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‘Hey Pete, where’s your mask?’: Nebraska server fired for posting video of maskless Gov. Pete Ricketts inside a sports bar
Karina Montanez says she posted the video to social media to show Gov. Pete Ricketts inappropriately “acting like a celebrity” during a pandemic.
Coronavirus updates: California Gov. Gavin Newsom sets 10 p.m. curfew; CDC discourages travel; 15 college football games canceled this week
President-elect Joe Biden seeks “buy-in across the country.” Detroit Thanksgiving parade goes virtual. 252K U.S. deaths. Latest COVID news.
The sun has set on 2020 in this Alaskan town. ‘Polar night’ brings 66 days of near-darkness in America’s northernmost town.
The National Weather Service in Fairbanks on Wednesday said the sun will not rise again until Jan. 23 in Utqiaġvik, formerly known as Barrow.
Coronavirus updates: U.S. reaches 250,000 COVID deaths; NYC schools to close again; average American could get vaccinated as soon as April
The FDA approved the first at-home COVID test. New York City schools will close again amid spike in cases. France tops 2M cases. Latest news.
Oklahoma officer who ran through flames to save his own children in a house fire is recovering, police say
Oklahoma officer Anthony Louie ran through the front porch covered in flames to save his two children from a fire at his own home, police said.
Coronavirus updates: Nevada Gov. tests positive; 20M Americans could receive vaccine next month; 5 states issue restrictions
The U.S. keeps smashing its own records for daily COVID-19 cases. About 2,000 Pennsylvania nurses plan to go on strike. Latest coronavirus news.
Coronavirus updates: US sets single-day case record as hospitalizations reach all-time high; New York, Ohio, Indiana tighten restrictions
The number of Americans hospitalized due to COVID-19 has risen almost 50% in the last two weeks. U.S. death toll tops 240K. Latest COVID-19 news.
Coronavirus updates: All 50 states see rise in new COVID-19 infections; ‘virus is winning’ in Illinois; Eli Lilly drug gets emergency OK
All 50 states had more new cases last week than the week before. Latest COVID-19 news.
‘You are my wildest dream’: Sydney Barber will be first Black woman to serve as US Naval Academy brigade commander
Midshipman 1st Class Sydney Barber, of Lake Forest, Illinois, is “the perfect person” to lead the U.S. Naval Academy brigade, says her predecessor.