• Thu, 09 Dec 2021

• How will the world decide when the pandemic is over?
• From grime to crumbling masonry, US parks get a makeover
• Jussie Smollett awaits verdict as jurors consider case
• Biden to pay tribute to 'American giant' Bob Dole at Capitol
• US Navy commissions Pearl Harbor-based USS Daniel Inouye
• Starbucks faces union test as worker votes are counted
• Food waste becomes California's newest climate change target
• Oklahoma prepares to execute man for 1985 slaying of teacher
• What Elizabeth Holmes had to say at her trial: 5 takeaways
• Body-cam video dominates as trial starts in Wright killing

• Wed, 08 Dec 2021

• Recall vote tightens for Seattle socialist in latest count
• Prosecutor: Potter 'failed' Wright; defense calls it mistake
• Father, son arrested in wildfire that threatened Lake Tahoe
• The AP Interview: CDC chief says omicron mostly mild so far
• EXPLAINER: What will jurors hear about Daunte Wright?
• Jury begins deliberating in Josh Duggar child porn trial
• Joining drag queens on TV show costs Indiana pastor his job
• Coast Guard diver pulls body from car above Niagara Falls
• COVID cases spike even as US hits 200M vaccine milestone
• Scott Peterson resentenced to life term in wife's 2002 death
• Women seek diverse paths to leadership in Islamic spaces
• Lawyer: Case against Smollett based on testimony of 'liars'
• $56K Alzheimer's drug avoiding Biden's cost curbs, for now
• Pfizer says COVID booster offers protection against omicron
• Panel: Consider tinkering with oceans to suck up more carbon
• Afghans wait and worry at US bases after frantic evacuation
• Wrongfully convicted Massachusetts man freed after 27 years
• 'Pharma Bro' firm reaches $40M settlement in gouging case
• Supreme Court takes up religious rights case from Maine
• Seattle socialist politician faces tight race in recall push

• Tue, 07 Dec 2021

• Major outage at Amazon disrupts businesses across the US
• Navy contests Hawaii's orders to suspend, drain fuel tanks
• Oakland backtracks, votes to add police as crimes surge
• Pearl Harbor survivors gather on 80th anniversary of attack
• Defense rests after Jussie Smollett repeatedly denies 'hoax'
• Hawaii recoups from big storm amid lingering flood threats
• If Roe falls, some fear ripple effect on civil rights cases
• In and outside court, Smollett fights for reputation, career
• District declines Michigan AG offer to probe Oxford shooting
• Bidens honor Pearl Harbor's fallen in visit to WWII Memorial
• Study can't confirm lab results for many cancer experiments
• Shadow of Floyd, Chauvin case hangs over Kim Potter's trial
• Biden to warn Putin of economic pain if he invades Ukraine
• Trump gets wish in Georgia, sparks 'a political civil war'

• Mon, 06 Dec 2021

• Emmett Till investigation closed by feds; no new charges
• Navy halts use of fuel storage complex above Hawaii aquifer
• Omicron v. delta: Battle of coronavirus mutants is critical
• Storm sweeps Hawaii, brings threat of 'catastrophic' floods
• Washington Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt dead at 66
• Jussie Smollett testifies at his trial: 'There was no hoax'
• British woman testifies about grooming by Ghislaine Maxwell
• Arradondo, Minneapolis chief amid Floyd fallout, to retire
• Jury instructions sewn up in trial over Daunte Wright death
• EXPLAINER: What is the revived US policy on Mexico border?
• NYC to impose vaccine mandate on private sector employers
• Prosecutor criticizes school over run-up to mass shooting
• 101-year-old returns to Pearl Harbor to remember those lost
• How can I protect myself from the new omicron variant?
• Pandemic stress weighs heavily on Gen Z: AP-NORC, MTV poll

• Sun, 05 Dec 2021

• Both sides planning for new state-by-state abortion fight
• Senate leader, presidential candidate Bob Dole dies at 98
• Lawyer: Artist didn't know Michigan parents stayed in studio
• Fauci says early reports encouraging about omicron variant
• Northam to remove Lee statue pedestal, transfer land to city
• Cruise ship with COVID-19 infections arrives in New Orleans
• EXPLAINER: Jussie Smollett's turn to testify. Will he?
• New trial after jury met in room with Confederate symbols

• Sat, 04 Dec 2021

• More omicron detected as hospitals strain under delta surge
• Third party to probe Oxford High's actions ahead of shooting
• Penobscots don't want ancestors' scalping to be whitewashed
• CNN fires Chris Cuomo for helping brother deal with scandal
• Michigan parents found in building; bond set at $500K apiece
• Edward Shames, last 'Band of Brothers' officer, dies at 99
• New Orleans: Push to rename Lee boulevard after Toussaint
• Hawaii mountains to see snow after rare blizzard warning
• EXPLAINER: How unusual to charge parents in school shooting?
• EXPLAINER: Stuck jet stream, La Nina causing weird weather
• US drugstores squeezed by vaccine demand, staff shortages
• Scenes from Week 1 of Ghislaine Maxwell's sex-abuse trial

• Fri, 03 Dec 2021

• Honolulu utility shuts well to prevent fuel contamination
• Governor apologizes for Nevada's role in Indigenous schools
• Colorado supermarket shooting suspect incompetent for trial
• Evidence at Maxwell trial: massage table, unfolded in court
• Bundy: Campaigning counts as court-ordered community service
• Iconic sheer trail at Zion National Park to require permits
• Lawyer: Parents in Michigan school shooting didn't flee
• DAs, retailers say California needs stronger shoplifting law
• Where's the snow? Rockies winter starts with a whimper
• Mostly white jury seated for trial in Daunte Wright's death
• Census Bureau works to improve confidence in 2020 headcount
• EPA head: 'Journey to Justice' tour 'really personal for me'
• Few want Roe overturned, but abortion opinions vary widely
• School chief: Discipline not needed for boy before shooting
• Jobs report preview: Did solid hiring draw in more workers?

• Thu, 02 Dec 2021

• 'The fire that's here': US is still battling delta variant
• State rests case at Smollett trial after star witnesses
• US started inquiry into Cuomo sexual harassment claims
• Omicron coronavirus variant found in multiple US states
• Live updates: California reports 2nd omicron case in 2 days
• Ex-Epstein staffer testifies teen accusers visited mansion
• Pushing COVID-19 boosters, Biden says 'we need to be ready'
• Jury nearly complete for Potter trial in Daunte Wright death
• Man arrested in death of Jacqueline Avant, music icon's wife
• Deal reached to reduce Yellowstone's bison herd by 600-900
• WWII vet who survived COVID-19 honored on 105th birthday
• EXPLAINER: Must employers follow Biden's vaccine mandates?
• Court hears debate over accused synagogue shooter's words
• EPA outlines $7.4B for water infrastructure headed to states
• New data suggests 1 in 44 US children affected by autism
• Wildfire burns into central Montana town, destroys houses
• Murder charge for Ohio deputy in Casey Goodson Jr. shooting
• With Roe in question, justices dig into private debate
• Spacewalking astronauts replace antenna after debris scare
• Puerto Rico mayor pleads guilty in federal corruption case
• Christmas tree buyers face reduced supplies, higher prices

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