News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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President-elect Joe Biden and Jill Biden placed a wreath at the Philadelphia Korean War Memorial at Penn's Landing during a ceremony there this morning to commemorate Veterans Day
— POLITICO (@politico) November 11, 2020
📷 AP pic.twitter.com/psGjtqkchA
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced this morning that the state will conduct a recount by hand of every ballot cast in the presidential race. Joe Biden currently leads Donald Trump by 14,111 votes out of nearly 5 million cast. https://t.co/Zm3ZklFk4O pic.twitter.com/2UOzLT9tJn
— POLITICO (@politico) November 11, 2020
Postal worker recants false fraud claims cited by Trump campaign, top Republicans: Dem aide https://t.co/4b263vcHdY
— ABC News (@ABC) November 11, 2020
As Trump mounts a fierce battle to remain in office and refuses to concede the election he lost, he has shown little interest in the work of being President. https://t.co/1E1nNW32ey
— CNN (@CNN) November 11, 2020
States experiencing highest percentage increase of cases over past 14 days:
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 11, 2020
• ME: 229%
• IA: 156%
• KS: 130%
• MN: 127%
• MI/CO: 113%
• CT/IL: 106%
• WY: 94%
• NH: 91%
• NE/OH: 89%
(Data as of Nov. 11)
If Texas were its own country, it would be ranked among the world's Top 10 countries in terms of total Covid-19 cases, according to Johns Hopkins data https://t.co/nxj80fX1Ko
— CNN (@CNN) November 11, 2020
NEW: Restaurants, bars and gyms in New York will close at 10 p.m. each night beginning this Friday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, citing those locations as "main spreaders" of COVID-19. https://t.co/bVGWxi9Dh8 pic.twitter.com/keklKamjhQ
— ABC News (@ABC) November 11, 2020
The Trump administration is trying to deport several women who allege they were mistreated by a Georgia gynecologist at an immigration detention center, their lawyers say. https://t.co/HufTMAPgiP
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 11, 2020
Tropical Storm Eta briefly regained hurricane strength southwest of Florida on Wednesday, as forecasters warned of storm surge, strong winds and heavy rainfall along the state’s Gulf Coast. https://t.co/KaczT65Sk4
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 11, 2020
A British soldier played a bugle that was recovered from the Battle of the Somme during a service at the Cenotaph in London, according to the Ministry of Defence. https://t.co/qVQZt0xSW4 pic.twitter.com/XtBButdeDK
— ABC News (@ABC) November 11, 2020
