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• Both newspapers in Utah's capital print final daily editions

  31-12-2020 23:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Salt Lake City’s two major newspapers have printed daily editions for more than a century, but now the presses will only be whirring once a week as they join other news organizations nationwide in shifting their focus online to stay afloat
  
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• Trump ‘did not want anyone tested for Covid unless they were in hospital and vomiting’

  31-12-2020 22:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Overheard yelling at his son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner, Mr Trump reportedly demanded to ‘do what Mexico does’ when it comes to testing for Covid-19
  
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• NYPD releases new video of woman who falsely accused Black teenager of stealing her phone

  31-12-2020 22:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Department said it is planning on upgrading charges against unnamed woman
  
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• Tony Hawk shares funny encounter at Covid testing site: ‘Are you related to Tony Hawk?’

  31-12-2020 22:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  The skateboard legend has a long history of almost getting recognised
  
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• Four-year-old boy dies from Covid-19 complications in upstate New York

  31-12-2020 22:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  He’s on of only a few young children across the country to have died from coronavirus
  
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• US soldier and 16-year-old charged in the murder of US Army Corporal Hayden Harris

  31-12-2020 21:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  The motive behind the killing is currently unknown
  
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• Ontario finance minister Rod Phillips resigns over Caribbean vacation

  31-12-2020 21:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The finance minister had visited the Caribbean while his province is under strict Covid lockdown.
  
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• Newspaper editor who ‘spectacularly’ fell out with Julian Assange says WikiLeaks founder should not be prosecuted for ‘doing what journalists do’

  31-12-2020 21:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Personal feelings about WikiLeaks founder are not the point, Alan Rusbridger tells Andrew Buncombe 
  
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• What went wrong with America’s botched vaccine rollout?

  31-12-2020 20:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  US officials promised 20 million vaccines by the end of 2020, but fewer than 3 million Americans have received their first dose, as local health systems are stretched thin during a growing health crisis  
  
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• What is Wikileaks and where is Julian Assange?

  31-12-2020 20:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Whistleblower site founder could face up to 175 years in prison if convicted in US
  
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• Nashville explosion: Newly released 911 calls capture moments before and after the blast

  31-12-2020 20:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Just before the RV exploded on Christmas Day, the vehicle played a chilling warning telling anyone who could hear it to evacuate
  
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• 11-year-old child charged with murder after after woman shot dead in Colorado

  31-12-2020 20:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Tragic incidents like these affect us all,’ says Montrose County Sheriff’s Office patrol lieutenant Ty Cox 
  
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• LA begins issuing digital vaccine verification receipts

  31-12-2020 19:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Immunity passports’ could allow society to open up but questions are being asked about privacy and inequality concerns 
  
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• Michael Richardson: Former Chicago Bears Super Bowl winner charged with murder

  31-12-2020 18:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former American football star also played for San Francisco 49ers
  
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• Teen arrested after broad-daylight bike gang attack on SUV in New York City

  31-12-2020 18:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police have asked for the public’s help identifying the other teens involved in the attack
  
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• Investigation launched after California officer filmed punching police dog

  31-12-2020 17:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘He was beating his partner, his coworker, his best friend,' witness says
  
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• Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee: UN condemns Iran over 'juvenile execution'

  31-12-2020 17:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mohammad Rezaiee was put to death for a fatal stabbing he allegedly committed when he was 16 years old.
  
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• Pet food recalled after 28 dogs die, FDA says

  31-12-2020 17:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pet owners who handled the products containing aflatoxin are not thought to be at risk 
  
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• Gibraltar to join EU Schengen border zone, Spain says

  31-12-2020 17:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  British overseas territory had been excluded from last-minute Brexit deal
  
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• The stories that could shape 2021

  31-12-2020 17:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  2021 could be a year of significant events - and possibly a return to some sort of normalcy
  
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• Brexit: Gibraltar gets UK-Spain deal to keep open border

  31-12-2020 17:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The deal - yet to become a treaty - enables Spanish workers to continue entering Gibraltar freely.
  
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• Australia changes national anthem to reflect indigenous past

  31-12-2020 17:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The prime minister made the surprise announcement on New Year's Eve.
  
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• ‘Maybe we’ll be able to get the vaccine in 2025’

  31-12-2020 17:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  What happens to countries like South Africa, who are too poor to afford mass vaccination programmes, but too rich for charity aid? Matt Apuzzo and Selam Gebrekidan find out
  
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• Biden to hold memorial service for Covid victims as part of inauguration

  31-12-2020 17:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Reflecting pool to be specially lit and communities around nation encouraged to illuminate buildings, ring church bells
  
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• Philanthropist charged with murder for hit-and-run that killed two children

  31-12-2020 17:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Rebecca Grossman could face up to 34 years to life in prison if convicted
  
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• Covid in 2021: Experts predict when and what American industries will return to normal

  31-12-2020 17:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Future scenarios for what 2021 could look like would depend on ‘effective public health response of testing, contact tracing, isolation, quarantine and vaccination,’ Dr Georges Benjamin says
  
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• Hospital worker fired for deliberately leaving hundreds of Covid vaccine doses out of refrigerator

  31-12-2020 16:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  FBI joins investigation into vaccine sabotage by healthcare employee 
  
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• Australia-China row: 'I'm Australian - why do I need to prove my loyalty?'

  31-12-2020 16:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Many Chinese-Australians fear a "new McCarthyism" as Australia's values are tested by its China row.
  
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• Hollywood productions close amid ‘catastrophic’ increase in Covid

  31-12-2020 16:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Public health authorities had pleaded with industry to ‘strongly consider pausing work for a few weeks’ 
  
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• 'A day for hope': UK and Spain agree draft deal on post-Brexit status of Gibraltar – video

  31-12-2020 15:53
  
  British and Spanish negotiators have reached a draft agreement on the future of Gibraltar after Brexit. Spain’s foreign minister, Arancha González Laya, welcomed the deal which she said meant the British Overseas Territory on the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula would be able to join EU programmes and policies such as SchengenSpain and UK reach draft deal on post-Brexit status of Gibraltar Continue reading...
  
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• The healthy nurse who died at 40 on the Covid frontline: 'She was the best mom I ever had' – video

  31-12-2020 15:25
  
  Yolanda Coar was 40 when she died of Covid-19 in August this year in Augusta, Georgia. She was also a nurse manager, and one of nearly 3,000 frontline workers who have died in the US fighting this virus, according to an exclusive investigation by the Guardian and Kaiser Health News.The Guardian has profiled hundreds of healthcare workers in a year-long project. Read their stories here Continue reading...
  
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• Mar-a-Lago: How breakfast cereal tycoon’s home became Trump’s ‘Winter White House’ resort

  31-12-2020 15:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Original owner bequeathed property to government as Winter White House in 1973, but it was returned to family due to lack of interest
  
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• Minneapolis police to release bodycam footage after fatal shooting – video

  31-12-2020 15:00
  
  Police in Minneapolis shot and killed a man in an exchange of gunfire during a traffic stop on the city’s south side on Wednesday night, authorities have said.The police chief has said officers bodycameras where active and the footage would be released to the public on Thursday.A crowd of people rallied at the scene of the fatal shooting which happened about 6.15pm during a traffic stop with a man suspected of a felonyMinneapolis shooting: man dies in 'exchange of fire' with poli
  
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• Trump reportedly briefed on China plan to strike US forces in Afghanistan

  31-12-2020 14:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Beijing calls allegations ‘nonsense’ and ‘fake news’
  
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• India’s BJP-led Assam state bans all Islamic schools, as minister says children should grow up to be ‘professionals, not imams’

  31-12-2020 14:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘We need more doctors, police officers, bureaucrats, and teachers from the minority Muslim community, rather than imams for mosques’ says education minister
  
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• Gibraltar to remain within EU Schengen border zone, Spain says

  31-12-2020 14:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  British overseas territory had been excluded from last-minute Brexit deal
  
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• Two New Mexico megachurches fined $10,000 each for packed Christmas services that violated Covid measures

  31-12-2020 14:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘These illegal and selfish gatherings will directly contribute to more suffering and illness in our state,’ says governor Michelle Lujan Grisham
  
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• Wuhan a year after Covid struck: 'Everyone wants to reset 2020'

  31-12-2020 14:35
  
  Wang Fan is a young craft beer brewer in Wuhan. When his city became the first in the world to enter lockdown, he volunteered to help support other residents, and documented the sudden and strict pandemic rules over that harsh winter. One year later, Wuhan is getting back to normality, and Wang Fan is even releasing a special beer to mark the recovery. He and other young people reflect on trying to get their lives back on track while much of the rest of the world struggles with the virusContinue
  
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• Indonesian fisher finds underwater drone similar to Chinese sea gliders used for covert operations

  31-12-2020 14:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Drone was functioning, with lights blinking and moving underwater, when discovered by fishermen
  
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• Man shot dead by Minneapolis police in department’s first fatal shooting since George Floyd

  31-12-2020 14:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Officers’ body camera footage to be released on on Thursday
  
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• Covid-19: China approves Sinopharm vaccine for general use

  31-12-2020 14:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Sinopharm vaccine is the first in China to be approved beyond emergency use.
  
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• Trump administration approves $290m bomb sale to Saudi Arabia

  31-12-2020 14:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Move comes amid billions in dollars of arms deals in last days of presidency
  
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• They were experts in viruses, and now in pitfalls of fame

  31-12-2020 14:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  The coronavirus pandemic has thrust virus experts and other normally low-profile scientists into the pop culture crucible this year
  
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• From the editor of Guardian US: the stories we'll tell in 2021 | John Mulholland

  31-12-2020 13:59
  
  From the racial wealth gap to the ‘forever chemicals’ poisoning our bodies, there is no shortage of stories that need to be toldThe need for fact-based journalism that highlights injustice and offers solutions is as great as ever. Support the Guardian with a year-end giftIt would be comforting to think that 2021 will offer a break from some of the challenges of 2020. There is an understandable yearning for some relief, some light, or at least a brief pause so that we can find a new e
  
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• Pakistan arrests 14 after mob led by Islamist clerics sets century-old Hindu temple on fire

  31-12-2020 13:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of people attacked the temple while chanting slogans in the village of Teri in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region
  
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• Indonesian nurse suspended for removing PPE to have sex with Covid patient in hospital

  31-12-2020 13:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Incident came to light after patient boasted about it, with photographs, on Twitter
  
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• How 2021 is being celebrated around the world

  31-12-2020 13:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fireworks have been going off around the globe but crowds were only allowed at some displays.
  
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• Bosnia: Hundreds of migrants stuck at fire-gutted camp

  31-12-2020 12:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About 900 migrants are stranded in the freezing cold after plans to relocate them are blocked.
  
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• Stanley Johnson says he is applying for French citizenship and ‘will always be a European’

  31-12-2020 12:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  The British Prime Minister’s father made his comments in an interview with French radio station RTL
  
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• What happened when California tried to fix its homelessness crisis as the pandemic arrived

  31-12-2020 12:00
  
  Nine months since Project Roomkey launched, some say the program’s success has varied regionally and only fraction of those in need received help amid a pandemicBefore the coronavirus even reached the US, California was already in the midst of a public health crisis.By March 2020, the Golden State’s homeless population made up more than a quarter of unhoused people in America. Nearly three-quarters of the more than 150,000 homeless people in the state were living unsheltered, oftenti
  
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