News Bites of the Week - 10/12/20 - 10/18/20

News Bites summarizes the top headlines of the week. We sometimes include extra headlines that did not receive their own posts. Here are the news bites for the week of 10/12/20 - 10/18/20.

• Confirmation Hearings for Amy Coney Barrett are Underway

• Nobel Prize in Economics Awarded for Auction Theory

• IMF Predicts a 4.4% Drop in Global Growth in 2020

• Takeaways from Day 2 of the Barrett Confirmation Hearings

• Fighting Continues Between Armenia and Azerbaijan

• Hunter Biden Emails Under Investigation by Senate Committee

• California Election Officials Order GOP to Remove Illegal Ballot Drop Boxes

• Kyrgyzstan President Resigns to Avoid Bloodshed Amid Protests

• Biden, Trump Will Host Competing Town Halls Tonight

• Takeaways from Trump's Town Hall Last Night

• Takeaways from Biden's Town Hall Last Night

• FBI Investigating if Recent H. Biden Emails are Tied to Russian Disinformation Campaign

• New Zealand PM Ardern Wins Second Term in Office

• Azerbaijan Says Armenian Missile Killed 13, Wounded 50

• Pelosi Sets 48-Hour Deadline to Approve Stimulus Before Election

Extra Headlines:

• Covid-19 infection rates are increasing in all but two US states

• The band, The Flaming Lips, performed a concert in which the performers and the band were encased in large plastic bubbles

• Trump denied emergency FEMA aid for California wildfires and then reversed course the next day

• UN arms embargo on Iran expires

• Several European countries tighten Covid-19 restrictions as infection rates rise once again

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