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Virus curbs widen England's north-south rift, stir animosity

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press

Trump, Biden go at it — from a distance — in town halls

By JONATHAN LEMIRE, WILL WEISSERT and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press

Twitter changes hacked content rules after Biden story furor

    Twitter said late Thursday it was changing its policy on hacked content after an outcry about its handling of an unverified political story that prompted cries of censorship from the right.

AP FACT CHECK: Rhetoric from Trump, Biden in the non-debate

By CALVIN WOODWARD and HOPE YEN Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden faced inquisitive voters on separate stages in different cities in a substitute for the debate that was meant to be.

Plea deal set in Berne murder

By JANNAYA ANDREWS
Decatur Daily Democrat

Study finds 4 drugs have little to no effect on COVID-19

    GENEVA (AP) — The world's largest randomized trial of COVID-19 treatments found "conclusive evidence" that remdesivir, a drug used to treat U.S. President Donald Trump when he fell ill, has little or no effect on severe cases, the U.N. health agency said Friday.

Avalanche of early votes transforming 2020 election

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and ANGELIKI KASTANIS Associated Press

Dueling town halls for Trump, Biden after debate plan nixed

By ZEKE MILLER, BILL BARROW and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden will compete for TV audiences in dueling town halls instead of meeting face-to-face for their second debate as originally planned.

Space probe makes 1st Venus fly-by on way to Mercury

    BERLIN (AP) — A spacecraft bound for Mercury swung by Venus on Thursday, using Earth's neighbor to adjust its course on the way to the solar system's smallest and innermost planet.

EU imposes sanctions on 6 Russians over Navalny poisoning

By RAF CASERT and LORNE COOK  Associated Press