President-elect Joe Biden leads President Trump in the state by 157,000 votes, but Trump appears to be using the full weight of his office to challenge the election results.
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A memorial brings long overdue recognition to the tens of thousands who have served in peace and war for two and a half centuries.
As the nation’s death toll from the virus reached 250,000, officials said they were alarmed to see 1 million new infections reported across the United States within the past week. They spoke of the risks of travel and gatherings in stark terms, warning that as families get together over the holidays, they could inadvertently bring the deadly disease with them.
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The claims have remained above the pre-pandemic record of 695,000, from 1982, for 35 weeks.
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Inviting allies of the president to speak or teach at Harvard University would legitimize subverting democratic norms, the signatories warned.
An investigation found that Martin Philbert had harassed multiple women over many years.
“Hey, Pete, where’s your mask? Where’s your mask, Pete?” the server said in a video posted to social media. “What are you doing, Pete? We’re in a pandemic, Pete.”
The organization did not announce a reopening date. The greater Washington region reported more than 5,000 new coronavirus infections Thursday, a record for a single day.
The action comes as the state is facing a two-week-plus stretch of record-setting numbers of new coronavirus cases.
Authorities will allege that the purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp helped create an anti-competitive social networking juggernaut that has left users with few quality alternatives.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) sent senators home through Thanksgiving despite no progress with Democrats on new relief, as the pandemic spirals out of control and forces new shutdowns.
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Maryland also had to cancel its game against Ohio State last week. The football team has now had 23 players test positive for the coronavirus in two weeks.
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The two will team up in a tournament for the first time at the PNC Championship, a competition comprising two-person parent-and-child teams from the PGA and LPGA tours.
