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Mississippi officials have failed to enforce contractual penalties for short-staffed facilities resulting in payments to “ghost workers.”

      

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The justices’ action clears the way for electors to convene Monday and confirm that President-elect Joe Biden will be nation’s 46th president.

      

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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones didn’t hold back on Friday, reflecting on some of his poor decisions and saying he needs to change his direction.

      

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Nashville police announced Devaunte Lewis Hill, 21, had been arrested Friday in connection with the Dec. 3 fatal shooting of nurse Caitlyn Kaufman.

      

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If I went home for Thanksgiving, I could have made my mom or stepdad really sick. In reality, there’s a chance I could’ve killed her.

      

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The dismissal of top AI researcher vocal about Google’s diversity failures has drawn new attention to treatment of Black employees, especially women.

      

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Watchdogs claim the plastics industry has capitalized on the pandemic by saying its products as necessary for public health.

      

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Men’s college basketball teams obviously face rough conditions as they play during pandemic. But some blue bloods are having especially rough starts.

      

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Activists hope to replicate the November presidential election, when Black voters were a critical voting bloc in helping turn the state blue.

      

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Changes to the normal rhythm of the Army-Navy rivalry, including factors such as home-field advantage and prep time, seem to favor the Black Knights.

      

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