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Senators gave final congressional approval Thursday to a bill barring imports from China’s Xinjiang region unless businesses can prove they were produced without forced labor, overcoming initial hesitation from the White House and what supporters said was opposition from corporations.

December 16, 2021

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A new study out of Columbia University says the Omicron variant is “markedly resistant” to vaccines and boosters might not do much to help, spelling bad news for the country as Omicron spreads and COVID-19 cases rise nationally.

December 16, 2021

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U.S. vaccine advisers recommended adults take a Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer or Moderna over Johnson & Johnson’s after health authorities said the rate of a rare but serious blood-clotting condition was higher than previously detected.

December 16, 2021

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Ahmad Fawad Yusufi, a refugee from Afghanistan and father of three, was shot and killed last month in San Francisco during what police said was a botched robbery attempt.

December 16, 2021

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Omicron cases in the US have soared by 32 per cent in 24 hours, with White House COVID tsar Dr Anthony Fauci warning of of the variant’s ‘extraordinary’ ability to spread, before revealing that cases will double every three days.

December 16, 2021

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Actor Chris Noth, who stars as “Mr. Big” on “Sex and the City,” has been accused by two women of sexual assault, according to a new report that comes days after the release the HBO show’s much awaited spin-off.

December 16, 2021

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Former McDonald’s Corp. Chief Executive Steve Easterbrook agreed to return compensation now valued at more than $105 million to resolve a legal dispute related to his dismissal as head of the burger chain, the company said Thursday.

December 16, 2021

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Closing arguments begin Thursday in Elizabeth Holmes’s criminal-fraud trial, marking the final opportunity for prosecutors and defense lawyers to sway jurors to their side of the case.

December 16, 2021

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The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, known as AIPAC, will launch a super PAC ahead of the 2022 midterms, wading into direct spending for and against candidates for the first time.

December 16, 2021

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The 12 remaining members of a group of 17 missionaries from a U.S. charity who had been kidnapped in Haiti two months ago have been released, the Haitian national police said Thursday.

December 16, 2021

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Jason Hitch, one of the stars of the second season of the TLC series “90 Day Fiancé,” has died due to complications from COVID-19

December 16, 2021

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France will ban non-essential travel to and from Britain from the weekend to slow the spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant

December 16, 2021

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Starbucks workers at two stores in Massachusetts have filed for union elections to join SEIU affiliate Workers United, citing inspiration from the union organizing campaign in Buffalo, New York.

December 16, 2021

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The Broadway shows Tina – The Tina Turner Musical and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child canceled performances Wednesday due to breakthrough Covid-19 cases

December 16, 2021

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Four children died in Australia on Thursday when wind lifted the bouncy castle they were in about 32 feet into the air, local police said.

December 16, 2021

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Prosecutors and defense lawyers delivered opening statements in the closely watched trial of Harvard chemistry professor Charles Lieber in Massachusetts federal court on Wednesday,

December 16, 2021

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Acclaimed author and activist bell hooks died on Wednesday. She was 69. Hooks, whose real name was Gloria Jean Watkins, was born on Sept. 25, 1952, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

December 16, 2021

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President Biden has nominated former Olympic figure skating star Michelle Kwan to serve as U.S. ambassador to Belize, the White House announced Wednesday.

December 16, 2021

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Reddit announced late Wednesday that it has started the process of taking the company public, by filing a confidential S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

December 16, 2021

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Joe Biden has nominated Caroline Kennedy, daughter of John F Kennedy, to be the US ambassador to Australia.

December 16, 2021

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The CDC warns that there will be as many as 1.3 million new COVID-19 cases over the week of Christmas, and a 73% increase in Covid deaths by early January

December 16, 2021

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Miami-Dade County Grand Jury issued a lengthy list of recommendations Wednesday aimed at preventing another condominium collapse like the one that killed 98 people in June Champlain Towers South Surfside Florida

December 16, 2021

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On January 5, Congressman Jim Jordan sent a text message to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that argued that the certification of the 2020 election could be blocked by the vice president.

December 16, 2021

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Puerto Rican music producer Flow La Movie aka Jose Angel Hernandez died along with his wife, son and six others after their private jet crashed and burst into flames during an emergency crash landing in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday.

December 16, 2021

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Bruce Springsteen has sold his music rights to Sony Music Entertainment in what may well be the biggest transaction ever struck for a single artist’s body of work, according to two people briefed on the deal.

December 16, 2021

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The Jacksonville Jaguars have fired head coach Urban Meyer, ending a tumultuous tenure with the franchise after only 13 games.

December 16, 2021

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Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing a new bill that would allow parents to sue school districts if their children are taught critical race theory in classrooms, which mirrors how Texas’ abortion ban is enforced.

December 15, 2021

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Apple has closed three of its retail stores following an increased COVID-19 exposures and cases among employees. The stores, which are located in the Brickell City Centre in Miami; Annapolis, Maryland; and downtown Ottawa, Ontario, will be closed temporarily

December 15, 2021

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Warneric Buckner who was arrested in connection with a mass shooting at a northwest Miami-Dade El Mula Banquet Hall that left three people dead and 20 injured back in May is no longer facing charges after prosecutors

December 15, 2021

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The Senate overwhelmingly approved a compromise $768 billion defense policy bill on Wednesday, sending a bipartisan rebuke of President Joe Biden’s original Pentagon plans back to him for his signature.

December 15, 2021

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Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois during last week’s historic tornado outbreak in the Midwest is raising questions about the safety of the e-commerce giant’s packing facilities and the policies and protocols

December 15, 2021

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President Biden arrived on Air Force One in western Kentucky on Wednesday to see for himself the devastation caused by dozens of tornadoes.

December 15, 2021

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The Federal Reserve made its strongest move yet signaling a pivot toward tackling inflation on Wednesday, moving up the timeline for what policymakers project could be three interest rate hikes next year.

December 15, 2021

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As cases of infection with the omicron variant of the coronavirus multiply around the world, scientists are racing to characterize the heavily mutated variant to understand how it spreads and gauge new risks during this wave of the pandemic.

December 15, 2021

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Apple released iOS 15.2, and among many other features, the software update includes a much overdue Legacy Contact setting. The new tool allows you to specify who can access your Apple account—your photos, notes, mail and more—when you die.

December 15, 2021

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More than 1,500 previously classified JFK assassination files have today been made public, including documents about killer Lee Harvey Oswald’s contact with a KGB agent two months before the shooting.

December 15, 2021

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COVID-19 vaccines do not currently need to be changed to target the Omicron variant, the president’s chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday at a White House press briefing.

December 15, 2021

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The head of the European Union’s executive commission warned Russia on Wednesday that the bloc has a battery of additional sanctions ready if Moscow decides to invade neighboring Ukraine.

December 15, 2021

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Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a federal charge that he used his position as a Minneapolis police officer to violate George Floyd’s constitutional rights, a move expected to extend Mr. Chauvin’s time in prison beyond a decades-long sentence for murdering Mr. Floyd.

December 15, 2021

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Ben Affleck is facing fierce backlash for ‘blaming’ his ex-wife Jennifer Garner for his past alcoholism, which he recently claimed was a side effect of feeling ‘trapped’ in their decade-long marriage.

December 15, 2021

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The Los Angeles public school district’s board of education has approved delaying enforcement of its COVID-19 vaccine mandate to the fall,

December 15, 2021

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Alberto Carvalho the new Los Angeles schools superintendent, promised on Tuesday to bring energy, passion and compassion to his new role shortly after the school board Tuesday approved his four-year contract with an annual $440,000 salary.

December 15, 2021

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has survived a three year journey and a roughly 2 million degree Fahrenheit environment to do what was previously thought impossible: enter the sun’s atmosphere.

December 15, 2021

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Disgraced NFL great OJ Simpson is now a ‘completely free man’ after being granted an early discharge from parole by the Nevada Parole Board.

December 15, 2021

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The Villages, Authorities have arrested and charged three residents of a Florida retirement community for allegedly casting more than one ballot in the 2020 election,

December 15, 2021

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Kim Yong Ju, who was the oldest surviving member of North Korea’s ruling family and once considered a potential candidate to lead the country, has died. He was 101 years old.

December 15, 2021

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President Biden plans to nominate Sandra Thompson to become the permanent director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the White House said

December 15, 2021

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A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by Donald J. Trump that sought to block Congress from obtaining his tax returns, ruling that the law gives a House committee chairman broad authority to request them despite Mr. Trump’s status as a former president.

December 15, 2021

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Newly released text messages that were sent on Jan. 6 to Mark Meadows, a former chief of staff in the Trump White House, have put a renewed focus on President Donald Trump’s failure to act quickly to stop the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol

December 15, 2021

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A group of Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday asked the Biden administration to impose financial sanctions on controversial Israel spyware firm NSO Group

December 15, 2021

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Hundreds of people are trapped on the roof of the World Trade Centre in Hong Kong after a fire inside the building, leaving at least 12 people injured.

December 15, 2021

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The biggest taxi firm in Paris said it was suspending the use of Model 3 Teslas in its fleet after a fatal crash in the French capital at the weekend.

December 15, 2021

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Elon Musk called Elizabeth Warren “Senator Karen” and said she reminded him of an “angry Mom” on Tuesday after the Massachusetts Senator said the Tesla CEO should pay more in taxes.

December 15, 2021

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Incoming New York City Mayor Eric Adams is expected to announce on Wednesday that he is appointing a woman to serve as the police commissioner for the first time in the NYPD’s 176-year history.

December 15, 2021

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