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Parrot In Australia Alerts Homeowner That House Is On Fire
Anton Nguyen of Brisbane was awakened in the middle of the night when his parrot Eric started yelling. Eric noticed the house was on fire even before the smoke alarm went off.
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Help Wanted: Are You Skillful At Noodling Around The Web?
The Internet browser Opera is offering to pay someone around $9,000 for two weeks. They say they're "looking for the kind of person who loves silly memes and studying conspiracy theories."
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Trump Is Victorious In Florida, Picks Up The Battleground State
President Trump and challenger Joe Biden visited Florida many times throughout the campaign, vying for one of the biggest prizes of the race. But it was Trump's base that turned out in bigger numbers.
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2020 Presidential Race: It's All Over But The Final Vote Tallies
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to conservative writer Noah Rothman of Commentary magazine and Aimee Allison, founder of the political organization She the People, about what the count indicates so far.
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Biden Picks Up Arizona And Its 11 Electoral Votes
Arizona was heavily contested and Joe Biden has come out on top. In 2016, Trump won the state by four points. Democrats had been hopeful to make gains since they flipped a Senate seat there in 2018.
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Election Day Update From Spanish Springs, Nev.
In Nevada, millions of voters have already cast their ballots by mail or early, but millions more are expected to turn out at the polls on Tuesday, too.
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Election Day Update From Iowa
NPR looks at voting in Iowa on Election Day 2020, where final polls have showed President Trump and Joe Biden in a close heat. Absentee voting in the state has seen large numbers.
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It's The Last Day To Vote As 2020 Election Campaign Winds Down
Election Day is here. We get the latest on the final hours of President Trump's reelection campaign, and that of Democratic nominee Joe Biden's campaign.
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Brace Yourself: YouTube Has A New Most-Watched Video
"Baby Shark" now has well over 7 billion views. It just ended the reign of the previous record-holder: the video for the song "Despacito."
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News Brief: After Months Of Campaigning, Election Day Is Here
President Trump and Joe Biden will get in their final campaign stops. And, more than 100 million people have already voted — more than 70 percent of the total turnout from 2016.
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The Counting Of Mail-In Ballots Are A Major Issue In Pennsylvania
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Pennsylvania's Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar about mail-in ballots, and those that are received up to three days after Election Day will be counted.
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It's The Final Day Of Voting In An Election Like No Other In U.S. History
The U.S. elections project tracking database says more than 100 million people cast ballots early. That's a shift in voting behavior driven by the pandemic, but also by sky-high voter enthusiasm.