FILE - A coronavirus drive-through testing center is seen in Bear Mountain, N.Y. on Nov. 25, 2020. LOS ANGELES - A new model from a study conducted by Washington University in St.

Louis projected that COVID-19 cases in the United States could double by the time President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated if the nation continues on its current trajectory.The projection was made using a susceptible-infected-recovered (SIR) model, according to the study.“The model, which accurately forecasted the rate of COVID-19 growth over the summer of 2020, was developed by Olin Business School’s Meng Liu, Raphael Thomadsen and Song Yao.

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'American Idol' alum Caleb Kennedy arrested and charged with felony DUI after fatal car crash

Kennedy competed on the 19th season of "American Idol" but abruptly left after a video surfaced depicting him standing with someone that appeared to be wearing a KKK hood. (Christopher Willard via Getty Images) SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. - "American Idol" alum Caleb Kennedy has been arrested in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.The musician, 17, was arrested for a felony DUI that resulted in a death, according to online records.Per records, the singer was arrested on Tuesday evening at 7:21 p.m.

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EU weighs new dawn for trans-Atlantic ties under Biden

BRUSSELS – European Union foreign ministers were debating Monday ways to work together more closely with the United States on global diplomacy, with the bloc hopeful that the arrival of President-elect Joe Biden will breathe new life into trans-Atlantic relations.“With Joe Biden’s election as the new American president, there are a lot of major opportunities that we as Europe want to take,” said German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, whose country holds the EU’s rotating presidency until the end of the month.“Not everything will be different, but a lot will be better, and we must be clear what part of our responsibility we will take, and where we will cooperate with the United States — be it in our direct or indirect neighborhood, in the

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Fauci's plea 'Wear a mask' tops list of 2020 notable quotes

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A plea from Dr. Anthony Fauci for people to “wear a mask” to slow the spread of the coronavirus tops a Yale Law School librarian’s list of the most notable quotes of 2020.The list assembled by Fred Shapiro, an associate director at the library, is an annual update to “The Yale Book of Quotations,” which was first published in 2006.

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Biden picks California attorney general to lead U.S. health department, COVID-19 response

Joe Biden has picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his health secretary, putting a defender of the Affordable Care Act in a leading role to oversee his administration’s coronavirus response.Separately, Biden picked a Harvard infectious disease expert, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.If confirmed by the Senate, Becerra, 62, will be the first Latino to head the Department of Health and Human Services, a US$1-trillion-plus agency with 80,000 employees and a portfolio that includes drugs and vaccines, leading-edge medical research and health insurance programs covering more than 130 million Americans.

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Trump says lawyer Rudy Giuliani tests positive for Covid-19

US President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has tested positive for Covid-19, Mr Trump has said.

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Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for coronavirus, says Donald Trump

Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York, has tested positive for coronavirus, according to Donald Trump.

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U.S. experts hope Biden team will develop national coronavirus testing strategy

coronavirus epidemic worsens, U.S. health experts hope Joe Biden’s administration will put in place something Donald Trump’s has not — a comprehensive national testing strategy.Such a strategy, they say, could systematically check more people for infections and spot surges before they take off.

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Biden to meet with U.S. coronavirus vaccine adviser this week, official says

coronavirus vaccines said on Sunday he planned to meet with President-elect Joe Biden this week to discuss coronavirus vaccines as they are expected to be rolled out to the first Americans later this month.Moncef Slaoui, Operation Warp Speed chief adviser, said he has not yet met with Biden, who has criticized the Trump administration’s vaccine distribution plan.“We really look forward to it because actually things have been really very appropriately planned,” Slaoui said in an interview with CBS’ “Face the Nation.” Biden to immediately ask Americans for 100 days of wearing masks after swearing-in Biden said on Friday his team had not seen a detailed plan from the Trump administration to distribute vaccine to various states.“There is no

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U.S. inauguration planners rethink how to celebrate amid coronavirus pandemic

coronavirus is about to collide with what is typically one of America’s biggest celebrations of all: the swearing-in of a new president.While lots of details are still to be worked out, this Jan. 20 is sure to be more subdued than prior inauguration days.

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Country's oldest newspaper, Hartford Courant, closes newsroom amid COVID-19 pandemic

A generic view of English national newspapers (Photo by Lewis Stickley/PA Images via Getty Images) HARTFORD, Conn. - The Hartford Courant, the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States, plans to close the newsroom and offices it has been operating out of since the mid-1940s by the end of the year.President-elect Joe Biden on Dec. 4 discussed the U.S.

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Biden to ask all Americans to wear face masks for 100 days

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is laying out part of his plan to fight the COVID-19 pandemic once he takes office, as the country inches closer to approving a vaccine. Jennifer Johnson reports.

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Biden urges taking coronavirus vaccine, wearing masks but says they shouldn’t be mandatory

President-elect Joe Biden said he’ll do “everything in my power” to convince Americans to take the coronavirus vaccines and to wear masks to prevent the spread of the pandemic and save lives. But as he answered questions from reporters on Friday, Biden said he wouldn’t make vaccines and masks mandatory.

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In face of 'grim' jobs report, Biden backs more COVID-19 aid

WILMINGTON, Del. – President-elect Joe Biden is pushing ahead with his call for massive economic stimulus as the economic recovery from this spring's coronavirus lockdowns falters amid a nationwide spike in COVID-19 cases.Biden was to deliver remarks Friday afternoon reacting to November's national jobs report, which showed a sharp decrease in U.S. hiring even as the nation is about 10 million jobs below pre-pandemic levels.

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Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George Bush, Bill Clinton vow to publicly receive Covid vaccine

Covid-19 vaccines.In an interview with SiriusXM radio, Obama said that he would be inoculated if White House Covid-19 task force member and the nation's leading infectious diseases expert Dr Anthony Fauci signs off on a Covid-19 vaccine."If Anthony Fauci tells me this vaccine is safe, and can vaccinate, you know, immunize you from getting Covid, absolutely, I'm going to take it," Obama said."I promise you that when it's been made for people who are less at risk, I will be taking it," he said."I may end up taking it on TV or having it filmed, just so that people know that I trust this science, and what I don't trust is getting Covid," Obama said.Freddy Ford, Bush's chief of staff, told CNN the former president also wanted to help promote

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Joe Biden picks Indian-American Vivek Murthy to lead Covid-19 fight

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Joe Biden says ready to publicly get Covid-19 vaccine

Also read Among first acts, Joe Biden to call for 100 days of mask-wearingFauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a member of President Donald Trump's coronavirus task force, met with Biden's advisers on the pandemic earlier in the day. In the interview, Biden said he asked Fauci to stay on as a chief medical adviser.In the interview alongside Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris, Biden called for Congress to pass the $908 billion bill proposed by moderates in the U.S.

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Biden to immediately ask Americans for 100 days of wearing masks after swearing-in

Joe Biden said Thursday that he will ask Americans to commit to 100 days of wearing masks as one of his first acts as president, stopping just short of the nationwide mandate he’s pushed before to stop the spread of the coronavirus.The move marks a notable shift from U.S. President Donald Trump, whose own skepticism of mask-wearing has contributed to a politicization of the issue.

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Biden plans to retain Dr. Fauci, call for 100 days of mask-wearing

WASHINGTON - Joe Biden said Thursday that he will ask Americans to commit to 100 days of wearing masks as one of his first acts as president, stopping just short of the nationwide mandate he's pushed before to stop the spread of the coronavirus.The move marks a notable shift from President Donald Trump, whose own skepticism of mask-wearing has contributed to a politicization of the issue.

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Senate GOP leader sticking with partisan COVID relief plan

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GOP objects to Biden nominees, a sign of what's to come

WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet picks are quickly running into the political reality of a narrowly controlled Senate that will leave the new Democratic administration dependent on rival Republicans to get anything done. Under leader Mitch McConnell, the Republican senators will hold great sway in confirming Biden’s nominees regardless of which party holds the majority after runoff elections in January.

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Biden: Coronavirus relief package during lame-duck period likely 'just a start'

US President-elect Joe Biden speaks during a cabinet announcement event in Wilmington, Delaware, on November 24, 2020. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)President-elect Joe Biden signaled Tuesday that he would support additional COVID-19 relief beyond any aid package Congress could pass before the end of the year.“Right now, the full Congress should come together and pass a robust package for relief to address these urgent needs,” Biden told reporters in Delaware.

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Biden says coronavirus relief package during lame-duck period likely 'just a start'

President-elect Joe Biden signaled Tuesday that he would support additional COVID-19 relief beyond any aid package Congress could pass before the end of the year. “Right now, the full Congress should come together and pass a robust package for relief to address these urgent needs,” Biden told reporters in Delaware.

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Biden unveils economic team amid growing concerns over U.S. coronavirus recovery

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Biden unveils economic team at critical moment for recovery

WILMINGTON, Del. – President-elect Joe Biden is set to unveil his economic team Tuesday amid growing concerns about the pace of the nation's economic recovery as governments reimpose restrictions to curtail the surging coronavirus pandemic.Biden has assembled a team of liberal advisers who have long focused on the nation’s workers and government efforts to address economic inequality, as unemployment remains high and as the COVID-19 outbreak widens the gulf between average Americans and the nation's most well off.

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'Game Change' co-author John Heilemann has book on 2020 race

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U.S. could soon see 'surge upon a surge' in COVID cases, says Fauci

Anthony Fauci, The nation’s top infectious disease expert said Sunday that the U.S. may see “surge upon a surge” of the coronavirus over the coming weeks, and he does not expect current recommendations around social distancing to be relaxed before Christmas.Dr.

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Joe Biden delivers Thanksgiving address, discourages large gatherings amid COVID-19 pandemic

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U.S. election: Trump says he doubts whether Supreme Court will hear election cases

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Biden adds more members to COVID-19 advisory board

Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden makes a zero with his hand as he delivers remarks at an aluminum manufacturing facility in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, on September 21, 2020. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden announced the newest members to his COVID-19 advisory board Saturday.

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Biden to let health experts decide who will get Covid vaccine first: Gounder

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden will let health experts decide who will get a COVID-19 vaccine in the country first, according to Dr.

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‘Shared sacrifices’: Biden to deliver Thanksgiving address as U.S. coronavirus cases soar

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Analysis: Biden prioritizes experience with Cabinet picks

NEW YORK – Competence is making a comeback.President-elect Joe Biden has prized staying power over star power when making his first wave of Cabinet picks and choices for White House staff, with a premium placed on government experience and proficiency as he looks to rebuild a depleted and demoralized federal bureaucracy.With an eye in part toward making selections who may have to seek approval from a Republican-controlled Senate, Biden has prioritized choosing qualified professionals while eschewing flashy names.

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Pennsylvania certifies Biden as winner of presidential vote

US President-elect Joe Biden speaks after a meeting with governors in Wilmington, Delaware, on November 19, 2020. - Biden said today he would not order a nationwide shutdown to fight the Covid-19 pandemic despite a surge in cases.

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U.S. election: Here’s what the Biden team gets now that the transition is approved

Joe Biden’s transition team now that the head of the General Services Administration has “ascertained” that he is the apparent winner of this month’s presidential election.Among other things, the ascertainment process gives the incoming president and his team access to officials at federal agencies and directs the Justice Department to work on security clearances for transition team members and Biden political appointees. It even gives his team access to official government website domains.

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COVID-19 cases in US may double before Biden takes office: Study

Joe Biden still two months away, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country is likely to increase to 20 million by the end of January, nearly doubling the current level of 12 million cases, predicts a new study.The research, published in the journal Scientific reports, applied a mathematical model which had accurately forecasted the rate of COVID-19 growth over the summer of 2020."One of the key reasons for the increased accuracy of this model over other COVID-19 forecasts is that this model accounts for the fact that people live in interconnected social networks rather than interacting mostly with random groups of strangers," said study co-author Raphael Thomadsen from the Washington University in St.

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The Latest: China tests millions amid new virus flare-ups

leave rural students isolated— Jury duty? No thanks, say many, forcing trials to be delayed— Inequality ‘baked into’ virus testing access as cases surge— New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern offers virus know-how to Joe Biden___Follow AP’s coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic and https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak___HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov.

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Biden inauguration will be scaled down amid COVID, aide says

Joe Biden will be a scaled-down version of the usual traditions that will not endanger Americans health amid the coronavirus pandemic, a top aide said on Sunday."I think it's going to definitely have to be changed," incoming White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said.

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Trump team making false argument about his 2016 transition

WASHINGTON – It’s not just President-elect Joe Biden’s transition that’s under a microscope. President Donald Trump and his allies are harking back to his own transition four years ago to make a false argument that his own presidency was denied a fair chance for a clean launch.

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Trump election challenges sound alarm among voters of color

DETROIT – When longtime Detroit community advocate Frank McGhee watched two Republican canvassers vote against certifying election results in the majority Black city, he was furious.McGhee, 58, has spent more than two decades working with Detroit youth and educating them on the electoral process.

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Dr. Deborah Birx: “I haven’t had that opportunity” to speak with Biden transition team

LOS ANGELES - As the United States battles a vigorous second wave of COVID-19, Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, says she has not communicated with the transition team of President-Elect Joe Biden.“I haven’t had that opportunity yet,” Dr.

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Analysis: With silence, GOP enables Trump's risky endgame

WASHINGTON – Republicans in Congress are engaged in a risky but calculated bet that once President Donald Trump has exhausted his legal challenges to the election, he will come to grips with his loss to President-elect Joe Biden. But the opposite is happening.

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'Something very historical': Push for diverse Biden Cabinet

WASHINGTON – Native Americans are urging President-elect Joe Biden to make history by selecting one of their own to lead the powerful agency that oversees the nation’s tribes, setting up one of several looming tests of Biden’s pledge to have a Cabinet representative of Americans.O.J. Semans is one of dozens of tribal officials and voting activists around the country pushing selection of Rep.

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Biden to meet with Pelosi, Schumer as challenges loom

WILMINGTON, Del. – President-elect Joe Biden is set to hold his first in-person meeting since winning the election with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Friday.The incoming Democratic president will host the top Democrats in the House and Senate at his makeshift transition headquarters in a downtown Wilmington, Delaware, theater.

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Joe Biden projected to win Georgia, flipping state blue for first time since 1992

President-elect Joe Biden addresses the media on Nov. 10, 2020 at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware.

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Biden says won't order 'national shutdown' despite Covid surge

Joe Biden said Thursday he would not order a nationwide shutdown to fight the Covid-19 pandemic despite a surge in cases.States and cities have been imposing their own restrictions, including home confinement, the closure of indoor dining and a limit on gatherings as infections soar across the country."There's no circumstance which I can see that would require total national shutdown.

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Biden hasn't said anything on Newsom dinner controversy amid COVID-19 spike

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is still facing backlash for dining at a restaurant with a large group while pushing new coronavirus restrictions on indoor dining during a spike in cases, and President-elect Joe Biden has yet to weigh in on the matter.

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US weekly jobless claims rise; COVID surge seen slowing labour market healing

Washington: The number of Americans filing first-time claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week, likely as new business restrictions to control spiraling COVID-19 infections unleashed a fresh wave of layoffs, which could further slow the labour market recovery.The weekly unemployment claims report from the Labor Department on Thursday, the most timely data on the economy's health, also showed at least 20.3 million people on unemployment benefits at the end of October, seven months after the pandemic started in the United States.Millions will lose benefits next month when two government-funded programs expire.

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Barack Obama memoir off to record-setting start in sales

Former US President Barack Obama speaks at a Get Out the Vote rally as he campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden in Atlanta, Georgia on November 2, 2020. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage / AFP) (Photo by ELIJAH NOUV NEW YORK - Former President Barack Obama’s “A Promised Land” sold nearly 890,000 copies in the U.S.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

New model projects US COVID-19 cases could double in 2 months

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