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December 24, 2020 8:33 a.m.

AP Lifestyles Digest

Here is the AP Lifestyles digest for the week of Dec. 21.

December 24, 2020 8:27 a.m.

Kenya: Doctors call off strike, nurses continue picketing

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Doctors, pharmacists and dentists in Kenya called off a three-day strike over inadequate personal protective equipment and insurance Thursday after the government acquiesced to their most immediate demands.

December 24, 2020 8:06 a.m.

Truckers finally leave UK after days of virus gridlock

DOVER, England (AP) — Truckers and travelers stuck in a days-long gridlock at the English port of Dover started heading to France on Thursday after the country partially reopened its borders with Britain following international concern over a rapidly spreading new coronavirus variant.

December 24, 2020 8:06 a.m.

Notes from France honor American soldiers' D-Day sacrifice

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) —

December 24, 2020 8:06 a.m.

People yearn to connect across borders amid pandemic holiday

To slow the spread of COVID-19, the United States, Canada and Mexico agreed in March to close their shared borders to nonessential travel.

December 24, 2020 7:36 a.m.

COVID in California: 2 million confirmed cases and counting

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California became the first state to record 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases, reaching the milestone on Christmas Eve as nearly the entire state was under a strict stay-at-home order.

December 24, 2020 7:36 a.m.

French letters honor American soldiers' D-Day sacrifice

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) —

December 24, 2020 7:36 a.m.

McMaster extends state of emergency for COVID-19 into 2021

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina will start the new year under a state of emergency for the coronavirus pandemic after an order issued by Gov. Henry McMaster Thursday.

December 24, 2020 7:36 a.m.

Apple will donate George Floyd mural from Portland store

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Apple started covering up the George Floyd mural on its downtown Portland, Oregon, store Wednesday as part of a plan to preserve and donate the historic artwork.

December 24, 2020 7:36 a.m.

Probe: Kitsap jail inmate who died improperly subdued

BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — Kitsap County Jail officers involved in the death of a mentally ill inmate after a violent struggle were not properly trained to use the restraint chair linked to the man’s death, according to Washington State Patrol detectives.

December 24, 2020 7:36 a.m.

Timeline of events in Britain's exit from the European Union

LONDON (AP) — A timeline of key events related to Britain’s decision to leave the European Union:

December 24, 2020 7:36 a.m.

Abe apologizes, but isn't charged for cherry blossom scandal

TOKYO (AP) — Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe apologized Thursday after prosecutors declined to indict him for illegal payments his office made involving dinner receptions for his supporters during Japan's popular cherry blossom season.

December 24, 2020 7:03 a.m.

Italy enters Christmas lockdown limiting holiday travel

ROME (AP) — Police in Italy enforced new COVID-19 travel restrictions aimed at limiting far-flung families from gathering over Christmas as public health officials appealed Thursday for people to use common sense to prevent new infections over the holidays.

December 24, 2020 7:03 a.m.

As all else, NC's inauguration festivities derailed by COVID

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Public inauguration festivities for North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and other statewide elected officials will again be subdued.

December 24, 2020 7:03 a.m.

The Latest: California 1st state to record 2M COVID-19 cases

LOS ANGELES — California has become the first U.S. state to record 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases.

December 24, 2020 7:03 a.m.

Breakthrough: UK and EU reach post-Brexit trade agreement

BRUSSELS (AP) — Just a week before the deadline, Britain and the European Union struck a free-trade deal Thursday that should avert economic chaos on New Year's and bring a measure of certainty for businesses after years of Brexit turmoil.

December 24, 2020 6:30 a.m.

The Latest: German lockdown makes for all-too silent night

BERLIN — Christmas Eve in Germany is shaping up as an all-too-silent night as COVID-19 cases hovered near record highs, police threatened fines for violating restrictions on gatherings and people lined up outside a shuttered nightclub to get tested for the coronavirus.

December 24, 2020 5:30 a.m.

Child, grandparents stranded in national forest rescued

NORTH BEND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities have found a 4-year-old girl and her grandparents who became stranded while looking for a Christmas tree in the Willamette National Forest in Oregon.

December 24, 2020 5:06 a.m.

Ohio's top stories in 2020: Pandemic, protests and politics

A crippling pandemic, a racial injustice reckoning, a statehouse scandal and a divisive election. In any other year in Ohio, just one of those would have been the biggest story of the year.

December 24, 2020 5:03 a.m.

Ducey appoints Furuya to fill vacancy on Court of Appeals

PHOENIX (AP) — A Flagstaff lawyer who recently served as president of the State Bar of Arizona has been appointed as an Arizona Court of Appeals judge.