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• Andrew Yang files paperwork for New York City mayoral bid

  23-12-2020 23:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Andrew Yang, who had been reportedly eyeing a bid for New York City mayor, filed on Wednesday with the city's Campaign Finance Board.
  
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• See what's happening to President Trump's border wall

  23-12-2020 23:42 via cnn.com
  
  In the waning days of the Trump administration, construction crews are rapidly working to finish the US-Mexico border wall as President-elect Joe Biden pledges to bring construction to a halt. CNN's Ed Lavandera reports.
  
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• Selena honored with Grammy's Lifetime Achievement Award

  23-12-2020 23:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  “The goal isn’t to live forever, but to create something that will...,” the late Queen of Tejano's official Twitter account posted after the announcement.
  
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• US reaches out to intelligence alliance partners on suspected Russian hack

  23-12-2020 23:14 via cnn.com
  
  White House National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien held a call on Tuesday with his counterparts in an international intelligence sharing alliance to discuss the suspected Russian cyberattack on US government agencies and propose a joint statement condemning the breach, according to a senior administration official and two officials from the other nations.
  
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• Passenger who slid out of moving plane with dog: 'I have panic attacks'

  23-12-2020 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  One of the two passengers who exited a Delta flight with their dog as the plane taxied onto a runway felt he needed to leave or he would lose control, according to statements during an arraignment Tuesday.
  
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• Chef: Restaurants seen as collateral damage unworthy of help

  23-12-2020 22:24 via cnn.com
  
  Chef Camilla Marcus and columnist Frank Bruni tell CNN's Brooke Baldwin about the devastating impact Covid-19 has had on the restaurant industry, saying the government has not done enough to provide industry-specific relief.
  
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• Rebecca Luker, Tony-nominated Broadway star diagnosed with ALS, dies at 59

  23-12-2020 22:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  Luker, who earned Tony nominations for “Mary Poppins,” “The Music Man” and “Show Boat,” died on Wednesday in Manhattan.
  
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• Trump threw a wrench into Covid relief. What could happen next?

  23-12-2020 22:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  The president could ultimately sign the bill, veto or pocket veto it.
  
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• State Dept. says US believes Russian FSB used Novichok nerve agent to poison Navalny

  23-12-2020 21:55 via cnn.com
  
  The State Department on Wednesday issued the most decisive statement yet from the Trump administration blaming the Russian Security Service for the poisoning of opposition leader Alexey Navalny, days after CNN reported on the first direct evidence of the agency's involvement in the poisoning.
  
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• Trump vetoes massive defense bill despite overwhelming GOP support

  23-12-2020 21:41 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed the sweeping defense bill that both chambers of Congress recently passed by veto-proof majorities. He had previously threatened to do so because it doesn't include a repeal of Section 230, a law that shields internet companies from being liable for what is posted on their websites by them or third parties.
  
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• Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo interviewed animal activist posing as Smithfield Foods CEO

  23-12-2020 21:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  "It appears we have been punked," the "Mornings With Maria" host said following an interview with Matt Johnson of Direct Action Everywhere.
  
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• Trump vetoes military spending bill, setting up standoff with GOP lawmakers

  23-12-2020 21:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  Congress has until Jan. 2 to override the veto, which would be the first during the Trump administration.
  
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• Netflix's 'Midnight Sky' is supposed to be lyrical and melancholic — but something's off

  23-12-2020 21:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  The protagonist has lost his self-regard, and it must be restored — even if radiation poisons the earth, or a plague strikes hundreds of thousands.
  
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• Customers fight surprise charges as online subscriptions surge

  23-12-2020 21:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  Businesses try to push back when customers cancel subscriptions they didn't know they signed up for.
  
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• 'They're just irreplaceable': Why Grace Young is fighting to save Chinese restaurants

  23-12-2020 21:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  Mom-and-pop Chinese restaurants are bearing the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic's impact and many are on the verge of closing if they haven't already.
  
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• U.K. supermodel Stella Tennant dies at 50

  23-12-2020 21:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  Tennant's unconventional, androgynous looks helped her break into fashion in the 1990s, becoming the face of Chanel and gracing countless magazine covers.
  
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• One person's 'superspreader action' caused 7 deaths and put 300 families in quarantine

  23-12-2020 21:06 via cnn.com
  
  • Fauci says he will practice what he preaches this holiday season
  
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• Congress will have 0 Black women senators after Harris becomes VP

  23-12-2020 20:35 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Kamala Harris broke barriers as America's first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president-elect. But after her exit in January to join the Biden administration, there will be no Black women in the Senate.
  
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• Voting machine company executive sues Trump allies for defamation

  23-12-2020 19:43 via cnn.com
  
  An executive for a voting machine company that has been the target of conspiracy theories in the aftermath of Donald Trump's 2020 election loss and been baselessly accused of swinging the results against the President is suing his campaign and conservative media figures for defamation.
  
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• Trump team to purchase additional 100 million Pfizer vaccines

  23-12-2020 19:17 via cnn.com
  
  The Trump administration will purchase an additional 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday.
  
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• South African Covid-19 variant may be 'more effective at spreading'

  23-12-2020 18:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Research still to confirm threat posed but variant does not appear to provoke more serious symptomsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe South African variant of Covid-19, two cases of which have now been detected in the UK, is likely to be more transmissible, may hit young people harder, and may be slightly more resistant to vaccines, scientists in South Africa believe.However, research is still continuing to confirm the threat posed by the variant, which does no
  
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• Iraqi Blackwater massacre survivor slams Trump's decision to pardon contractors

  23-12-2020 18:41 via cnn.com
  
  An Iraqi man who survived an infamous massacre of unarmed civilians by American security guards in Baghdad has condemned President Donald Trump's decision to pardon the men as "unjust."
  
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• Powerful winter storm will bring snow, high winds and heavy rain just in time for the holiday week

  23-12-2020 18:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  The storm is expected to bring blizzard conditions to the Plains and the upper Midwest and severe thunderstorms across the Gulf Coast.
  
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• Panic, paucity and pessimism: life on Plague Island UK | Zoe Williams

  23-12-2020 18:30 via theguardian.com
  
  With a mutant Covid variant out of control and lorries piling up in Kent, Britain feels like a country adrift and rudderlessThe rest of the world is calling the UK Plague Island because it’s true: a mutant strain of the coronavirus is out of control, laying waste to fantasies that any region is out of the woods, or that the November lockdown had its desired effect, or that we might manage a “merry little Christmas”, in the words of the prime minister.The plague phrase carries a
  
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• New variant in South Africa is even more transmissible, UK says

  23-12-2020 18:27 via edition.cnn.com
  
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• Photo series shows why African hair braiding is about more than just aesthetics

  23-12-2020 18:05 via cnn.com
  
  Ghanaian photojournalist and filmmaker Carlos Idun-Tawiah is not a fan of labels. But if he had to pick one for himself, he'd go with "editorial photographer."
  
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• Actor organizes maskless caroling protests as California's cases surge

  23-12-2020 17:56 via cnn.com
  
  Actor Kirk Cameron is facing criticism for organizing at least two events in Southern California in recent weeks, where dozens of mask-less people stood shoulder-to-shoulder to sing Christmas carols in protest of state and local stay-at-home mandates.
  
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• Tokyo Olympic Games: Opening and closing ceremonies to be pared back

  23-12-2020 17:17 via cnn.com
  
  The opening and closing ceremonies of Tokyo's Olympic Games will be carried out with a "simpler, more restrained approach," the Organizing Committee announced on Wednesday.
  
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• Tokyo Games ceremonies to be pared back

  23-12-2020 17:17 via cnn.com
  
  The opening and closing ceremonies of Tokyo's Olympic Games will be carried out with a "simpler, more restrained approach," the Organizing Committee announced on Wednesday.
  
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• From plans to panic: how the UK's week of Covid chaos unfolded – video timeline

  23-12-2020 17:16 via theguardian.com
  
  The week before Christmas quickly turned chaotic as the health secretary, Matt Hancock, announced a new, more contagious strain of coronavirus had been found in south-east England. The news resulted in a last-minute government U-turn over Christmas mixing rules, the implementation of a new, stricter coronavirus tier, and dozens of countries suspending travel from the UK days before the end of the Brexit transition period, prompting 'Plague Island' to trend on Twitter. Here is a look back at the
  
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• Massive data breach may have been discovered due to 'unforced error' by suspected Russian hackers

  23-12-2020 17:11 via cnn.com
  
  US officials and private sector experts investigating the massive data breach that has rocked Washington increasingly believe the attackers were ultimately discovered because they took a more aggressive "calculated risk" that led to a possible "unforced error" as they tried to expand their access within the network they had penetrated months earlier without detection, according to a US official and two sources familiar with the situation.
  
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• Families of Covid victims in Italy take government to court

  23-12-2020 17:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  Nearly 70,000 people died from coronavirus in Italy so far, the highest fatality count in Europe.
  
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• 'Bachelorette' star gets engaged on finale

  23-12-2020 16:58 via cnn.com
  
  Tayshia Adams is engaged!
  
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• Fire burns through temporary migrant camp in Bosnia – video

  23-12-2020 16:26 via theguardian.com
  
  A huge fire has destroyed the main tents in what was designed to be a temporary migrant camp to stop the spread of Covid-19 in northern Bosnia. Thick black smoke rose from the Lipa camp near the Croatian border on Wednesday, where about 1,200 people had been staying since the summer  Continue reading...
  
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• As Brexit deadline approaches, France warns against 'bad concessions' to UK

  23-12-2020 16:21 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  As Brexit talks between Britain and the European Union increasingly come down to the wire, with an end-of-year deadline approaching to secure a free trade deal, France is hitting the brakes -- warning E.U. negotiators not to be pressured by the ticking clock.
  
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• 'Swept under the rug': Health care workers have died from Covid. How many is unclear.

  23-12-2020 16:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  “My mom served through this pandemic. She helped these people, and if my family hadn’t said anything, they would’ve just said she’s another number,” the daughter of a nurse said.
  
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• Sweden extends ban on travel from the UK

  23-12-2020 16:05 via edition.cnn.com
  
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• This 9-year-old made nearly $30 million on YouTube in 2020

  23-12-2020 16:04 via cnn.com
  
  Ryan Kaji, who reviews toys on YouTube, has been named by Forbes as the platform's highest earner in 2020. His channel, Ryan's World, has more than 12 billion views and he earned nearly $30 million in 2020.
  
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• Neil Ferguson: new Covid variant 'in great majority if not all' European countries – video

  23-12-2020 16:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Prof Neil Ferguson tells the UK's science and technology committee that evidence from Denmark, a country with a relatively low infection rate, suggests that 'almost certainly' the new virus variant identified in the UK is already in the 'great majority if not all' European countriesCoronavirus news - live updates Continue reading...
  
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• How to help teens cope in a global pandemic

  23-12-2020 15:29 via cnn.com
  
  Teens are struggling during the pandemic. CNN talked to pediatrician and teen health specialist Dr. Anisha Abraham, the author of "Raising Global Teens: A Practical Handbook for Parenting in the 21st Century," to get her advice for helping teens cope.
  
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• Qatar unveils 2022 FIFA World Cup venue Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium

  23-12-2020 15:11 via cnn.com
  
  The 40,000-seat Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium has become the fourth arena to be unveiled for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
  
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• Amid fear over new coronavirus strain, France lets in some UK cargo, passengers

  23-12-2020 15:02 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Goods and passengers from Britain began arriving on French shores Wednesday following a two-day blockade imposed because of a new variant of the coronavirus that had isolated the U.K. and raised fears of food shortages. But officials warned the backlog would take days to work through.
  
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• Incoming CDC director: Here's what we need to do

  23-12-2020 14:51 via cnn.com
  
  Incoming CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky tells CNN's John Berman what her priorities are in the fight against coronavirus.
  
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• England & Atletico defender Trippier banned for 10 weeks for breaching betting rules

  23-12-2020 14:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England and Atletico Madrid right-back Kieran Trippier is suspended for 10 weeks and fined £70,000 for breaches of the FA's betting rules.
  
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• Stranded hauliers face 'a few days' at UK border

  23-12-2020 14:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  France has eased its travel ban but lorry drivers need a negative Covid test to travel from the UK.
  
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• CNN's Brian Stelter reflects on the year the media split into 2 realities

  23-12-2020 14:44 via cnn.com
  
  From the pandemic, to racial justice protests, to the election, the media covered some of the biggest stories in generations in 2020. But the year also proved America is split into two, parallel universes of information— one much more tethered to reality than the other. CNN's Brian Stelter reports.
  
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• Lorry drivers clash with police as tensions boil over in Dover – video

  23-12-2020 14:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Frustrated drivers scuffled with police at the entrance to the port of Dover on Wednesday morning, amid anger at the continued partial closure of the French border. Paris and London agreed late on Tuesday that drivers who tested negative for Covid could board ferries for Calais from Wednesday, but there was anger among hauliers stuck in huge queues in Kent at the speed of the rollout of testing facilitiesLorry drivers clash with police as tensions rise over queues in KentCoronavirus live news Co
  
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• Here's what Trump's attempt to upend the stimulus deal means

  23-12-2020 14:32 via cnn.com
  
  • Trump throws Covid relief bill in doubt by asking Congress to amend it
  
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• Florida animal rescuers save 20 dogs from Chinese meat market

  23-12-2020 14:31 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A Florida animal shelter says it has helped rescue 20 golden retrievers from winding up on a meat market menu in China in a monthslong rescue operation involving volunteers on two continents.
  
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• Gov't agrees to buy additional 100 million doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine

  23-12-2020 14:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  HHS, which announced the deal, said it means all Americans can be vaccinated within 6 months.
  
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