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2020-12-09 23:08:40 US Government, States Bring Antitrust Action Against Facebook

Federal regulators asked Wednesday for Facebook to be ordered to divest its Instagram and WhatsApp messaging services as the U.S. government and 48 states and districts accused the company of abusing its market power in social networking to crush smaller competitors.

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2020-12-08 11:43:52 ‘Turning Point’: UK Giving 1st Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine

British health authorities rolled out the first doses of a widely tested and independently reviewed COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, starting a global immunization program that is expected to gain momentum as more serums win approval.

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2020-11-09 22:02:31 U.S. Crosses 10 Million COVID-19 Cases as Third Wave of Infections Surges

The United States became the first nation worldwide since the pandemic began to surpass 10 million coronavirus infections, according to a Reuters tally on Sunday, as the third wave of the COVID-19 virus surges across the nation.

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2020-11-09 17:54:30 Pfizer Says COVID-19 Vaccine Is Looking 90% Effective

Pfizer said Monday that an early peek at the data on its coronavirus vaccine suggests the shots may be a surprisingly robust 90% effective at preventing COVID-19, putting the company on track to apply later this month for emergency-use approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

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2020-11-08 20:41:06 Alex Trebek, Long-Running ‘Jeopardy!’ Host, Dies at 80

Alex Trebek, who presided over the beloved quiz show “Jeopardy!” for more than 30 years with dapper charm and a touch of school-master strictness, died Sunday. He was 80.

Trebek, who announced in 2019 that he had advanced pancreatic cancer, died at his California home, surrounded by family and friends, “Jeopardy!” studio Sony said.

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2020-11-07 19:26:21 Biden Wins U.S. Presidency, Calls for Healing in Appeal to Trump Voters

President-elect Joe Biden declared it was “time to heal” a deeply divided America in his first speech after prevailing on Saturday in a bitter election, even as President Donald Trump refused to concede and pressed ahead with legal fights against the outcome.

Biden’s victory in the battleground state of Pennsylvania put him over the threshold of 270 Electoral College votes he needed to clinch the presidency, ending four days of nail-biting suspense and sending his supporters into the streets of major cities in celebration.

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2020-10-27 03:18:43 Trump Selects Amy Coney Barrett to Fill Ginsburg’s Seat on the Supreme Court President Trump has selected Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the favorite candidate of conservatives, to succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and will try to force Senate confirmation before… Open / Comment