While short of a concession to President-elect Joe Biden, the president’s move sets in motion the steps needed for a peaceful transfer of power.
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The selection of John F. Kerry as chief climate diplomat gives the new position gravitas at a time when U.S. credibility abroad on global warming and other issues has waned under President Trump.
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The Rich family said Fox News published a bogus story that was heavily promoted by its opinion hosts and "intentionally exploited" their son's death.
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Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.) filed complaints in five states against Giuliani and 22 other lawyers working with the Trump campaign, calling for them to be stripped of their law licenses for filing “frivolous” lawsuits and allegedly engaging in “conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.”
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The ultimate outcome depends on how the vaccine race plays out worldwide.
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Platforms such as Zoom, Blackboard and Microsoft Teams have demonstrated that schools are able to reach students synchronously — and at least somewhat reliably — even when they are outside the classroom.
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One of the largest awardees in a key pandemic relief operation redirected $3 million to its own nonprofit organization despite its lack of track record or capacity in delivering food to people in need, House Democrats allege.
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For its first rankings of 2020 appearing this evening, the committee has met in Texas in recent days staring at an inscrutable puzzle with 17 unbeaten teams.
