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- Nikola and Republic Services scrap plans for electric garbage truck CNN National (Wednesday, 23 December, 2020) - Nikola Motor Company's plans to mass produce garbage trucks for Republic Services, one of the nation's largest waste management service providers, were canceled Wednesday morning, the latest in a string...
- Politics updates: Biden introduces Cardona as choice for Education secretary USA Today (Wednesday, 23 December, 2020) - President-elect Joe Biden says his nominee to lead the Education Department, Miguel Cardona, is someone trusted to reopen schools safely during COVID.      ...
- Scores of students are getting F's: What's the point of failing them during COVID-19? USA Today (Wednesday, 23 December, 2020) - School grades are suffering due to COVID pandemic factors out of kids' control. The consequences — academic and psychological — could be devastating.      ...
- Ohio police officer kills Black man while body camera wasn't on, mayor says CNN National (Wednesday, 23 December, 2020) - A Columbus, Ohio, police officer who shot and killed a Black man Tuesday morning didn't have his body camera turned on at the time, Mayor Andrew Ginther said....
- 'Endless' wildfire season sets record as more winds threaten power outages in Southern California USA Today (Wednesday, 23 December, 2020) - With another Santa Ana wind event forecast in Southern California, 2020 is turning into the wildfire season that just won't end.      ...
- Here's who doesn't get the $600 stimulus check if COVID-19 relief bill signed USA Today (Wednesday, 23 December, 2020) - High-wage earners, some immigrants, many students and elderly dependents won't be getting the second stimulus check. Here's who will be left out.      ...
- USA TODAY panel says US has nailed the science behind COVID-19 vaccine, but logistics, trust remain a concern USA Today (Wednesday, 23 December, 2020) - Experts are concerned some won't trust the COVID-19 vaccine and are wary of production problems that could delay getting it to millions of Americans.      ...
- 'A huge slap in the face': Frustrations grow over cheerleading's mishandled sexual misconduct cases USA Today (Wednesday, 23 December, 2020) - A USA TODAY investigation found a flawed process for handling reports in cheerleading, one that has allowed suspected abusers to remain around kids.      ...
- Politics updates: Pelosi wants Christmas Eve vote on $2,000 COVID stimulus payments after Trump attack USA Today (Wednesday, 23 December, 2020) - Trump says stimulus checks should exceed $600. Dems are on board. The proposal has been met with less enthusiasm from Republicans.      ...
- Coronavirus live updates: US, Pfizer cut deal on 100M more doses; Trump demands $2,000 stimulus checks USA Today (Wednesday, 23 December, 2020) - Pfizer, BioNTech announce a second agreement with U.S. government to supply an additional 100 million doses of the companies' vaccine. Latest news.      ...
- Trump pardons Papadopoulos and former Republican members of Congress in raft of clemency grants USA Today (Wednesday, 23 December, 2020) - George Papadopoulos, Trump's former campaign aide who admitted lying to the FBI, was pardoned Tuesday, in another move to roll back the Mueller probe.      ...
- Rochester, New York company AeroSafe playing pivotal role in 'last mile ' of COVID vaccine delivery USA Today (Wednesday, 23 December, 2020) - Developing a COVID vaccine has been a herculean task. Getting it safely to hospitals and pharmacies is another. That's where AeroSafe Global comes in.      ...
- Trump's execution spree reflects death penalty system 'shaped by racial bias,' critics say USA Today (Wednesday, 23 December, 2020) - The Trump administration's execution spree highlights longstanding inequalities in a criminal justice system that continues to disproportionately treat Black prisoners as the worst of the worst criminals, death penalty experts...
- Live politics updates: Trump slams COVID stimulus bill, sending lawmakers scrambling USA Today (Wednesday, 23 December, 2020) - Trump says stimulus checks should exceed $600. Dems are on board. The proposal has been met with less enthusiasm from Republicans.      ...
- Coronavirus live updates: US, Pfizer cut deal on 100M more doses; Trump demands $2,000 stimulus checks; COVID-19 reaches Antarctica USA Today (Wednesday, 23 December, 2020) - Wyoming sets monthly record for COVID-19 deaths. Peru becomes fifth Latin American nation to surpass 1M cases. 322K U.S. deaths. Latest virus news.      ...