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Test Flight of SpaceX's Starship Aborted at Last Second

By Marcia Dunn | Dec 9, 2020

The first high-altitude test flight of SpaceX's futuristic Starship was aborted at the last second in Texas on Tuesday.

Medical Research Hasn't Always Seen You. The 'All Of Us' Research Program Is Changing That

Dec 8, 2020

The LGBTQ+ community has historically been excluded from research studies. The 'All of Us' Research Program wants to change that.

Anti-LGBTQ Private School Where Karen Pence Teaches Receives $725k COVID-19 Relief

By Kevin Schattenkirk | Dec 8, 2020

The private Christian school where Karen Pence teaches received nearly $725,000 through the US government's Paycheck Protection Program for COVID-19 relief.

Flower Freshness, and 7 More Reasons to Gift Tweedle Farms CBD This Holiday

SPONSORED CONTENT | Dec 8, 2020

Not everyone knows why CBD is worth trying, how to use it, or why it helps but won't get you high. So with a little education from Tweedle Farms, sharing some of CBD's wellness may be the best gift you can give.

Labour Shadow Minister Resigns Over Same-Sex Marriage Comment

By Kevin Schattenkirk | Dec 8, 2020

Janet Daby, the Labour party's shadow minister for faith, has resigned after saying public officials in the UK should have the right to deny certifying same-sex marriages.

Feds Passed Up Chance to Lock in More Pfizer Vaccine Doses

By Zeke Miller and Jonathan Lemire | Dec 8, 2020

President Donald Trump's administration is facing new scrutiny Tuesday after failing to lock in a chance to buy millions of additional doses of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, which has shown to be highly effective against COVID-19.

U.S. Regulators Post Positive Review of Pfizer Vaccine Data

By Matthew Perrone and Lauran Neergaard | Dec 8, 2020

Documents released by U.S. regulators Tuesday confirmed that Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine was strongly protective against COVID-19 -- offering the world's first detailed look at the evidence behind the shots.

How Phones Can Alert You to COVID-19 Exposure

By Matt O'Brien | Dec 8, 2020

More than 8.1 million people in the U.S. have turned their iPhones and Android devices into pandemic contact-tracing tools, but it hasn't been of much use when their neighbors, classmates and coworkers aren't on the same system.

Watch: Tucker Carlson Attacks Trans Children On Air

Dec 7, 2020

Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson launched an on-air attack against transgender children on his show Dec. 3, accusing parents of being "abusers" if they take trans kids at their word and show them support.

Watch: Suspended for Nail Polish, Gay Student Won't Back Down

By Kilian Melloy | Dec 7, 2020

A gay Texas student who was suspended for refusing to remove his nail polish says he'll go right on being suspended in protest of the school's policy.

Why Most Americans Are Doing Away With Materialistic Gifts This Holiday Season

Dec 7, 2020

Gift-givers and receivers alike are gravitating towards intangible wishes and doing away with material gifts, according to new research.

Supreme Court Rejects Appeal to Limit Transgender Students

Dec 7, 2020

The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up an appeal from parents in Oregon who want to prevent transgender students from using locker rooms and bathrooms of the gender with which they identify, rather than their sex assigned at birth.

Biden May Have Won Election Due to LGBTQ Voters, New Report Says

By Kevin Schattenkirk | Dec 7, 2020

A new report published by the Washington Post suggests that President-elect Joe Biden may have won the 2020 election because of higher LGBTQ voter turnout.

LGBTQ Boy's Note to Santa Prompts Flood of Christmas Love

By Kilian Melloy | Dec 7, 2020

A letter to Santa that reached the United States Post Office's century-old "Operation Santa" program melted hearts worldwide when it was shared online. But there's more to the story.

Trump Lawyer Giuliani in Hospital After Positive Virus Test

By Aamer Madhani and Jonathan Lemire | Dec 7, 2020

President Donald Trump says his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for the coronavirus, making him the latest in Trump's inner circle to contract the disease that is now surging across the U.S.

Will the US Ever Have a National COVID-19 Testing Strategy?

By Mike Stobbe, Matthew Perrone | Dec 7, 2020

As the coronavirus epidemic worsens, U.S. health experts hope Joe Biden's administration will put in place something Donald Trump's has not — a comprehensive national testing strategy.

A Bleak Outlook for Millions Facing Cutoff of US Jobless Aid

By Christopher Rugaber and Casey Smith | Dec 6, 2020

Unemployment has forced aching decisions on millions of Americans and their families in the face of a rampaging viral pandemic that has closed shops and restaurants, paralyzed travel and left millions jobless for months.

A Unique Recipe for Healing: Bill Murray and a Biblical Text

By Elana Schor and Andrew Welsh-Huggins | Dec 6, 2020

Against the backdrop of a pandemic's blight and wounds from an acrimonious election, a group of acclaimed actors on Sunday will stage an online reading of a religious text with remarkable relevance to the current moment: the Book of Job.

Health Officials Warn Americans Not to Let Their Guard Down

By Stephen Groves | Dec 6, 2020

With a COVID-19 vaccine perhaps just days away in the U.S., most of California headed into another lockdown Sunday because of the surging outbreak and top health officials warned Americans that this is no time to let their guard down.

Watch: 'A Real Sense of Violation': Ohio Family's Pride Flag Stolen, Burned

By Kilian Melloy | Dec 6, 2020

A family in an Ohio town says that the person who trespassed on their property, stole the Pride flag from their porch, and then burned it has inflicted "A real sense of violation" on them.

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