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School District sued over alleged inappropriate behavior by volunteer soccer coach

The Lindbergh School District is now facing a lawsuit following accusations of inappropriate behavior by a soccer coach. The mother of a 12-year-old girl at the center of the lawsuit is speaking to News 4.

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Man cut out his car, another woman hurt, after crash

Moline Police say a woman in a van on 16th Street heading south and then trying to turn east onto Avenue of the Cities, hit another car with a man and woman inside.

Virtual debates aren't new. Sixty years ago, Kennedy and Nixon debated 3,000 miles apart

This unprecedented year has inspired great innovation. But the idea of hosting a virtual debate isn't one of them.

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Texas grand jury indicts Netflix for allegedly promoting lewd material over the film 'Cuties'

A grand jury in Texas has indicted Netflix over the French film "Cuties," which has become the target of intense online criticism since it began streaming on the platform in September.

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For business class seats, an airy, spacious future is being designed

There's an airy, spacious, futuristic seat coming to business class, with all-new scientifically engineered structures and materials borrowed from Formula 1 cars.

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US counterintelligence chief says foreign adversaries are exploiting Trump's lies to influence election

The top US intelligence official on election security says that foreign adversaries are exploiting lies by President Donald Trump in their campaigns to influence the 2020 election.

Donald Trump just got another excuse if he loses the 2020 election

On its face, President Donald Trump's immediate insistence that he will not participate in a virtual second debate in a week's time makes very, very little political sense.

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Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to American poet Louise Glück

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to the US poet Louise Glück "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal."

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Space is becoming too crowded, Rocket Lab CEO warns

In 1978, NASA scientist Donald Kessler warned of a potential catastrophic, cascading chain reaction in outer space. Today known as "Kessler Syndrome," the theory posited that space above Earth could one day become so crowded, so polluted with both active satellites and the detritus of space explorations past, that it could render future space endeavors more difficult, if not impossible.

Analysis: The reality TV President won't miss the next debate, no matter what he says now

If President Trump really does boycott next week's presidential debate, he will be giving up a chance to speak in front of 60 to 70 million people.

Trump's endorsement sends Regeneron and Eli Lilly stocks rising

President Trump said he "felt good immediately" after receiving an experimental antibody treatment for coronavirus from biotech Regeneron. Now, he wants regulators to approve emergency use of Regeneron's drug and a similar one from Eli Lilly -- and both stocks jumped on the news.

Hurricane Delta forecast to hit US Gulf Coast as a Category 2 storm with storm surge that could kill

Hurricane Delta is expected to strengthen as it churns toward the northern Gulf Coast before hitting Louisiana on Friday at Category 2 strength in almost the exact spot Hurricane Laura hit just six weeks ago.

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This company says it can make top-shelf whiskey in just a few days

Bespoken Spirits says it is using science to produce better whiskeys. Now, it has several million dollars to prove it can.

What you need to know about coronavirus on Thursday, October 8

"They knew what was happening, and they didn't tell you." Joe Biden's running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, did not mince words when prosecuting the Trump administration's handling of the pandemic during the vice presidential debate last night.

Trump's refusal to join virtual debate shows his fear of not being able to impose his personality on the showdown

President Donald Trump's refusal to accept a new plan for a virtual second presidential debate reflects how such an event would likely limit his capacity to dominate the stage and trample the rules in a bid to launch a comeback against Democrat Joe Biden.

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Trump says he won't participate in next debate after commission announces it will be virtual

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will not participate in the second presidential debate with Joe Biden after the Commission on Presidential Debates said the event will be held virtually in the wake of the President's positive coronavirus diagnosis.

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5 takeaways from the vice presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence

It was last week's debate, on decaf. In the vice presidential debate Wednesday night in Utah, Vice President Mike Pence blew through the moderator's efforts to enforce time limits -- but was more polite about it than President Donald Trump was last week.

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Pence attempts to defend Trump while ignoring his record on lying and fights over separation of powers

Vice President Mike Pence tried to defend President Donald Trump's record against Sen. Kamala Harris during Wednesday's vice presidential debate but at times it seemed as if the vice president did not realize who he had been working with over the last four years.

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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to take another census case

The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to intervene and allow it to wrap up the 2020 census by blocking a lower court opinion requiring the count to continue until the end of October.

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Fact check: Kamala Harris and Mike Pence debate

Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris are participating Wednesday in the lone vice presidential debate of the 2020 election.