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Dec 16, 2021 - World

Senate confirms Nicholas Burns as ambassador to China

Nicholas Burns
Dec 16, 2021 - Health

FDA makes abortion pills more accessible

Picture of activists taking abortion pills in front of the Supreme Court building

Fauci: It's not too late to get boosted for the holidays

Dr. Anthony Fauci wearing a mask at a White House briefing with Christmas lights behind him
Dec 16, 2021 - Health

CDC committee recommends saying mRNA COVID vaccines 'preferred' over J&J shots

Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Covid-19 vaccine awaits administration at a vaccination clinic in Los Angeles, California.
Updated Dec 16, 2021 - Energy & Climate

U.S. records most hurricane-force wind reports in single day

Picture of an overturned truck on I-80 in Lincoln, Nebraska on Dec. 15, 2021. (Nebraska State Highway Patrol via Twitter)

Senate passes Uyghur forced labor bill

Marco Rubio
Dec 16, 2021 - Economy

The rise of legal insider trading

Kathryn Murdoch calls for donors to take a pro-democracy stand

Kathryn Murdoch
Dec 16, 2021 - Technology

Exclusive: TikTok tackles filter bubbles

Animated illustration of text-in-progress ellipsis made up of periods stylized like the TikTok logo.

COVID cases rising with Christmas — and Omicron — around the corner

Dec 16, 2021 - Health

Booster mandates begin

Illustration of a syringe laying across the top of a hurdle.

Historic wind storm spawns tornadoes, causes widespread power outages

Satellite image showing smoke plumes from wildfires, blowing dust, and thunderstorms with lightning flashes detected across the Plains on Dec. 15. (CIRA/RAMMB)
Dec 15, 2021 - Economy

Reddit files to go public

The reddit logo on and behind a phone

3 companies charged with negligence in Southern California oil spill

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