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The opening of the Durham East End Connector has been delayed again

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The holdup has to do with a railroad bridge that crosses U.S. 70 near where it merges with the new ...

12 unique Airbnb escapes in New York’s Hudson Valley

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Americans think elected officials should be among the last to get the COVID-19 vaccine, a new Insider poll found

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi receives a COVID-19 vaccination shot by doctor Brian Monahan, attending physician Congress of the United States ...

A Black man who was wrongfully detained by a maskless police officer tested positive for COVID-19, his fiancée said

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Handcuffs on the ground in Bordeaux during a protest called by police unions. NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP Five days after ...

Trump was briefed on unverified intelligence that China offered bounties to Afghan ‘non-state actors’ to attack US troops

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China’s President Xi Jinping and China’s first lady Peng Liyuan and U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania attend ...

From Tesla to PayPal, Carnival to Occidental, here are the 5 best and worst performing stocks in the S&P 500 in 2020

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Reuters / Brendan McDermid Despite a global pandemic and the sharpest economic decline since the Great Depression, many stocks managed ...

Only 2.8 million Americans have received COVID-19 vaccines, far short of the Trump administration’s goal to reach 20 million by year’s end

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President Donald Trump speaks during an “Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit” on the White House complex, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, ...

Here are Business Insider’s biggest healthcare stories of 2020

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Hollis Johnson/Business Insider Hello, Dear readers, somehow, we’ve made it to the final day of 2020. How are you feeling? ...

Brexit contains a lucky break for terrorists, Europol sources say

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A woman being evacuated from the Bataclan concert hall after a terrorist shooting in Paris on November 13, 2015. The ...

5 TikTok creators explaining the stock market to a new generation of investors

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TikTok The TikTok hashtag “#investing” has amassed over 1 billion views on the mobile video app as more and more ...

US stocks flat as rollercoaster 2020 comes to a close

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Waterford crystals were installed to the Times Square ball for New Years Eve Celebration in New York City, on December ...

10 things you need to know before the opening bell

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Bryn Mawr’s Jeff Mills believes the small-caps boom is only just beginning and 2021 will deliver even bigger gains

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Boris Johnson’s father Stanley says he is applying for French citizenship after Brexit

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Boris Johnson’s father Stanley. Getty Boris Johnson’s father is applying for EU citizenship, he said on Thursday. Stanley Johnson said ...

China just approved its first COVID-19 vaccine as it races to inoculate the world’s biggest population

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A medical worker takes a swab sample from a resident to test for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Shenyang, in China’s ...

France is deploying 100,000 police to break up New Year’s Eve parties and enforce an 8 p.m. curfew to limit to spread of COVID-19

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Police in Paris, France, check if a driver has permission to travel while an 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew ...

Inside the $4,500-a-night Hawaiian estate where the Obamas and celebrities like Angelina Jolie have vacationed

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President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Malia Obama, and Sasha Obama at the Honolulu Zoo in January 2009. Kent Nishimura-Pool/Getty Images ...

Medical center says employee ‘intentionally’ removed 57 vials of Moderna vaccine from fridge. Local police says FDA and FBI helping investigate.

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Boxes containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are loaded into a truck for shipping at the McKesson distribution center in Olive ...

Asia’s new richest person is a Chinese vaccine investor who made $70 billion in 2020, surpassing Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani

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Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff delivered a verbal one-two punch when a Fox News crew approached him at a campaign stop on live TV

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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jon Ossoff of Georgia speaks to supporters during a rally on November 15, 2020 in Marietta, ...

Explosions rocked airport in Yemen as new Yemeni government arrived from Saudi Arabia, killing at least 25 and injuring dozens more

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AP A huge explosion hit an airport in Aden, Yemen, minutes after a convoy carrying Yemen’s newly-sworn in cabinet government ...

US reports single-day record of more than 3,900 deaths from COVID-19

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Pallbearers carry the casket of Glen Ridge Police Officer Charles Roberts during his funeral after he passed away from the ...

Business Insider’s 20 biggest advertising and media stories of the year

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Hi! Welcome to the Insider Advertising daily for December 31. I’m Lauren Johnson, a senior advertising reporter at Business Insider. ...

How to cancel subscriptions on your iPhone through the Settings app

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You can cancel certain app subscriptions on your iPhone through the Settings app. Hollis Johnson/Business Insider You can cancel or ...

San Diego man tests positive for new, more contagious UK variant of COVID-19

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Demonstrators protest during a “Freedom Rally” against Stay-At-Home Directives on April 18, 2020 in San Diego, California. Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images ...

An emergency room doctor tested positive for COVID-19 nine days after getting vaccinated. That’s not a sign the vaccine didn’t work.

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A nurse receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital on December 21, 2020 ...

What will the NC housing market be like in 2021? COVID-19 effects offer clues.

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Raleigh and Charlotte home prices are rising as they become more scarce during the pandemic housing boom. Builders will struggle ...

Flights are being halted at 2 major airports in Texas to disinfect an air traffic control center where 2 workers tested positive for COVID-19 this week

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An American Airlines plane at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Cassiohabib/shutterstock The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop for flights ...

What will the NC housing market be like in 2021? COVID-19 effects offer clues.

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Raleigh and Charlotte home prices are rising as they become more scarce during the pandemic housing boom. Builders will struggle ...

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