1. U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Now Higher Than WW2 Combat Deaths

  HISTORIC TRAGEDY 

An additional 2,700 coronavirus-related deaths Thursday, and the CDC says the nation should get used to terrible stats.

2. Trump’s Bankers Interviewed as Manhattan Probe Steps Up: NYT

 TICK TOCK 

Staff at the president’s lender, Deutsche Bank, and his insurance brokerage, Aon, were reportedly questioned in recent weeks.

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4. NH GOPers Blame Anti-Mask Colleagues for Speaker’s Death

 ‘BUNCH OF CHILDREN’ 

Rep. Dick Hinch, who died of COVID-19 on Wednesday just a week after being sworn in as state House speaker.

5. One Boston Conference Blamed for 300,000 Global COVID Cases

 BUTTERFLY EFFECT 

Back in late February, one of the attendees at an elite health-care conference in Boston unwittingly spread COVID-19 to their colleagues—then the world.

6. I Made My Own Christmas Ornaments This Year—Here’s How

 DECK THE HALLS 

Even I, an uncrafty person, had fun making these.

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7. Barr Worked to Keep Hunter Probe Quiet Since Spring: WSJ

 SAGA CONTINUES 

The attorney general was allegedly well aware of the criminal investigation and deliberately kept it quiet throughout the election.

8. China Detains Bloomberg Staffer for ‘Endangering Security’

 ‘VERY CONCERNED’ 

Haze Fan hasn’t been seen or heard from since she was marched out of her apartment building by plain-clothes security officials on Monday.

9. Time Names Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Person of the Year

 ANOTHER VICTORY 

The other finalists for the honor were Dr. Anthony Fauci, the racial justice movement, and President Donald Trump.

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10. FDA Panel Endorses Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine in Major Step

 ALMOST THERE 

The vaccine, which trials showed to be very safe and effective, could be OK’d as soon as later Thursday or this weekend.

11. GOP Senator Blocks Bill to Create Latino, Women’s Museums

 HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF 

“The last thing we need is to further divide an already divided nation within an array of separate but equal museums of hyphenated identity groups,” he declared.

12. Actor Tommy Lister Dies After Showing COVID-19 Symptoms

 ‘WONDERFUL GUY’ 

Lister died Thursday at his home in Marina del Rey, his manager said.

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13. VA Sec Nursed Grudge Against Vet Over Sex Assault Claim

 ‘AT MINIMUM UNPROFESSIONAL’ 

Robert Wilkie believed Andrea Goldstein was out to get him and made false accusations against her, according to a report from the inspector general.

14. Marvel Won’t Replace Boseman in New ‘Black Panther’ Movie

 KING T’CHALLA 

Ryan Coogler will write and direct the sequel, set to be released July 8, 2022.

15. Taylor Swift Drops ‘Folklore’ Sister Album, ‘Evermore’

 READY TO CRY AGAIN 

“I’ve always treated albums as one-off eras and moved on to planning the next one as soon as an album was released. There was something different with folklore,” she wrote.

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