Nation & World
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PublishedNovember 17, 2020
Iraqi military says rocket attack in Baghdad kills child
Frequent attacks targeting the U.S. Embassy and vehicles transporting equipment for U.S. troops have led Washington to threaten to close its Baghdad diplomatic mission and sparked a diplomatic crisis prior to the U.S. presidential election.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2020
SBA seeks to delay release of loan records following court order
A federal judge ordered they be made public by Thursday.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2020
Pentagon to cut troop levels to 2,500 each in Iraq, Afghanistan
Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller says the withdrawals will be made 5 days before Joe Biden takes office as president, despite arguments from senior military officials in favor of a slower pullout.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2020
Senate blocks nomination of controversial nominee to Federal Reserve
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is among Republicans voting against Judy Shelton, who has called for less independence by the central bank and has even questioned the need for it.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2020
Theater at renowned Jacob’s Pillow dance center burns down
The Massachusetts theater dates to the early 1930s, and the Jacob’s Pillow property was declared a National Historic Landmark District in 2003.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2020
Twitter, Facebook CEOs defend election safeguards, promise more
The CEOs of Twitter and Facebook promised Congress they would take action for two special elections in Georgia that could determine which party controls the U.S. Senate.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2020
States plead for more federal help, but Congress can’t agree on the amount
States have generally not been allowed to use the infusion of coronavirus aid in the spring for one of their major needs: replacing declining tax revenue to keep regular government services running.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2020
These are the Republican governors who are changing their tunes on masks
Republican states with leaders who have resisted mask mandates are leading the nation in infections.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2020
Experts fear lessons from the H1N1 vaccine distribution in 2009 are being ignored
The most frequently cited lesson from the H1N1 response may already be hampering the upcoming distribution of the coronavirus vaccines: the danger of overly ambitious government messaging.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2020
Biden filling top White House team with campaign veterans
President-elect Joe Biden has announced top White House staff positions, drawing from the senior ranks of his campaign and some of his closest confidants
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