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New Mets catcher James McCann was introduced in a press conference Thursday afternoon. Before the Santa Barbara native spoke, team president Sandy Alderson and general manager Jared Porter commented on why they signed McCann to a four-year, $40 million deal. Both executives mentioned McCann’s dual-threat ability at the plate and behind it. “We think he’s […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Health officials in Missouri announced 35 new COVID deaths on Wednesday. Meanwhile, hospitalizations across the state have plateaued but remain quite high while the 7-day rolling average of cases slowly drops. According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, the state has recorded 356,607 cumulative cases of SARS-CoV-2—an increase of [...]

1. New Zealand offers free COVID-19 vaccines to neighboring nations | TheHill  The Hill
2. Actor Ian McKellen receives Covid-19 vaccine, says he feels 'euphoric'  CNN
3. Early data show two doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine provoked good immune response  Yahoo News
4. Memphis hospitals begin vaccinating frontline health care workers  WMC
5. Ardern Announces New Zealand's Largest-Ever Immunization Program  Bloomberg
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Wrangles over EU’s €750bn recovery fund and fishing access

A leaked draft of Iraq's state budget has spurred panic as it confirmed the government's intentions to devalue the national currency, the Iraqi dinar, and cut salaries to cope with a severe economic crisis

These special tights keep me running outside for most of winter — and their design allows me to wear them elsewhere.

Tamika Palmer ran a full-page ad in The Washington Post directed at President-elect Joe Biden, urging for police reform and accountability at the state and federal level.

US President-elect Joe Biden has chosen congresswoman Deb Haaland to serve as the first Native American interior secretary, US media reported Thursday, in a move that could recast the department’s often troubled ties with indigenous tribes. Haaland is a first-term Democrat from New Mexico in the US Congress and a member of the Laguna Pueblo […]

India on Thursday hoped that further discussions with China will help both sides to achieve an agreement on a mutually acceptable solution for ensuring complete disengagement in all friction points...

Gather round, Gen-Zers, for Aaron Rodgers has a swag story for you. During his weekly appearance Tuesday on the “Pat McAfee Show,” the Packers quarterback, 37, went into a lengthy discussion about the nature of swag, after BYU’s Zach Wilson, 21, said Rodgers was lacking it in the way he dresses. “Some of this younger...

The Commerce Commission is consulting on its revised cartel leniency and immunity policy and revised template leniency agreement. The cartel leniency and immunity policy has been updated to reflect changes to the Commission’s cartel leniency ...

The province plans to expand asymptomatic testing program in 2021 as opposition critics call for action.

Today, in a move that seems at least partially built around the idea that subscribers will need something to watch after finishing up The Office for the hundredth time, Peacock has announced that it’s renewing A.P. Bio for a fourth season. The then-unnamed streaming service initially resurrected A.P. Bio last summer …

Bells are ringing, snow is flying, and the Epic Games Store’s already generous gift-giving is going into overdrive. The Epic Games Store Holiday Sale 2020 kicked off on Thursday, December 17. You can find deep discounts on most of the store’s catalog, of course, but Epic’s throwing in some mighty enticing doorbusters to coax you into its virtual aisles, giving away a free game each day for 15 straight days.

Marvel Comics has teased a brand new series starring America Chavez and the publisher is promising big things.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Another 79 Hoosiers have died from COVID-19 and more than 6,400 additional state residents have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, state health officials said Thursday.

Vaccine Passports and Health Passes: Is Showing Your “Papers” the “New Normal?”

(CNS NEWS) – The acting deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Ken Cuccinelli, is warning Americans that "Made in China" cotton goods, such as blankets, sheets, and clothing, may have been made by Chinese slave labor, "modern-day slaves" in that Communist regime's vast "new gulag archipelago." Up to three million Ughurs, Kazakhs, and…

With control of the Senate at stake, gun rights groups are pouring millions of dollars in outside spending into the Jan. 5 runoff election in Georgia.

From happy dogs to playful kids to glimpses of wildlife, Eyewitness News viewers shared beautiful moments captured during the snowstorm.

Mandatory lockdowns, quarantines and shelter-in-place orders meant to contain COVID-19 have created a shadow pandemic of domestic abuse, says physician Kemi DaSilva-Ibru. Sharing alarming statistics on the rise of gender-based violence worldwide, she describes how Nigeria quickly retrained a squadron of basic health care providers to respond to the crisis -- and shares lesson other countries can adopt to keep people safe from harm.

U.S. Air Force officials have selected 518 senior master sergeants for promotion to chief master sergeant, out of 2,763 eligible, for a selection rate of 18.75 percent in the 20E9 promotion cycle. Two senior master sergeants from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., were selected: Senior Master Sgt. Eugene Yerdon, AFOTEC Det. 5 Senior Master Sgt. […]

Microsoft's next-generation Xbox console is sold out everywhere. Check here for details on when more inventory is coming to all the major retailers.