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News brief: antiviral pill for COVID, Jan. 6 probe, Putin's news conference

Thursday, December 23, 2021

The FDA authorizes the first antiviral pill to treat COVID-19 at home. The House Jan. 6 panel wants to talk to Trump ally Rep. Jordan. Russian President Putin holds his annual year-end new conference.

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Russian President Putin holds his annual year-end news conference

Thursday, December 23, 2021

With more than a hundred thousand Russian troops massed on the border with Ukraine, the world may be watching this year's news conference more closely than usual.

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The White House's plan may make it easier to get at-home COVID tests

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

The run on at-home COVID tests highlights some of the country's desperation in getting critical testing capacity up to speed. There are potentially some other roadblocks with other forms of testing.

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News brief: COVID testing, omicron disruptions, stranded migrants

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

President Biden announces more measures to make free at-home rapid tests available. Because of COVID, the NHL is pausing games. Hundreds of migrants remain trapped at the Belarus-Poland border.

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Long lines are forming outside New York City's COVID testing sites

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

As the holiday weekend approaches, New Yorkers are waiting a long time to get tested for COVID-19. The nation's biggest city is confronting a record high number of cases.

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Defense officials announce new rules to counter extremism within the U.S. military

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

The Pentagon has updated its policies on extremism in the military by service members. The long-awaited report was ordered in the weeks following the January attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Hospitals brace for a COVID surge as people travel for the holidays

Monday, December 20, 2021

The U.S. is now averaging 125,000 new COVID-19 cases a day. While delta is still surging, the highly transmissible omicron variant likely will become the dominant variant very soon.

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News brief: Omicron variant, Build Back Better, Chile's president-elect

Monday, December 20, 2021

The latest coronavirus variant is spreading quickly. West Virginia Sen. Manchin says he won't support the president's Build Back Better plan. A leftist millennial wins Chile's presidential election.

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The omicron variant is driving a new COVID-19 surge in the U.K.

Monday, December 20, 2021

The surge in the United Kingdom is bringing new fears for the holidays and the winter months — along with fresh political troubles for Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

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Russia demands Ukraine and other ex-Soviet republics be barred from joining NATO

Friday, December 17, 2021

Russia's government has released demands regarding security guarantees for Europe. The list, handed to a U.S. envoy in Moscow, amounts to a do-over of European history since the end of the Cold War.

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As Biden's signature spending bill stalls, Democrats are forced to regroup

Friday, December 17, 2021

President Biden acknowledged in a statement Thursday night that his spending agenda will be delayed well beyond a hoped-for Christmas vote in the Senate and now may take "days and weeks" to complete.

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News brief: omicron variant, spending bill stalls, abortion pill decision

Friday, December 17, 2021

How bad could the pandemic get this winter because of the omicron variant? One of President Biden's key agenda items is stalled. The FDA relaxes restrictions on access to abortion pill by mail.

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The Federal Reserve is growing more concerned about higher prices

Thursday, December 16, 2021

The Federal Reserve is paving the way for interest rate hikes next year after inflation accelerated to a near 40-year year high in November.

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Amid Taiwan spat, Lithuania closes embassy in China after diplomats leave

Thursday, December 16, 2021

Lithuania's embassy in Beijing evacuated all of its diplomats from China. They left because Lithuania feared China would not recognize the diplomats' immunity from prosecution in China.

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News brief: Federal Reserve, omicron variant, how kids are coping post tornadoes

Thursday, December 16, 2021

The Fed is moving toward raising interest rates next year. The latest coronavirus variant is proving to be highly transmissible. We examine the impact of Kentucky's tornadoes on children.

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How children who survived Kentucky's deadly tornadoes are coping with the aftermath

Thursday, December 16, 2021

The tornadoes that raked across Kentucky killed dozens, injured hundreds and destroyed or damaged thousands of homes. The impacts are immeasurable and for kids, in particular, it's a difficult time.

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Lady Gaga responds to criticism of her performance in 'House of Gucci'

Friday, December 03, 2021

She stars in the film as the woman at the center of a scandal in the fashion world. But the actors' Italian accents have been panned, and the Gucci family has criticized the way it was depicted.

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News brief: omicron variant, border policy, Alec Baldwin interview

Friday, December 03, 2021

The omicron variant spreads in the U.S. The Trump administration's 'Remain in Mexico' policy will be re-starting. Alec Baldwin had his first TV interview about the fatal shooting on the set of Rust.

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The U.S. is one of 2 dozen nations that have confirmed cases of the omicron variant

Thursday, December 02, 2021

The first case of the omicron COVID variant has been identified in the U.S. Health officials found it in a traveler who had returned from South Africa just before Thanksgiving.

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How chaos at the U.S.-Mexico border fits into the international picture of migration

Thursday, December 02, 2021

As the U.S. struggles to cope with a surge of immigration at its southern border, the European Union is faced with its own crisis — the weaponization of migration by Belarus.

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