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Updated Jan 05, 2021 California Passes 25,000 Coronavirus Deaths, Finds 3 More Variant Cases “We’re exhausted and it’s the calm before the storm,” a nurse said of the state's ongoing surge of cases that have pushed nurses and doctors to the breaking point. BRIAN MELLEY and STEFANIE DAZIO LOS ANGELES (AP) — California surpassed 25,000 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic and officials disclosed Thursday that three more cases involving a mutant variant of the virus have been confirmed in San Diego County. The grim developments came as an ongoing surge swamps hospitals an...

UK Abolishes ‘Sexist’ Tax On Feminine Hygiene Products British tax experts say the move will save the average woman nearly $55 over her lifetime. Pan Pylas LONDON (AP) — Britain on Friday became the latest country to abolish the so-called “tampon tax,” eliminating sales taxes on women’s sanitary products. The move was widely praised by women’s rights advocates as well as proponents of the country’s departure from the European Union. Treasury chief Rishi Sunak had committed to ending the widely unpopular tax on tampons and sanitary pads in his budget in ...

Updated Jan 05, 2021 U.S. Records 20 Million COVID-19 Cases As New Year Dawns The country accounts for almost one-quarter of the total number of coronavirus cases worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University data. A somber new milestone marked the new year in the U.S. ― as of Friday, the country recorded more than 20 million COVID-19 cases since the coronavirus pandemic began early last year. The U.S. has about 4% of the world’s population but accounts for about 24% of the total number of coronavirus cases worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University data. It is the country with t...

French Police Attacked By Curfew-Busting New Year Party-Goers Ravers at an underground New Year’s Eve party that drew at least 2,500 people torched one police vehicle and injured officers with volleys of bottles and stones. PARIS (AP) — Ravers at an underground, curfew-busting New Year’s Eve party that drew at least 2,500 people in western France attacked the police sent to shut them down, torching one police vehicle and injuring officers with volleys of bottles and stones, officials said Friday. Ravers aboard hundreds of vehicles started converging on a hangar in Lieuron, Brittany, on ...

Historic: Becky Hammon Becomes First Woman To Coach NBA Team The assistant coach made history leading the San Antonio Spurs after its longtime head coach Gregg Popovich was ejected. Raul Dominguez SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Becky Hammon would have preferred a victory over history after becoming the first woman to coach an NBA team. The assistant coach took over the San Antonio Spurs in the second quarter after coach Gregg Popovich was ejected in a 121-107 loss to LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night. “I try not to think of the huge picture and huge aspect of it because it ca...