A Wall Street Journal contributor saw backlash over a column suggesting soon-to-be First Lady Jill Biden stop using the title “Dr.”

      

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The shooting happened just before 4 p.m. at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, mother church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.

      

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Michigan Capitol will also be closed to the public as delegates to the Electoral College are expected to cast their votes for Democrat Joe Biden.

      

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Several Google services including Gmail, YouTube and Google Drive were down temporarily as the tech giant looks into a major outage.

      

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Two weeks ago, the Pittsburgh Steelers were the NFL’s lone undefeated team. Now, they’ve lost two in a row and are no longer the AFC’s No. 1 seed.

      

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The dreadful near-term outlook of more American deaths is playing out against the backdrop of highly encouraging developments on the vaccine front.

      

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The “Elf” reunion brought back cast members Will Ferrell and Zooey Deschanel in a Democratic fundraiser for the Georgia Senate run-off election.

      

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A history of unethical testing and experimentation on Black men and women has sown distrust in public health systems among communities of color.

      

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Health care centers ready to give out Pfizer vaccine. U.S. nears 300K deaths. Latest COVID news.

      

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The Cleveland baseball team plans to drop the Indians nickname, long considered racist by Native activists. It is another sign of change in sports.

      

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