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Lula wins fourth term; Bolsonaro rejects results

Lula's margin is about four point four million votes, or fifty-one point eight percent, and Bolsonaro says he will seek annulment; the court already ruled.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorBrazil's electoral court says Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won a fourth term as president, leading by nearly four point four million votes with one hundred percent counted, but Flávio Bolsonaro is rejecting the result.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt's a comeback with receipts.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBolsonaro led the first round by about two points, and Lula flipped it, which CNBC says hasn't happened in a runoff since nineteen eighty-nine.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorBolsonaro says he will seek annulment, Reuters reports.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorLula called it a defeat for denialism and lies, and he takes office on January fifth, at eighty-one.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTwo more hours of voting, a ruling three minutes before closing. Three minutes.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn other news, the Seattle Seahawks ended Kansas City's unbeaten season, twenty to three on Sunday Night Football.

  8. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMahomes finished with one hundred sixty-five passing yards, plus one pick that went the other way.

  9. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentKenneth Walker carried fourteen times for thirty-six yards, and Harrison Butker missed from fifty-eight and forty-five.

  10. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentJaxon Smith-Njigba had nine catches for one hundred fifty yards. That's a whole bad night in one box score.

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  1. Brazil runoff: Lula versus Bolsonaro's son, too close to call · BBC
  2. Brazil votes in a runoff between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro · BBC
  3. Could Lula Be on the Brink of Defeat in Brazil's Election? · The New York Times
  4. Brazil runoff, court scandal, Brewers, Fortnite · The New York Times
  5. Doncic scores 52 as Lakers beat Jazz; Lula wins Brazil · Axios
  6. Lula wins Brazil runoff; Mbappé sinks Barcelona; Rays trail · CNBC
  7. Lula wins fourth term; Bolsonaro rejects results (this story)
  8. Amazon rainforest's future could hinge on Brazil's election · The New York Times

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