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By Jarrod Mills
Staff Writer Dec 29, 2020
President Donald Trump faced Joe Biden in the general election. | CNHI File Photo
As 2020 winds down, the Times-Tribune is looking back at the top 3 stories of 2020. These stories were some of the most read stories on our website and garnered the most attention on our social media pages. Today we are looking at number 3.
News about this yearâs presidential election dominated headlines all throughout 2020 and looks to continue that trend into the future thanks in no small part to the pandemic.
From the way ballots were cast, to each candidates platforms, to President Donald Trump contracting the virus and the ultimate cancelling of presidential debates, the virus had a hand in just about every aspect of this yearâs race.
YEAR IN REVIEW #3: Election affected by pandemic tops headlines in 2020
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call of duty. there s officers who do this every single day. other officers do it all the time. reporter: officer brandon shepherd gives new meaning to the term first responder. it s my turn. reporter: he was the first to truly notice a struggling teen, opening his doors to the high schooler he randomly met on patrol. i view him as just another one of our kids. it s kind of odd when he s not around. reporter: how has he made the biggest difference in your life? he s taught me everything i need to know. like stuff i didn t know before. reporter: how this stranger came to be part of the family is a testament to the officer s character and compassion. cops are accustom to seeing disturbing things, but officer shepherd knew he had to intervene when he later responded to a call at anthony s cramped apartment. tension was high, tempers were high. reporter: there was a call to 911, and a fight between family members involving alcohol. when the officer pulled the young man
need to know. stuff like i didn t know before. reporter: how this stranger came to be part of the family is a testament to the officer s character and compassion. officers are accustomed to seeing disturbing things, but officer shepherd knew he had to intervene when he later responded to a call at anthony s cramped apartment. tempers were high. tensions were high. reporter: there was a call to 911 and a fight between family members involving alcohol. when the officer pulled the young man aside it really bothered me because usually when i ve talked to kids and i ve talked to people i have an ability, i feel, to get through to them. for some reason it just ate me up inside. reporter: so much so that officer shepherd started making frequent trips back to the apartment. he s coming by every day. yeah. checking on me. i think he had a rough go. there was a lot of emotions. didn t have his dad in the picture. don t think he had a solid male role model ever. reporter: so o
day, possibly weeks as the senate looks to vote on the revised gop health care plan. this is new jersey, of course, they ll be heading to d.c. here eventually as they continue their work at the white house on monday. but i do want to also bring attention to the fact the president s coming home amid this cloud in the russia investigation that has now enenveloped a member of his own family, don junior, in the meeting with this russian lawyer which we continue to learn more developments. much more on the breaking news we re learning this hour here straight ahead. but first, a moment to recognize an officer who has gone beyond the call of duty. officer brandon shepherd responded to a 911 call, he didn t expect to gain a son but when he encountered a troubled teen, he felt compelled to reach out to him and now officer shepherd says he can t imagine his family without anthony. here s how he went beyond the call of duty. there s officers who do this every single day. other officers who do
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