The Duke women’s basketball team is ending its 2020-21 season over concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, the school confirmed Friday.

      

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CNN political reporter Andrew Kaczynski revealed his 9-month-old daughter Francesca died on Christmas Eve after a cancer battle.

      

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‘Wonder Woman 1984’ not only helps Gal Gadot’s heroine grow personally but also makes its case as a Christmas movie with a holiday coda. (Spoilers!)

      

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With Amazon, Google and Apple speakers, you can listen to music, set timers, check the weather and store closings, use an an intercom and much more.

      

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Get crafty this holiday season with a homemade snow globe

      

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Tom Hanks not only beat COVID-19 in 2020 but gave us good stuff to watch. Here are his 10 essential feel-good roles, including ‘News of the World.’

      

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Pope Francis makes Christmas plea, urging “vaccines for everybody, especially for the most vulnerable.” UK travelers face COVID test. Latest news.

      

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Kodak Black sponsored a toy drive for Florida kids on Christmas Eve – to the tune of $20,000 – to bring joy to children this holiday season.

      

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After a mild Christmas Eve across much of the East, Christmas Day dawned like a tooth-baring Grinch: flooding threats, winds and plummeting temps.

      

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Music was one of the only things that helped people cope through moments of hardship. Women in music were 2020’s brightest spots.

      

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