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Airlines cancel flights due to COVID staffing shortages
NEW YORK (AP) — Airlines canceled hundreds of flights as the omicron variant jumbled schedules and drew down staffing levels at some carriers during the busy holiday travel season .
Dec 24, 2021 12:55 PM
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Yes, there is a Santa Claus. And no, COVID-19 won't stop him
PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — Rest assured, kids of all ages: Santa’s coming this Christmas Eve, and a second holiday with COVID-19 won’t stop him. That’s the word from the joint U.S.
Dec 24, 2021 12:47 PM
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South African minister objects to sale of Mandela's cell key
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African Cabinet minister on Friday urged the cancellation of an upcoming U.S.
Dec 24, 2021 11:30 AM
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Rudolfo Anaya weaved bilingual holiday tale for children
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An author known as the father of Chicano literature left behind a bilingual children’s book after his 2020 death, telling a story about Christmas in the American Southwest.
Dec 24, 2021 10:11 AM
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On Broadway, a playwright becomes an actor, saving a show
NEW YORK (AP) — Keenan Scott II made his Broadway acting debut this week in “Thoughts of a Colored Man,” which is a remarkable milestone. It's even more remarkable when you consider he also wrote it.
Dec 24, 2021 7:48 AM
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EXPLAINER: What COVID-19 therapies are available in US?
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. recently added two new weapons to its small arsenal against the coronavirus: pills that patients can take at home to treat COVID-19.
Dec 24, 2021 7:30 AM
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UK Queen's Christmas speech set to be particularly personal
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II is expected to offer a particularly personal Christmas Day message to the nation this year after Buckingham Palace released a photo of the monarch recording the speech alongside a picture of her and her husband, who d
Dec 24, 2021 5:41 AM
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List of late author Joan Didion's published books
NEW YORK (AP) — Below is a list of published books, in reverse chronological order, by late author Joan Didion . “Let Me Tell You What I Mean,” 2021, Alfred A. Knopf. “South and West: From a Notebook,” 2017, Alfred A. Knopf.
Dec 23, 2021 5:46 PM
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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House chief medical adviser; Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University School of Public Health. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla.
Dec 23, 2021 5:33 PM
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US sets shorter COVID-19 isolation rules for health workers
NEW YORK (AP) — Worried that a new COVID-19 wave could overwhelm understaffed U.S. hospitals, federal officials on Thursday loosened rules that call on health care workers to stay out of work for 10 days if they test positive.
Dec 23, 2021 4:26 PM
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