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Jupiter and Saturn will appear their closest since the days of Galileo in this rare space event.

      

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Our View: President-elect’s choices reflect America’s diversity and a return of competence.

      

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Mink infected with a mutated strain of COVID-19 in Denmark have “risen” from the dead, igniting a national frenzy and calls to cremate carcasses.

      

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Michael Flynn pleaded guilty three years ago to lying about his conversations with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.

      

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This Black Friday 2020 deal on the Apple AirPods Pro is the lowest price we’ve ever seen on these true wireless earbuds—get the details.

      

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Paul Farmer has seen the effect of Haiti’s earthquake, Rwanda’s genocide and West Africa’s Ebola outbreak. They show how the US could handle COVID.

      

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After Trump faced a series of legal defeats and criticisms by Republicans, his aides pressed him to relent on his refusal to allow a Biden transition.

      

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Chinese President’s Xi Jinping on Wednesday congratulated Joe Biden on his election win, among the last world leaders to do so.

      

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If you are hosting a Thanksgiving crowd, here are ways to stay healthy and stop the spread of COVID.

      

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Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, revealed that she had a miscarriage in July, giving a personal account of the loss she and Prince Harry suffered.

      

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