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Lawmakers Split Over Liability Protections In Pandemic Relief Bill Negotiations

3:48pm December 14, 2020

by Scott Horsley

A standoff over pandemic-related liability protections for businesses has emerged as one of the biggest sticking points holding up the much-needed coronavirus relief bill.

NCAA announced plans are underway to play the entire women's Division I basketball tournament in one location, San Antonio. The Baylor-Notre Dame title game in Tampa, Fla., last year is pictured.

NCAA Plans To Hold All Of Women's Basketball Tournament In San Antonio This Spring

3:41pm December 14, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

"Conducting the championship in one geographic region allows for more planning and execution of safeguards," an NCAA official said on Monday. The NCAA hopes all 64 teams will play in San Antonio.

Cleveland's Major League Baseball team will get a new name sometime after the 2021 season. It follows the NFL's Washington Football Team in abandoning a name and imagery widely seen as racist or culturally offensive.

Cleveland Baseball Team Will Drop Controversial Name To 'Unify Our Community'

2:54pm December 14, 2020

by Jaclyn Diaz

The franchise is the second major sports team to abandon a longtime name widely seen as racist or culturally offensive. The NFL's Washington Football Team was the first to do so.

Sandra Lindsay (left) a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by Dr. Michelle Chester on Monday in New York.

'Healing Is Coming': U.S. Starts Vaccinating People Against COVID-19

1:40pm December 14, 2020

by Bill Chappell

"I feel like healing is coming," New York critical care nurse Sandra Lindsay said after receiving her shot. "I hope this marks the beginning to the end of a very painful time in our history."

The incoming first lady was the subject of a Wall Street Journal opinion article suggesting she stop using the title "Dr." because she is not a physician. Biden received her doctorate in education in 2007.

Biden Team Response To Controversial Op-Ed 'Clearly A Political Strategy,' Editor Says

1:37pm December 14, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Paul Gigot, editorial page editor of The Wall Street Journal, writes, "There's nothing like playing the race or gender card to stifle criticism."

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Cold Weather Out Keeping You In? 4 Pro Tips On Staying Warm

1:29pm December 14, 2020

by Nina Kravinsky

Staying warm is a skill, says adventurer Blair Braverman. Even if you're not about to dogsled across Alaska, she has some suggestions for staying comfortable during lower-stakes outdoor fun.

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Ella Augusta Johnson Dinkins, posing in a garden, one of her favorite places.

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Ella Augusta Johnson Dinkins, Champion Of Zora Neale Hurston's Hometown, Dies At 102

10:03am December 14, 2020

by Renata Sago

Dinkins, who knew the writer, was a longtime resident of Eatonville, Fla., which was founded by freed slaves in 1887. She helped start the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities.

Michigan Gov. Whitmer Comments On Electoral College, Vaccine Rollout

7:27am December 14, 2020

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer about the state's 16 Electoral College votes, and the distribution of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in her state.

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Why Ohio Lawmakers Are Rethinking Recent Nuclear Power Plant Bailouts

7:13am December 14, 2020

by Andy Chow

The clock is ticking for lawmakers to repeal the bailouts that are part of an alleged $61 million bribery scheme. They only have a few weeks before new charges appear on customers' electric bills.

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Violence Erupts Between Trump Supporters, Counter Protesters

6:30am December 14, 2020

by Hannah Schuster

Pro-Trump supporters turned out over the weekend in many cities. In Washington, D.C., multiple people were stabbed Saturday night, and on Sunday, members of Black Lives Matter held a counter-protest.

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