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Biden Allies: Skip Debate or Let Trump Blow Up Again?

By Scott Bixby

“If Trump is going to take his football and go home, I say good riddance to bad rubbish,” said one longtime Biden confidant.

Inside Disney’s Ugly COVID Reopening Battle in California

By Tarpley Hitt

Disney is firing workers by the thousands while its executives cling to their exorbitant bonuses. And the battle to reopen Disneyland is getting more desperate.

He Killed 15 Men and Boys and Had Sex With Their Corpses

By Nick Schager

The eye-opening miniseries “Des,” premiering Oct. 15 on Sundance Now, features David Tennant as Dennis Nilsen, a serial-killing Scotsman who terrorized 1980s London.

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Barrett’s Ties to Group That Backs Sterilizing Trans People

By Max Burns

She told Franken in 2017 that she was “generally aware” that the Alliance Defending Freedom had been categorized as a far-right hate group. What does she know about the group now?

Sanford, Florida, Braces for Trump’s ‘Crazy’ COVID Roadshow

By Hunter Woodall

“Do I think it’s safe to have this rally? No I don’t,” one business owner told The Daily Beast.

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Rita Moreno Almost Quit ‘West Side Story’ Over Racist Songs

By Kevin Fallon

The EGOT-winning “One Day at a Time” star talks about how the industry has and—mostly—hasn’t come around to Latinx representation.

Epstein’s Estate Accused of Shady Secret Payouts

By Kate Briquelet

The government says the $634-million estate is footing legal bills for an immigration attorney who represented Epstein’s foreign-born victims, among other questionable spending.

9 Hilarious Lessons From My 99 Days on a COVID Ventilator

By Laura Lyons

Be careful what you wish for—or at least be more specific.

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1. Billionaire Wired $50M to Epstein After 2008 Conviction: NYT

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The revelation helps shed some light on how Epstein left behind an estate worth more than $600 million when he died last year.

2. COVID Can Survive on Phones, Bank Notes for 28 Days: Study

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The research shows that the coronavirus appears to be more durable than the flu virus, and seems to survive longer at colder temperatures.

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4. 13 States Hit New Records as Trump Says COVID ‘Disappearing’

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In a speech from a White House balcony Saturday, Trump insisted that the virus “is disappearing” as more than a dozen states set all-time highs for new infections.

5. Microsoft to Break Up Russian Botnet Weeks Out From Election

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The Trickbot botnet is a network of an estimated one million computers infected by a type of malware that can steal confidential data.

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