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US virus deaths reach 2.2K a day with holidays ahead

U.S. deaths have soared to more than 2,200 a day on average, with the crisis likely to get worse because of fallout from Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s.

Toni Morrison, ‘Captain Underpants’ books among most ‘challenged’

Toni Morrison is on the list. So are John Green and Harper Lee. And John Steinbeck and Margaret Atwood. All wrote books that were among the 100 most subjected to censorship efforts over the past decade, as compiled by the American Library Association.

With 2 confirmed cases, White House makes adjustments in operations

Two known cases of COVID-19 among staffers in one of the most-protected complexes in America have sent three of the nation’s top medical experts into quarantine and Vice President Mike Pence into “self-isolation.”

Death of Whitey Bulger investigated as homicide

James Whitey Bulger, the murderous Boston gangster who benefited from a corrupt relationship with the FBI before spending 16 years as one of Americas most wanted men, was slain in federal prison. He was 89.

 
Smithsonian opens museum chronicling African-American history

America’s first national museum dedicated to African-American history and culture opened Saturday with emotional but joyful words from the country’s first black president, who said he hoped the stories contained inside will help everyone “walk away that much more in love” with their country.

NY prison tailor put hacksaw blades in meat for inmate escape

New York prison tailor Joyce Mitchell has admitted that she put hacksaw blades into frozen hamburger meat, a law enforcement official told CNN on Tuesday.

1 in 5 Americans join ‘new rich’ – at least, temporarily

It’s not just the wealthiest 1 percent. Fully 20 percent of U.S. adults become rich for parts of their lives, wielding outsize influence on America’s economy and politics. This little-known group may pose the biggest barrier to reducing the nation’s income inequality.