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Erica Nitschke

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Published
October 24, 2020

Maine’s historic ranked vote could play big role in election

The method appears on ballots in a presidential race for the first time in U.S. history this fall.
Published
October 18, 2020

Biden leads Trump. So did Clinton.

Voters, party officials and campaign aides are caught between optimism and dread, the residual effect of seeing Hillary Clinton’s expectations of victory dashed in 2016.
Published
October 18, 2020

Trump, Biden go on offense in states they’re trying to flip

Both candidates are trying to make inroads in states that could help secure a path to victory, but the dynamics of the race are remarkably stable.
Published
October 18, 2020

Millions more rapid virus tests in U.S., but are results reported?

The U.S. can now test several million people daily for coronavirus, but the boom comes with a new challenge: keeping track of the results.
Published
October 15, 2020

Trump and Biden go at it – from a distance – in dueling town halls

Biden denounces the White House’s handling of the pandemic while the president insists that the nation is turning the corner on the virus, even as his own battle with the disease takes center stage.
Published
October 15, 2020

‘There are no more guardrails’: Obama lashes out at Trump for spreading misinformation

The interview comes as Barack Obama reportedly plots a swing through key battleground states to make a closing argument for Joe Biden.
Published
October 15, 2020

Black man’s family views graphic video of in-custody death

The May 2019 encounter is now the subject of a federal civil rights investigation.
Published
October 15, 2020

Wildfire smoke in U.S. exposes millions to hazardous pollution

Smoke at concentrations that topped the government’s charts for health risks and lasted at least a day enshrouded counties inhabited by more than 8 million people across five states in recent weeks.
Published
October 15, 2020

Pandemic driving children back to work, jeopardizing gains against child labor

Across the developing world, two decades of gains against child labor are eroding.
Published
October 15, 2020

Defense Department study finds low risk of virus infection through air on a packed plane

Officials and scientists said the results were encouraging, but were careful to highlight their study’s limits.