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Personal items discovered during pre-construction ‘rescue’ excavations recall lives of 180,000 Jews murdered at former Nazi death camp

Senate Democrats push for $2,000 stimulus checks as clock winds down on 116th Congress  CNN Protests planned for Jan. 6 in support of Trump’s attempts to overturn election  The Denver Channel Senate votes to override Trump’s veto on defense bill  CNN Rebecca Grant:

Report says while pharma professionals back prioritizing nation to use it as a proving ground, board members fear anger in other markets will eventually hurt sales

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The number of confirmed U.S. coronavirus cases has surpassed 20 million, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. That’s nearly twice as many as the No. 2 country, India, and nearly one quarter of the more than 83 million cases

The Iranian general spoke on Friday at a ceremony in Tehran ahead of the first anniversary of a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad that killed a top Iranian general.

The Iranian general spoke on Friday at a ceremony in Tehran ahead of the first anniversary of a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad that killed a top Iranian general.

The Iranian general spoke on Friday at a ceremony in Tehran ahead of the first anniversary of a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad that killed a top Iranian general.

A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced Loujain al-Hathloul, a prominent Saudi female activist, to five years and eight months in prison. NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with her sister Alia al-Hathloul.

Gerald Stratford is a British gardener who’s into growing big vegetables. He became an internet sensation after photos of his big veg went viral last year.