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Holidays Bring 'Lights Of Hope' Amid Virus-Altered Traditions
Latest U.S. coronavirus news: COVID relief bill arrives in Florida as Trump plays golf; nearly 120K hospitalized on Christmas.

Latest U.S. coronavirus news: COVID relief bill arrives in Florida as Trump plays golf; nearly 120K hospitalized on Christmas.
Christmas Day explosion shattered glass and damaged buildings in downtown Nashville. Three people were hurt.
Clearwater High School music teacher Rosemary Caldwell Collins died Tuesday at the age of 51.
The coronavirus pandemic left no one's Christmas untouched.
"If a passenger chooses not to take a test, the airline must deny boarding to the passenger," the CDC said.
The U.S. Postal Service said it was “experiencing unprecedented volume increases and limited employee availability" due to COVID-19.
"This appears to have been an intentional act," Nashville police said of the explosion that damaged AT&T and other nearby buildings.
Latest U.S. coronavirus news: As the holidays arrive, Congress heads home with stimulus in limbo; 1.2 millon Americans have flown this week.
Helped by rock-bottom rates, the housing market has been a source of strength in an economy pounded by the coronavirus outbreak.
COVID-19 has taken more than 327,000 lives in the U.S., with over 3,000 deaths per day repeatedly recorded over the past two weeks.
“Queer Eye” star Karamo Brown tells you how to spread holiday cheer; Santa shows up in all the right places; leg lamp brightens the world.
While you celebrate Christmas at home, see when Santa Claus and his reindeer might arrive in your town.
The Senate cleared the COVID-19 relief package by a 92-6 vote after the House approved it by 359-53. Now Trump threatens to veto it.
Christmas family gatherings and packed prayers that typically mark the holiday were scaled back or canceled altogether due to COVID-19.
The shootings of civilians by Blackwater employees at a crowded Baghdad traffic circle in September 2007 prompted an international outcry.
Latest U.S. coronavirus news: Democrats call Trump's stimulus bluff; California surpasses 2 million cases; hospitalizations hit record.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday wielded his clemency powers for 29 more people who are loyalists or well-connected to his family.
Unfortunately thousands of front-line workers lost the fight against the pandemic.
Nearly 120 ferrets get coronavirus injection aimed at saving nearly extinct group.
The recent rollout of two newly authorized vaccines is a bright ray of hope at the pandemic’s darkest hour.
Narrow misses, explosives and angry villagers.
Removing “forever” chemicals from drinking water is not an easy task.
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