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'On fire with COVID': Officials plead with Americans to stay home 24 Nov 2020 - 09:54 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 28, 2019 consumers begin their Black Friday specials shopping, as Macy’s opens their doors at 5pm on Thanksgiving Day in New York. / AFP / Bryan R. Smith
Musk now 2nd richest in world, surpasses Gates 24 Nov 2020 - 08:42 pm
(FILES) In this file photo Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during the unveiling of the new Tesla Model Y in Hawthorne, California on March 14, 2019. / AFP / Frederic J. BROWN
Nevada Supreme Court approves Biden win over Trump in state 24 Nov 2020 - 08:40 pm
US President-elect Joe Biden. AFP / CHANDAN KHANNA
Biden transition gets govt OK after Trump out of options 24 Nov 2020 - 02:15 pm
A November 20, 2020 photo shows US President Donald Trump as he speaks on lowering prescription drug prices in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC.  AFP / MANDEL NGAN
Trump administration gives green light to proceed with Biden transition 24 Nov 2020 - 09:43 am
A November 20, 2020, photo shows US President Donald Trump as he speaks on lowering prescription drug prices in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. AFP / MANDEL NGAN
White House plans holiday parties as Americans urged to stay home 24 Nov 2020 - 12:04 am
FILE PHOTO: The official White House Christmas tree is seen from the Cross Hall of the White House. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Biden to choose ex-Fed chair Yellen as first woman treasury secretary, allies say 24 Nov 2020 - 12:01 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 14, 2017 US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen arrives for a press conference after the Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, DC. / AFP / ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS
Biden taps Blinken as secretary of state as foreign policy team takes shape 23 Nov 2020 - 08:48 pm
(FILES) In this file photo former US Deputy Secretary of State Antony J Blinken gives a joint press conference following a meeting with Foreign Affairs member of the anti-Islamic State coalition on June 2, 2015 in Paris. / AFP / STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN
US infectious disease group backs Gilead's remdesivir for COVID-19 treatment 23 Nov 2020 - 07:59 pm
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Toronto enters virus lockdown as US looks to vaccine rollout 23 Nov 2020 - 07:33 pm
Shoppers walk in Bramalea City Centre mall in Brampton two days before COVID-19 restrictions are reintroduced to Greater Toronto Area regions in Ontario, Canada November 21, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
US airports screen millions of travelers ahead of Thanksgiving 23 Nov 2020 - 07:26 pm
Travelers wait for their luggage at Newark International Airport on November 21, 2020 in Newark, New Jersey. Current US numbers -- more than a quarter of a million deaths have been reported -- have alarmed authorities enough to advise that people stay hom
U.S. prepares for first COVID-19 shots as another vaccine candidate emerges 23 Nov 2020 - 04:01 pm
A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a
Trump campaign legal team distances itself from Powell 23 Nov 2020 - 01:20 pm
Attorney Sidney Powell speaks to the press about various lawsuits related to the 2020 election, inside the Republican National Committee headquarters on November 19, 2020 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP
Two dead, several injured in stabbing at church in San Jose, California 23 Nov 2020 - 12:10 pm
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Biden to start naming cabinet picks Tuesday as Trump resists 23 Nov 2020 - 11:46 am
File photo: US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens to journalists' questions during a news conference, at a hotel in Mexico City, April 30, 2015. Reuters/Henry Romero/File Photo
Trump campaign appeals Pennsylvania election defeat 23 Nov 2020 - 11:08 am
US President Donald Trump gestures as his motorcade leaves the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, US, November 22, 2020. Reuters/Hannah McKay
Ice Bucket Challenge co-creator Patrick Quinn dies at age 37 22 Nov 2020 - 11:48 pm
FILE PHOTO: Eleven-year-old Jahziyah Jones, with a crowd of others, pours a bucket of ice water over her head during an event to commemorate the five year anniversary of the
Tesla factory workers exempt from California's new virus curfew 22 Nov 2020 - 10:55 pm
FILE PHOTO: New Tesla electric vehicles are seen in a lot at Tesla's primary vehicle factory after CEO Elon Musk announced he was defying local officials' coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions by reopening the plant in Fremont, California, U.S. May