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The House has passed the National Defense Authorization Act, a bill negotiated between both parties and both chambers.
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The House OKs a bipartisan defense policy bill that includes servicemember pay boost

Dec 07, 2021
The National Defense Authorization Act would also overhaul the military justice system.

knpr's STATE OF NEVADA

Air Date: Tuesday, December 7, 2021

With supply tight, Las Vegas home prices set another record in November

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  • Southern Nevada housing prices just set another record; what could go wrong?

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., have agreed on a plan to try to avoid a federal default without GOP votes.

After Senate leaders broker a deal, the House takes a first step to avoid default

Dec 07, 2021
Congress is setting up a complicated process that could avoid a potential federal default.
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Latin America
Members of the Movilh — Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation — celebrate after lawmakers approved legislation legalizing marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, in Santiago, Chile, on Tuesday.

Chile's Congress approves same-sex marriage by an overwhelming majority

Dec 07, 2021
The vote on Tuesday makes Chile the eighth Latin American country to extend equal rights to same sex couples, and marks a reversal for the country's conservative leadership.
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National
Kellogg announced plans to permanently replace striking workers who rejected a proposed contract. The walkout started Oct. 5.

Kellogg to hire replacements for striking workers who rejected a proposed contract

Dec 07, 2021
Temporary employees have been working at the company's cereal plants across Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Tennessee after the strike began in October.
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Politics
Saule Omarova addresses the Senate Banking Committee during her nomination hearing on Nov. 18 to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Omarova withdrew her nomination on Tuesday after facing opposition from Republicans and some moderate Dem

Biden's pick to become a key banking regulator withdraws after ugly nomination fight

Dec 07, 2021
Saule Omarova has withdrawn her nomination to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency after an ugly, and at times, incredibly personal, fight to be confirmed.
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Shots - Health News
Dr. Naresh Aggarwal talks in April with Jennifer Bain, who volunteered for a study of Medicago's COVID-19 vaccine in Toronto.

A COVID vaccine grown in plants measures up

Dec 07, 2021
A COVID-19 vaccine from a Canadian biotech firm has been found effective at preventing moderate to severe disease. It could soon become the first plant-based vaccine authorized for human use.
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Arts & Life
Greg Tate, in 2016.

Greg Tate, a powerful chronicler and critic of Black life and culture, has died at 64

Dec 07, 2021
Tate was a longtime staff writer at The Village Voice, where he documented Black art and culture. He eventually became a leading figure in cultural criticism.
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Education
President Biden walks to Marine One outside the White House on Dec. 2.

Biden pledged to forgive $10,000 in student loan debt. Here's what he's done so far

Dec 07, 2021
President Biden provided hundreds of thousands of borrowers with debt relief this year — but his campaign promise to cancel at least $10,000 of student debt per person remains unfulfilled.
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Shots - Health News
People line up outside a free COVID-19 vaccination site that opened Friday in Washington, D.C. The local health department is stepping up vaccination and booster shots as more cases of the omicron variant are being identified in the United States.

Omicron boosters are in the works, but will they be needed?

Dec 07, 2021
Omicron has many more mutations than previous variants of concern, a fact that raises questions about how effective existing vaccines will be against the new form of the coronavirus.
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