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The freshman class of the 117th Congress, featuring a new crop of conservative women and an ascendant left, is attending an unusual pandemic-era orientation. — NYT: Top Stories
Mr. Krebs’s government agency contradicted President Trump’s false claims that the election was rigged. At this point, Mr. Krebs, a former Microsoft executive, still has a job. — NYT: Top Stories
This is another opportunity for evangelicals to obey what their leader — Jesus — commanded them to do. — FOX News
Jonathan Morris and Kaitlyn Folmer met at the Vatican. He was a priest. Some things changed along the way. — NYT: Top Stories
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has presented an education agenda that is starkly different from the Trump era, beginning with a far more cautious approach to school reopenings. — NYT: Top Stories
Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) investigators are said to be drowning in unsolved shootings and gun-related murders this year, having closed less than 30% of the firearms-related homicides and an even smaller percentage of the city’s nonfatal shootings, according to a recent report.
CNN International anchor Christiane Amanpour has been labeled “despicable” and “disgusting” after comparing a deadly night considered the start of the Holocaust to President Trump’s four years in the White House to viewers across the world. — FOX News
Western Michigan Kaleb Eleby got to the line and instead of spiking the ball he faked the spike and threw a touchdown pass to a wide-open Jaylen Hall to win the game against Toledo. — FOX News
The 2020 NFL season has reached Week 10 and things aren’t getting any easier in terms of handling the coronavirus. — FOX News