Author: Associated Press

Don’t plan on whispering those wish lists in Santa’s ear in 2020

New safety precautions are put in place in malls due to COVID-19

Image:(AP Photo/Seth Wenig) (AP) —Santa Claus is coming to the mall — just don’t try to sit on his lap. Despite the pandemic — and the fact that Santa’s age and weight put him at high risk for severe illness from the coronavirus — mall owners are going ahead with plans to bring him back this year. But they are…

3 more federal executions scheduled during lame-duck period, including two days before Biden sworn in

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Justice Department has scheduled three more federal executions during the lame-duck period before President-elect Joe Biden takes office, including two just days before his inauguration. The announcement comes a day after the federal Bureau of Prisons carried out the eight federal execution this year after a 17-year hiatus, and it is likely to increase pressure on…

Biden turns 78, will be oldest U.S. president

WASHINGTON (AP) – President-elect Joe Biden turned 78 Friday, and he’ll soon take the reins of a politically fractured nation facing the worst public health crisis in a century, high unemployment and a reckoning on racial injustice. As Biden wrestles with those issues, he will be attempting to accomplish another feat: demonstrating to Americans that age is but a number….