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Lulled into complacency by their rural county’s distance from the pandemic’s early days, residents of this Kansas county are now paying the price.

      

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One constant for a college football weekend is unpredictability. Our experts forecast bold predictions for Week 15.

      

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Krispy Kreme’s annual “Day of the Dozens” is Saturday and comes with a sweet doughnut deal. Buy a dozen and get a dozen of glazed doughnuts for $1.

      

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As the FDA gets closer to approving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, we take a look at your questions about the vaccine, like side effects, safety and more.

      

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CDC advisers meet today to make final recommendations on who should get the vaccine first. US set another daily record for deaths. Latest COVID news.

      

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Throw a hot cocoa party outside for a festive and safe Christmas.

      

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Gov. Ron DeSantis lashed out at the ex-Florida data chief turned whistleblower. What Jones is accused of doing is “clearly a felony offense,” he said.

      

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Carbon dioxide emissions, which are the leading cause of global warming, fell by 7% in 2020, according to the report from the Global Carbon Project.

      

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Widespread extinctions of land-dwelling animals – which include amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds – follow a cycle of about 27 million years.

      

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Immigrant advocates face challenges trying to locate hundreds of parents separated from their children in 2017 by Trump administration policies.

      

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