HARRISBURG, Pa. - A group of Democrats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives wants their adamantly maskless Republican colleagues to be sworn in next month after everyone else, to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.As a safety measure, the 203 state representatives will take the oath of office on Jan.

5 in four sets of about 50 people each, starting with newly elected members, the House speaker’s office said Wednesday.Philadelphia state Rep.

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Trump says he's nixing plan for early coronavirus vaccine at White House

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Sunday that he was reversing an administration directive to vaccinate top government officials against COVID-19, while public distribution of the shot is limited to front-line health workers and people in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.Trump made the announcement hours after his administration confirmed that senior U.S. officials, including some White House aides who work in close proximity to Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, would be offered coronavirus vaccines as soon as this week under federal continuity of government plans.“People working in the White House should receive the vaccine somewhat later in the program, unless specifically necessary,” Trump said in a tweet.

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Royal Mail releases last Christmas post dates as Covid disruption hits deliveries

Royal Mail has confirmed its latest recommended dates for posting over the festive period, both at home and abroad.

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Covid-19: Chennai's Marina Beach re-opens for public after 8-month gap

Among them, it had said that that Marina Beach will reopen after December 14 Under Graduate final year classes have been allowed to begin from December 7.Swimming pools for sportspersons for their training can be reopened.Gatherings to be allowed with 50 per cent capacity of the facility or up to 200 people.

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Biden aides hope Electoral College vote is GOP turning point

WILMINGTON, Del. – Joe Biden's aides have a message for President Donald Trump and his supporters: It's long past time to move on.With the Electoral College set to formally elect Biden as president on Monday, his aides say they hope Republicans will consider their own long-term interests (and the country's), accept Trump’s defeat and focus their attention on fighting the coronavirus pandemic and staving off economic tumult.Republicans, by and large, have stood by Trump as he's made unsubstantiated claims of a rigged election, and they show no signs they'll give Biden the semblance of a honeymoon period.

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US Embassy says Sudan no longer on list of terror sponsors

CAIRO – The U.S. Embassy in Khartoum said Monday that President Donald Trump's administration has removed Sudan from the U.S.

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House prices up by nearly £20,000 in 2020 despite the pandemic and massive job losses

The property market is ending 2020 on a "sprint finish", with the average price tag on a home nearly £20,000 higher than it was at the start of the year, despite the economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis.

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Active covid cases in India drop to near 3.5 lakh after 30,695 recoveries in last 24 hours

Also read: Why your health plan premium is suddenly spikingWith 336 new deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the toll has mounted to 1,43,355. The total number of active cases in India is 3,52,586.A total of 15,45,66,990 samples have been tested for covid-19 up to 13th December.

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Tories 'sleepwalking' into coronavirus jobs 'crisis', warns House of Lords panel

Ministers are “sleepwalking into an unemployment crisis”, a senior Conservative warns today as peers call for a “new deal” to fire the economic recovery from coronavirus.

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White House staffers to be among first to get COVID-19 vaccine

FILE - North Facade of the White House, in Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States of America, 19th century. (Getty Images)WASHINGTON - Some White House officials who work in close proximity to President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will be offered coronavirus vaccines as soon as this week, while its public distribution is limited to front-line health workers and people in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.Two people familiar with the matter confirmed that the newly approved vaccine from Pfizer will be made available to those who work in close quarters with the nation’s top elected officials.

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Trump, top White House officials to receive coronavirus vaccine in coming days: reports

Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and other top U.S. officials will be offered the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine within the coming days as part of a plan aimed at ensuring the continuity of government, according to a source familiar with the plans as well as reporting from New York Times and Associated Press.Essential personnel at the White House and certain officials in all three branches of government were to be vaccinated within the next 10 days, said a Reuters source.

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Some in White House getting early access to COVID-19 vaccine

WASHINGTON – Some White House officials who work in close proximity to President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will be offered coronavirus vaccines as soon as this week, while its public distribution is limited to front-line health workers and people in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Two people familiar with the matter confirmed that the newly approved vaccine from Pfizer will be made available to those who work in close quarters with the nation's top elected officials.

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Metro Atlanta woman finds long-lost brother through social media

CUMMING, Ga. - People use social media to connect with others, but for one metro Atlanta woman, it did a whole lot more.With help from the internet, Lindsey Henderson of Cumming, Georgia found a missing part of her family.Henderson had never met her younger adopted brother.

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Former aide says NY Gov. Cuomo sexually harassed her 'for years'

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 23: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during the daily media briefing at the Office of the Governor of the State of New York on July 23, 2020 in New York City.

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At least 3 killed in overnight shootings across Philadelphia, police say

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police report at least three men were killed in two different shootings overnight in the city, including a man who was shot dead during an attempted carjacking and gun battle.Officers responded to a gas station on the corner of West Hunting Park Avenue and North Broad Street just after 10:30 p.m. where a man was hit once in the chest by gunfire. According to investigators, the shooting happened after the alleged shooter saw his car being robbed while leaving the convenience store.

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Budget toll from virus hits both Democratic, GOP-led states

No “blue state bailout" is a rallying cry for many congressional Republicans as attempts to provide more federal aid to a nation stricken by an ever-worsening coronavirus pandemic remain stuck in neutral.Yet it's not just Democratic states asking for help amid plunging tax revenue, rising joblessness and a stuttering economy.

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Gov. Murphy confirms NJ's first COVID-19 vaccines to be given Tuesday

NEWARK - New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has confirmed that the first COVID-19 vaccines will be administered Tuesday. According to Gov. Murphy, the first 76,000 vaccines will be healthcare workers and long-term care residents and staff. In a tweet early Saturday, Gov.

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GOP voters ready for Georgia runoffs despite Trump's claims

ATLANTA – Many Republican voters in Georgia are angry. They're convinced that widespread voter fraud — claims that are baseless — cost President Donald Trump the election to Democrat Joe Biden.

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Full list of Scottish hospitals giving coronavirus vaccine - is yours one of them?

immunisation programme in its history. This week the first jabs were carried out by the NHS in a huge breakthrough as the fightback against the C ovid-19 pandemic begins.

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Loved and lost: We remember the people in Greater Manchester who have died after contracting Covid-19

direct to your inboxCoronavirus has brought heartache to thousands of families across Greater Manchester.More than 3,800 people have died in our region's hospitals alone. And tragically, this number is continuing to rise.Behind the Covid-19 death statistics that we publish each day are human beings who all had stories to tell.

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Full list of all the hospitals giving coronavirus vaccine - is yours one of them

Hospitals, sports stadiums and conference centres across the UK will be carrying out mass vaccinations as the country launches the biggest immunisation programme in its history.

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The Latest: Lions place DE Griffen on COVID-19 list

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___Detroit Lions defensive end Everson Griffen was placed on the COVID-19 list a day before he was expected to play a key role against Green Bay.The Lions announced Griffen is on the list created for players who either test positive for the coronavirus or have been in close contact with an infected person. The team says no other players were affected by the league’s coronavirus protocols going into its home game against the Packers on Sunday.Detroit elevated defensive end Kareem Martin and offensive tackle Dan Skipper from the practice squad Saturday.

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Federal court dismisses Trump lawsuit seeking to overturn Biden’s Wisconsin win

Donald Trump lost a federal lawsuit Saturday while his attorney was arguing his case before a skeptical Wisconsin Supreme Court in another lawsuit that liberal justices said “smacks of racism” and would disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters only in the state’s most diverse counties.U.S. District Judge Brett Ludwig, a Trump appointee, dismissed Trump’s federal lawsuit asking the court to order the Republican-controlled Legislature to name Trump the winner over Democrat Joe Biden.

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Federal judge rejects Trump campaign lawsuit to overturn 2020 election results in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. - President Donald Trump lost a federal lawsuit Saturday while his attorney was arguing his case before a skeptical Wisconsin Supreme Court in another lawsuit that liberal justices said “smacks of racism” and would disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters only in the state’s most diverse counties.U.S. District Judge Brett Ludwig dismissed Trump’s federal lawsuit asking the court to order the Republican-controlled Legislature to name Trump the winner over Democrat Joe Biden.

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House Dems' campaign chief a moderate who wins in Trump land

WASHINGTON – Their dwindling majority in peril, House Democrats are entrusting their campaign operations to an analytical, openly gay moderate who’s been an attorney, businessman and five-time winner in his competitive congressional district. New York Rep.

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Texas GOP chair says 'law-abiding states' should 'form a union' after SCOTUS rejects election suit

AUSTIN, Texas - The chairman of the Texas Republican Party is reacting to the Supreme Court's rejection of Texas' lawsuit to overturn Joe Biden's election victory.In a statement, Chairman Allen West said that by tossing out the lawsuit, the Supreme Court "has decreed that a state can take unconstitutional actions and violate its own election law".DOWNLOAD THE FOX 7 AUSTIN NEWS APPAllen West SIGN UP FOR FOX 7 AUSTIN EMAIL ALERTS"This decision establishes a precedent that says states can violate the US constitution and not be held accountable," West said.

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The 67 areas in worst-hit regions to get mass coronavirus testing - full list

These are the 67 places across England which are set to receive mass coronavirus testing as part of a drive to cut infections.

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White House coronavirus task force: Vaccine implementation won’t reduce spread of disease until late spring

LOS ANGELES - As the United States awaits approval from federal regulators for emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine, The White House coronavirus task force is warning that current vaccination plans won’t necessarily have a dramatic impact on the spread of the disease until at least late spring of 2021. “The current vaccine implementation will not substantially reduce viral spread, hospitalizations, or fatalities until the 100 million Americans with comorbidities can be fully immunized, which will take until the late spring,“ the report read.

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Parliament adjourns without resolving dispute over how it should resume in 2021

COVID-19 — expired Friday.Without an agreement about how to proceed in future, the Commons will resume all normal operations the next time it sits. 1st electronic vote in House of Commons history plagued by technical glitches It is currently scheduled to resume on Jan.

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Supreme Court rejects Texas lawsuit to overturn Biden's election victory

(LEFT) President Donald Trump looks on during a ceremony presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to wrestler Dan Gable in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Dec.

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Live events industry lost $30B due to COVID-19 pandemic, Pollstar says

FILE - Russian-German pianist Igor Levit together with French conductor Stephane Deneve and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 5 (Emperor Concerto) during the televised Nobel Prize Concert 2020 at the Sto (FREDRIK SANDBERG/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images)NEW YORK - Due to the global coronavirus pandemic, concert trade publication Pollstar puts the total lost revenue for the live events industry in 2020 at more than $30 billion.Pollstar on Friday released its year-end report, explaining that the live events industry should have hit a record-setting $12.2 billion this year, but instead it incurred $9.7 billion in losses.

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White House pressures FDA on COVID vaccine as global total tops 70 million

The White House gave the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) an ultimatum to officially approve an emergency use authorization (EUA) today for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, a day after the agency's advisory panel recommended approval, and with a separate decision still needed from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) panel.

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White House presses FDA chief to grant COVID-19 vaccine approval Friday or face possible firing

WASHINGTON - White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Friday pressed Food and Drug Administration chief Stephen Hahn to grant an emergency use authorization for Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine by the end of the day or face possible firing, two administration officials said.The vaccine produced by Pfizer Inc.

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White House presses Hahn to approve vaccine by end of day

WILMINGTON, Del. – White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Friday pressed Food and Drug Administration chief Stephen Hahn to grant an emergency use authorization for Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine by the end of the day. The vaccine won approval Thursday from an FDA panel of outside advisers, and signoff from the FDA is the next step needed to get the shots to the public.

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Congress passes gov't funding bill to avoid shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress shipped a temporary government-wide funding bill to President Donald Trump on Friday, averting a government shutdown at midnight and buying time for on-again, off-again talks on COVID-19 relief.The bill, which sets a new shutdown deadline of midnight next Friday, passed the Senate by a unanimous voice vote Senate vote that came without much drama despite and sent rank-and-file senators home for the weekend with no clear picture of what awaits next week.President Donald Trump is expected to sign the bill.The passing of the bill came as an emerging $900 billion COVID-19 aid package from a bipartisan group of lawmakers has all but collapsed after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Republican senators won't

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‘Nobody loves a house party more than COVID’: Alberta launches new ad campaign

COVID-19 loves more than house parties and family gatherings. That’s the message behind a new ad campaign launched by the Alberta government ahead of the holidays.The province launched its COVIDLOVES.ca website Friday morning, complete with two campaign videos, as well as information around the current health guidelines, myths surrounding COVID-19 and resources for Albertans.

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Alberta launches new COVID-19 ad campaign aimed at house parties, family gatherings

There’s nothing that COVID-19 loves more than house parties and family gatherings. That’s the message behind a new ad campaign launched by the Alberta government ahead of the holidays.

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Wisconsin state court judge rules against Trump lawsuit

(LEFT) President Donald Trump looks on during a ceremony presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to wrestler Dan Gable in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Dec.

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Gov. Murphy to host COVID-19 briefing as neighboring states announce new restrictions

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (Edwin J. Torres/Governor's Office)TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey Gov.

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Richard Hinch, New Hampshire's House speaker, dies of COVID-19

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‘Tis the pandemic season: White House parties on amid coronavirus

WASHINGTON – It’s the season for holiday gatherings, both official and informal. But it’s also still very much pandemic season, and COVID-19 infection numbers are setting records in the nation’s capital.The District of Columbia government faces a unique challenge in balancing those two factors, as the capital is riddled with federal government property, where the D.C.

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‘Want our lives back’: What motivates people to get a coronavirus vaccine?

coronavirus vaccine becomes available in Canada.Absolutely,” the 47-year-old from the small village of Fruitvale, B.C., told Global News when asked if she would take the shot.“Because when you have a 22-year-old daughter with type 1 diabetes and a dad with a heart condition, you’ll do whatever it takes to keep everyone safe,” she said.

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Argentina's lower house approves draft legalizing abortion

BUENOS AIRES – Lawmakers in Argentina’s lower house on Friday passed a bill that would legalize abortion in most cases, responding to long-sought demands from women's rights activists.

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Over 100 GOP members of Congress sign onto Texas-led election lawsuit

election is demonstrating U.S. President Donald Trump’s enduring political power even as his term is set to end.

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Hundreds of GOP members sign onto Texas-led election lawsuit

HOUSTON – The Texas lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate President-elect Joe Biden’s victory has quickly become a conservative litmus test, as 106 members of Congress and multiple state attorneys general signed onto the case even as some have predicted it will fail.The last-gasp bid to subvert the results of the Nov.

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In Arizona, Trump's false claims have torn open a GOP rift

PHOENIX – Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey spent much of Donald Trump's presidency trying not to provoke confrontation with the president or his fervent defenders.

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$4.8 billion meant to keep Floridians employed during pandemic went to businesses with ‘zero’ employees

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U.S. election: More than 100 GOP members of Congress sign onto Texas-led election lawsuit

More than 100 Republican members of Congress signed onto a Texas-led election lawsuit, which is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate president-elect Joe Biden’s victory in four swing states.

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