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• CDC says no one should travel on cruise ships in further blow to industry

  23-11-2020 23:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Advice comes just weeks after ban lifted on cruises from US ports
  
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• Biden cabinet: Inner circle get key posts as John Kerry named climate envoy

  23-11-2020 23:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former secretary of state is among the names announced for key roles in the new US administration.
  
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• Covid: World's poorest must not be 'trampled' in vaccine race - WHO

  23-11-2020 22:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Word Health Organization warns wealthier nations against buying up stocks of vaccines.
  
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• Apple's security chief charged with bribery

  23-11-2020 22:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The company's head of security is charged with planning to swap iPads for gun permits
  
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• Ted Cruz tells Texans to carry on with Thanksgiving despite overflowing Covid morgues in his state

  23-11-2020 22:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Texans responded to senator’s tone-deaf ‘come and get it’ turkey picture with images of morgues and lines for food banks 
  
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• Chinese spacecraft sets off on Moon sample quest

  23-11-2020 22:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The robotic Chang'e-5 mission aims to return the first lunar rocks to Earth in more than 40 years.
  
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• New Jersey governor Phil Murphy heckled by diners at restaurant over coronavirus guidelines

  23-11-2020 21:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mr Murphy will put Newark on lockdown and will asked residents not to leave their houses unless it is an emegency
  
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• Apple security chief indicted over deal to give iPads for gun permits

  23-11-2020 21:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Deal never went ahead as officers found out they were being investigated
  
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• Apple security chief indicted for iPads for concealed weapons permits deal

  23-11-2020 21:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Apple’s global security chief has been indicted for allegedly promising law enforcement officers 200 iPads in exchange for coveted concealed weapons permits.
  
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• Patrols of NYC subways to increase after several riders shoved onto the tracks

  23-11-2020 21:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Guardian Angels have also increased patrols in the subway
  
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• Worried about recession, Biden’s team presses for economic aid now.

  23-11-2020 20:19 via article.wn.com
  President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has insisted that Republicans agree to a spending bill of $2 trillion or more, while his aides are pushing for Democrats to reach a quick compromise stimulus agreement. ......
  
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• Virus Today: 3rd vaccine shows promise, death toll soars

  23-11-2020 20:19 via article.wn.com
  By The Associated Press Here's what's happening on Monday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S: THREE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY —Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said that late-stage trials showed its coronavirus vaccine was up to 90% effective, giving public health officials hope they may soon have access to a vaccine that is cheaper and easier to distribute than some of its rivals. AstraZeneca is the third major drug company to report encouraging news in recent weeks as the world anxiou
  
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• Twitter, Facebook to hand over Trump's @POTUS accounts to Biden on Jan. 20

  23-11-2020 20:19 via article.wn.com
  
  Nov 21 (Reuters) — Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc will transfer control of the @POTUS account to the Joe Biden...
  
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• They Welcomed Dozens for Thanksgiving. Now What?

  23-11-2020 20:19 via article.wn.com
  For decades, a couple have been the unofficial parents for many Black students at Notre Dame. This year, that family is scattered, reflecting on the year’s crises. ......
  
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• The shift to telemedicine may improve emergency health care.

  23-11-2020 20:19 via article.wn.com
  More than 90 percent of emergency departments were routinely crowded before the pandemic. ......
  
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• The Latest: Chicago-area nursing home workers walk off job

  23-11-2020 20:19 via article.wn.com
  
  GENEVA — The chief scientist of the World Health Organization is hailing the “huge logistical advantages” offered by a COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by Swedish-British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. Dr. Soumya Swaminathan noted the vaccine — for which AstraZeneca released initial results on Monday — can be stored in an “ordinary refrigerator” and can remain stable at temperatures of 2 to 8 degrees Celsius. That would enhance the possibility o
  
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• Thanksgiving lessons jettison Pilgrim hats, welcome truth

  23-11-2020 20:19 via article.wn.com
  BOSTON (AP) — A friendly feast shared by the plucky Pilgrims and their native neighbors? That’s yesterday’s Thanksgiving story. Students in many U.S. schools are now learning a more complex lesson that includes conflict, injustice and a new focus on the people who lived on the land for hundreds of years before European settlers arrived and named it New England. Inspired by the nation’s reckoning with systemic racism, schools are scrapping and rewriting lessons that treate
  
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• Pandemic has taken a bite out of seafood trade, consumption

  23-11-2020 20:19 via article.wn.com
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has hurt the U.S. seafood industry due to a precipitous fall in imports and exports and a drop in catch of some species. Those are the findings of a group of scientists who sought to quantify the damage of the pandemic on America's seafood business, which has also suffered in part because of its reliance on restaurant sales. Consumer demand for seafood at restaurants dropped by more than 70% during the early months of the pandemic, according
  
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• Millions stick to Thanksgiving travel plans despite warnings

  23-11-2020 20:19 via article.wn.com
  More than 1 million Americans a day packed airports and planes over the weekend even as coronavirus deaths surged across the U.S. and public health experts begged people to stay home and avoid big Thanksgiving gatherings. And the crowds are only expected to grow. Next Sunday is likely to be the busiest day of the holiday period. To be sure, the number of people flying for Thanksgiving is down by more than half from last year because of the rapidly worsening outbreak. However, the 3 million who w
  
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• Mass testing at a Shanghai airport causes chaos.

  23-11-2020 20:19 via article.wn.com
  
  Workers gather for Covid-19 testing at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Monday. ......
  
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• Hospitals Struggling to Meet the Covid Surge

  23-11-2020 20:19 via article.wn.com
  A physician urges people to stay home on Thanksgiving, a nurse begs for more P.P.E. and a widower worries about people not getting care for other diseases. ......
  
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• Gun-toting congresswoman-elect may carry Glock at Capitol

  23-11-2020 20:19 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A firearms-toting congresswoman-elect who owns a gun-themed restaurant in Rifle, Colorado, has already asked Capitol Police about carrying her weapon on Capitol grounds, her office has acknowledged. If she does so, she apparently won't be alone. The practice is allowed for lawmakers, with some limitations, under decades-old congressional regulations. The public is barred from carrying weapons in the Capitol, its grounds and office buildings. Republican Lauren Boebert, 33,
  
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• EU invites Biden to patch up trans-Atlantic ties

  23-11-2020 20:19 via article.wn.com
  BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union chief Charles Michel is inviting Joe Biden once he is U.S. president to come visit and patch up trans-Atlantic relations that have suffered over the past four years under President Donald Trump. ......
  
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• Bill Gates is on a quest to vaccinate the world. Can he do it?

  23-11-2020 20:19 via article.wn.com
  A vaccine assembly line at the Serum Institute of India in Pune, India. ......
  
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• Biden signals shift from Trump with national security picks

  23-11-2020 20:19 via article.wn.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is moving to fill out his national security team with a raft of appointments to top positions that signal his intent to repudiate the Trump administration’s “America First” doctrine. The six picks announced on Monday, almost all of them alumni of the Obama administration, represent a fundamental shift away from President Donald Trump’s policies and personnel selections. They also mark a return to a more traditional approac
  
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• Belarus pensioners march demanding leader's resignation

  23-11-2020 20:19 via article.wn.com
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Hundreds of retirees staged a protest in the Belarusian capital on Monday to demand the resignation of the country's authoritarian leader who won his sixth terms in office in a disputed election. Over 2,000 pensioners were estimated to have marched down a central avenue in Minsk in what has turned...
  
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• A Filipino Kitchen Opened by Busy Nurses Who Wanted Breakfast

  23-11-2020 20:19 via article.wn.com
  Bilao was born in the pandemic, when three hospital workers joked about opening an Upper East Side place where they could eat after their shifts. ......
  
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• Which Coronavirus Policies Succeed, And Which Fail

  23-11-2020 20:17 via article.wn.com
  The surge is worst now in...
  
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• US election: What you need to know right now in 500 words

  23-11-2020 20:16 via article.wn.com
  Three states that have been the subject of Trump’s legal attempt to flip the vote count have certified results. ......
  
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• Undefeated Nevada picks up two MWC player of the week awards

  23-11-2020 20:16 via article.wn.com
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada defensive tackle Dom Peterson and punter Julian Diaz have been named two of the Mountain West Conference’s three players of the week after the Wolf Pack extended their undefeated record to 5-0 with...
  
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• Turkey protests German search of Libya-bound Turkish ship

  23-11-2020 20:16 via article.wn.com
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey summoned...
  
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• Soccer rules panel wants more clarity on handball law

  23-11-2020 20:16 via article.wn.com
  ZURICH (AP) — More clarification of the handball law in soccer was requested on Monday by experts advising the sport's rule-making panel. Acknowledging that “interpretation of handball incidents has not always been consistent,” the International Football Association Board (IFAB) said its two specialist advisory groups asked for more clarity. Also,...
  
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• McKinney, Ximines to start practicing with Giants

  23-11-2020 20:16 via article.wn.com
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Second-round draft pick Xavier McKinney and linebacker Oshane Ximines will start practicing with the New York Giants this week. The Giants, who had a bye this past weekend, announced Monday they are...
  
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• Biden announces picks for Secretary of State, Homeland Security

  23-11-2020 20:16 via article.wn.com
  President-elect Biden's picks include the first Latino and immigrant as Homeland Security Secretary and the first woman to lead the intelligence community. ......
  
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• Analysis: Medvedev, Thiem get tennis set for intriguing 2021

  23-11-2020 20:16 via article.wn.com
  No one thinks it’s time to write off Novak Djokovic or Rafael Nadal — or even Roger Federer — just yet. Well, they shouldn’t, anyway. Still, the season-ending ATP Finals set the stage for an intriguing 2021 in men’s tennis with the emergence of Daniil Medvedev and the continued excellence of Dominic Thiem, a pair of 20-somethings who look ready to continue their climbs to the sport’s apex. They’re part of a group of up-and-coming men that also includes S
  
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• ‘Secret’ NY wedding with thousands of unmasked guests was a ‘blatant disregard of the law’: Cuomo

  23-11-2020 20:14 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A Brooklyn synagogue should be investigated over reports that it hosted a secret wedding with thousands of unmasked guests earlier this month, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday. “If that happened, it was a blatant disregard of the law,” Cuomo said during a briefing in New York City. “It’s illegal. It was also disrespectful of the people of New York.” The New York Post reported that guests, mostly unmasked, crammed inside the...
  
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• GM to replace Takata air bags in 7M vehicles

  23-11-2020 20:14 via article.wn.com
  A Friday, May 16, 2014, file photo, shows the General Motors logo at the company's world headquarters in Detroit. The U.S. is making General Motors recall and repair nearly 6 million big pickup trucks and SUVs equipped with potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators. The move announced Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will cost the automaker an estimated $1.2 billion. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) DETROIT — General Motors will recall about 7 m
  
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• Gas prices for Thanksgiving travel may be lowest since 2015

  23-11-2020 20:14 via article.wn.com
  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advised Americans to stay home for Thanksgiving and cancel big dinner plans. If you are traveling, you may find the lowest gas prices we have seen in five years. “At $2.10, this Thanksgiving’s national gas price average is shaping up to be the lowest since 2015. The holiday weekend average that year was a nickel cheaper at...
  
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• Detained Egyptian rights advocate was planning move to UK, his British wife says

  23-11-2020 20:14 via article.wn.com
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• Despite Trump's prod, Mich. to consider certifying Biden win

  23-11-2020 20:14 via article.wn.com
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan election...
  
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• The Latest: WHO official hails benefits of AstraZeneca shot

  23-11-2020 20:13 via article.wn.com
  GENEVA — The chief scientist of the World Health Organization is hailing the “huge logistical advantages” offered by a COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by Swedish-British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. Dr. Soumya Swaminathan noted the vaccine — for which AstraZeneca released initial results on Monday — can be stored in an “ordinary refrigerator” and can remain stable at temperatures of 2 to 8 degrees Celsius. That would enhance the possibility o
  
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• Shops, gyms to reopen in England under new COVID-19 plan

  23-11-2020 20:13 via article.wn.com
  
  {{featured_button_text}} 1 of 6 A person wearing a face mask walks past a temporarily closed souvenir store on Oxford Street, during England's second coronavirus lockdown, in London, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced plans for strict regional measures to combat COVID-19 after England's second lockdown ends Dec. 2, sparking a rebellion by members of his own party who say the move may do more harm than good. Matt Dunham The words "Let's Change The Way We Sho
  
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• Police detain people at Poland's latest abortion protests

  23-11-2020 20:13 via article.wn.com
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police detained several people, including a photo reporter, as women-led protests over abortion rights flared up again on Monday in Warsaw and elsewhere in Poland. The protests, organized by...
  
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• China-Australia relations: ex-Australia foreign minister says Canberra must drop adversarial approach to fix ‘frozen’ relationship

  23-11-2020 20:13 via article.wn.com
  Only a herculean shift in foreign policy, a change of government or major...
  
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• Retail trade group sees solid holiday sales despite pandemic

  23-11-2020 20:11 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The National Retail Federation, the nation's largest retail trade group, expects that holiday sales could actually exceed growth seen in prior seasons, despite all the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic. The reason? Shoppers are looking for opportunities to spend and celebrate the holidays during tough times. The trade group said Monday that it predicts that sales for the November and December period will increase between 3.6% and 5.2% over 2019 to a total ranging between
  
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• NotaryCam Marks Significant Spike in Use of Remote Online Notarization for eWills in Second Half ...

  23-11-2020 20:11 via article.wn.com
  NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. and NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Nov. 23, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — NotaryCam®, the pioneering leader in online notarization and original provider of mortgage eClosing solutions, today announced that it has seen a 10X-increase in the number of remote online notarization (RON) transactions the company has performed for electronic wills (eWills) thus far in 2020. The company attributes a significant portion of this increase to the passage of Florida’s eWill legi
  
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• Federal prisons to prioritize staff to receive virus vaccine

  23-11-2020 20:11 via article.wn.com
  Read full article MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK23 November 2020, 7:04 pm·3-min read Federal Executions FILE - This Aug. 28, 2020, file photo shows the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. The Justice Department has scheduled three more federal executions during the lame-duck period before President-elect Joe Biden takes office, including two just days before his inauguration. In a court filing Friday night, Nov. 20, 2020 the Justice Department said it was scheduling the exec
  
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• Bernstein names 21 Republican senators who privately expressed contempt for Trump

  23-11-2020 20:11 via article.wn.com
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• Alone for the holidays? Here's how to find joy in the solitude

  23-11-2020 20:11 via article.wn.com
  'Tis the season to stay home and stay safe. That means no more raucous get-togethers with extended family, being relegated to the kids' table or figuring out how to politely decline Grandma's fruitcake. ......
  
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• Georgia is finalizing details of recount requested by Trump

  23-11-2020 20:06 via article.wn.com
  After the Trump campaign requested a recount of the presidential ballots in Georgia state election officials were working to finalize the details of how and when that will be done, a top elections official said Monday. The election results certified last week by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger showed Democrat Joe Biden beating Republican President Donald Trump by 12,670 votes out of about...
  
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