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Xi Jinping has been taking on China's capitalists. Here's why that will change in 2022
CNN - 20 Dec 2021 04:35
One year ago, Chinese leader Xi Jinping pledged to spend 2021 reining in "disorderly" private businesses that were growing too powerful and taking on too much risk.
Man accused of running down brother-in-law with truck after Christmas party fight
New York Post - 20 Dec 2021 04:08
A man is wanted by police for allegedly fatally striking his brother-in-law with his truck after a Christmas party in Georgia over the weekend.
Satanic Temple's holiday display coming back to Illinois Capitol rotunda
New York Post - 20 Dec 2021 02:58
The Illinois State Capitol rotunda will feature a controversial holiday art display from The Satanic Temple that will stand alongside other religious exhibitions.
Ho, ho, hold it! Man with white beard, Santa hat robs credit union: cops
New York Post - 20 Dec 2021 01:09
Kenneth Hopper, 58, stole $1,000 from the First Community Credit Union in Bridgeton and threatened to unleash an explosion there before being busted with the cash by St. Ann police.
Twitch bans Spanish Amazon account after host flashes her boob
NY Daily News - 20 Dec 2021 22:57
The blackout occurred after a host joked about flashing a camera
Body found at fire-ravaged QVC shipping center in North Carolina
New York Post - 20 Dec 2021 05:09
A dead body was found inside the distribution center for QVC home-shopping television network in North Carolina one day after a fire ripped through the facility.
Nearly 50 people catch COVID-19 aboard Royal Caribbean cruise
New York Post - 20 Dec 2021 04:16
Four dozen people aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship tested positive for coronavirus when they returned to Miami on Saturday.
Looters caught stealing from ravaged homes of tornado victims in Kentucky
New York Post - 20 Dec 2021 04:05
The group of looters allegedly went to an area "particularly hit hard by the tornado" on Friday and ransacked the destroyed homes.
Most Hong Kongers Stay Home for First Election After Beijing's New Rules
Time - 20 Dec 2021 15:29
Many pro-democracy figures and experts say that the low turnout is directly tied to the lack of meaningful opposition
State officials urge vaccine booster shots as omicron variant spreads and holidays approach
Chicago Tribune - 20 Dec 2021 02:21
Cook County and the state offer mass vaccination clinics in three locations as variants spread in advance of holidays.
23 injured when cable pedestrian bridge collapses in Mexico
ABC News - 20 Dec 2021 01:12
Officials in southern Mexico say a pedestrian suspension bridge has collapsed, dumping a group heading to a Christmas party into a ravine and sending 23 people to the hospital
Body found in fiery wreckage of North Carolina QVC distribution center
NY Daily News - 20 Dec 2021 15:49
A 21-year-old man was found dead Sunday in a North Carolina distribution center, a day after a massive fire broke out.
Closing Arguments Set to Begin in Ghislaine Maxwell Trial
The New York Times - 20 Dec 2021 15:44
After 12 days of testimony, Ms. Maxwell's closely watched sex-trafficking trial is nearing its end. Follow live updates.
What really happened to Ronald Hunkeler, who inspired 'The Exorcist'
New York Post - 20 Dec 2021 13:00
Ronald Edwin Hunkeler was a NASA engineer who patented a special technology to make space shuttle panels resistant to extreme heat, helping the Apollo missions of the 1960s that put US astronauts on the moon in 1969. But...
Cory Booker tests positive for coronavirus as omicron takes over U.S.
NY Daily News - 20 Dec 2021 03:31
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker has tested positive for coronavirus, the Democrat announced on Sunday.
Peng Shuai, Chinese Tennis Player, Denies Sexual Assault Claim
The New York Times - 20 Dec 2021 01:52
Peng Shuai said in an interview with a Singaporean newspaper that she had been misunderstood. She also said, "I've been very free all along."
Millions Sign Petition to Reduce 110-Year Sentence for Trucker in Deadly Crash
The New York Times - 20 Dec 2021 01:19
An online petition says the 2019 crash in Colorado that left four people dead was a "tragic accident" and that the driver's sentence should be adjusted.
Two babies survive Kentucky tornado in bathtub after winds wrest them from grandmother's grasp
NY Daily News - 20 Dec 2021 00:43
Two babies survived the tornado that ripped through Kentucky last week after the winds wrested the bathtub they were stashed in out of the floor and their grandmother's hands and hurled it to the far end of the driveway.
WATCH: Ice chunks crash against shore of Lake Superior
ABC News - 20 Dec 2021 00:27
Chunks of ice crashed against the shoreline of Lake Superior amid bitter cold temperatures in the region.
Biden tries a harsher COVID message
The Week - 20 Dec 2021 19:38
Biden tries a harsher COVID message
'Greatest Generation' survey on race, sex and combat during World War II runs counter to its wholesome image
Boston - 20 Dec 2021 18:38
A new project at Virginia Tech presents the uncensored results of dozens of surveys the service administered to soldiers during the war. The post ‘Greatest Generation’ survey on race, sex and combat during World War ...
Video of raid on Epstein Palm Beach horror house released by feds
New York Post - 20 Dec 2021 17:16
Federal prosecutors on Monday released a slew of new exhibits as part of Ghislaine Maxwell's sex-trafficking trial -- including video of a 2005 raid on Jeffrey Epstein's Florida mansion.