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• Trump Extends Pandemic-Related Visa Ban Through March 31

  31-12-2020 23:58
  
  President Donald Trump has extended pandemic-related bans on issuing green cards and work visas to large groups of applicants outside the United States through March 31.
  
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• One Year After Wuhan Outbreak Overturned World Order, Xi Jinping Announces Ambitions for China’s Future

  31-12-2020 23:54
  
  Exactly one year after China acknowledged the discovery of a novel coronavirus in the crossroads city of Wuhan, the country’s highest leader praised citizens’ endurance and vowed a future where the Chinese Communist Party reigns supreme in a “modern socialist country.” The coming year is particularly auspicious for the ruling party, as it marks a…
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• Court: Ohio County Order Violated Christian Schools' Rights

  31-12-2020 23:51
  A federal appeals court has given the go-ahead for Christian schools in an Ohio county to hold in-person classes during the pandemic.
  
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• Twitter refuses to remove claim that Republican Georgia Senate candidate ‘campaigned with a KLANSMAN’ even after CNN fact-check

  31-12-2020 23:49 via rt.com
  
  Conservatives are crying censorship hypocrisy again after Twitter refused to take down an allegedly false tweet by Democrat candidate Jon Ossoff accusing Republican Kelly Loeffler of campaigning with a Ku Klux Klan member.Ossoff tweeted out a video Wednesday evening accusing Georgia's two Senators -- Loeffler and fellow Republican David Perdue -- of using their offices to enrich themselves. Ossoff is running against Perdue, while Loeffler will face Democrat Raphael Warnock in a crucial January 5
  
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• Judge: 4,000 Voters Can't Be Blocked Based on Address Data

  31-12-2020 23:45
  A federal judge says more than 4,000 people in one Georgia county can't be stopped from voting in the state's high-stakes Senate runoffs just because they filed paperwork to change their address.
  
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• County: COVID-19 Kills 9 Nuns at Convent Within a Month

  31-12-2020 23:43
  Officials in upstate New York say nine nuns at a convent have died of causes related to COVID-19 in just over a month.
  
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• Likely Wasting Disease Found in 2 More Mississippi Counties

  31-12-2020 23:38
  Initial tests show that a lethal and highly infectious deer ailment called chronic wasting disease may have spread to two more Mississippi counties.
  
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• Court Upholds Hunting on Private Land in Grand Teton Park

  31-12-2020 23:38
  A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that allows some hunting on privately owned land within Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
  
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• Texas Hits New Virus Hospitalization Record, Passing 12,000

  31-12-2020 23:36
  Texas has hit another grim milestone as it surpassed 12,000 patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
  
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• Georgia Senate Subcommittee Votes To Audit Ballots Using Digital Technology To Detect Counterfeits

  31-12-2020 23:36
  
  The Georgia Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Elections voted unanimously on Wednesday to audit Fulton County’s absentee ballots to check for abnormalities. The vote came after digital scanning technology expert Jovan Pulitzer testified that his forensics team would be able to tell if ballots were fraudulent, using technology similar to that which is used by vending…
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• Instead of Arresting Two Women, Officer Opens Wallet To Help Family in Need Have Christmas Dinner

  31-12-2020 23:35
  
  People shoplift for different reasons. Some, on a whim. Some, accidentally — finding out out they have an item in their cart they forgot to scan. Some, for the thrill. And some shoplift because times are hard and they’re trying to provide for their families. Five days before Christmas, two women at a Stop &…
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• Nashville Assessing Building Damage From Christmas Bombing

  31-12-2020 23:34
  
  Officials are continuing to asses damage to dozens of buildings from the Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nashville's historic district.
  
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• Liberals gloat as Republican Senator Perdue self-quarantines after possible Covid-19 contact on eve of Georgia runoff

  31-12-2020 23:33 via rt.com
  
  Senator David Perdue (R-Georgia) has been sidelined from the campaign ahead of the January 5 runoff that will decide control of the US Senate, having been in ‘close contact’ with a person who tested positive for Covid-19.An unsigned statement from Perdue’s campaign sent out on Thursday evening said the senator had been notified of the contact earlier in the day.
  Even though both Perdue and his wife Bonnie tested negative for the virus on Thursday, they are self-quarantining in
  
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• Restoration Plan for Los Angeles County Wetlands Advances

  31-12-2020 23:32
  A plan to restore the largest coastal wetlands complex in Los Angeles County has received state approval as it advances through a lengthy process.
  
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• Richard Thornburgh, Governor During Three Mile Island Nuclear Crisis, Dies at 88

  31-12-2020 23:30
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Richard Thornburgh, who rose to national prominence with his unruffled handling of the 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear crisis...
  
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• CDC Ranks Kansas Last in COVID-19 Shots; Reporting Lag Cited

  31-12-2020 23:28
  
  Federal government data says Kansas ranks last among states in its reported COVID-19 vaccination rate.
  
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• Police Search for Child Left in Las Vegas Casino Restroom

  31-12-2020 23:26
  A 3-year-old girl was found abandoned in a Las Vegas casino restroom on Tuesday.
  
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• How do we reward a pop singer for selflessly sharing her struggles? By shaming her.

  31-12-2020 23:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  There's an unspoken duty that those in recovery have: Don’t seek to cause harm to others who have experienced the same hell we have.
  
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• Crowds Fill Streets in China's Pandemic-Hit Wuhan, Celebrate New Year

  31-12-2020 23:23
  
  By Martin Quin PollardWUHAN, China (Reuters) - Large crowds took to the streets at midnight on Friday in the central Chinese city of Wuhan,...
  
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• The Latest: WHO Clears Coronavirus Vaccine for Emergency Use

  31-12-2020 23:22
  
  The World Health Organization says it has cleared the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, meaning poorer countries may soon get access to the shot already available in Europe and North America.
  
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• Wisconsin Hospital Worker Arrested for Spoiled Vaccine Doses

  31-12-2020 23:17
  Authorities have arrested a suburban Milwaukee pharmacist suspected of deliberately ruining hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine by removing it from refrigeration for two nights.
  
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• UK PM Johnson Says: the State Will Need to Lead - Telegraph

  31-12-2020 23:17
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that in the post-COVID-19 future the state would need to lead by investing...
  
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• Humanitarian Group to Build Field Hospital in North Carolina

  31-12-2020 23:17
  A humanitarian group is building a 30-bed field hospital to help treat COVID-19 patients in western North Carolina.
  
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• NFL Union President Tretter Offers Suggestions for 2021

  31-12-2020 23:16
  
  NFL Players Association President JC Tretter is calling for the significant reductions in offseason work forced by the pandemic to continue in future years.
  
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• New Year's Eve weather forecast: Snowy, stormy across southern U.S.

  31-12-2020 23:16
  
  A snowy, damp and stormy New Year's Eve 2020 is in store for much of the South, forecasters predict.       
  
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• Hundreds of Covid vaccine doses 'intentionally' destroyed at Wisconsin hospital

  31-12-2020 23:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  "We continue to believe that vaccination is our way out of the pandemic. We are more than disappointed," the hospital said.
  
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• Utah Leader Asks People to Reconsider New Year's Eve Plans

  31-12-2020 23:13
  Utah’s incoming governor is urging residents to not attend any large New Year’s Eve gatherings.
  
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• Sen. Bill Brady Resigns Seat After 27 Years in Legislature

  31-12-2020 23:13
  Republican state Sen. Bill Brady is retiring from the General Assembly.
  
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• COVID-19 Could Prompt Big Changes for Kansas Health Agencies

  31-12-2020 23:13
  More than 20 local public health administrators in Kansas have resigned or retired since the coronavirus pandemic began, but that's just one sign of strain on the state’s public health infrastructure.
  
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• Ohio High Court Dismisses Convicted School Shooter's Appeal

  31-12-2020 23:12
  The Ohio Supreme Court has reversed course and won't hear an appeal by a convicted school shooter.
  
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• Mississippi St Tops Tulsa in Armed Forces Bowl, Brawl Erupts

  31-12-2020 23:01
  
  Mississippi State beat No. 22 Tulsa 28-26 in the Armed Forces Bowl, which was played in steady rain and ended in a massive brawl.
  
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• Oops: National Guard announces 'error' in West Virginia as 40 people receive antibody treatment instead of vaccine

  31-12-2020 23:00 via rt.com
  
  Officials have admitted to an “error” that resulted in 42 people receiving the Regeneron antibody treatment instead of the intended Covid-19 vaccine in West Virginia.The West Virginia National Guard announced the mistake in a statement on Thursday, saying the individuals who received the antibody treatment have been contacted and health officials will follow up with them as a precautionary measure.
  The mix-up occurred at a vaccination clinic in Boone County. The county’s health
  
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• ‘Death sentence’: Repairman behind Hunter Biden laptop says he had to share hard drive info after ‘proper authorities’ failed him

  31-12-2020 23:00 via rt.com
  
  John Paul Mac Isaac, the computer repairman at the center of the Hunter Biden laptop story, says Twitter labeling him a “hacker” has destroyed his business and he plans on refiling a dismissed lawsuit against the tech company.“Being labeled a hacker is a death sentence in my industry and I was just trying to do the right thing,” Isaac told Fox News on Thursday. “I don't have a business anymore. As long as I'm labeled a hacker, I won't be able to be trusted in this i
  
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• Browns Lose CB Ward for Steelers Game After Positive Test

  31-12-2020 23:00
  
  The Browns are trying to shake free from COVID-19 to face the Steelers.
  
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• Georgia GOP senator to quarantine just days ahead of runoff

  31-12-2020 22:58 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Republican Sen. David Perdue of Georgia will quarantine after coming into close contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19, his campaign announced Thursday, with just days to go before the state's runoff race for his seat.
  
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• Colorado Had 9th-Slowest Economic Growth in 3rd Quarter

  31-12-2020 22:58
  A U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis report says Colorado’s economic growth slowed in the third quarter as the state registered the 9th-slowest growth from the previous quarter.
  
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• Child Services Agency Releases 2019 Child Fatality Report

  31-12-2020 22:58
  The state Department of Child Services says the number of Indiana children who died from neglect or abuse totaled 61 in 2019, down four from the previous year.
  
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• Colorado Man Gets 208 Years in Prison After Shooting Deputy

  31-12-2020 22:55
  A judge has sentenced a Colorado man to life in prison for a shooting in 2018 that injured a county deputy.
  
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• Americans breathe a sigh of relief as $600 Covid payments roll in

  31-12-2020 22:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  "It just helps me get a couple more Christmas presents under the tree for them that they weren't gonna get this year because of my financial situation," one woman told NBC News.
  
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• Sen. Perdue Quarantines for Virus Exposure Before GA Runoff

  31-12-2020 22:53
  
  Exposure to the coronavirus has forced Georgia Sen. David Perdue into quarantine five days before the state's high-stakes Senate runoff elections.
  
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• Police in Wisconsin Say They've Arrested Fired Hospital Employee Suspected of Intentionally Spoiling COVID-19 Vaccine.

  31-12-2020 22:53
  Police in Wisconsin say they've arrested fired hospital employee suspected of intentionally spoiling COVID-19 vaccine.
  
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• Wisconsin Hospital Employee Intentionally Sabotaged 500 Doses of COVID Vaccine

  31-12-2020 22:51
  
  Five hundred doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine had to be discarded Wednesday after a Wisconsin-based hospital said an employee intentionally removed vials of the vaccine from the refrigerator. Advocate Aurora Health told Fox News that it initially believed the act was an error, but the employee of Aurora Medical Center “today acknowledged that they…
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• 42 West Virginians Got Antibodies Instead of Vaccine

  31-12-2020 22:50
  The West Virginia National Guard says 42 people on Wednesday were accidentally injected with antibodies to fight COVID-19 instead of the COVID-19 vaccine.
  
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• Lawyer: Teen Shot Neighbor in Self-Defense After Attack

  31-12-2020 22:48
  An attorney for a Mississippi man who’s charged in the shooting death of a neighbor says his 18-year-old client was acting in self-defense against someone who “violently attacked” after making threats for months.
  
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• Man Fatally Shot by Bonneville County Deputies

  31-12-2020 22:47
  Authorities say a man was fatally shot by deputies in Bonneville County, Idaho, after he pointed a handgun at them.
  
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• Deputy Justified in Shooting Bystander at Rap Video Filming

  31-12-2020 22:45
  A grand jury has cleared a Jackson County sheriff’s deputy who shot a bystander in the leg during an altercation, and indicted the deputy’s intended and allegedly armed target.
  
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• Plan to vaccinate Florida seniors first causes 'chaos'

  31-12-2020 22:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  In other coronavirus news: A Wisconsin hospital worker destroyed 500 doses, California is overwhelmed with a hospitalization surge, and the rich got richer during the pandemic.
  
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• 145 Employees at Costco Near Yakima Positive for COVID-19

  31-12-2020 22:44
  Health officials say 145 workers have tested positive for COVID-19 at a Costco store near Yakima, but the store remains open while the Yakima Health District investigates.
  
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• 4 Bulls in NBA Safety Protocol; Will Miss Wizards Game

  31-12-2020 22:43
  Four Chicago Bulls players are in the NBA’s health and safety protocol and unavailable for Thursday’s game with the Washington Wizards.
  
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• 5 Anchors Will No Longer Work at NY1 After Suit Settlement

  31-12-2020 22:41
  
  Five female anchors will no longer work at a New York news channel after settling discrimination claims.
  
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