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After criticizing the government funding and emergency coronavirus relief as wasteful and inadequate, the president ended up signing it.

A Divided Nation Asks: Whats Holding Our Country Together? At the end of 2020, many Americans say the experiences of the past four years have made them look at their neighbors — and their country — in a different light. TAMARA LUSH, JOSH BOAK, NICHOLAS RICCARDI and CLAIRE GALOFARO Elections are meant to resolve arguments. This one inflamed them. Weeks after the votes have been counted and the winners declared, many Americans remain angry, defiant and despairing. Millions now harbor new grie...

Updated Dec 27, 2020 The Best Books Of 2020 The 10 reads -- from Emily St. John Mandel, Raven Leilani, Marie-Helene Bertino and more -- that added joy, clarity and color to my year. HuffPost Writing a list of the best books of the year is always a bit of a fool’s errand; for a single person to read all of the contenders, with due care, is nearly impossible, and then there are the confounding factors of taste and bias and simply having an off day. That’s in a normal year. For many of us, 202...

Excavation At Pompeii Reveals Fast-Food Eatery With Mallard On The Menu It is the first time such a hot-food-drink eatery, covered when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D., was completely unearthed. Frances DEmilio ROME (AP) — A fast-food eatery at Pompeii has been excavated, helping to reveal dishes that were popular for the citizens of the ancient Roman city who were partial to eating out. Pompeii Archaeological Park’s longtime chief, Massimo Osanna said Saturday that while some 80 such fas...

Police Identify 63-Year-Old Man As Person Of Interest In Nashville RV Bombing Officials are investigating Tennessee resident Anthony Q. Warner and his possible connection to the Christmas morning blast. Kimberlee Kruesi, Michael Balsamo and Eric Tucker NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police officers on Sunday provided harrowing details of responding to a Christmas morning explosion in downtown Nashville, at times getting choked up reliving the moments that led up to the blast and offering gratitude t...

The physician said she had to repeatedly ask for medication, scans and routine checks while admitted at a hospital in Carmel, Indiana.

California Brush Fire At U.S. Marine Bases Forces Christmas Eve Evacuations More than 7,000 people had to flee after the Creek Fire broke out near Camp Pendleton, north of San Diego. Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Wind-driven flames racing through miles of dry brush on a U.S. Marine Corps base in Southern California prompted the evacuation of more than 7,000 residents on Thursday from neighborhoods at the edge of the sprawling installation, authorities said. The so-called Creek Fi...

Iguanas living in South Florida trees often become immobile in chilly weather, causing them to drop to the ground when the thermometer plummets.

Weird Al Yankovic Shares Sweet Story About Stumbling Across 9th Grade Crush On Twitter Not only did she remember him, Patrice had held onto a picture he drew for her. It’s been nearly half a century, but turns out Weird Al Yankovic’s high school crush noticed him after all. The 61-year-old comedy singer shared a heartwarming story on social media this week about how he reconnected on Twitter with Patrice, a girl he liked in 9th grade who sat in front of him in math class. “Of course, Patr...

Despite warnings to stay home to prevent the spread of COVID-19, over 1.19 million travelers passed through U.S. airport security checkpoints Wednesday.