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    In final stretch, Trump plans 14 rallies in last 3 days of the race, despite pandemic

    CNN's Kaitlan Collins reports.
  • SC woman dies from COVID-19, weeks after virus killed daughter

  • Dave Matthews voting for Biden, but 'not wildly in love' with either candidate

  • Trump & Biden hold dueling events in Tampa in battleground Florida

  • Biden, Trump offer starkly different approaches to job creation

  • Biden leads Trump 54% to 42% in new CNN national poll

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  • The Lead Kaitlan Collins DNT _00033017.jpg

    In final stretch, Trump plans 14 rallies in last 3 days of the race, despite pandemic

    CNN's Kaitlan Collins reports.
  • Trump & Biden hold dueling events in Tampa in battleground Florida

  • Biden leads Trump 54% to 42% in new CNN national poll

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    SC woman dies from COVID-19, weeks after virus killed daughter

    CNN's Jake Tapper reports.
  • Couple dies from virus just days before 60th wedding anniversary

  • Trump & Biden hold dueling events in Tampa in battleground Florida

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    Russia's 'propagandist-in-chief' on Trump & U.S. elections

    CNN's Matthew Chance reports.
  • Number of COVID-19 cases in Paris jumps six-fold since beginning of month

  • Bride taking wedding photos nearly hit by Beirut blast

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    Biden, Trump offer starkly different approaches to job creation

    CNN's Cristina Alesci reports.
  • Durbin: Feinstein closing comments, hug of Graham 'may have been misleading' as to Democrats' views of hearing

  • Some small-city airports barely operational as passengers stay home

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    Bob Costas predicts pro sports 'players opting out, thinking it's not worth the risk either to them or to family'

    Sportscaster Bob Costas joins The Lead.
  • NASCAR driver released from hospital after horrific crash

  • New video shows helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant moments before crash

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    Dave Matthews voting for Biden, but 'not wildly in love' with either candidate

    Dave Matthews joins The Lead.
  • Police TV dramas under fire from activists for glamorization of police

  • Harvey Weinstein guilty of sexual assault and rape in landmark #MeToo case

    Health Lead

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    U.S. averaging nearly 70,000 new COVID cases per day, the highest level of the pandemic so far

    CNN's Nick Watt reports.
  • Beloved uncle and brother dies after battling COVID-19

  • ProPublica: How political pressure from White House corrupted the CDC

  • Infectious diseases expert blasts White House for proposing "mass infection plan"

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  • LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 20: Chasten Glezman (L), and Mayor Peter Buttigieg at the 2017 GLSEN Respect Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on October 20, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.  (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for GLSEN)

    Kamau Bell: Despite what Franklin Graham says, LGBT people can be good Christians

    "United Shades of America" host W. Kamau Bell weighs in on Franklin Graham attacking Pete Buttigieg.
  • Pope on sex abuse report: 'we abandoned the little ones'

  • Pope: Shame on those ignoring world atrocities

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    Trump's DOJ investigation into Hillary, Clinton Foundation finds 'lock her up' is a bust

    CNN's Evan Perez reports.
  • Saudis deny American woman custody of her daughter, say she's too Western

  • Trump accusers feel left behind by the #MeToo movement

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