Headlines for October 19, 2020
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- U.S. COVID-19 Cases Surge as Trump Continues Unmasked Campaign Rallies
- Cases Mounting Across Europe as New Restrictions Enacted
- Top Palestinian Official Saeb Erekat in Critical Condition with COVID-19
- Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Accuses Trump of Inspiring, Incentivizing and Inciting Terrorism
- White Supremacists Indicted for Arms Trafficking, Murder and Plotting to Bomb Synagogue
- Death Toll in Nagorno-Karabakh Fighting Mounts as New Ceasefire Falls Apart
- Kyrgyzstan Installs New President, Who Will Also Serve as Prime Minister
- Alexei Navalny Calls on Trump to Denounce Use of Chemical Weapons
- Car Bomb in Central Afghanistan Kills at Least 12, Injures Over 100 People
- Thailand Protests Continue in Face of Government and Police Crackdown
- Evo Morales's MAS Party Set for Outright Victory in Bolivia, One Year After His Ouster
- Chileans Take to Streets One Year After Start of Mass Protests & Ahead of Constitutional Referendum
- Mexican Ex-Defense Sec. Indicted on Laundering and Drugs Charges, Has History of Rights Abuses in Mexico
- Tens of Thousands of Pakistanis Rally to Demand PM Imran Khan Resign
- Iran Arms Embargo Expires Despite U.S. Objections
- New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern Wins Landslide Reelection After Stamping Out Coronavirus
- Rallies Around the Country Call on People to Vote in U.S. Election
- Colorado Fires Shatter Records as Trump Reverses Course on California Wildfire Aid
- SCOTUS to Decide Whether to Exclude Undocumented Immigrants from Census Count