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Hector and Maribel Hernandez fill out ballots with their three children at the Mid-City Gym in City Heights, Nov. 3, 2020.

Tradition And Security Fears: Why Some Voters Hit The Polls On Election Day

While the first San Diego County votes in this election were cast nearly a month ago, many voters opted to wait until Election Day to go to the polls to fill in the bubbles on their ballots.

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said that agitators from elsewhere had arrived in the District, intent on battling police. Bowser is seen here at a press conference earlier this month.

D.C. Mayor Bowser Blames Outside Agitators As Cause Of Weekend Violence

Some 70% of those arrested in weekend unrest came from outside the District, police say. Bowser says the U.S. attorney's office has failed to prosecute those who have been arrested in violence.

People watch a TV showing a file image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on June 24, 2020.

North Korea Reports 1st Suspected Case Of Coronavirus

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un placed the city of Kaesong under lockdown after a person suspected to have the coronavirus returned from South Korea, according to state news agency KCNA.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra speaks at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., May 21, 2018.

California Senate OKs State Reviews For Police Shootings

The bill is one of the highest-profile reforms filed this year in response to the killing of George Floyd while in police custody. The Senate OK'd the bill Sunday despite opposition from Attorney General Xavier Becerra.

Alexei Navalny is unconscious and on a ventilator, his spokeswoman said on Thursday. The Russian opposition leader, center, is seen here during a rally in Moscow last year along with his wife, Yulia, right. The rally marked five years since the assassination of politician Boris Nemtsov.

Alexei Navalny, Voice Of Russia's Opposition, Is Hospitalized In Possible Poisoning

Navalny is unconscious and on a ventilator, according to his spokeswoman. The Vladimir Putin critic became ill during a commercial flight. His personal doctor wants him to be treated in Europe.

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A Black journalist being sucker-punched by a man while covering a Black Lives Matter protest in Imperial Beach on June 7.

Hate Crime, Assault Charges Filed Against Two Men Accused In IB Protest Attack

Arrest warrants have been issued for Jeffrey Brooks, 38, and Henry Brooks Jr., 32, for the alleged attacks on Marcus Boyd and a group of protesters on June 7.

Belvin Jefferson White poses with a portrait of her father Saymon Jefferson, who died from COVID-19, in Baton Rouge, La., in May.

COVID-19 Death Rate For Black Americans Twice That For Whites, New Report Says

Three times as many Black Americans as whites have also become infected with the coronavirus, according to the National Urban League report, based partly on data from Johns Hopkins University.

People line up outside to order food from a taco restaurant in Tuscaloosa, Ala. On social media, images of crowds like this one — of people waiting to order food at a restaurant — drew scrutiny in the city earlier this month.

University Of Alabama Reports More Than 560 New COVID-19 Cases In 1st Week

More than 530 of those cases are at its flagship campus in Tuscaloosa, prompting Mayor Walt Maddox to order bars to close for two weeks.

Lauren Boebert, a restaurant owner in Colorado, will now be the Republican nominee in Colorado's 3rd District. She ousted five-term Congressman Scott Tipton on Tuesday night.

GOP Candidates Open To QAnon Conspiracy Theory Advance In Congressional Races

Several candidates supportive of the fringe conspiracy theory, including Colorado's Lauren Boebert, have won Republican primaries for congressional seats.

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