After COVID-19 passes, we must keep making personal protective equipment in America

We can’t give foreign companies responsibility for keeping our first responders and front-line health workers safe. We must be able to help our heroes.

      

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23 things you need to stay healthy this winter

Staying healthy in the winter is hard. Here are the things you need to eat healthy and stay in shape, from the Fitbit Charge to Noom.

      

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Coronavirus updates: World approaches 80 million cases; California hospitalizations could double in 30 days

Duke women’s basketball ends. California hospitalizations could double in a month. New UK strain found in France and Spain. Latest COVID news.

      

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Opinion: Aaron Rodgers views himself as worthy of MVP honors – and here’s why he is right

Aaron Rodgers this season has shown he has plenty left in the tank, and very well might be more valuable to the Green Bay Packers now than ever.

      

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Queen Elizabeth II delivers hopeful Christmas message about pandemic: ‘You are not alone’

Queen Elizabeth II gave her annual Christmas speech and discussed the sadness wrought by the pandemic, but offered hope to a world in need of cheer.

      

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Spoilers! George Clooney and his ‘Midnight Sky’ cast spill on that apocalyptic yet hopeful ending

George Clooney’s Netflix movie ‘The Midnight Sky’ is an apocalyptic tale that leaves two characters with a hopeful yet daunting ending. (Spoilers!)

      

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Women in music, from Dua Lipa to Megan Thee Stallion, brought joy in a tough year

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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Christmas Day’s lump of coal for the East: Flooding threats, frigid temps, wicked winds

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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Kodak Black donates $20,000 from prison to Christmas Eve toy drive for Florida kids

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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Coronavirus updates: Pope urges ‘vaccines for everybody’ in Christmas message; Italy enders lockdown; Japan has 5 cases with UK variant

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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