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More than 230 Kris Kringles ski, snowboard down Maine slopes for charity

Skiers and snowboarders hit the slopes Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021 at Sunday River Ski Resort in Newry, Maine. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal via AP)

Both sides preparing for new state-by-state abortion fight

A group of anti-abortion protesters pray together in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, Dec. 1, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Artist didn’t know Michigan parents stayed in his studio while sought by authorities, lawyer says

Three Oakland County Sheriff's deputies survey the grounds outside of the Crumbley residence while seeking James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, Dec. 3, 2021, in Oxford, Mich. A Detroit-area artist whose studio was where the parents of the Oxford High School student charged in a deadly shooting were found by police is cooperating with authorities and didn’t know the couple had stayed overnight, his attorney said Sunday, Dec, 5, 2021. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)

Chris Cuomo accused of sexual harassment, woman was disgusted by ‘hypocrisy,’ her lawyer says

Chris Cuomo attends The Hollywood Reporter's annual Most Powerful People in Media cocktail reception on April 11, 2019, in New York. CNN fired Cuomo for the role he played in defense of his brother, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as he fought sexual harassment charges. CNN said Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, it was still investigating but additional information had come to light. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Bob Dole, Senate leader and presidential candidate, dies at 98

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10 people test positive for COVID in outbreak on Norwegian cruise ship approaching New Orleans

People pause to look at Norwegian Cruise Line's ship, Norwegian Breakaway, on the Hudson River, in New York, on May 8, 2013. Ten people aboard the cruise ship, approaching New Orleans, have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said Saturday night, Dec. 4, 2021. The Norwegian Breakaway had departed New Orleans on Nov. 28 and is due to return this weekend, the Louisiana Department of Health said in a news release. Over the past week, the ship made stops in Belize, Honduras and Mexico. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Here are the new U.S. travel restrictions beginning Monday

Flight crew from Air China arrive in hazmat suits in the international terminal at Los Angeles International Airport on December 3, 2021, as Los Angeles County reported its first case of the new Covid-19 variant, omicron. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

More omicron detected in U.S. as New York hospitals strain under delta surge

A sign urges people to get the COVID-19 vaccine at the Staten Island Ferry terminal on Nov. 29, 2021 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Do you still need a booster shot if you just had COVID?

UCSF epidemiology chair on omicron variant in California

Law school professor, political correspondent discuss SCOTUS on Roe v. Wade

Omicron variant sparks tightening of travel restrictions in U.K.

A patient receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Swaminarayan School vaccination centre, in London, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. Britain says it will offer all adults a booster dose of vaccine within two months to bolster the nation's immunity as the new omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads. New measures to combat variant came into force in England on Tuesday, with face coverings again compulsory in shops and on public transport. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Last ‘Band of Brothers’ officer dies at 99

Edward Shames, center, hugs Ed McClung, center left, both members of the World War II Army Company E of the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne, with veterans Jack Foley, left, Joe Lesniewski, right, and Shifty Powers, far right, at the Library of Congress in Washington, on July 16, 2003. Shames, who was the last surviving officer of “Easy Company,” which inspired the HBO miniseries and book “Band of Brothers,” has died at age 99. An obituary posted by the Holomon-Brown Funeral Home & Crematory said Shames, of Norfolk, Va., died peacefully at his home on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Is it legal to cut down your own Christmas tree at a national forest?

Wide shot of couple dragging freshly cut Christmas tree through snow on sunny winter afternoon (Getty).

CNN fires Chris Cuomo over how he defended brother amid sexual misconduct scandal