Excitement grows in Ireland as famous son Joe Biden closes in on US presidency

Ireland may be in a national lockdown because of the Covid crisis but Ballina in the west of Ireland is bustling with activity as locals celebrate the town’s most famous son winning the race for the White House. Joe Biden’s great-great-great grandfather Edward Blewitt and his wife Mary left the small Mayo town 160 years ago. Joe Blewitt has a plumbing business in Ballina and gained national and international notoriety months ago when his cousin was declared the Democratic candidate for the US presidential election by emblazoning ‘Joe Biden for the White House and Joe Blewitt for your house’ across the side of his van. Mr Blewitt (pictured below) and his two sisters have visited Biden in the US. “He promised us he will visit us again when he is President," he told The Telegraph.

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Fourth night of protests in Portland as National Guard deployed

Two arrests were made after a gathering of more than 100 protestors was broken up

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Watch Live: Biden Speaks as President-Elect

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Authentic Gets ‘Emotional’ Breeders’ Cup Win for John Velazquez

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Trump supporters are defiant: ‘They’re never going to convince me that he didn’t win.’

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The Lincoln Project shifts from attacking Trump to promoting Biden.

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Joe Biden: los desafíos y prioridades de su política exterior

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Top Republicans Are Silent on Biden Victory as Trump Refuses to Concede

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Maggie Haberman talks to The Daily about the election outcome.

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Vote counts are continuing, but the chances of Trump’s fortunes changing are slim.

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Across Washington, D.C., news of Biden’s victory is met with both cheers and protests.

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‘We are in a better place than we were four years ago.’

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African leaders react to Biden’s win.

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How Biden Won Pennsylvania and Clinched the Election

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Fact check: Viral video shows Pennsylvania poll workers fixing damaged ballots

A viral video claiming to show a poll worker committing voter fraud in Delaware County is false. Poll workers were fixing damaged ballots.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spars with her centrist Democratic colleagues over policy and rhetoric after House Democrats suffer unexpected losses

House Democrats' unexpected electoral losses this week prompted renewed debate over the party's policies and message.

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Trump supporters like me are concerned by Biden's win. But there's still some hope.

I vote Republican because that party — and President Donald Trump — have a demonstrated commitment to anti-socialism. Biden can still show us that.

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Common cold antibodies hold clues to COVID-19 behavior; lung scans speed COVID-19 diagnosis in stroke patients

Among people who were never infected with the new coronavirus, a few adults - and many children - may have antibodies that can neutralize the virus, researchers reported on Friday in Science. Among 302 such adults, 16 (5.3%) had antibodies, likely generated during infections with "common cold" coronaviruses, that reacted to a specific region of the spike protein on the new virus called the S2 subunit. Among 48 children and adolescents, 21 (43.8%) had these antibodies.

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Major US media news outlets called the presidential race for Biden on Saturday

The AP, along with networks including CNN, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, and Fox News, all made the call for the vice president on Saturday.

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Federal employee claims bosses used government resources to push Trump campaign in Arizona battleground

Press conference was moved from CBP headquarters to Arizona at last minute, senior agency staffer tells The Independent

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Afghanistan conflict: Fighting for a future in a war without end

The young Afghans symbolising hope who were attacked in the assault on Kabul University.

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Jacob Blake accepts plea bargain, dropping sexual assault charges

Jacob Blake, a Black recovering after being shot in the back by Wisconsin police officers earlier this year, had been facing charges of sexual assault prior to his shooting. Prosecutors decided to drop two of those charges on Friday in exchange for a guilty plea to lesser charges. Blake, 29, back in May was accused of one count of third-degree sexual assault and one count of criminal trespass, according to New York Times.

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