Trump appointee sidelines V.O.A. director before Biden takes office.
Date: 09 December 2020
By Pranshu Verma
Pranshu Verma
The acting director of Voice of America was reassigned on Tuesday, as part of what is most likely a broader bid to install loyalists for President Trump at the news outlet before the Biden administration takes over, two people familiar with the decision said.
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He broke out of quarantine for 8 seconds, and it cost him a $3,550 fine.
Date: 09 December 2020
By Livia Albeck-Ripka
Livia Albeck-Ripka
One man left the house after an argument with his wife and walked 280 miles to cool off, breaching Italy’s national curfew.
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Iran Claims Arrests in Killing of Top Nuclear Scientist
Date: 09 December 2020
By Megan Specia
Megan Specia
A parliamentary adviser told a state-run news outlet that some people he accused of involvement in the assassination last month of the scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, had been arrested.
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‘Go for It’: U.K.’s First Vaccine Patient Encourages Others
Date: 08 December 2020
By The Associated Press
Margaret Keenan, the first patient in Britain to receive the coronavirus vaccine, hopes to set an example for people hesitant to get vaccinated.
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William Shakespeare Receives Coronavirus Vaccine in Britain
Date: 08 December 2020
By The Associated Press
In Coventry, England, on Tuesday, a man named William Shakespeare, 81, joined Margaret Keenan, 90, as a recipient of the new coronavirus vaccine.
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Read the Complaint
Date: 08 December 2020
U.S. v. Sullivan Land Services Co.
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First Briton to be vaccinated: ‘If I can have it at 90, then you can have it, too!’
Date: 08 December 2020
By Benjamin Mueller
Benjamin Mueller
The first Briton to be vaccinated as part of the country’s mass inoculations against Covid-19, and the first person anywhere in the world to receive a clinically authorized, fully tested coronavirus vaccine, was Margaret Keenan, 90, a former jewelry shop assistant who was given the shot at a hospital in Coventry, in central England.
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14 Army Officials Disciplined in Fort Hood Investigation
Date: 08 December 2020
By The Associated Press
More than a dozen Army officials have been fired or suspended following an investigation into complaints of sexual harassment, bullying and violence at Fort Hood, a major military base in Texas.
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Watch Full Video: Biden Introduces Top Health Team Nominees
Date: 08 December 2020
By Reuters
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. introduced his picks for top health jobs, including Xavier Becerra, his nominee for secretary of health and human services.
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Britain Begins Coronavirus Vaccine Rollout
Date: 08 December 2020
By The Associated Press and Storyful
Britain’s National Health Service administered the first shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday, making Britons the first people in the world to begin receiving inoculations after regulators approved its use the previous week.
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