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News: Thursday, Nov. 5

Demonstrators rally in Lancaster’s Penn Square against President Trump’s attempts to stop ballot counting on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (Source: Lancaster Stands Up)

Demonstrators rally in Lancaster's Penn Square against President Trump's attempts to stop ballot counting on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (Source: Lancaster Stands Up)
Demonstrators rally in Lancaster's Penn Square against President Trump's attempts to stop ballot counting on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (Source: Lancaster Stands Up)

Headlines:

• President Trump files multiple lawsuits against Pennsylvania: Trump filed two lawsuits and a motion to intervene against the state on Wednesday with the intent to stop vote counting and force a recount of already opened ballots.  (Source: CBS 21) Gov. Tom Wolf has condemned the lawsuits, calling them a "disgraceful" attack on the election process. (Source: WGAL)

Hundreds gather in Lancaster city for rally to count all mail-in votes: The rally in Penn Square on Wednesday night was organized by Lancaster Stands Up, CASA and other community leaders. (Source: LNP)

Lancaster County completes first round of mail-in ballot counting: 91,000 mail-in and absentee ballots have been counted. Provisional ballots still need to be counted, but will be done last to prevent double voting, said County Commissioner Josh Parsons. (Source: WGAL)

La Academia charter school likely to go virtual for the foreseeable future: Even though the school has only reported one positive case of Covid-19, it will shift to virtual classes until the surge of cases in Lancaster County dies down. (Source: LNP)

National roundup: Biden pushes closer to victory in race for the presidency. (Source: AP) Trump supporters protesting in contested states, like Arizona. (Source: Reuters) U.S. sets record for new daily Covid-19 cases, with an average of 86,000. (Source: AP) AstraZeneca aims to bring foreign Covid-19 vaccine data before the FDA. (Source: Reuters) Released body camera footage shows Philadelphia officers who shot and killed Walter Wallace Jr. (Source: WITF)