Dow crests 30,000 points on vaccine hopes, Biden transition

Dow crests 30,000 points on vaccine hopes, Biden transition

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Obama memoir sells a record 1.7 million copies in first week

Former President Barack Obama’s “A Promised Land” sold more than 1.7 million copies in North America in its first week, roughly equal to the combined first week sales of memoirs by his two immediate predecessors

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Mysterious shiny monolith found in otherworldly Utah desert

Deep in the Mars-like landscape of Utah’s red-rock desert lies a mystery: A gleaming metal monolith in one of the most remote parts of the state

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California sent jobless aid to Scott Peterson, other killers

Prosecutors say California’s system for paying unemployment benefits is so dysfunctional that the state approved more than $140 million for at least 35,000 prisoners

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Home Depot agrees to $17.5m settlement in 2014 data breach

Home Depot has reached a $17.5 million settlement with the attorney generals of most U.S. states over a 2014 data breach in which the payment card information of some 40 million customers was exposed

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2 detained for speaking Spanish settle border patrol lawsuit

Two women who were detained in northern Montana by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents for speaking Spanish while shopping at a convenience store have reached a monetary settlement in their lawsuit against the agency

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55-year sentence affirmed for 15-year-old MS-13 gang killer

An appeals court has affirmed a 55-year prison term for a MS-13 gang member who led the slaughter of four young men in a Long Island park when he was 15

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Court: North Dakota governor can't fill dead candidate seat

The North Dakota Supreme Court ruled that Gov. Doug Burgum does not have the authority to appoint someone to a state House seat won by a Republican candidate who died before the election

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EXPLAINER: Why the Dow topped 30,000 for the first time

Wall Street busted through its latest milestone Tuesday, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 30,000 for the first time

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Trump pardons turkey as he ignores election defeat

While Trump continues to resist the US tradition of conceding the election, he took part in another time-honored tradition: Pardoning the National Thanksgiving Turkey.

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