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Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
Kansas City hospital will start vaccinations Monday

Health care workers at a Kansas City hospital will start receiving shots of the coronavirus vaccine Monday, and thousands of other medical workers across Missouri will soon follow. Truman Medical...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
Kansas City hospital will start vaccinations Monday

Health care workers at a Kansas City hospital will start receiving shots of the coronavirus vaccine Monday, and thousands of other medical workers across Missouri will soon follow. Truman Medical...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Breaking News
Dutch leader announces tough new nationwide lockdown over Christmas period

Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte has imposed a tough new five-week nationwide lockdown, saying schools, non-essential shops, museums and gyms will close at midnight until January 19.

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Science & Tech
Zoom comes to Google Nest Hub Max finally

Zoom available now on Facebook and DTEN displays. Amazon in August said it would be available in 2020 for Echo Show, but hasn't updated.

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Science & Tech
Zoom comes to Google Nest Hub Max finally

Zoom available now on Facebook and DTEN displays. Amazon in August said it would be available in 2020 for Echo Show, but hasn't updated.

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
6,000 masks were headed for Jamaica. Here’s why Customs says they were seized

The labels on the 38 boxes in Cincinnati said they contained made-in-the-USA 3M Disposable Respirators Model 8210 N95 masks, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. Destination of the 6,080 masks,...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
6,000 masks were headed for Jamaica. Here’s why Customs says they were seized

The labels on the 38 boxes in Cincinnati said they contained made-in-the-USA 3M Disposable Respirators Model 8210 N95 masks, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. Destination of the 6,080 masks,...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
Explainer: How bad is the hack that targeted US agencies?

Governments and major corporations worldwide are scrambling to see if they, too, were victims of a global cyberespionage campaign that penetrated multiple U.S. government agencies and involved a common software...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Science & Tech
What you need to know about the FireEye hack: Cybersecurity attack against US government

A sophisticated cybersecurity attack targeting major branches of the U.S. government has put an untold number of Americans at risk of compromise.

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Breaking News
Midwifery choir launches Christmas single to raise £500,000

Britain's biggest midwifery choir has launched a new charity Christmas single, with the aim of raising £500,000 — £1 for each baby born since the beginning of the pandemic.

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
Man pleads guilty after lying about having COVID-19

A Georgia man who lied to his employer that he had tested positive for COVID-19 pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges, prosecutors said. Santwon Antonio Davis, 35, pleaded guilty to...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Science & Tech
Best Buy is having a huge Green Monday 2020 sale—here’s what to shop

Today's Green Monday 2020 sale at Best Buy encompasses one-day-only price cuts on smart TVs, Bluetooth headphones, Amazon devices and more—shop the deals.

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
AP Interview: Indians owner says name won’t change in 2021

The Cleveland Indians are changing their name — they just don't know to what or when. Expressing that “it's time," owner Paul Dolan said that after months of internal discussions...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
The rich are running to the bank while poor Americans starve. Biden needs to use all his powers to quickly fix our broken society

The president-elect has suggested that executive action is overreach, but given the economic and health crisis we're in, he needs to act fast & decisively. He should look at what...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Farming
€282,500 settlement for widow after husband’s tragic farm death

A widow whose husband was killed, along with his close friend and neighbour, in a tragic farm accident has secured some €282,500 under a settlement of her High Court action...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
Strip club still open while California vows legal action

A San Diego strip club kept on offering live adult entertainment over the weekend despite a warning from California's attorney general, who has vowed to take legal action if the...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
Trump would LOVE to spite US Deep State by pardoning Snowden… and that’s why it might just happen

Whistleblower Edward Snowden has been exiled from America since 2013. But there's growing speculation that Donald Trump might pardon him in a provocative move that would be guaranteed to appal...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
A rundown of AP’s year-end coverage.

EDITORS: Here are the plans for AP's year-end package. All stories will carry a YE- slug. This advisory will be updated daily Monday-Friday until Dec. 24 to reflect additions and...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
US sanctions NATO ally Turkey over Russian missile defense

The Trump administration on Monday imposed sanctions on its NATO ally Turkey over its purchase of a Russian air defense system, setting the stage for further confrontation between the two...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
Health workers receive Kansas’ first coronavirus vaccines

Kansas health care workers on Monday began receiving the first of the state's coronavirus vaccines amid an ongoing fall surge in cases that has left hospitals stressed. Five employees of...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
Apple’s app stores open new privacy window for customers

Apple will begin spelling out what kinds of personal information is being collected by the digital services displayed in its app stores for iPhones and other products made by the...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
London faces tightest restrictions; sees new virus variant

London and its surrounding areas will be placed under Britain's highest level of coronavirus restrictions beginning Wednesday as infections rise rapidly in the capital, the health secretary said Monday, adding...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Breaking News
Broken Isle of Wight monolith on sale on eBay

A monolith that appeared on the Isle of Wight has been put on sale on eBay after being removed from the beach.

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Breaking News
Investors welcome Brexit deadline extension

No sooner had traders breathed a sigh of relief as the “final” deadline for negotiations over a trade deal between the UK and EU was extended, they were hit with...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Science & Tech
Review: Apple Fitness+ launches today as a worthy Peloton alternative

Apple is on a mission. It wants you to close your rings. Fitness+ launches today, to help you get and keep your workout groove.

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Farming
Payments under the 2020 Beef Data & Genomics Programme commence

Payments under the 2020 Beef Data and Genomics Programmes have commenced.

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Hunger study predicts 168,000 pandemic-linked child deaths

Economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has set back decades of progress against the most severe forms of malnutrition and is likely to kill 168,000 children before any global recovery...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
Fed to weigh further options for aiding US economy in peril

The Federal Reserve's policymakers face an unusual conundrum as they meet this week: A short-term economic outlook that is worsening even while the longer-term picture is brightening thanks to the...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
Vaccinations for health care workers begin in Texas

The first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine began arriving arriving throughout the U.S. on Monday including in Texas, with health care workers first in line to receive the shots. The...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
Anti-EU sentiment escalates in NORWAY, and after a torrid time with Brexit, Hungary and Poland, is Brussels on the ropes?

Forced into an embarrassing climbdown by Hungary and Poland and ceding way in the Brexit talks, EU chiefs now face unrest over their deal with normally compliant Norway which has...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Correction: John le Carré obituary

In a Dec. 13 story about the death of spy novelist John le Carré, The Associated Press incorrectly reported that television versions of “Smiley's People” and “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
Correction: Virus Outbreak-Vaccine Reactions story

In a story December 9, 2020, about allergic reactions to vaccines, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the ingredients in the Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech vaccine were proprietary and not...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Breaking News
Fears grow for missing students in Nigeria after school attack

Anxiety is growing among the parents of hundreds of students who remain missing three days after gunmen attacked their school in Katsina State in northern Nigeria.

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
Stith named to lead North Carolina community college system

Thomas Stith III, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration in North Carolina and a former top aide to then-Gov. Pat McCrory, was hired Monday to lead the state's...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Breaking News
Netherlands set for toughest lockdown yet over Christmas

The Netherlands will enter its toughest lockdown of the coronavirus pandemic this week, as Prime Minister Mark Rutte is expected to announce that schools and shops will be closed for...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Over 300 students still missing after Nigeria school attack

Anxiety is growing among the parents of hundreds of students who remain missing three days after gunmen attacked their school in Katsina State in northern Nigeria. More than 300 students...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Science & Tech
Apple Fitness+ launches today as a worthy Peloton alternative. Starting up is no sweat

Apple is on a mission. It wants you to close your rings. Fitness+ launches today, to help you get and keep your workout groove.

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
Joe Biden has a very short window of opportunity in which America’s return to Iran nuclear deal is possible

The assassination of Iran's top nuclear scientist appears designed to provoke Iran into retaliating, triggering a conflict that would kill the nuclear deal just as Joe Biden indicates the US...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
Joe Biden has a very short window of opportunity in which America’s return to Iran nuclear deal is possible

The assassination of Iran's top nuclear scientist appears designed to provoke Iran into retaliating, triggering a conflict that would kill the nuclear deal just as Joe Biden indicates the US...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
Air Force sues Homestead, landowners, over agreement to build homes near base

A new legal fight has emerged, centered on the years-long controversy over landowners' rights to develop residential property near the Homestead Air Reserve Base. For decades, the city has struggled...