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A marine stands outside the West Wing of the White House earlier this week. President Trump has been lobbied by advocates to use his powers to grant pardons and commutations ahead of leaving office.

Trump Grants Slew Of Pardons, Including George Papadopoulos And Duncan Hunter

Clemency advocates have pressed President Trump to intervene in the cases of people hit with mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses who have filled prisons in the past few decades.

Air conditioners on display in Baghdad. Congress's covid relief package will also phasedown the use of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, putting the U.S. in line with an international agreement to fight climate change.

Climate Action For Christmas? Omnibus Bill Includes Biggest Policy Shift In Years

Congress has long struggled to pass new laws addressing climate change, even ones with bipartisan support. But the end-of-year spending package includes an energy bill with major climate measures.

A doctor attends to a victim, who had consumed bootleg liquor, at a hospital in Jorhat in northeastern state of Assam, India on Saturday. Scores of people have died and at least another 200 have been hospitalized after drinking tainted liquor in two separate incidents in India's remote northeast, authorities said.

Bootleg Liquor Kills At Least 150 In India's Latest Mass Alcohol Poisoning

Indian authorities say at least 150 people have died and 200 others are hospitalized after drinking tainted alcohol. About 100 people died from the same thing in a nearby state earlier this month.

A sign reminding people of socially distance during the COVID-19 pandemic at Tuna Harbor Park at the Embarcadero in downtown San Diego on Dec. 13, 2020.

San Diego County Reports 3,252 New COVID-19 Cases, Three New Deaths

San Diego County public health officials reported 3,252 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, while virus-related hospitalizations continued to increase as the first batch of Moderna vaccines arrived in the area.

Journalists wearing face masks — in an effort to protect against the coronavirus — gather for a news conference earlier this year in Beijing. Early Wednesday, China said it was planning to pull the press credentials of certain journalists employed by a handful of major U.S.-based newspapers.

China Pulls Credentials From Journalists At 3 Major U.S. Publications

Beijing ordered certain staff at The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal to halt reporting inside China, in retaliation for a State Department move against Chinese outlets.

Kids do calisthenics before starting a baseball clinic in Washington, D.C.

Baseball Makes An Early Pitch To Catch The Interest Of Black Players

Baseball is having trouble attracting African-American players, so to increase participation, leaders are trying to get kids interested early, before other sports grab their attention.

Rory Calhourn stars as Dario and Lea Massari as Diala in Sergio Leone's feature film debut "The Colossus of Rhodes," a peplum or sword and sandal film.

How Godzilla Changed Italian Cinema

Film Geeks SD launches Italian and Gearhead Cinema series at Digital Gym

Staff in biohazard suits hold a metal stretcher on Tuesday by the inpatient department of Wuhan Medical Treatment Center, where some people infected with a novel coronavirus are being treated in China.

Americans Evacuated From China Virus Zone Pass Health Test

A plane evacuating 201 Americans from the Chinese city at the center of the virus outbreak continued Wednesday on to Southern California after everyone aboard passed a health screening test in Anchorage, where the aircraft had stopped to refuel.

US Army cadets make their way through campus at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY, in 2007. This week, over 70 cadets were accused of cheating on an exam—the worst academic scandal since 1976, instructors say.

More Than 70 West Point Cadets Accused Of Cheating In Academic Scandal

Instructors at the Army's premier training ground for officers revealed the academic scandal on Monday, saying it's the worst they've seen since 1976. Some called it a national security issue.

A sign advising of COVID-19 prevention at Torrey Pines State Beach. Dec. 10, 2020.

San Diego County Reports 3,493 New COVID-19 Cases, No New Deaths

San Diego County public health officials reported 3,252 COVID-19 infections Monday, while virus-related hospitalizations continued to increase as the first batch of Moderna vaccines arrived in the area.

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