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• Top-Ranked Jin Young Ko Takes Lead in LPGA Tour Finale

  18-12-2020 23:59
  Top-ranked Jin Young Ko took the lead into the weekend in the LPGA Tour’s CME Group Tour Championship, putting herself in position to win the season money title in only four events.
  
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• Maryland, Virginia Donate Vaccine Doses to Washington, DC

  18-12-2020 23:59
  
  In a heartening demonstration of interstate collectivism, Maryland and Virginia are each donating 8,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to the District of Columbia.
  
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• Idaho Unemployment Rate Falls as Job Seekers Stop Trying

  18-12-2020 23:56
  State officials say Idaho’s unemployment rate has dropped to 4.8%, mainly because many people stopped looking for work and were no longer being counted.
  
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• Chilean President Handed $3,500 Fine for Mask-Less Selfie With Stranger on Beach

  18-12-2020 23:56
  
  SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera was slapped with a $3,500 fine on Friday after posing for a selfie on the beach with a...
  
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• Available ICU Beds in Arkansas Drop as Virus Cases Rise

  18-12-2020 23:56
  Available intensive care unit beds are continuing to drop in Arkansas.
  
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• California Legislature Postpones Return as Virus Surges

  18-12-2020 23:50
  California's lawmakers have delayed their return to the state Capitol because of the coronavirus.
  
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• Idaho Vaccine Dose Reduction Has 'Significant Implications'

  18-12-2020 23:47
  A state immunization official says an unexpected cut in the number of coronavirus vaccine doses Idaho will receive next week has significant implications.
  
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• Successful Season? College Football Played 500-Plus Games

  18-12-2020 23:45
  
  The regular season is coming to an end this weekend in college football.
  
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• Officials: No Sign of Hack Affecting Cities in Oregon

  18-12-2020 23:44
  Amid a newly discovered hack of U.S. government agencies, officials have been monitoring the situation in Oregon but so far, no intrusions have been reported.
  
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• Pro-Trump Shakeups Continue at VOA's Parent Agency

  18-12-2020 23:41
  
  The head of U.S.-funded international broadcasting is pressing ahead with his shakeup of the Voice of America and sister outlets by naming new leaders for two of its main networks.
  
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• Whitmer Criticizes Trump Admin Over Vaccine Shipments

  18-12-2020 23:40
  A frustrated Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has criticized the Trump administration because Michigan will receive fewer doses of the coronavirus vaccine than expected in its next allocation.
  
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• Biden aide says Pentagon DID stop transition meetings, amid speculation Trump is preparing to ‘cross the Rubicon’

  18-12-2020 23:37 via rt.com
  
  Joe Biden’s transition team said there was no agreement on pausing meetings over the holidays, contradicting the Pentagon, as confusion mounted in Washington and some supporters urged President Donald Trump to make like Caesar.A sensationally titled Axios report claimed on Friday that Trump’s acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller had ordered a “total halt” to briefings and meetings with Biden’s transition staff, citing anonymous officials as saying it was to give th
  
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• US Space Force Members Get a New Name: 'Guardians'

  18-12-2020 23:34
  
  The Trump administration is celebrating the first birthday of the U_S_ Space Force by announcing that its members will be known as “guardians.”.
  
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• US Questions Maxwell's Marriage in Push to Keep Her Jailed

  18-12-2020 23:34
  
  Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell told court officials at the time of her arrest in July that she was “in the process of divorcing her husband.”.
  
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• Mike Pence Announces New Name for Space Force Members on Branch’s 1st Birthday

  18-12-2020 23:34
  
  The Trump administration marked the first birthday of the U.S. Space Force on Friday by announcing that its members will be known as “guardians.” Vice President Mike Pence made the announcement at an event celebrating the development of the newest branch of the military over the past year. “It is my honor, on behalf of…
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• Conn. Mayor Vetoes Council Vote to Remove Columbus Statue

  18-12-2020 23:32
  A Connecticut mayor has vetoed a common council’s decision to remove and store the town’s Christopher Columbus statue.
  
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• West Virginia Says Next Week's Pfizer Vaccine Allotment Down

  18-12-2020 23:30
  
  Joining several other states, West Virginia officials said the state will receive about 44% fewer doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech than initially expected.
  
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• Florida's Johnson Releases Video Message After Collapse

  18-12-2020 23:28
  
  Florida forward Keyontae Johnson thanked everyone for their support in a video message Friday.
  
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• Utah to Receive 30% Fewer Coronavirus Vaccine Doses

  18-12-2020 23:27
  Utah is one of more than a dozen states that have been told to expect far fewer doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in its second week of distribution.
  
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• The Latest: Washington Football Team to Forego Bowl Season

  18-12-2020 23:25
  
  Washington announced it will not pursue a bowl bid after a COVID-19 outbreak kept the Huskies from playing their regular-season finale against Oregon and the Pac-12 title game against USC.
  
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• American Teen Jailed for 4 Months for Violating COVID Rules in Cayman Islands

  18-12-2020 23:24
  
  In yet another example of government overreach, an American teenager and her boyfriend have been sentenced to four months in a Cayman Islands jail for violating local quarantine rules. Skylar Mack, 18, of Georgia, broke her two-week quarantine after two days because she wanted to watch her boyfriend, Vanjae Ramgeet — a 24-year-old jet ski…
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• UNC Suspends 3 Fraternities That Feds Linked to Drug Ring

  18-12-2020 23:23
  
  The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has suspended three fraternities linked to a drug trafficking ring that federal prosecutors say funneled large amounts of drugs into three college campuses.
  
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• ATF Decision on Pistols Could Put Millions of Gun Owners in Legal Jeopardy

  18-12-2020 23:23
  
  Confusing new guidance issued by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on Friday signals the agency could soon go after some popular gun accessories, and that might put millions of gun owners in a precarious position. The ATF might target the legality of pistol braces, which are most commonly associated with AR-15…
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• 'NorCal Rapist' Sentenced to 897 Years for String of Attacks

  18-12-2020 23:20
  A 60-year-old serial rapist in Northern California whose crimes went undetected for nearly three decades was sentenced to 897 years in state prison.
  
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• Police: FBI Agent Shot Man on Metro After 'Verbal Exchange'

  18-12-2020 23:19
  Police for Washington's Metro system say a recent shooting by an FBI agent on a subway train appears to have followed a verbal exchange between the agent and the passenger who was shot.
  
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• Prosecutor Releases Security Video of Ohio Judge Being Shot

  18-12-2020 23:16
  
  An Ohio prosecutor has released a security camera video showing a judge being shot as he walked to work.
  
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• Chicago Council Members Seek Deal With Woman in Wrong Raid

  18-12-2020 23:16
  Some members of the Chicago City Council are calling for a special meeting to order officials to settle any legal action with a woman who wasn’t allowed to put on clothes during a botched raid at her home.
  
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• United Airlines in Talks With CDC After Passenger Death Possibly Due to COVID

  18-12-2020 23:15
  
  (Reuters) - United Airlines Holdings Inc said on Friday it was in talks with U.S. health officials to alert passengers on a recent flight of...
  
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• Jimmy Kimmel says Mike Pence doesn't deserve Covid-19 vaccine, prescribes 'BOTTLE OF CLOROX AND A HEAT LAMP' instead

  18-12-2020 23:10 via rt.com
  
  Talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel quipped that Vice President Mike Pence doesn't deserve the Covid-19 vaccine and should rather be given bleach, the latest in a string of vitriolic comments from the party of "unity" and "healing."Kimmel joked on his show Thursday night about plans for Pence and his wife, Karen, to be publicly inoculated on Friday to demonstrate that the new Covid-19 vaccine is safe. He noted that Pence, who heads the White House Coronavirus Task Force, wrote a Wall Street Journal oped
  
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• COVID-19 Strikes 37 North Carolina Highway Patrol Cadets

  18-12-2020 23:06
  A spokesman for the North Carolina State Highway Patrol says 37 of the 50 cadets who just graduated from the training academy have tested positive for COVID-19.
  
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• When It's Tiger Woods, the Son Becomes More Famous Than Dad

  18-12-2020 23:05
  
  Padraig Harrington has played some 170 tournaments with Tiger Woods and he noticed one big difference at the PNC Championship.
  
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• United: CDC Looks Into Death of Man on Flight From Florida

  18-12-2020 23:03
  United Airlines says it has given information about other passengers to federal health officials after a man who possibly had coronavirus-like symptoms died shortly after being on a flight.
  
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• Tesla Unlikely to Drive up Volatility on S&P 500, Analysts Say

  18-12-2020 22:59
  
  By April JoynerNEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors have worried that including Tesla Inc's notoriously volatile shares in the S&P 500 will...
  
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• Ohio State Tallies Hundreds More Instances of Abuse by Doc

  18-12-2020 22:58
  
  Ohio State University's latest campus crime data tallies hundreds more instances of alleged decades-old sexual misconduct by a team doctor who worked there for two decades.
  
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• Albuquerque to Consider Smaller Emergency Homeless Shelters

  18-12-2020 22:57
  City officials in New Mexico have scrapped a plan to build one large 300-bed homeless shelter and are now considering a series of smaller facilities with at least 100 beds each throughout the community.
  
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• ‘WJ Live’: Can You Have Peace After a Year Like 2020?

  18-12-2020 22:55
  
  Support Christian, conservative journalism at The Western Journal by joining our subscription service. 2020 has been filled with uncertainty due to the coronavirus pandemic, heightened racial tensions and the presidential election. How can anyone find peace during such a tumultuous time? Pastor Brian Bowman explains how it may not be as inconceivable as it sounds. ► Click…
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• Mormons Add Call to Eradicate Prejudice, Racism to Handbook

  18-12-2020 22:55
  
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has added new language to the faith’s handbook imploring members to root out prejudice and racism.
  
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• North Carolina Prepares to Vaccinate Nursing Home Workers

  18-12-2020 22:52
  
  North Carolina public health officials are planning to vaccinate workers in long-term care facilities next week if and when the federal government ships out an approved Moderna coronavirus vaccine.
  
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• Man Exonerated in 1980 Murder Sues Kentucky State Police

  18-12-2020 22:52
  A man exonerated in a 1980 murder has filed a lawsuit against Kentucky State Police investigators and local law enforcement.
  
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• Maricopa County to Fight Legislature's Election Records Ask

  18-12-2020 22:51
  The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors says it will fight a sweeping subpoena issued by the state Senate seeking a raft of data and copies of all mail-in ballots cast in the Nov. 3 election that Democrat Joe Biden won.
  
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• Fed Finds Big US Banks in Solid Shape; Keeps Dividend Limits

  18-12-2020 22:42
  The Federal Reserve says the 33 largest U.S. banks are in strong shape despite the pandemic’s economic shock.
  
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• VIRUS TODAY: 1 in 5 Prisoners Tests Positive for COVID-19

  18-12-2020 22:41
  
  One in every five state and federal  prisoners in the U.S. has tested positive for COVID-19.
  
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• U.S. House to Consider Stopgap Funding Bill Friday Evening -Committee

  18-12-2020 22:41
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday will consider a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through...
  
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• California Hospitals 'Crushed' as Virus Patients Flood ICUs

  18-12-2020 22:35
  
  Doctors say increasingly desperate California hospitals are being “crushed” by soaring coronavirus infections.
  
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• Police Found Justified in Killing of Knife-Wielding Man

  18-12-2020 22:33
  A prosecutor says a Connecticut police officer who shot a knife-wielding man to death in January was justified in using deadly force, but police agencies should take steps to improve how they deal with mentally ill people.
  
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• Idaho Virus Dose Reduction Has 'Significant Implications'

  18-12-2020 22:32
  A state immunization official says an unexpected cut in the number of coronavirus vaccine doses Idaho will receive next week has significant implications.
  
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• Forecasts: Colorado May Have More to Spend on COVID Recovery

  18-12-2020 22:32
  
  State officials say Colorado’s economic outlook is brighter than previously anticipated due in part to the arrival of coronavirus vaccines, new job creation in certain industries and strong online sales tax revenue.
  
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• 'First Cow' Named 2020's Best Film by New York Film Critics

  18-12-2020 22:32
  
  The New York Film Critics Circle on Friday voted Kelly Reichardt’s Western fable “First Cow” the best film of 2020, while also giving special honors to Spike Lee and the art-house distributor Kino Lorber for their roles in a movie year deeply marred by the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Amazon Announces Plans for South Dakota Fulfillment Center

  18-12-2020 22:32
  Amazon has announced plans to open its first fulfillment center in South Dakota.
  
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• The Latest: Al Michaels Will Not Work Browns-Giants on NBC

  18-12-2020 22:30
  
  Broadcaster Al Michaels will not work Sunday night’s game on NBC between the Cleveland Browns and New York Giants.
  
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