return despite warnings (CNN)
• Joe Biden holds town hall forum with NBC’s Lester Holt (NBC) (Begins at 4:45)
• VP debate fact check: Where Harris, Pence landed on COVID-19, taxes, economy (USA Today)
• Fact-checking the first Trump-Biden presidential debate (Washington Post)
• Fact-checking the first Trump-Biden presidential debate (part 2) (Washington Post)
• Donald Trump & Joe Biden 1st Presidential Debate Transcript 2020 (Rev)
• Biden's national lead over Trump jumps to 14 points after debate in NBC News/WSJ poll (NBC)
• Biden widens lead after Trump diagnosis: poll (The Hill)
• Texas governor shuts down drop-off sites for mail ballots (Reuters)
• Trump campaign opposes new debate rules  (Reuters)
• Exclusive: Over 50 Republican ex-national security officials endorse Biden (Reuters)
• Trump Secretly Mocks His Christian Supporters (The Atlantic)

Other national news

• F.B.I. Says Michigan Anti-Government Group Plotted to Kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (New York Times)
• Trump kills stimulus talks, tweets no deal until 'after I win' election (NBC)
• Trump, in total reversal, is telling allies he is, in fact, interested in a broad stimulus deal (CNN)
• In Profane Rant, Melania Trump Takes Aim at Migrant Children and Critics (New York Times)
• Senate GOP's third positive Covid-19 case threatens quick Barrett confirmation (CNN)

WORLD

• UK's Johnson doesn't want a no-deal Brexit but can live with it  (Reuters)
• ‘There are no words’: As coronavirus kills Indigenous elders, endangered languages face extinction (Washington Post)   
• Pope says free market, 'trickle-down' policies fail society (Reuters)
• .Battling Wildfire and Pandemic, Ukraine Faces a New Foe: Landmines (New York Times)
• Investigators probe 'possible ecological catastrophe' in Russia's Kamchatka region (NBC)

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