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Dow jumps more than 400 points as election rally gains steam on prospect of Biden win, split Congress

The Dow gained more than 400 points Thursday, extending this week’s rally, amid the prospect of a Biden presidency and split Congress

      

Fact check: Key Senate races left uncalled due to uncounted ballots, not fraud

A Facebook post claims the election is fraudulent because states that won GOP Senate seats can’t be called for the president. That’s not how it works.

      

Perdue hopes to hold off Ossoff in Georgia Senate race as results show possibility of runoff

Democrats have flipped two Senate seats – in Arizona and Colorado – but lost one seat in Alabama.

      

ESPN to lay off 300 employees, while also not filling 200 open positions, internal memo says

ESPN on Thursday announced a company-wide reduction of 300 staffers, network president Jimmy Pitaro said in a memo to employees.

      

New research suggests prehistoric women hunted big game alongside men

Not all prehistoric hunters were men. An excavation in Peru found a female big-game hunter — which may have key repercussions for divisions of labor.

      

‘Bernie Sanders is a wizard’: ‘Tonight Show’ clip with eerily accurate election predictions goes viral

A nearly two-week old video of Bernie Sanders on “The Tonight Show” with Jimmy Fallon is making its way around social media again this week.

      

‘James Bond’ actress Lashana Lynch talks backlash over ‘revolutionary’ 007 casting

When rumors began circulating that Lashana Lynch would play a female 007 counterpart to Daniel Craig’s James Bond, reactions weren’t all positive.

      

Fact check: Typo led to false post about Michigan votes showing up ‘magically’ for Biden

A typo in a tally of Michigan votes spread like wildfire, which made Biden’s column appear to gain tens of thousands of votes.

      

Fort Hood soldier arrested in the killing of Chelsea Cheatham

A Fort Hood soldier has been arrested in connection with the 2019 killing of 32-year-old Chelsea Lynell Cheatham in Killeen, Texas, according to a news release from the Killeen Police Department.

Fire-ravaged California wine country: We’re still here

The subject of the call was dire: Scattered reports of fire. On the mountain. Maybe headed straight for the Meadowood Napa Valley resort.

Jeffrey Epstein’s $22 million Palm Beach mansion will be demolished

The $22 million Palm Beach mansion owned by financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein will be demolished to make way for an even more expensive home, according to the developer who is buying it.

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