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Dick Thornburgh, ex-governor and US attorney general, dies
Dick Thornburgh, who as Pennsylvania governor won plaudits for his cool handling of the 1979 Three Mile Island crisis and as U.S. attorney general restored credibility to a Justice Department hurt by ...
Dec 31, 2020
Back pain causes pope to skip Vatican New Year’s ceremonies
VATICAN CITY (AP) - A back condition has forced Pope Francis to skip New Year's ceremonies at St. Peter's Basilica, a Vatican spokesman said Thursday.Francis was suffering from "painful sciatica" and ...
Dec 31, 2020
Bomb-sniffing dogs? Check. Times Square crowd? Not this year
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City police turned to familiar tactics ahead of Thursday's New Year's Eve celebrations, deploying bomb-sniffing dogs and sand-filled sanitation trucks intended to guard agains...
Dec 31, 2020
Biden team says inauguration will feature memorial for COVID victims
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Joe Biden is planning a lighting ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to honor those killed by the coronavirus the day before he is sworn into office on J...
Dec 31, 2020
‘Columbo,’ ‘Murder, She Wrote’ co-creator William Link dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) - William Link, who co-created the hit series "Columbo" and "Murder, She Wrote" and made 1970s and '80s TV movies about social issues then largely shunned by television, has died. He ...
Dec 30, 2020
California announces first case of virus variant
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced the first known case of the new and apparently more contagious variant of the coronavirus in the nation's most populated state, fol...
Dec 30, 2020
Longtime Bruins captain Chara joins Washington Capitals
WASHINGTON (AP) - Longtime Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara signed with the Washington Capitals on Wednesday, a stunning move less than a week before most NHL teams open training camp. Chara agreed t...
Dec 30, 2020
Census Bureau to miss deadline, jeopardizing Trump plan
The Census Bureau plans to announce it will miss a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats. That delay could undermine President Donald Trump's efforts to exc...
Dec 30, 2020
Trebek’s last new ‘Jeopardy!’ episodes airing with a tribute
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The final new "Jeopardy!" episodes hosted by Alex Trebek will air next week, with highlights that promise to be memorable. The first of the five episodes will air Monday and start w...
Dec 30, 2020
Joe and Jill Biden to appear on ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’
NEW YORK (AP) - Ryan Seacrest will have a special pair of guests alongside the music stars at this year's New Year's Eve celebration on ABC - the president-elect and the future first lady. President-e...
Dec 30, 2020
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