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California hospitals at 'brink of catastrophe'; 25,000 dead

LOS ANGELES - California surpassed 25,000 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic, reporting the grim milestone Thursday as an ongoing surge swamps hospitals and pushes nurses and doctors t...

Dec 31, 2020

Last of singing McGuire Sisters dies in Vegas; Phyllis, 89

LAS VEGAS - Phyllis McGuire, the last surviving member of the three singing McGuire Sisters who topped the charts with several hits in the 1950s, has died. She was 89. The lead singer and younger sist...

Dec 31, 2020

Bomb-sniffing dogs? Check. Times Square crowd? Not this year

New York City police turned to familiar tactics ahead of Thursday's New Year's Eve celebrations, deploying bomb-sniffing dogs and sand-filled sanitation trucks intended to guard against explosions. Bu...

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

Trump extends pandemic-related visa ban through March 31

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Thursday extended pandemic-related bans on issuing green cards and work visas to large groups of applicants outside the United States through March 31. Federal j...

Dec 31, 2020

Wisconsin hospital worker arrested for spoiled vaccine doses

MADISON, Wis. - Authorities arrested a suburban Milwaukee pharmacist Thursday suspected of deliberately ruining hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine by removing it from refrigeration for two night...

Dec 31, 2020

Auld lang syne: New Year brings final UK-EU Brexit split

LONDON - Like a separated couple still living together, Britain and the European Union spent 2020 wrangling and wondering whether they can remain friends. On Thursday, the U.K. is finally moving out. ...

Dec 31, 2020

S&P 500 ends at another record high as tumultuous 2020 ends

The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 2020 at more record highs Thursday, closing out one of the most tumultuous years in recent memory. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% and ended the ye...

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