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Democrats Cite Monty Python's ‘Spanish Inquisition' in Legal Filing to Mock Trump Election Challenge

1 hour ago | Time

A Democratic group cited Monty Python's 1970 “Spanish Inquisition” sketch in a court filing mocking President Donald Trump for trying to take “three last chances” to file a...
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Can you repeat that? Hearing trouble more obvious with masks

3 hours ago | WBALTV

Hearing specialists across the U.S. are seeing an uptick in visits from people who only realized how much they relied on lip reading and facial expressions when people started...
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Joe Biden Says the U.S. Will Lead on Climate. But First He Has to Regain World Leaders' Trust

4 hours ago | Time

Joe Biden named former Secretary of State John Kerry to a new top position on global climate policy, a public step toward what the President-elect has promised will be a...
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Trump administration settles lawsuit from U.S. Latinas detained after speaking Spanish

6 hours ago | NBC News

"CBP's behavior was unconscionable and illegal, but sadly not uncommon," said Cody Wofsy, a staff attorney with the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project.
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71% of GOP Voters Think Trump More Committed to America than Republicans in Congress: Poll

6 hours ago | Newsweek

Only 17 percent of Republicans who participated in the poll believed that Republican members of Congress held the best interests of the U.S. at heart.
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Are More Lockdowns Inevitable Or Can Other Measures Stop The Surge?

6 hours ago | NPR

The U.S. added more than 1 million cases in the past week. More than 85,000 people are hospitalized. Some states may have no choice but to lock down again. Others are tryihng a...
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The First U.S. Shipments of COVID-19 Vaccines Will Include 6.4 Million Doses

7 hours ago | Time | 2 articles

With three vaccine makers saying that their COVID-19 vaccines are at least 90% effective, the U.S. government is gearing up plans to distribute the shots across the country. In...
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US temporarily agrees to stop deporting women who alleged abuse by Georgia doctor

8 hours ago | New York Post

HOUSTON - The U.S. government has agreed temporarily not to deport detained immigrant women who have alleged being abused by a rural Georgia gynecologist, according to court...
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N.Y. heading towards double-digit COVID rates if warnings aren't heeded: Cuomo

9 hours ago | NY Daily News

The ominous forecast, two days before Thanksgiving, comes as another 47 people died of COVID-19 in the state, the highest daily number since mid-June, and infections rise...
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Can you repeat that? Hearing trouble more obvious with masks

9 hours ago | My Sanantonio

DALLAS - As nurse Teri Wheat made her rounds at a Texas maternity ward, she began to realize she was having a hard time understanding the new mothers who were wearing masks due...
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Biden win over Trump in Nevada made official by court

LAS VEGAS - The Nevada Supreme Court made Joe Biden's win in the state official on Tuesday, approving the state's final canvass of the Nov. 3 election. The unanimous action by... Read more ...

2021 Grammy nominations announced: Beyoncé leads among nominees

Nominations for the 63rd annual Grammy Awards were announced Tuesday, with Beyoncé leading among the nominees with nine. Read more ...

Clemson ranked No. 3 in initial College Football Playoff rankings

Alabama, Notre Dame and Ohio State round out the top four. Read more ...

Pennsylvania certifies Biden as winner of presidential vote

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Democrat Joe Biden has been certified as the winner of the presidential election in Pennsylvania, the governor said Tuesday. Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat... Read more ...

A new model projects COVID-19 cases in the US will nearly double over the...

The prediction comes as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations nationwide are exploding, with more than 3.1 million infections reported in the U.S. since the start of November... Read more ...

Biden to formally introduce national security team as official transition begins

WASHINGTON - In one of his first moves after the Trump administration approved the start of the presidential transition, Joe Biden is set to formally introduce some of the... Read more ...

Badger game vs. Minnesota canceled Saturday due to COVID-19

This weekend's Badger football game is canceled because of coronavirus. Read more ...

Parents of slain DNC staffer Seth Rich settle lawsuit against Fox News

The parents of a murdered Democratic National Committee staffer have settled a lawsuit against Fox News over a retracted report that suggested he was assassinated after leaking... Read more ...

Ravens-Steelers on for Thanksgiving despite positive coronavirus tests

A COVID-19 outbreak isn't going to take away the primetime game on Thanksgiving. The Baltimore Ravens had five players and four staffers test positive this week for the novel... Read more ...

Purdue Pharma pleads guilty to criminal charges in opioid case

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma formally admitted to its role in the nationwide opioid epidemic on Tuesday by pleading guilty to three criminal charges. Company chairman Steve... Read more ...