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Congress stuck as McConnell torpedoes emerging COVID-19 deal

Current proposal does not have the stimulus payment millions of Americans received earlier in the year

Dec 10, 2020 10:22 PM EST

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WASHINGTON (AP) – An emerging $900 billion COVID-19 aid package from a bipartisan group of lawmakers all but collapsed Thursday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Republican senators won’t support a key compromise. It includes a slimmed-down liability shield for companies from virus-related lawsuits in exchange for adding $160 billion for cash-strapped states and cities that Democrats want. The hardened…

US carries out rare execution during presidential transition

Dec 10, 2020 10:15 PM EST

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) – The Trump administration has carried out its ninth execution of the year and the first during a presidential lame-duck period in 130 years. Federal prison officials in Terre Haute, Indiana, on Thursday executed a Texas street-gang member for his role in the 1999 slayings of an Iowa religious couple. The case of 40-year-old Brandon Bernard…

AP: US panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

Dec 10, 2020 5:49 PM EST

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A U.S. government advisory panel has endorsed Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, in a major step toward an epic vaccination campaign that could finally conquer the outbreak.

AP: Black bikers see racism in Myrtle Beach, SC, traffic plan

Dec 10, 2020 2:11 PM EST

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A South Carolina beach city is in the second week of a federal trial over whether it discriminates against thousands of Black tourists who visit each May to celebrate motorcycle culture.

AP: DeGeneres: Positive test for coronavirus but ‘feeling fine’

Dec 10, 2020 1:37 PM EST

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Ellen DeGeneres says she’s tested positive for COVID-19 but is “feeling fine right now.”

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AP: SC to prioritize elderly, food workers for COVID-19 vaccine

Dec 10, 2020 11:28 AM EST

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Prisoners and poultry plant workers will follow shortly after frontline healthcare workers in South Carolina’s COVID-19 vaccine plan.

High court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden’s Pennsylvania win

Dec 8, 2020 9:46 PM EST

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WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court has rejected Republicans’ last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania’s certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the electoral battleground. The court without comment Tuesday refused to call into question the certification process in Pennsylvania. Gov. Tom Wolf already has certified Biden’s victory over President Donald Trump and the state’s 20 electors are to meet on…

Nikki Haley says her sister-in-law died of COVID-19

Dec 8, 2020 9:41 PM EST

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley says her sister-in-law has died after contracting the coronavirus. Haley tweeted Tuesday evening that Rhonda Lee Nelson, sister of her husband Michael, “passed the day before Thanksgiving of Covid.” An online obituary says Nelson was 53 years old, lived in West Milton, Ohio, and died November 25. She was remembered as…

AP: High court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden’s Pennsylvania win

Dec 8, 2020 4:59 PM EST

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The Supreme Court has rejected Republicans’ last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania’s certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the electoral battleground.

AP: Studies suggest AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine safe, effective

Dec 8, 2020 1:36 PM EST

Associated Press,

New results on a possible COVID-19 vaccine from Oxford University and drugmaker AstraZeneca suggest it is safe and about 70% effective.

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Congress stuck as McConnell torpedoes emerging COVID-19 deal

Current proposal does not have the stimulus payment millions of Americans received earlier in the year

US carries out rare execution during presidential transition

AP: US panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

AP: Black bikers see racism in Myrtle Beach, SC, traffic plan

AP: DeGeneres: Positive test for coronavirus but ‘feeling fine’

AP: SC to prioritize elderly, food workers for COVID-19 vaccine

High court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden’s Pennsylvania win

Nikki Haley says her sister-in-law died of COVID-19

AP: High court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden’s Pennsylvania win

AP: Studies suggest AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine safe, effective

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