Health officials say the first reported U.S. infection involving the COVID-19 variant was in a Colorado National Guardsman.
Katherine Lee
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
Missouri senator to contest Electoral College win for Biden
The move by Republican Sen. Josh Hawley will ensure at least a short delay in cementing the president-elect’s victory.
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Kamala Harris goes to Black community in D.C. for vaccine
Only 54 percent of Black adults said they would definitely or probably get the vaccine, a poll finds.
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New U.S. dietary guidelines: No candy, cake for kids under 2
The guidelines stop short of two key recommendations from scientists advising the government: Everyone should limit their added sugar intake to less than 6% of calories and men should limit alcohol to one drink per day.
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Trump lashes out at his own party after override vote on defense bill
The Senate is expected to consider the measure later this week.
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‘Like a bathtub filling up’: Alabama is slammed by the virus
Alabama, long one of the unhealthiest and most impoverished states in America, has emerged as one of its most alarming coronavirus hot spots
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Biden blasts Trump’s pandemic response, vows to speed vaccine production
The president-elect warns that Operation Warp Speed is moving at a slower pace than needed and some ‘very tough’ weeks and months are coming.
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Statue of slave kneeling before Lincoln is removed in Boston
The optics of the statue that showed Abraham Lincoln with a freed slave appearing to kneel at his feet drew objections amid a national reckoning with racial injustice.
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Judge blocks residency challenges to 4,000 Georgia voters
The challenges were part of an effort by the Texas-based conservative group True The Vote to coordinate challenges statewide under a Georgia law that allows any registered voter to challenge the eligibility of any other voter within the same county.
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State capitols face showdown over COVID powers and spending
State legislatures across the country will be convening in 2021 with a common theme at the center of their work