As of Wednesday, 5.3 million people in the U.S. had gotten their first shot out of the 17 million doses distributed so far.
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Stocks rally, despite protests in D.C., on hopes for stimulus
The S&P 500 rose 0.6 percent after having been up 1.5 percent earlier, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high.
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U.S. holds first oil and gas lease sale for Alaska’s Arctic refuge
The sale was held as scheduled after a judge Tuesday rejected requests by Indigenous and conservation groups to halt the event.
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EU commission greenlights Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
The decision comes against a backdrop of high infection rates in many European Union countries.
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Neil Young becomes latest artist to sell stake in his songs
The Hipgnosis Songs Fund says it has acquired half of the copyright and income interests in some 1,180 songs written by the 75-year-old rock star,
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Trump, on tape, pressed Georgia official to ‘find’ votes for him
The president suggested that Georgia’s secretary of state locate 11,780 votes, or one more than Joe Biden’s margin of victory.
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Death of congressman-elect with COVID-19 stuns Louisiana politicians
Luke Letlow, 41, who had no known underlying health conditions, died just days before he was scheduled to be sworn into office.
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Convicted U.S. spy Pollard arrives in Israel, welcomed by Netanyahu
Jonathan Pollard, a civilian intelligence analyst for the U.S. Navy, sold military secrets to Israel while working at the Pentagon in the 1980s.
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Police on report man was making bombs: ‘Hindsight is 20/20’
The Metro Nashville police chief says his officers properly handled a visit to the home of the Nashville bomber more than a year before they say he detonated an explosives-laden RV on Christmas Day.
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British lawmakers approve post-Brexit trade deal with EU
With just a day to spare, lawmakers in the House of Commons vote 521-73 in favor of the agreement sealed between the U.K. government and the European Union last week.