<p>There have been 167 homicides in D.C. this year – the highest count since 2008.</p>
<p>Voters cast their ballots at the polling place located within L.A.’s Union Station on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Los Angeles, California.<br /> In the midst of a pandemic that defined a tumultuous presidential campaign, voters across the United States stood up to fears of coronavirus infection, threats of intimidation at Union Station, Los Angeles. Citizens attended the polls for U.S. president. </p>
<p>President Donald Trump supporter Loretta Oakes reacts while watching returns in favor of Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, at a Republican election-night watch party, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Las Vegas.</p>
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<p>U.S. President Donald Trump gestures after speaking during an election night party with U.S. First Lady Melania Trump, right, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. </p>
<p>Election workers wear masks and gloves as they open envelopes containing vote-by-mail ballots for the August 4 Washington state primary at King County Elections in Renton, Washington on August 3, 2020. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)</p>
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<p>Incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins, left, will be defending her congressional seat from Maine Democrat House Speaker Sara Gideon, right, in the Nov. 3 election.</p>
<p>The magnolia centered banner chosen Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 by the Mississippi State Flag Commission flies outside the Old State Capitol Museum in downtown Jackson, Miss. The nine member committee voted to recommend a design with the state flower. That design will go on the November ballot for voters consideration and if approved, it will become the new state flag.</p>
<p>Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden (left) and President Donald Trump (right).</p>
<p>The Duchess of Sussex has lost an early round in a London court where a judge dismissed parts of her lawsuit against the publisher of a British newspaper that put out excerpts of a letter to her estranged father.</p>
<p>West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice</p>
<p>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (left), Nancy Pelosi (middle) and James Clyburn (right).</p>
<p>KITTREDGE, CO – MARCH 9: Leaf of a high CBD hemp strain at Ambary Gardens in Kittredge, Colorado on March 9, 2016. Arvada has approved a hemp growing operation for cultivation of CBD oil. A surprising move as Arvada has declined to license recreational or medical marijuana shops. (Photo by Seth McConnell/The Denver Post via Getty Images)</p>
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<p>Demonstrators gather near the White House on Nov. 3, 2020 in anticipation of the results of the 2020 presidential election.</p>
<p>Vermont Republican Gov. Phil Scott speaks to reporters after voting on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in his hometown of Berlin, Vt. Scott said he voted for Democrat Joe Biden for president because he believes the former vice president can do more to bring the country together. He said it was the first time in his life he’s voted for a Democrat. </p>
