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The "overwhelming" emotional toll of the coronavirus left an Illinois doctor in tears as she announced the latest number of deaths in the state more than seven months into the pandemic. "These are people who started with us in 2020 and won't be with us at the Thanksgiving table," Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said before turning her back to wipe away tears during a daily press briefing with Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday.

Beto O'Rourke held back tears as he spoke about Saturday's deadly shooting at a shopping center in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday. Multiple people were reportedly killed during the shooting at the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, O'Rourke's hometown where he was a three-term congressman up until the beginning of this year. Police said they have one suspect in custody. "We know there has been a lot of injury, a lot of suffering in El Paso right now," O'Rourke said with emotion during a 2020 campaign event in Las Vegas. "I am incredibly sad, and it is very hard...

ORIGINAL TITLE: Brett Kavanaugh denies ANOTHER sex assault claim – this time by a 'Jane Doe' who accuses Supreme Court nominee of 'raping me several times' and hitting her after offering a ride home from a party and saying: 'No one will believe you' * Sixth sexual misconduct allegation leveled against Brett Kavanaugh * Latest claim is more violent than the others but sent to a senator anonymously * Kavanaugh flatly denied it during a conference call last Wednesday with Senate Judiciary Committee staff California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris had the accusation beforehand but didn't question Kavanaugh about it during...

.... In less than a month, the teens did what few thought possible, they changed gun laws in Florida and ignited a national movement... ....Alex Wind, a self-described theater geek, Jaclyn Corin, the junior class president, student reporter David Hogg, and senior Emma Gonzalez started what they call the never-again movement in Cameron Kasky's living room.... In three weeks, they'd convinced Florida's Republican Governor Rick Scott to defy the National Rifle Association, something that hasn't happened in Florida in 20 years.... Jaclyn Corin: We can't praise them for doing what they've done because that wouldn't have stopped what happened at...

Kathy Griffin accused President Donald Trump and his family of launching a campaign to destroy her life in response to the image she posted earlier this week in which she appeared to be holding the commander-in-chief's severed head. The comedian broke down in tears as she detailed the torrent of abuse she has been receiving online, and the constant death threats which she described as detailed and specific. She stated however that she will not back down from this fight, saying: 'I am not afraid of Donald Trump. He is a bully.' Later in the interview Griffin said that her...

Video: Donald Trump Blasts Sen. Schumer’s ‘Fake Tears’ Over Travel Ban

Today, Chuck Schumer was in tears over President Donald Trump's several-nation, temporary immigration ban.However, a little research shows that the same countries were singled out by Obama, with an effect of tightening entry to the United States by those countries: According to the draft copy of Trump's executive order, the countries whose citizens are barred entirely from entering the United States is based on a bill that Obama signed into law in December 2015. Obama signed the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act as part of an omnibus spending bill. The legislation restricted access to the Visa...

Obama to Comment on Scalia's Death Soon CNN Newsroom Saturday 8PM ET

Hillary Clinton on passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia: 'I did not hold Justice Scalias's views, but he was a dedicated public servant who brought energy and passion to the bench. The Republicans in the Senate and on the campaign trail who are calling for Justice Scalia's seat to remain vacant dishonor our Constitution. The Senate has a constitutional responsibility here that it cannot abdicate for partisan reasons.'

He's so method. Yes, I know there are really tears there. So how can I say they’re fake? Come on. You’ve never heard of method acting? How do you think those people in dramas produce the tears? They’re “real” too, but they have nothing to do with any sort of real emotion. They’re either so deep in character that they’re got themselves momentarily convinced the emotion is real, or they’re method acting, which means they’re reaching back to some sort of real tear-jerker from their life to produce the tears. If you really think this fraud is upset about the...