Over half of Ohio’s nursing home workers are refusing to get a Covid-19 vaccine, the governor says.

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Forever Is Never

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New York will allow in-person fans at Buffalo Bills home playoff game.

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India Will Have COVID-19 Vaccine Within Days: AIIMS Director

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China's Bottled Water King Dethrones Mukesh Ambani As Asia's Richest

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UK Covid Strain Could've Entered India Prior To December: AIIMS Director

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US Logs More Than 3,900 COVID-19 Deaths In New Daily Record: Report

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Deferred dreams: What COVID taught three Olympic athletes

Three women who qualified for Tokyo 2020 reflect on the unprecedented decision to postpone the games.

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After Breonna Taylor Case, Louisville Police Face Precarious Next Chapter

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PM-covid-update

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Critics Say Nashville Police Could Have Done More With Tip About Bomber

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The Small Colorado Town Shrugged Off the Pandemic. Then Came the Coronavirus Variant.

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A Dallas-Fort Worth air traffic control center was closed for disinfection, and big flight delays soon followed.

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Closing of Air Traffic Control Center for Virus Cleaning Halts Flights in Dallas

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Trump, McConnell division grows as Senate poised to override veto

Mitch McConnell rejects Trump's calls for a $2,000 stimulus cheque as Senate prepares to override veto of defence bill.

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The Morning

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The Bomb That Struck the Heart of Nashville

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Life went on as it always had in Simla, Colo., until the virus came to town. And then the variant.

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‘No Realistic Path’ for Quick Vote on $2,000 Stimulus Checks, McConnell Says

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To get young students back in classrooms, California plans to offer a financial incentive to districts to reopen.

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This New Year’s Eve, Times Square Will Be Filled With Hope. But Not People.

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Vietnamese pick up the pieces after 2020’s relentless storms

Climate change increases the risk to hard-hit central provinces, but few want to leave the only home they know.

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Second Indigenous activist killed in Honduras this week

Honduran authorities say they are investigating the killings of activists Felix Vasquez and Jose Adan Medina.

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Counting Of Votes For Karnataka Gram Panchayats Today

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"A Catastrophe": 7 Dead As Powerful 6.4 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Croatia

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North Korea prepares for key party congress as challenges mount

The first congress in more than four years will take place amid the COVID-19 pandemic and a change in US President.

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Hong Kong teen activist jailed for China flag ‘insult’

Tony Chung jailed as crackdown on pro-democracy activists in once-free-spirited territory accelerates.

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Cutest Couple, Class Clown and a Competitive Year for D.C. Superlatives

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China is set to vaccinate millions, but without any proof that its vaccines work.

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McConnell Blocks Vote on $2,000 Checks Despite G.O.P. Pressure

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Biden Criticizes Trump on Vaccine Distribution and Pledges to Pick Up Pace

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Alaska Airlines Clamps Down on Emotional Support Animals on Flights

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Howard J. Rubenstein, Public Relations Impresario, Dies at 88

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First US Boeing 737 MAX Flight Since Grounding Takes Off

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Trump’s bid for $2,000 stimulus cheques stalls in US Senate

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocks vote as some Republicans say they will support $2,000 stimulus cheques.

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US Justice Dep’t declines to charge officers in Tamir Rice case

Justice Department says no federal criminal charges against two police officers for killing of 12-year-old.

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Moderna will give its Covid-19 vaccine to its workers, board members and some relatives.

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Nursing Home Patients Are Dying of Loneliness

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More Contagious Coronavirus Variant Found in Colorado

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Treasury will begin sending the $600 stimulus checks.

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China Has All It Needs to Vaccinate Millions, Except Proof Its Vaccines Work

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Pompeo Weighs Plan to Place Cuba on U.S. Terrorism Sponsor List

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When Nashville Bombing Hit a Telecom Hub, the Ripples Reached Far Beyond

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Stimulus Checks, Virus Variant, Breonna Taylor: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing

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US detects first case of COVID-19 variant in Colorado

Man with no travel history first confirmed US case of COVID strain that UK scientists believe is more contagious.

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After Australia’s fires: A devastated community rebuilds together

The tiny settlement of Wonboyn was ravaged by fires, but its people and landscape are beginning to recover.

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In Blow To Trump, House Votes To Override Veto Of Defense Bill

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How tiny Timor-Leste kept the coronavirus at bay

Southeast Asia's newest, and poorest, country took swift action as it looked to protect its fragile health system.

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Russia admits COVID death toll third-worst in the world

Excess deaths data for 2020 suggests toll three times higher than officially reported, behind only US and Brazil.

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A New Source for Alcohol-Free Libations

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Green Chutney From a Minneapolis Family Recipe

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Joe Biden’s Climate Team Actually Cares About Climate

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A Single Bone Rib-Eye Roast for Small Feasts

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Take a Culinary Road Trip With ‘The Roads to Rome’

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Caviar and Champagne to Ring In 2021

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Get Cozy With a Chocolaty Champurrado Mix

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Vaccinations begin at the nursing home where 46 died in the pandemic’s first days.

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A Tornado, a Pandemic and Now a Bombing: ‘Nashville Strong’ Is Tested

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US: Ohio policeman fired over fatal shooting of Andre Hill

Adam Coy, a 17-year veteran, was fired from the Columbus, Ohio police force after shooting Andre Hill, a Black man.

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Ghislaine Maxwell denied bail in sex abuse case

US judge rejects $28.5m bail package for Jeffrey Epstein's ex-girlfriend, who was arrested in July.

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Biden Admonishes Trump Administration Over ‘Obstruction’

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Green Beret Charged in Shooting Spree Was Visiting Family, Prosecutor Says

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House Votes to Override Trump’s Veto of Military Bill

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2020 Was the Year Reaganism Died

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