U.N.'s World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize

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These headlines are in the news this morning: The U.N. World Food Program won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger; President Trump insists he is ready to resume campaign rallies after his coronavirus diagnosis and hospitalization; and more.

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World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize

The United Nations' World Food Program on Friday won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger and food insecurity around the globe. The organization provided assistance to almost 100 million people in 88 countries around the world last year.

The Nobel Committee said the coronavirus pandemic has added to the hunger faced by millions of people around the world and called on governments to ensure aid organizations receive the financial support necessary to feed them.

Read more about the award here:

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Trump Virus Outbreak — A Marine is posted Wednesday outside the West Wing of the White House, signifying the president is in the Oval Office.
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Trump back on campaign trail?

President Donald Trump insists he is ready to resume campaign rallies and feels “perfect” one week after his diagnosis with the coronavirus that has killed more than 210,000 Americans, as his doctor said the president had ”completed his course of therapy" for the disease.

The president has not been seen in public — other than in White House-produced videos — since his Monday return from the military hospital where he received experimental treatments for the virus. Read more here:

In other news Friday ...

Residents of Louisiana are bracing as Hurricane Delta is spinning across the Gulf of Mexico and is set to hit the same area of southwest Louisiana battered by Hurricane Laura six weeks ago.
Agents foiled a stunning plot to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and charged six men in an alleged scheme that involved months of planning and even rehearsals to snatch her from her vacation home.
A federal judge has denied a motion to extend voter registration in Florida even though a computer meltdown on the final day of registration might have prevented thousands of potential voters from taking part in November’s presidential election.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is questioning President Donald Trump's fitness to serve, announcing legislation that would create a commission to allow Congress to intervene under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution and remove the president from executive duties.
Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, remains in custody in his home state of Illinois as his attorneys fight efforts to send him to Wisconsin to stand trial on homicide charges.
The fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan is echoing around the Mideast. Syrian activists say Turkey has also sent hundreds of Syrian fighters to the conflict to back its ally, Azerbaijan, and several dozen have been killed.
The embattled president of Kyrgyzstan ordered a state of emergency Friday in the capital in a bid to end the political turmoil sparked by a disputed parliamentary election.

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