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Flapper follies
OTHELLO — The play opening Thursday at Othello High School promises to be the bee’s knees. Perhaps even the cat’s …
EXPLAINER: Scientists trying to understand new virus variant
Does it spread more easily? Make people sicker? Mean that treatments and vaccines won’t work? Questions are multiplying as fast as new variants of the coronavirus, especially the one moving through England and now …
Browns delay practice for Steelers after 2 positive tests
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns didn't begin preparing for the Steelers on the field but rather via Zoom calls.
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Pelosi likely speaker again, but might require high-wire act
WASHINGTON (AP) — There's little doubt that
Indiana AG: No charges recommended in fetal remains case
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s attorney general recommended no criminal charges or licensing actions Wednesday after concluding an investigation into more than
Canada to require negative test for people entering country
TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian government said Wednesday that passengers must have a negative COVID-19 test taken within three days before they arrive in the country.
Arizona Bowl pits No. 19 San Jose State against Ball State
Arizona Bowl: No. 19 San Jose State (7-0) vs. Ball State (6-1), at Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona, Thursday, 2 p.m. EST (CBS).
COVID fill-in Army takes on West Virginia in Liberty Bowl
West Virginia (5-4) vs. Army (9-2), Thursday at 4 p.m. EST (ESPN).
AP sources: Star Vikings RB Cook absent after father's death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Running back Dalvin Cook is not practicing with the Minnesota Vikings this week, due to the death of his father.
Most of England to greet 2021 under strictest virus measures
LONDON (AP) — The British government on Wednesday extended its toughest coronavirus restrictions to more than three-quarters of England’s population, saying a fast-spreading new variant of the virus has reached mos…
Vaccine delivered to prison where feds carry out executions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bureau of Prisons has started vaccinating staff members and some inmates at the federal prison complex where the Justice Department carries out federal executions, as officials work to contain…
New Year's Eve event in Vegas sparks worries on virus spread
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A New Year's Eve event at a canopied casino-mall in Las Vegas expected to be attended by at least 14,000 people could be a superspreader event that overruns hospitals, members of Nevada’s coronavir…
US stocks rise in afternoon trading as 2020 winds down
U.S. stocks are broadly higher in afternoon trading Wednesday as the effort to develop and distribute vaccines to fight the virus pandemic ramps up.
UK is first to authorize easy-to-handle AstraZeneca vaccine
LONDON (AP) — Britain became the first country to authorize AstraZeneca’s inexpensive, easy-to-handle COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday, gaining another weapon against the virus amid a resurgence so severe that the govern…
VIRUS TODAY: Colorado reports first US case of virus variant
Here’s what’s happening Wednesday with the pandemic in the U.S.: