Rank these 10 national stories of 2020 *

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  • Massive protests take place across the nation following George Floyd’s choking death by a police officer in Minneapolis
  • President Trump tests positive for COVID-19 and is hospitalized before recovering
  • Following his impeachment by the U.S. House, senators acquit President Trump of all charges
  • Joe Biden beats Donald Trump in presidential election; Kamala Harris becomes the first woman and first Black person elected vice president
  • An unprecedented series of wildfires burns more than 4 million acres in California
  • Basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter are killed in a helicopter crash
  • Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg dies; Amy Coney Barrett confirmed to replace her
  • Hurricane season sets new record for number of named storms
  • The novel coronavirus, first detected in China leads to a global pandemic, plunges the economy into recession and leaves nearly 300,000 Americans dead
  • President Trump and allies declare the presidential election fraudulent and attempt to overturn it