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Michelle Dryden has come full-circle back to the exciting world of Journalism, news, and media. Dryden is an Independent Multimedia Journalist. She graduated with honors from Full Sail University. Dryden received the Advanced Achievement Award from Full Sail University's New Media Journalism Master's degree program, in June 2013. With journalism experiences in both digital and traditional journalism since 1996, she is a news veteran. The Media Pub News blog publishes core news and community features. What's your story? Email me at mdryden@themediapub.com. Cheers!!!
Cultural Corner, Health Care, News Now!

‘Hurting for hope,’ South Dakota rural churches mark Advent

December 19, 2020

White crosses on the lawn of Good Samaritan Society nursing home Dec. 8, 2020, in Canton, S.D., commemorate residents who have died in recent weeks of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves)   CANTON, S.D. (AP) — The Nativity stable at Canton Lutheran

Health Care, News Now!

A second vaccine comes at a stark moment in the U.S.

December 19, 2020

Over 251,000 new virus cases were reported in the country, a once-unthinkable daily record. — NYT: Top Stories

Law & Legal, News Now!

Epstein associate is charged with rape of minors in France

December 19, 2020

Jean-Luc Brunel, 74, is also being investigated on suspicion of human trafficking of minors for sexual exploitation, the Paris prosecutor said. — NYT: Top Stories

News Now!

3 dead in Queens house fire, officials say

December 19, 2020

One firefighter fell through a floor while responding on Saturday morning to a fire in the Elmhurst section of Queens. — NYT: Top Stories

Business, Health Care

AM Best affirms credit ratings of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated and most subsidiaries; upgrades credit ratings of certain subsidiaries

December 19, 2020

OLDWICK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AM Best has affirmed the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “a-” and the Long-Term Issue Credit Ratings (Long-Term IR) of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UnitedHealth Group) (Minnetonka, MN) [NYSE: UNH]. AM Best also has affirmed the Short-Term Issue Credit

Education, News Now!

Reopening a New York City school: ‘It’s been a tough start’

December 18, 2020

This fall New York City’s public schools faced perhaps their biggest challenge in memory: Could they resume in person safely? And for how long? We filmed in one school for 33 days to chronicle every step of the reopening. — NYT: Top

Health Care, News Now!, Politics

Vice President Mike Pence receives Coronavirus vaccine on live TV

December 18, 2020

Vice President Mike Pence got the shot today. “I didn’t feel a thing,” he said. California reported 3 percent availability of I.C.U. beds.   — NYT: Top Stories

News Now!, Politics

Congress scrambles to reach stimulus deal as deadline nears

December 18, 2020

Lawmakers are hammering out details of a $900 billion relief package and a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown at midnight.   — NYT: Top Stories

Entertainment News, News Now!

Brandi Glanville denies dissing ex-husband’s wife LeAnn Rimes after ‘Masked Singer’ win

December 18, 2020

The two women have had a year’s-long feud as Rimes had an affair with Glanville’s ex, Eddie Cibrian.   — FOX News

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