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Omicron spreads global gloom over New Year's celebrations
BRUSSELS (AP) — As omicron spreads ever more gloom around the globe ahead of New Year's Eve, governments are moving at different speeds to contain the scourge, with some reimposing restrictions immediately and others hesitating to spoil the party aga
Dec 27, 2021 2:59 PM
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Mama bear, cubs spotted napping in tree in Va. neighborhood
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — Officials in Virginia have closed a road in one neighborhood after a mother bear and three cubs were spotted napping in a tree there.
Dec 27, 2021 1:34 PM
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Edward O. Wilson, biologist known as 'ant man,' dead at 92
BOSTON (AP) — Edward O. Wilson, the pioneering Harvard biologist who advanced the provocative theory that human behavior such as war and altruism has a genetic basis and warned against the decline of ecosystems, has died. He was 92.
Dec 27, 2021 8:56 AM
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Desmond Tutu, South Africa's moral conscience, dies at 90
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of apartheid and a modern-day activist for racial justice and LGBT rights, died Sunday at 90.
Dec 26, 2021 11:30 AM
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Another COVID Christmas brings anxiety, but also optimism
ROME — Christmas arrived around the world Saturday amid a surge in COVID-19 infections that kept many families apart, overwhelmed hospitals and curbed religious observances as the pandemic was poised to stretch into a third year.
Dec 25, 2021 3:14 PM
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Suicide bomber attacks bar in eastern Congo, killing 6
BENI, Congo (AP) — A suicide bomber attacked a restaurant and bar Saturday as patrons gathered on Christmas Day, killing at least six others in an eastern Congolese town where Islamic extremists are known to be active.
Dec 25, 2021 2:57 PM
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Ghislaine Maxwell turns 60 behind bars as verdict looms
NEW YORK (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell reached her 60th birthday behind bars Saturday as she awaited the outcome of her sex trafficking trial.
Dec 25, 2021 1:36 PM
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Influential Bluegrass musician J.D. Crowe has died
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Grammy-winning bluegrass musician J.D. Crowe, whose influential career spanned more than 50 years, has died. He was 84. His son, David, confirmed the death on Saturday to The Associated Press.
Dec 25, 2021 1:11 PM
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Spanish eruption's end brings 'emotional relief,' rebuilding
MADRID (AP) — Authorities on one of Spain's Canary Islands declared a volcanic eruption that started in September officially finished Saturday following 10 days of no lava flows, seismic activity or significant sulfur dioxide emissions.
Dec 25, 2021 7:39 AM
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Space telescope launched on daring quest to behold 1st stars
The world’s largest and most powerful space telescope rocketed away Saturday on a high-stakes quest to behold light from the first stars and galaxies and scour the universe for hints of life.
Dec 25, 2021 5:40 AM
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