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As the pandemic raged on, hopes this year would be pivotal for climate change action faded. But all is not lost. Yet.
Women get stalked, even targeted for assault and murder when questioned about their sexual morality in a public manner.
Feeling abandoned by the government, struggling moms have flocked to online sex work to survive the COVID-19 pandemic.
Boseman's role in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" shows his greatest talent — a star who shined and helped others shine, too.

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Here's why some people may hesitate to take a coronavirus test, even when they've been exposed.
For better or worse, 2020 and the pandemic have expanded our vocabulary. (Mostly for the worse, let's be real.)
Nothing says "happy holidays, bébé!" like a nod to the beloved "Schitt's Creek" matriarch.
Sung Kim, the owner of Chick-N-Bap, shares how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected his unique business model.

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More than 3,500 confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patients were in intensive care units across the state.
United and the CDC say they're working to contact passengers on a recent Orlando-to-Los Angeles flight.
It's either "corruption" or "ineptitude," snaps the Michigan governor. Maybe both.
The incoming Biden team will try to undo or block many of the Trump administration’s initiatives.
A complaint to the FEC claims American Made Media Consultants shields the identities of fund recipients.
Almost all medical residents who interact most closely with patients were bumped to the back of the line.
Experts fear it will take months to kick elite hackers out of the U.S. networks they have been quietly rifling through.
The president called the senator, who died in 2018, "one of the most overrated people in D.C." in a tweet this week.
An eclipse-watching Santa, U.S. vaccines and a Times Square snowball fight round out this week's best images.
The former president expanded this year's list to reflect how viewing habits have changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Husband and I couldn't keep a plant alive, so we moved straight to raising kids."
"My dad say that the LOTR trilogy is a Christmas movie 'because it has elves.'"

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