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New 'Spider-Man' swinging towards record-breaking weekend

NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time since the pandemic began, the box office is booming. “Spider-Man: No Way Home” grossed $50 million in Thursday previews alone, a stunning start for a movie set to break pandemic records. Sony…

What were the top Google searches of 2021?

YEAR IN SEARCH: What were people Googling in 2021? Google released its annual "Year in Search" report. Here's a look at some of the top trending searches. For more videos, click here.

CDC endorses schools' coronavirus 'test-to-stay' policies

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials are endorsing “test-to-stay” policies that allow close contacts of students infected with the coronavirus to remain in classrooms if they test negative. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday decided to…

VIDEO: Biden surveys tornado damage, meets with locals

(CBS Newspath) -- President Joe Biden met with people whose neighborhoods were devastated by last weekend's tornadoes in Kentucky. Wednesday (12/15), the president surveyed the damage in Mayfield and Dawson Springs. For more…

Biden acknowledges $2T bill stalled, but vows it will pass

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has all but acknowledged negotiations over his sweeping domestic policy package will have to be pushed into the new year. It was a setback Thursday as Senate Democrats rushed to try to send the…

Kentucky man dies of heart attack during storm cleanup

MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a Kentucky man suffered a fatal heart attack while cleaning up storm debris at his daughter’s home. Warren County coroner Kevin Kirby says Terry Martin Jayne was stricken on Saturday. Jayne had been helping…

Army: 98% of active duty got COVID-19 vaccine by deadline

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army says 98% of its active duty force had gotten at least one dose of the mandatory coronavirus vaccine as of this week’s deadline for the shots. But the Army also said Thursday more than 3,800…

No proof vote was rigged, but 2020 election reviews persist

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Partisan election reviews of the 2020 presidential election are under way in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin while Republican lawmakers elsewhere continue their calls to bring them to their states. They argue they are needed to restore public…

On a single Kentucky street, the tornado killed 7 children

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — When a tornado touched down in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in the middle of the night, its violence was centered on one friendly subdivision. [field59_video account="WBBJ" key="d6dcdb965b0502845f7edbfcd3adadd67667ee03" vtitle="On a single Kentucky street, the tornado killed 7…

Chauvin pleads guilty to federal charge in Floyd’s death

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of violating George Floyd’s civil rights. In doing so, Chauvin admitted for the first time that he held his knee across Floyd's…