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A curfew in Philadelphia tonight from 9 pm to 6 am. Streets in the downtown area closed. Members of the Pennsylvania National Guard deployed in the city. Concerns over the possibility of more violence and looting following the Monday police killing of Walter Wallace Jr. in West Philadelphia...CBS PHILLY VIDEO REPORT
A FEDERAL JUDGE IN PORTLAND GRANTING A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION SAYING THAT FEDERAL OFFICERS DENIED FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO PEACEFUL PROTESTERS. DISTRICT JUDGE MICHAEL MOSMAN WANTS "RULES OF ENGAGEMENT" WORKED OUT BEFORE ELECTION DAY. THE JUDGE FINDING THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TWEETS HELPED INCITE THE IMPROPER CONDUCT...OREGON LIVE
Walmart removing firearms and ammunition from display on sales floors in its stores. The retail giant citing concerns about civil unrest...WASHINGTON POST...Today Walmart reversing course saying the unrest this week was isolated and that the guns and ammo are going back on the shelves...CBS NEWS
The country with the highest coronavirus infection rate in Europe moving to a national lockdown. Belgium shutting down non-essential businesses, limiting gatherings in public spaces to four people among other things. The lockdown until the middle of December...BBC NEWS
In Canada Winnipeg the largest city in Manitoba moving to a Code Red coronvirus lockdown with the rest of the province getting a Code Orange designation. Everything from indoor dining to sports facilities among other things shutting down in the city. Elective and non-urgent surgeries also being suspended in the Winnipeg area...CBC NEWS
AN EARTHQUAKE MEASURED AT 7.0 STRUCK OFF THE COAST OF TURKEY TODAY AFFECTING BOTH TURKEY AND GREEK ISLANDS IN THE AEGEAN SEA. DEATHS AND INJURIES REPORTED BOTH IN TURKEY AND GREECE...BBC NEWS
The current UK Labor Party leader Sir Keir Starmer defending yesterday's move to suspend former leader Jeremy Corbyn. Starmer warning of the notion of "civil war" as Corbyn's supporters rally around him...BBC NEWS
Results of two referendums in New Zealand released today showing euthanasia winning 65-34 percent and legalization of marijuana legalization going down 53-46 percent with 83 percent of votes counted...IRISH EXAMINER
PORTLAND POLITICS AND COMMISSIONER JO ANN HARDESTY, ADVOCATE OF CUTTING THE POLICE BUDGET, ENDORSING SARAH IANNARONE FOR MAYOR OVER INCUMBENT TED WHEELER...REBECCA ELLIS TWITTER
Congress notified by the White House that the US intends to sell 50 F-35 fighter jets to the Untied Arab Emirates after giving Israel assurances about maintaining military superiority in the region...YNET NEWS ISRAEL
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden who fled to Russia after revealing a massive illegal spying operation on the communications of the American people is an expectant father.
Snowden's Russian lawyer says the child will have Russian citizenship...TASS
And journalist Glenn Greenwald who won a Pulitzer Prize for writing about the information Edward Snowden revealed resigning from "The Intercept", a news organization he co-founded, after editors censored a piece he wrote about the documents in Hunter Biden's laptop...NEW YORK POST...COMMENTARY MOON OF ALABAMA
A Justice Department official confirming that the FBI opened a criminal investigation into Hunter Biden in 2019 that's mainly focused on money laundering. The probe is said to still be active...SINCLAIR BROADCASTING GROUP-WHP
THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT DECIDING NOT TO RETRY KENNEDY FAMILY MEMBER MICHAEL SKAKEL IN THE MURDER OF MARTHA MOXLEY WHO WENT MISSING 45 YEARS AGO TODAY. SKAKEL, THE NEPHEW OF ROBERT AND ETHEL KENNEDY, CONVICTED IN HER MURDER AND SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON IN 2002. BUT IN 2013 SKAKEL WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON BY COURT ORDER...CNN
Safety concerns at the Pentagon amid fears of Iranian retaliation for the US assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad at the beginning of the year. A recent incident in Washington being revealed to the mainstream media...NBC NEWS
THE GOVERMENT OF THE GULF ARAB NATION OF QATAR SAYS IT'S REFERRING AIRPORT OFFICIALS FOR PROSECUTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE FORCED INTIMATE EXAMINATIONS OF WOMEN CARRIED OUT WHEN A NEWBORN BABY WAS FOUND IN A TRASH RECEPTACLE...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
After a court hearing in Illinois today Kyle Rittenhouse was extradited to Wisconsin accused of killing two left wing protesters during the rioting and looting in Kenosha following the police killing of Jacob Blake in August...MILWAUKEE JOURNAL-SENTINEL
LOUISVILLE POLICE OFFICER JONATHAN MATTINGLY SUING THE BOYFRIEND OF BREONNA TAYLOR FOR 'EMOTIONAL STRESS, ASSAULT AND BATTERY' A LAYWER FOR KENNETH WALKER WHO FIRED A SHOT SAYING HE FEARED INTRUDERS DURING THE DEADLY MARCH 13TH POLICE RAID CALLS THE SUIT 'BASELESS'...BBC NEWS
Actress Lori Loughlin reporting to a federal prison in California to serve a two-month sentence today. She faced a large number of federal charges and cut a deal with prosecutors in the "college admissions scandal"...
Jerry Falwell Jr, is suing Liberty University for defamation following his exit from the Conservative Christian institution. The former president of the university suing in local court in Lynchburg, Virginia. He's alleging that he was defamed with the university joining in the defamation with statements made about his departure...FOX NEWS
Muslims holding anti-French rallies in several countries following Friday prayers today. Attendees promoting boycotts of French products and condemning French President Emmanuel Macron. Macron defended the right to display cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed following the terrorist attack that beheaded teacher Samuel Paty...BBC NEWS
The COVID-19 statistics from Worldometers today shattering records. For the US 101,461 new positive tests reported. The leading state Illinois with 7,164 followed by Texas with 6,819 and Florida with 5,592. Other states include Wisconsin with 5,096, Minnesota with 3,154, Utah with 2,292, South Dakota with 1,559, North Dakota with 1,353 and Montana with 1,063.
Around the world today 573,616 was the number for new infections reported. The US led the nations. Other nations include France with 49,215, Italy 31,084, Belgium 23,921, Poland 21,629 and Canada 3,457.
That's the way it really is Friday October 30th, 2020 Day 229 in the Dictatorship of COVID-19 as measured here in Pennsylvania.
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