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            <title><![CDATA[New York State Will Require Masks in All Indoor Public Places]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:58:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Yorkers Confront a Novel Way to Vote and Weigh Their Choices]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2021 21:59:51 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Voters fill out ballots at the Brooklyn Museum polling site during the New York City mayoral primary election in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. New Yorkers emerging from more than a year of pandemic misery will cast ballots Tuesday for a new mayor who will determine the city&apos;s path to recovery.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[White House to Reallocate Vaccines Based on State Demand]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2021 16:43:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ohio Governor Says Supposed Positive Test for Covid-19 Was False]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2020 17:44:29 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>COLUMBUS, OH - NOVEMBER</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[N.Y., N.J., Connecticut to Ban Gatherings of More Than 50 People]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2020 14:32:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Says He Has Cancer on Kidney]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2020 01:09:02 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>TRENTON, NJ, UNITED STATES - 2019/01/15: New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy delivering the 2019 New Jersey State of the State address in the Assembly Chambers at the New Jersey State House in Trenton. (Photo by Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Puerto Rico House Approves Pierluisi Nomination]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2019 19:51:59 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Pedro Pierluisi, nominee for Puerto Rico secretary of state, speaks during a confirmation hearing at the House of Representatives, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Friday, Aug. 2, 2019. Many legislators oppose Pierluisi because of his ties to a federal fiscal oversight board. If the House rejects him, his nomination would die.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[As Maduro Craves Power, Voters Are Just Hungry]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivianne Rodrigues]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2018 09:55:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How I Accidentally Stiffed My Poor Venezuelan Waiter]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2017 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Key Chavistas Abandon Maduro as Crisis Intensifies]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[As the nation's chaos grinds on, former allies are joining a mounting chorus of dissent, a wave of defections unprecedented since the 1999 dawn of the nation's socialist era.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeremy Diamond]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 08:00:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bus to November: Odyssey Traces Fault Lines of 2016 Vote]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2016 09:00:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bus to November: An Election Seen From the Strip]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2016 09:00:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bus to November: Conspiracies over coffee]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2016 09:00:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bus to November: Friends across party lines, united in dismay]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2016 09:01:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bus to November: Faces of the Election]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[On a 3,000-mile bus journey from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, riders have plenty of time to contemplate the country and the pivotal election ahead. Reporter Esmé E. Deprez and photographer M. Scott Brauer ride along to hear their thoughts.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2016 09:01:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[An ex-addict's first vote: Bus to November]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[On a 3,000-mile bus journey from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, riders have plenty of time to contemplate the country and the pivotal election ahead. Reporter Esmé E. Deprez and photographer M. Scott Brauer ride along to hear their thoughts.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2016 09:01:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Peruvian mother wants out of the shadows: Bus to November]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[On a 3,000-mile bus journey from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, riders have plenty of time to contemplate the country and the pivotal election ahead. Reporter Esmé E. Deprez and photographer M. Scott Brauer ride along to hear their thoughts.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2016 09:01:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A roofer translates his politics into rhymes: Bus to November]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[On a 3,000-mile bus journey from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, riders have plenty of time to contemplate the country and the pivotal election ahead. Reporter Esmé E. Deprez and photographer M. Scott Brauer ride along to hear their thoughts.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2016 09:01:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[She finds dignity in poverty, and hope in Trump: Bus to November]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[On a 3,000-mile bus journey from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, riders have plenty of time to contemplate the country and the pivotal election ahead. Reporter Esmé E. Deprez and photographer M. Scott Brauer ride along to hear their thoughts.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/graphics/2016-bus-to-november/#post-2016-08-08-faces-places-and-graces</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2016 09:01:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A first meal as a free man: Bus to November]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[On a 3,000-mile bus journey from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, riders have plenty of time to contemplate the country and the pivotal election ahead. Reporter Esmé E. Deprez and photographer M. Scott Brauer ride along to hear their thoughts.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/graphics/2016-bus-to-november/#post-2016-08-05-free-world-food</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2016 18:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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