Chinese Lunar Probe Is On Its Way Back To Earth, Carrying Moon Rocks

It's the first time in over 40 years that fresh lunar samples are being brought back to Earth. Scientists hope to gain a better understanding of lunar volcanic activity and the age of various craters.
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Op-Ed Urging Jill Biden To Drop The 'Dr.' Sparks Outrage Online

The widely panned opinion piece addressed Jill Biden as "kiddo" and advised her to "drop the doc." The incoming first lady holds two master's degrees and a doctorate in education.
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Spy Novelist John Le Carré Dies At 89

The bestselling author of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy died Saturday at age 89; his work was informed by his own years as a spy during the Cold War.
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CDC Advisers Agree With FDA: COVID-19 Vaccine Is OK For Public Use

An independent federal advisory committee to the CDC recommends the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for people over 16. But state health leaders say distribution and funding challenges remain.
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Hong Kong Democracy Activist Jimmy Lai Denied Bail

The media mogul and prominent critic of China's ruling Communist Party remains in prison after his arrest on accusations he violated a controversial new national security law.
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At Least 23 Arrested After Trump Supporters, Counterprotesters Clash In D.C

Four weeks after a similar event in the nation's capital, thousands of the president's supporters who came to protest a "stolen" election clashed with counterprotesters into the night.
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Wisconsin Hospital Leader On Getting Ready For Vaccinations

Dr. Jeff Bahr with the Advocate Aurora Health system in Wisconsin says his hospitals are "ready to go" for vaccinations. Staff who treat COVID-19 patients will be first in line, he says.
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'Hold Their Feet To the Fire': Getting A COVID-19 Vaccine To Hard-Hit Indian Country

A portion of the first coronavirus vaccines have been designated to go to Indian Country, but some tribes are skeptical about the federal government's ability to deliver and distribute the vaccines.
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Pregnant People Haven't Been Part Of Vaccine Trials. Should They Get The Vaccine?

The CDC estimates 330,000 health care personnel could be pregnant or recently postpartum at the time of vaccine implementation.
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Contractors Dynamite Mountains, Bulldoze Desert In Race To Build Trump's Border Wall

They're destroying wilderness prized by biologists to construct as many miles of border wall as possible — even though the incoming Biden administration is expected to cancel the barrier.
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U.S. Executes Brandon Bernard After Supreme Court Denies Stay

Bernard, convicted for his role in a 1999 kidnapping and killing, is the ninth federal inmate to be executed this year and the first in 130 years to be put to death during a lame-duck presidency.
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