Bill Chappell
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Health
U.K. Will Start Immunizing People Against COVID-19 On Tuesday, Officials Say
Mass vaccinations will start less than a week after the U.K. approved the new drug. Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford says it could start "a long path back to normality."
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National
Vaccine Cards And Second-Dose Reminders Are Part Of Warp Speed's Immunization Plan
The U.S. government says it will issue a vaccine card and use other tools to help millions of Americans follow through with their immunizations against COVID-19.
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Arts & Life
'Time' Names Its Kid Of The Year: Water-Testing Scientist Gitanjali Rao
Rao, a Colorado teenager who has won praise for her innovation in detecting lead levels in water, said, "I really want to put out that message: If I can do it, you can do it, and anyone can do it."
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Health
U.N. Commission Removes Cannabis From Its Most Strict Drug Control List
The vote follows World Health Organization guidance saying that due to cannabis' therapeutic use and other factors, it "is not consistent with the criteria" for a Schedule IV drug.
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Science
Arecibo Observatory Telescope Collapses, Ending An Era Of World-Class Research
Astronomers compare losing the observatory in Puerto Rico to losing a big brother. It was once the world's largest single-dish radio telescope.
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Business
Rosy Vaccine Outlook Brightens World Economic Forecast, But Recovery May Be Uneven
China is predicted to account for more than a third of global economic growth next year, while the U.S. and European countries will lag behind, according to the OECD.
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Politics
Pompeo Makes Empty Promise Of A Transition To A 2nd Trump Term
"We're going to count all the votes," the secretary of state told reporters, an apparent reference to President Trump's baseless claims of widespread voter fraud.
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National
'The Vaccine Is On Its Way, Folks,' Fauci Says As Brooklyn Names Him A COVID-19 Hero
Dr. Anthony Fauci was honored Tuesday as "a reassuring champion of science and reason" by the New York City borough of Brooklyn, where he was born and raised.
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Politics
Head Of DOJ's Election Crimes Unit Steps Down After Barr OKs Election Inquiries
The attorney general's policy breaks with the Justice Department's policy of not interfering with elections that has stood for 40 years, Richard Pilger says.
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Politics
'Count Every Vote!': Large Postelection Protests Seen In Several U.S. Cities
Some of the protests had been planned ahead of Election Day. But they were intensified by President Trump's attempts to pronounce himself the winner of a presidential race that's still playing out.