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• Dawn Wells, Mary Ann on 'Gilligan's Island,' dies of Covid-19 complications

  30-12-2020 23:59 via cnn.com
  
  Dawn Wells, who played the lovable castaway Mary Ann Summers on "Gilligan's Island," died in Los Angeles on Wednesday from Covid-19 complications, her publicist Harlan Boll confirmed to CNN.
  
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• Texts, tweets and posts have replaced letters. Is our history becoming transitory?

  30-12-2020 23:58 via theguardian.com
  
  In this remarkable year, our stories are at risk of being locked away on phones and floating, forgotten, in the digital etherIn the process of removing the final vestiges of my things from my parents’ house this year I find a letter from my nana – Big Nana (because she was tall), not Little Nana (who wasn’t) – written in her familiar curly script.“Last Sunday I went to D’s 80th birthday luncheon – an exciting collection of old has-beens! One old lady sai
  
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• Why a movie like 'Wonder Woman 1984' doesn't have to be great to be a success

  30-12-2020 23:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  There are superhero teen comedies, superhero costume dramas and superhero spy thrillers, all driven by the need to maximize corporate synergy.
  
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• Canadian politician faked Twitter posts to conceal Caribbean holiday

  30-12-2020 23:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Ontario premier Doug Ford under pressure after he admits knowing about Rod Phillips’s trip for weeks
  Ontario premier Doug Ford is under pressure after admitting that he has known for weeks that his finance minister – who faked social media posts to conceal his location – had ignored a coronavirus lockdown to go on holiday in the Caribbean.Posts on Rod Phillips’s social media accounts suggested that he remained home over Christmas, but it emerged on Tuesday that the minist
  
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• Iran to pay $150G to families of Ukraine plane crash victims

  30-12-2020 23:46 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Iran on Wednesday said it will pay $150,000 to the families of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down by Iranian forces near Tehran in January.
  
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• Senator has 'a radical idea' for Mitch McConnell

  30-12-2020 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rejected a bill to increase direct payments to $2,000, likely closing the door on any pathway to passage before the end of the Congress. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) tells CNN's Jake Tapper it's a mistake to block the Senate from voting on the bill.
  
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• Lacklustre Real Madrid held at Elche

  30-12-2020 23:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Real Madrid lose ground on La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid after a disappointing draw at Elche.
  
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• Garth Crooks' team of the year: Alisson, Fernandes, Mane, Fabinho, Henderson

  30-12-2020 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After looking back at his weekly selections throughout 2020, Garth Crooks picks his team of the year.
  
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• New Year honours 2020: citizens awarded for response to pandemic crisis

  30-12-2020 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Among those honoured are health and social care workers, Covid response volunteers, virus experts and fund-raising centenarians Hundreds of key workers and community champions who battled the pandemic have been recognised in the New Year honours list for the UK which celebrates people’s extraordinary response to the Covid-19 crisis.Lewis Hamilton, the Formula One driver, and the cinematographer Roger Deakins are among the celebrities knighted, while the architect David Chipperfield gets th
  
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• Arise Sir Lewis: Hamilton given knighthood in new year honours list

  30-12-2020 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Rob Burrow awarded MBE for work on MND awarenessAnne Keothavong among those also handed honoursA stunning 12 months for Lewis Hamilton on and off the track, which included equalling Michael Schumacher’s record of seven Formula One titles and becoming an increasingly powerful voice for diversity in his sport, has ended with a knighthood in the new year honours list. The 35-year-old becomes the fourth F1 driver to be knighted after two fellow Britons, Sir Stirling Moss and Sir Jackie Stewart
  
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• New Year Honours: Lewis Hamilton knighted as Rob Burrow becomes MBE

  30-12-2020 23:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton is knighted in the New Year Honours, with Rob Burrow, Anne Keothavong and Jimmy Greaves becoming MBEs.
  
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• Hilaria Baldwin speaks out amid accusations she faked being Spanish

  30-12-2020 23:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Baldwin accuses critics of ‘misrepresenting’ her, and addresses her background and that cucumber ‘brain fart’ incident Hilaria Baldwin has accused critics of “misrepresenting” her amid allegations she spent years faking being Spanish.Speaking out in a New York Times interview on Wednesday, Baldwin addressed the controversy surrounding her heritage after it emerged she was born in Boston, not Spain, and was originally named Hillary. Continue reading...
  
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• Atletico end 2020 top of La Liga after Suarez winner

  30-12-2020 23:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Atletico Madrid will end 2020 top of La Liga after beating Getafe at the Wanda Metropolitano.
  
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• Fact-checking Trump's conspiracy theory connecting Georgia's secretary of state to China

  30-12-2020 23:21 via cnn.com
  
  In the waning days of his presidency, Donald Trump continues to spread nonsense conspiracies over the 2020 election and the officials who oversaw it, attacking Georgia's governor and secretary of state on Twitter Tuesday.
  
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• Mitch McConnell says 'no realistic path' for $2,000 relief checks bill

  30-12-2020 23:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Attempts by Donald Trump and Democrats for bigger coronavirus relief checks fade in the Senate Donald Trump’s demand for $2,000 relief checks to Americans struggling financially with the pandemic was all but dead after Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that a proposal from Democrats had “no realistic path to quickly pass the Senate”.Declaring that he would not be “bullied” by Democrats into quickly approving the measure, McConnell effectively
  
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• Gilligan's Island actress Dawn Wells dies of Covid complications

  30-12-2020 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dawn Wells played Mary Ann on the 1960s sitcom about seven cruise ship castaways on a desert island.
  
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• Norway landslide injures 10, about two dozen missing

  30-12-2020 23:02 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The Norwegian small town of Ask awoke to a landslide early Wednesday morning that injured 10 people and left 21 unaccounted for. 
  
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• George Conway reacts to plan to force vote on election results

  30-12-2020 22:51 via cnn.com
  
  Conservative lawyer George Conway and CNN's Jake Tapper discuss the political motives behind contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election.
  
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• Woman accosts Black teen, falsely accuses him of stealing iPhone

  30-12-2020 22:49 via cnn.com
  
  A father captured video of a woman harassing his teenage son in a New York hotel as she falsely accused the teen of stealing her iPhone.
  
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• Several missing after landslide hits Norwegian town – video

  30-12-2020 22:43 via theguardian.com
  
  More than 20 people are unaccounted for after a landslide hit the town of Gjerdrum in the early hours of 30 December. Several homes were swept away and emergency services are still searching for the missing. About 500 people have had to be evacuated from their homesNight-time landslide injures at least 10 in Norwegian town Continue reading...
  
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• Senate majority leader likely closes the door on higher pandemic relief for Americans despite Trump's demand

  30-12-2020 22:41 via cnn.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rejected a bill to increase direct payments to $2,000, likely closing the door on any pathway to passage before the end of the Congress this weekend.
  
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• Analysis: What this senator's objection means for Republicans

  30-12-2020 22:41 via cnn.com
  
  Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley's announcement Wednesday that he will formally object to the Electoral College results will trigger an existential choice -- in the form of a vote on the House and Senate floors -- for Republicans: Do you stand with President Donald Trump's wild falsehoods about the 2020 election or do you take the side of facts?
  
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• Analysis: What this senator's Electoral College objection really means for Republicans

  30-12-2020 22:41 via cnn.com
  
  Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley's announcement Wednesday that he will formally object to the Electoral College results will trigger an existential choice -- in the form of a vote on the House and Senate floors -- for Republicans: Do you stand with President Donald Trump's wild falsehoods about the 2020 election or do you take the side of facts?
  
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• Analysis: What Hawley's objection really means for Republicans

  30-12-2020 22:41 via cnn.com
  
  Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley's announcement Wednesday that he will formally object to the Electoral College results will trigger an existential choice -- in the form of a vote on the House and Senate floors -- for Republicans: Do you stand with President Donald Trump's wild falsehoods about the 2020 election or do you take the side of facts?
  
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• Premier League 'has not discussed pause' amid rise in coronavirus cases

  30-12-2020 22:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Premier League says it has no plans to suspend the current campaign despite a rise in positive coronavirus cases.
  
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• 'Lower than we hoped': Trump officials ask for patience on vaccine

  30-12-2020 22:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  Operation Warp Speed officials said that Covid-19 vaccines were slowed this month by the holidays and snow but that January will be different.
  
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• Pelosi likely to be elected House speaker again, but might require high-wire act

  30-12-2020 22:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  Pelosi retains the support of most Democrats, who revere her for leading their 2018 recapture of House control and their battles against President Donald Trump.
  
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• Landslide injures at least 10 in Norwegian town of Ask

  30-12-2020 21:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Landslide north of Oslo prompts evacuation of 700 residents, with more than 20 people still unaccounted for
  A landslide has smashed into a residential area near the Norwegian capital, injuring at least 10 people, leaving 21 unaccounted for and destroying several homes, authorities said. About 700 people have been evacuated amid fears of further landslides.Norwegian police were alerted at 4am to the slide in the village of Ask, in the municipality of Gjerdrum, some 20km (12 miles) north-east of O
  
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• Biden will issue memo to halt or delay midnight regulations on first day in office

  30-12-2020 21:51 via cnn.com
  
  On Joe Biden's first day as President, his White House will issue a memo to halt or delay midnight regulations and actions taken by the Trump administration that will not have taken effect by Inauguration Day, Biden transition spokesperson Jen Psaki told reporters on Wednesday.
  
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• Biden will issue memo to halt or delay midnight regulations

  30-12-2020 21:51 via cnn.com
  
  On Joe Biden's first day as President, his White House will issue a memo to halt or delay midnight regulations and actions taken by the Trump administration that will not have taken effect by Inauguration Day, Biden transition spokesperson Jen Psaki told reporters on Wednesday.
  
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• Biden plans to halt or delay Trump's last-minute regulations

  30-12-2020 21:51 via cnn.com
  
  On Joe Biden's first day as President, his White House will issue a memo to halt or delay midnight regulations and actions taken by the Trump administration that will not have taken effect by Inauguration Day, Biden transition spokesperson Jen Psaki told reporters on Wednesday.
  
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• Biden plans to halt or delay Trump administration's last-minute regulations

  30-12-2020 21:51 via cnn.com
  
  On Joe Biden's first day as President, his White House will issue a memo to halt or delay midnight regulations and actions taken by the Trump administration that will not have taken effect by Inauguration Day, Biden transition spokesperson Jen Psaki told reporters on Wednesday.
  
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• Michigan teen fatally shot himself during game of Russian roulette, police say

  30-12-2020 21:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  The teen died back in October after he was found unresponsive at a home in Burton. Police provided an update on the case due to a "large amount of public interest."
  
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• Siberia permafrost yields well-preserved ice age woolly rhino

  30-12-2020 21:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Calf carcass from thawing ground in north-east region of Yakutia found with many internal organs intactA well-preserved ice age woolly rhino with many of its internal organs still intact has been recovered from the permafrost in Russia’s extreme northern region.Russian media reported on Wednesday that the carcass was revealed by thawing permafrost in Yakutia in August. Scientists are waiting for ice roads in the Arctic region to become passable to deliver the animal to a laboratory for stu
  
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• New Mexico megachurches fined for packed Christmas services, governor slams as 'pro-virus'

  30-12-2020 21:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said offenders "endangered the lives, livelihoods and health of not only their parishioners but their entire communities."
  
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• Dawn Wells, Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island, dies of Covid complications at 82

  30-12-2020 21:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Actor played the wholesome character in the goofy, good-natured show that became an unlikely but indelible part of pop cultureDawn Wells, who played the wholesome Mary Ann among a misfit band of shipwrecked castaways on the 1960s sitcom Gilligan’s Island, died Wednesday of causes related to Covid-19, her publicist said. She was 82.Wells died peacefully at a living facility in Los Angeles, publicist Harlan Boll said. Continue reading...
  
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• How the UK's borders are getting ready for Brexit

  30-12-2020 21:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With a Brexit deal done, we look at the challenges to come at British borders.
  
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• Dawn Wells, Mary Ann on 'Gilligan's Island,' dies of Covid-19 at 82

  30-12-2020 21:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  The actor also appeared in "77 Sunset Strip," "Maverick," "Bonanza," "The Joey Bishop Show" and "Hawaiian Eye."
  
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• Norway landslide: Houses buried in Gjerdrum village near Oslo

  30-12-2020 21:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ten people are injured and 11 unaccounted for in Gjerdrum, 25km from Oslo, authorities say.
  
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• Aden airport attack targeting Yemeni cabinet kills 26 – video

  30-12-2020 21:02 via theguardian.com
  
  An attack at Aden international airport has killed at least 26 people, leaving another 60 injured. A large explosion rocked the airport shortly after a plane carrying members of Yemen's newly formed government landed. A second attack targeted Aden's Mashiq Palace, where cabinet members had been taken following the initial incident. No group has claimed responsibility for the attackAden airport blasts kill 26 in attack 'directed at Yemen government' Continue reading...
  
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• Dawn Wells, Mary Ann on 'Gilligan's Island,' dies of Covid-19 complications at 82

  30-12-2020 20:54 via cnn.com
  
  Dawn Wells, who played the loveable castaway Mary Ann Summers on "Gilligan's Island," died in Los Angeles on Wednesday from Covid-19 complications, her publicist Harlan Boll confirmed to CNN.
  
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• Biden and Harris to campaign in Georgia as Trump calls on its governor to quit

  30-12-2020 20:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Democrats and Republicans are deploying their big guns for the state’s runoff elections that will decide who controls the SenateGeorgia Senate runoff elections: a guideJoe Biden and Kamala Harris will travel to Georgia to campaign for next week’s high-stakes Senate runoff elections, it was announced on Wednesday, as Donald Trump called on the state’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, to resign. Continue reading...
  
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• App promoting parties despite Covid is removed

  30-12-2020 20:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  Vybe Together billed itself as a way to "find your Vybe" at "speakeasies, jam sessions or beer pong." It is no longer offered by Apple.
  
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• How Trump turned his 2020 TV appearances into one big reality show

  30-12-2020 20:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Television cameras tend to bring out the performer in the president, no matter how inappropriate the contextAs we look back at the Trump presidency, it often feels like America has endured four years of reality TV – with its leader as a main contestant. Related: Infinity culture war: what now for Trump's Hollywood supporters?Continue reading...
  
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• Trump administration speeds up 'midnight rule-making,' creating hurdles for Biden

  30-12-2020 20:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  The administration's last-minute rules include contentious proposals that President-elect Joe Biden is likely to oppose.
  
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• Statue in Boston of Abraham Lincoln with freed slave kneeling at his feet is removed

  30-12-2020 20:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  "It’s clear that residents ... have been uncomfortable with this statue, and its reductive representation of the Black man’s role in the abolitionist movement," Mayor Marty Walsh said.
  
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• Dr. Gupta: I've never covered a story of this magnitude

  30-12-2020 20:18 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Sanjay Gupta breaks down key milestones in the coronavirus' path to becoming a global pandemic and how the US responded.
  
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• Questions hang over UK's rollout of Oxford/AstraZeneca jab

  30-12-2020 20:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysis: regulator surprises by approving 12-week gap between first and second shots of vaccine as well as Pfizer/BioNTech shotCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt’s a pragmatic solution to an incredibly urgent problem – how to immunise very large numbers of people at risk from a rampaging variant of Covid-19 in the shortest possible time. The answer that government advisers have come up with is to give them all – more than 20 million of them &n
  
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• Boris Johnson on tier 4: ‘No one regrets these measures more than I do’ – video

  30-12-2020 20:07 via theguardian.com
  
  The prime minister said now was a ‘critical moment’ to take action and ‘redouble efforts’ to contain the rapid spread of the new variant of coronavirus. Boris Johnson went on to explain that the restrictions would affect the return to schools for students in the worst affected areas, but expressed hope that the situation would be 'much better' in April, if vaccination programmes are successful in coming monthsUK records its highest daily Covid death toll since AprilOxford
  
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• Couples who meet via dating apps keener to settle down, study suggests

  30-12-2020 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Research finds those who couple up after swiping right have stronger long-term intentionsWith the Covid crisis putting paid to New Year’s Eve celebrations and many other opportunities to seek romance in person, dating apps have thrived.But while such tech has long been associated with hookups, a study suggests those who couple up after swiping right have as satisfying a relationship as those who met via traditional encounters – and might even be keener to settle down. Continue readin
  
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