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Pelosi likely speaker again, but might require high-wire act WASHINGTON — There's little doubt that Nancy Pelosi will be reelected House speaker when the new Congress convenes Sunday. It could take a high-wire act for her to get there, largely thanks to the pandemic. The only woman in history to serve as speaker ...
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Why did the Rose Bowl move to Texas? Location, tickets & more to know about 2021 CFP semifinal Friday's Rose Bowl meeting between No. 1 Alabama and No. 4 Notre Dame will be unlike any in the bowl's history. That's because it won't take place in the historic Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, Calif. The game was moved from its traditional site to AT&T ...
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China Holds Sway in Nepal as Rival Communist Factions Create Crisis KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Alarmed that a political crisis in Nepal could endanger China's strategic interests and Belt and Road projects, a Chinese Communist Party emissary has held days of talks to try to stop the Himalayan country's ruling communist party ...
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Samuel Little, The Nation's Most Prolific Serial Killer, Dies At 80 Samuel Little, a convicted murderer who the FBI says is the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, died Wednesday at the age of 80. Little was serving three consecutive life-without-parole sentences for the deaths of three women in the late 1980s in Los ...
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Police on Report Man Was Making Bombs: 'Hindsight Is 20/20' NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More than a year before Anthony Warner detonated a Christmas Day bomb in downtown Nashville, officers visited his home after his girlfriend told police he was building bombs in a recreational vehicle at his residence, according to ...
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Air Travellers Into North American Airports May Soon Need A Negative COVID-19 Test First There may be changes coming soon to an airport near you, if you're flying during the COVID-19 pandemic. Air travelers to Canadian airports will now face a newly mandated COVID-19 test before they leave the ground in their point of departure.
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Brexit: what are consumers' rights on holidays, banking and more? Will my Ehic card still work? Yes and no. Under the agreement if you have a European health insurance card (Ehic), which entitles visitors to necessary state healthcare (such as accident and emergency) for free or at a reduced cost, it remains valid in the EU ...
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Controversial Emancipation Statue Is Removed From Its Pedestal In Boston In the end the commission's members voted unanimously to remove the depiction of a Black man breaking free of the chains of slavery kneeling below President Abraham Lincoln.
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Coronavirus vaccine rollout: Charlie Baker, senior advocates rip pols who 'cut the line' for a shot Congressional staffers and others who "cut the line" ahead of high-risk essential workers and vulnerable seniors were called out by Gov. Charlie Baker for their vaccine piggishness. "I don't understand why a lot of the people who cut the line, cut it," Baker said ...
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Fox bumps Tom Brady, Buccaneers from Boston airwaves in favor of Giants vs. Cowboys New York Giants fans residing in the Boston area will be pleased with Fox Sports's NFL programming decisions for Sunday. The Tom Brady fans? Not so much. Boston 25 won't air the Brady and the Bucs' regular-season finale at 1 p.m. Sunday against the ...
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Coronavirus: Most seniors will wait for vaccinations as demand exceeds hospitals' supplies Hospitals in Palm Beach County will first vaccinate their front-line medical workers before offering shots to those over the age of 65. Jane Musgrave. Palm Beach Post. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, left watches Jessica Brown, 77, receive the Moderna ...
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Vaccine delivered to prison where feds carry out executions WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Prisons has started vaccinating staff members and some inmates at the federal prison complex where the Justice Department carries out federal executions, as officials work to contain a coronavirus outbreak at the facility.
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PlayStation Plus Free Games announced for January: Maneater, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Greedfall Greedfall. Developed by French studio Spiders, Greedfall allows players to take a deep dive into the world of old-school RPG mechanics as they explore a medieval island and fend off invaders, supernatural threats, while experiencing a surprisingly engaging ...
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Dozens killed in ambush on bus in Deir Az Zor: Syrian state media The vehicle was believed to be carrying soldiers and pro-government fighters who were returning to their base in the remote area. Members of the Syrian security forces gather at the border-crossing between al-Bukamal in Syria and al-Qaim in Iraq, taken from ...
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These 20 states will raise their minimum wage by January 1 In New Mexico, the minimum wage will increase to $10.50, up $1.50 from the current $9 wage. And in California, the rate for employers with 26 workers or more will rise from $13 to $14 an hour, the highest state-wide baseline in the country.
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Online drone display lights up skies for Hogmanay The final part of a huge drone display, forming images across Scotland's skies, is to go online later in place of outdoor Hogmanay celebrations. Fare Well, a three-part series, sees drones travelling at speeds of 25mph at altitudes of up to 500ft (150m) and ...
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Ohio softens school quarantine policy, for those wearing masks New state guidance would allow many more K-12 students and teachers to stay in school after exposure to a COVID-positive person, rather than requiring them to quarantine. Gov. Mike DeWine's announcement Wednesday says students and teachers who ...
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US says it won't allow Pearl murder suspect to evade justice ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. warned Wednesday it won't allow a Pakistani man who was convicted and later acquitted in the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl to evade justice after a provincial court in Pakistan ordered his release.
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Woman in viral SoHo hotel confrontation could face assault, other charges: source SOHO, Manhattan — New details emerged Wednesday about the masked woman who was caught on video falsely accusing a Black teenager of stealing her phone inside a SoHo hotel lobby over the weekend. A high-ranking law enforcement source told ...
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Taiwan scales back New Year events, reports second COVID-19 case with UK variant People pass a temperature check while wearing protective masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a train station in Taipei on Dec 22, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Ann Wang). 31 Dec 2020 02:01PM (Updated: 31 Dec 2020 03:37PM ) ...
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ZHAO: New Year's resolutions are a sham Ever since my freshman year of high school, I've noticed that this time of year has always plagued me with a particular twinge of guilt and shame. I was unable to quite gauge the reason behind this guilt until a few years ago when I unearthed a curious object: ...
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Russian authorities initiate criminal case against Alexei Navalny for fraud The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation announced on Tuesday that it had initiated a criminal investigation against Alexei Navalny, a prominent leader of the Russian opposition to Vladimir Putin's leadership. According to the investigation, ...
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Elon Musk wants SpaceX to catch rockets returning from outer space rather than have them land Billionaire Elon Musk has revealed a new design for the Super Heavy booster , which won't have legs like the Falcon 9 rocket . Instead, the booster will be caught using a launch tower arm. According to Musk, the rocket will save money, trim down on mass ...
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Weather Alert: Ice and snow headed for Kansas WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Chief Meteorologist Ross Janssen says that we should expect ice first, then a change to all snow by early Friday. Accumulations are likely and will make for some difficult travel at the start of 2021. Winter storm watches continue for ...
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2 Japan-Based Destroyers Conduct Second Taiwan Strait Transit This Month Guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) conducts routine underway operations on Dec. 30, 2020, in the Taiwan Strait in support of stability and security for a free and open Indo-Pacific. Sea control is foundational for all other naval missions ...
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New Year's eve: Google marks end of chaotic 2020 with a cuckoo and confetti New Year's eve 2021: The final countdown for the end of the year 2020, which was quite a testing for the world, has begun. Google has already kicked off the celebration with a doodle of an old fashioned bird-house clock which says 2020 on it. The doodle ...
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Deadline for mandatory FASTag extended; here's how to buy it online The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) had made it mandatory for all vehicles to use FASTag from 1 January, 2021. However, considering that many motorists are yet to buy a FASTag and are making cash payments at toll plazas, the ministry ...
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