As movie theaters closed and lockdowns descended across the country, people turned to the ever-growing number of video streaming services for entertainment… Read more
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Federal checks salvage otherwise dreadful 2020 for US farms
Thanks to the government paying nearly 40% of their income, U.S. farmers are expected to end 2020 with higher profit than 2019 … Read more
Wisconsin hospital worker arrested for spoiled vaccine doses
Authorities arrested a suburban Milwaukee pharmacist Thursday suspected of deliberately ruining hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine by removing it from refrigeration for two nights… Read more
Trump returns to White House early, offers year-end message
President Donald Trump delivered a year-end video message Thursday after returning early from vacation, highlighting his administration’s work to rapidly develop a vaccine … Read more
Sen. Perdue quarantines for virus exposure ahead of GA runoff
Republican Sen. David Perdue was forced into quarantine Thursday in the home stretch of Georgia’s high-stakes Senate runoffs… Read more
US to move aircraft carrier out of Mideast amid Iran tension
The Pentagon has decided to send home the only Navy aircraft carrier operating in the Middle East, a move that will reduce American firepower in the region amid heightened tensions with Iran… Read more
Dick Thornburgh, ex-governor and US attorney general, dies
Thornburgh died Thursday morning at a retirement community facility outside Pittsburgh, his son David said… Read more
Back pain causes pope to skip Vatican New Year’s ceremonies
A back condition has forced Pope Francis to skip New Year’s ceremonies at St. Peter’s Basilica, a Vatican spokesman said Thursday… Read more
Bomb-sniffing dogs? Check. Times Square crowd? Not this year
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 against explosions… Read more
Biden team says inauguration will feature memorial for COVID victims
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 Jan. 20… Read more
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Some businesses thrived, many lagged during pandemic in 2020
As movie theaters closed and lockdowns descended across the country, people turned to the ever-growing number of video streaming services for entertainment… Continue Reading
Federal checks salvage otherwise dreadful 2020 for US farms
Thanks to the government paying nearly 40% of their income, U.S. farmers are expected to end 2020 with higher profit than 2019 … Continue Reading
Wisconsin hospital worker arrested for spoiled vaccine doses
Authorities arrested a suburban Milwaukee pharmacist Thursday suspected of deliberately ruining hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine by removing it from refrigeration for two nights… Continue Reading
Trump returns to White House early, offers year-end message
President Donald Trump delivered a year-end video message Thursday after returning early from vacation, highlighting his administration’s work to rapidly develop a vaccine … Continue Reading
Sen. Perdue quarantines for virus exposure ahead of GA runoff
Republican Sen. David Perdue was forced into quarantine Thursday in the home stretch of Georgia’s high-stakes Senate runoffs… Continue Reading
US to move aircraft carrier out of Mideast amid Iran tension
The Pentagon has decided to send home the only Navy aircraft carrier operating in the Middle East, a move that will reduce American firepower in the region amid heightened tensions with Iran… Continue Reading
Dick Thornburgh, ex-governor and US attorney general, dies
Thornburgh died Thursday morning at a retirement community facility outside Pittsburgh, his son David said… Continue Reading
Back pain causes pope to skip Vatican New Year’s ceremonies
A back condition has forced Pope Francis to skip New Year’s ceremonies at St. Peter’s Basilica, a Vatican spokesman said Thursday… Continue Reading
Bomb-sniffing dogs? Check. Times Square crowd? Not this year
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 against explosions… Continue Reading
Biden team says inauguration will feature memorial for COVID victims
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 Jan. 20… Continue Reading