Amazon expected to be biggest winner for Thursdays earnings

The last earnings, Amazon and Apple stunned investors by revealing that when the pandemic started, Amazon replaced the neighborhood retail store for many people, as more products than ever were purchased during the crucial March 30 to June 30 time period, when COVID first hit.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/10/28/amazon-google-facebook-apple-which-wins-big-earnings/6055572002/

Coronavirus updates: El Paso, Texas, to go on 2-week shutdown; New York tops 500K cases; Wisconsin runs low on ICU beds; 227K US deaths

The resurgence of the coronavirus had been tough on the economy, there was a bit of good news Thursday — the economy grew more than 33% in the third quarter as it bounced back from shutdowns spawned by the pandemic.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/10/29/covid-news-california-disneyland-india-cvs-new-york/6062713002/

Hillary Clinton joins Electoral College 4 years after it cost her the presidency: ‘Pretty sure I’ll get to vote for Joe’

Hillary Clinton won the popular vote but lost the 2016 presidential election because of the Electoral College. This year, she is slated to be a participant in that system.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/28/electoral-college-hillary-clinton-new-york-state-elector/6065216002/

Hurricane Zeta drives inland, kills 1, knocks out power to hundreds of thousands in La., Miss.

Hurricane Zeta made landfall Wednesday evening near Cocodrie in southeastern Louisiana as a Category 2 storm, tearing into coastal communities with heavy rain and wind, killing one and leaving hundreds of thousands without power.