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Twitter Prohibits Dehumanizing Posts Targeting Race, Ethnicity

NIH Director: ‘It Is Astounding What’s Been Done’ Regarding COVID-19 Vaccine

Film Documents Lives of Girls, Women on Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota

Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic Decathlon Champion, Dies at 86

CDC Warns of ‘Most Difficult Time’ for US Public Health

NASA: Mystery Object Is 54-Year-Old Rocket, Not Asteroid

The Lakota Daughters

Britain Approves Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine, Raising Hopes of Return to Normality

US Shortens COVID-19 Quarantine to 10 Days

European Space Agency Signs Deal to Remove Debris from Orbit

Mass COVID-19 Immunization Plans Raise Huge Challenges

Singapore OKs Lab-grown Chicken

People Magazine Reveals Its ‘2020 People of the Year’

China Spacecraft Collects Moon Samples to Take Back to Earth

US CDC Advisers Prioritize Health Care Workers, Nursing Home Residents for Vaccine

Huge Puerto Rico Radio Telescope, Already Damaged, Collapses

China Space Agency: Lunar Probe Successfully Lands on Moon

US: Mountain Pine Tree That Feeds Grizzlies Is Threatened

Facebook Oversight Board Announces First Six Cases

Affordable Treatment Available Soon for Children Living With HIV in Poor Countries

US Center for Disease Control Advisers Meet to Prioritize Coronavirus Vaccine Distribution

Most European Governments to Ease Pandemic Rules Over Christmas Holiday, But Fearfully

EU Leader Hopes COVID-19 Vaccinations Start in December

Facebook, Google ‘Zones Without Human Rights’ in Vietnam, Amnesty Says

Photo of Texas Doctor Comforting Elderly COVID-19 Patient Goes Viral

China Gave COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate to N. Korea’s Kim, US Analyst Says

WHO Raises Alarm Over Virus Spread in Brazil, Mexico

Moderna to Seek Quick Approval of Coronavirus Vaccine in US, Europe

How US Military Invented America’s Favorite Snacks

In France, Public Resistance to COVID Vaccine

Merriam-Webster’s Top Word of 2020 Not A Shocker: Pandemic

Australia Develops ‘Revolutionary’ Electric Air Ambulance

WHO: Coronavirus Threatens to Reverse Gains Made in Malaria Control

UN Agency: Physical Activity Can Save Up to 5 Million Lives a Year

US Health Experts: Coronavirus Vaccines on the Way, but Precautions Still Paramount

Darth Vader Actor Dave Prowse Dead at 85, Agent Says

Britain’s Johnson Asks Lawmakers to Back a Tougher Lockdown

Washington’s Kennedy Center Opens for Public Amid Pandemic

Vanderbilt Kicker Becomes First Woman to Play US College Football in Major Conference

Los Angeles Issues Stay-at-Home Order to Curb COVID

Hundreds of ‘Zombie Mink’ Resurfacing from Mass Graves

Maradona’s Death May Trigger Family Inheritance Battle

WHO Scientist Calls for More Vaccine Data

In Santa’s Mailbag, a Peek into Children’s Pandemic Worries

8 Dead After Cyclone Hits Somalia’s Puntland; Spread of Locusts Feared

Trump Administration Moves Ahead on Removing Bird Protections

Lasting Coronavirus Effects Include Fatigue, Muscle Pain, Poor Balance

During the Pandemic, Santa Makes Video House Calls

Tokyo Olympic Organizers Plan to Host 18 Test Events 

Amid Pandemic, Earlier Promotions Black Friday Takes New Shape

Australian State of Victoria Records 28 Days COVID-19 Free

In Senegal, Entrepreneurial Cancer Survivor Looks to 3-D Printing to Aid Amputees

Brazil President: ‘I’m Not Going to Take’ Coronavirus Vaccine

Fans in Argentina Mourn Death of Diego Maradona

Argentines Bid a Raucous Farewell to Maradona Amid Clashes

Bank of Canada: Vaccine Could Trigger Swift Economic Rebound

Argentines Remember Maradona as He Lies in State

Africa Braces for Second Coronavirus Wave

Stigma, Discrimination Seen Driving HIV/AIDS, COVID-19

Indian Company Says it Has Made Millions of Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine Candidate for COVID-19