US forces rescued an American citizen taken hostage by armed men earlier this week in Niger and held in northern Nigeria, the Pentagon said. https://t.co/krNs6spEye

For the sixth time, Puerto Ricans will be asked to vote on statehood, which is ultimately the call of the US Congress. The island's history? It's complicated.
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The spread of Covid-19 among members in a household after one person is infected is "common" and occurs quickly after illness onset, according to a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention https://t.co/THSCxw5Igc

President Trump's attack on doctors came on a day when the US marked a new global record for daily coronavirus cases and 17 states were seeing record hospitalizations, writes Maeve Reston https://t.co/BH9xMRKcmz

Sean Connery was knighted in 2000 or his contribution to the arts, played the British spy in seven movies, beginning with "Dr. No" in 1962, the first of the James Bond movies. He died at the age of 90, according to the producers of the Bond series. https://t.co/OnZWwgoJBt

Analysis: It'll take a lot more than an election for America to regain the trust of its allies after four years of the most norm-shattering US presidency in history, writes @LukeMcGee https://t.co/A8HIA8m5qt

An asteroid believed to be worth $10,000 quadrillion is observed through the Hubble Telescope in a new study https://t.co/gOmDD7Wx2r https://t.co/mMLTFhVWTU

With the threat of Covid-19, trick-or-treating may not be safe this year and kids should be kept home, three professors from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have warned https://t.co/uX3bFKYCwg

In Western Pennsylvania, where fracking for natural gas is a major economic driver, many worry about the future of fracking in the last week of the 2020 presidential election https://t.co/96yXhzQb96 https://t.co/77sHmIi5VH

Sean Connery, famed for playing James Bond, has died at age 90 https://t.co/jlf6ms6Nea https://t.co/m0wd6lrker

From sun vibrations to Saturn's sound waves to a lightning storm on Jupiter, NASA has put together a playlist of spooky space-related sounds https://t.co/a4M1wyC3wB https://t.co/6XJzkRM0hc

The pandemic has affected everything in our lives, especially this election. How will coronavirus affect the race in the end? Special live coverage of Election Night in America starts Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET on CNN #CNNElection https://t.co/3y3FxOmyq7

Why Trump needs more than a 2016 polling miss to win | Analysis by @ForecasterEnten https://t.co/mWcVe1ikC2 https://t.co/002XNKaLzu

Four more states could choose to legalize recreational marijuana through ballot measures this Election Day https://t.co/16GPsyUNnZ

Sean Connery, the Scottish actor whose five-decade-long movie career was dominated by the role of James Bond, has died at the age of 90, the BBC reports, citing a statement from his son. https://t.co/NrSKXTXYGi https://t.co/WeK9QBXyYd

A rare full blue moon will shine on Halloween tonight https://t.co/21mj0yT19o

Within the last six months, as the coronavirus pandemic gripped the US, the Trump administration filed 75 lawsuits to seize private land along the US-Mexico border for the border wall, according to data reviewed by CNN from the Texas Civil Rights Project. https://t.co/V1uJlBtsfT

President Trump baselessly claimed that doctors are inflating the coronavirus death count for monetary gain while cases, hospitalizations and deaths surge across the country. https://t.co/vmGDkwrw5R

A New Orleans police officer was shot in the face and another was injured Friday when a passenger in a pedicab in the French Quarter fired at their vehicle, the city's police superintendent said. https://t.co/jz6IGnwVYl

US coronavirus cases break global daily record, and experts warn it will only get worse https://t.co/ojRRuCFxyW https://t.co/cB6I3HK051