The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has been unable to name its traditional word of the year for 2020, instead exploring how far and how quickly the language has developed this year.
Senate to vote on confirmation of Biden defense secretary pick Lloyd Austin
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The Senate will hold a confirmation vote on Friday for President Joe Biden's defense secretary pick retired Gen. Lloyd Austin. Austin, who retired in 2016 and would be the first African American to run the departmen...
Biden wants to remove this controversial word from US laws
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It's just one small part of the sweeping immigration overhaul President Biden is pushing. But the symbolic significance is huge. Biden's proposed bill, if passed, would remove the word "alien" from US immigration la...
Glastonbury music festival canceled for second year amid ongoing pandemic
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London The organizers of Glastonbury have announced that Britain's famous music festival will be canceled for a second consecutive year amid the coronavirus pandemic -- an ominous move for live music promoters and ar...
11 sources of comic relief in this already long new year
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The world was really ready for 2020 to end, but 2021 is feeling like a sequel no one asked for. Covid-19 vaccines offer hope for a possible return to the movies or a concert by summer, but this winter is looking a ...
Biden announces Rachel Levine as pick for assistant secretary at HHS, would be first transgender Senate-confirmed federal official
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President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Dr. Rachel Levine to serve as assistant health secretary, and she would make history as the first out, transgender federal official to be confirmed by the United States Senate...
Risky driving and fatal crashes surged in 2020, even with fewer drivers on the road, a new report finds
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The Covid-19 pandemic has forced many Americans to stay home and stay put. But even though fewer people were driving during the first six months of the pandemic, riskier driving surged, leading to a troubling uptick...
Actor Dave Bautista offers $20,000 in case of manatee scraped with word ‘TRUMP’
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There is already a reward for information leading to the person or people responsible for writing "TRUMP" on a manatee in Florida, but actor Dave Bautista is taking it a step further. The "Guardians of the Galaxy" ...
Coronavirus will knock more than a year off average US life expectancy, study finds
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The coronavirus pandemic is not only having an immediate impact in terms of the deaths of thousands of Americans, it's also taking more than a year off the average US life expectancy. A new study published in the P...
Biden intends to name Jaime Harrison as his pick for DNC chair
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President-elect Joe Biden intends to name Jaime Harrison, the former South Carolina Democratic Party chair and 2020 Senate candidate, to be the next chair of the Democratic National Committee, Democrats familiar wit...
Manatee harassment under investigation after the word ‘Trump’ was found on an animal’s back
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A reward is on offer for information that helps authorities find and prosecute whoever wrote "Trump" on a manatee's back. The manatee was discovered Sunday in Florida's Homosassa River with the President's name in ...
2020 was one of the deadliest years for law enforcement officers on record
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2020 was one of the deadliest years for law enforcement officers in history, according to a group that tracks officer deaths in the line of duty. A report released Monday by the National Law Enforcement Officers Mem...
Moderna thinks its vaccine will protect against the coronavirus for at least a year
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Biotechnology company Moderna believes its vaccine should protect people against Covid-19 for at least a year, a top official told investors Monday. "Our expectation is that the vaccination should last you at least ...