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Officials: Evidence of UK virus strain found in Florida man
MIAMI - Florida health authorities late Thursday reported finding evidence of the latest U.S. case of the new and apparently more contagious coronavirus strain first seen in England, saying it was det...
Dec 31, 2020
Trump extends visa ban; court clears health insurance rule
SAN DIEGO - President Donald Trump on Thursday extended pandemic-related bans on green cards and work visas to large groups of applicants through March 31, while a federal appeals court sided with him...
Dec 31, 2020
Chief justice praises work of federal courts during COVID-19
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is praising federal courts nationwide for their flexibility in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, acknowledging in his annual year-end report th...
Dec 31, 2020
Shutdown, impeachment, virus: Chaotic Congress winds down
WASHINGTON - Congress is ending a chaotic session, a two-year political firestorm that started with the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history, was riven by impeachment and a pandemic, an...
Dec 31, 2020
Moe rejects NDP calls for Hargrave’s removal from cabinet
Despite calls from the opposition for his ouster, it appears Joe Hargrave will remain Saskatchewan’s minister of highways. In an emailed statement Thursday afternoon, Premier Scott Moe’s o...
Dec 31, 2020
US to move aircraft carrier out of Mideast amid Iran tension
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has decided to send home the only Navy aircraft carrier operating in the Middle East, a move that will reduce American firepower in the region amid heightened tensions with I...
Dec 31, 2020
Quebec changes COVID-19 vaccine strategy, won't hold back doses for booster shots
MONTREAL - Quebec is accelerating its vaccination rollout by inoculating as many people as possible instead of holding back doses to be given later as booster shots. "All the vaccines that we have rec...
Dec 31, 2020
Feds enlist IBM to help design gun buyback program
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government has awarded a contract to IBM Canada to support the development, design and implementation of a buyback program for recently prohibited firearms.The contract is worth a...
Dec 31, 2020
Finance note says lifting lockdowns, restrictions no sure road to economic recovery
OTTAWA - Officials believed in late summer that an economic recovery would not magically happen if lockdowns and public health restrictions disappeared, a newly obtained federal document shows.The int...
Dec 31, 2020
Dick Thornburgh, ex-governor and US attorney general, dies
Dick Thornburgh, who as Pennsylvania governor won plaudits for his cool handling of the 1979 Three Mile Island crisis and as U.S. attorney general restored credibility to a Justice Department hurt by ...
Dec 31, 2020
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