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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the AFL-CIO about union jobs and building infrastructure, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Kamala Harris vows Biden ‘is not giving up’ on Build Back Better Act’s big spending

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Palestinian scout band members parade through Manger Square at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, during Christmas celebrations, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Friday, Dec. 24, 2021. The biblical town of Bethlehem is gearing up for its second straight Christmas Eve hit by the coronavirus with small crowds and gray, gloomy weather dampening celebrations Friday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

COVID puts a damper on Christmas Eve again around the world

By Jack Jeffery, David McHugh and Bobby Caina Calvan - Associated Press

Author Joan Didion sits in front of a photo of herself holding her daughter, Quintana Roo, and another picture of her daughter's wedding, in her New York apartment Sept. 26, 2005. Didion, the revered author and essayist whose provocative social commentary and detached, methodical literary voice made her a uniquely clear-eyed critic of a uniquely turbulent time, has died. She was 87. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Joan Didion, peerless prose stylist, dies at 87

By Colleen Long - Associated Press

Washington Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma (33) and teammate Spencer Dinwiddie gesture after Kuzma's 3-pointer during the second half of the team['s NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks on Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Wizards withstand Walker’s big night, beat Knicks 124-117

By Adry Torres - Associated Press

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo prepares to board a helicopter after announcing his resignation, on Aug. 10, 2021, in New York. Cuomo won't face criminal charges after a female state trooper said she felt “completely violated” by his unwanted touching at an event at Belmont Park in September 2019, a Long Island prosecutor said Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce Smith said in a statement that an investigation found the allegations against Cuomo “credible, deeply troubling, but not criminal under New York law.” (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Andrew Cuomo won’t be charged for touching female state trooper

By Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press

A hog walks in a pasture on the Ron Mardesen farm, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, near Elliott, Iowa. A coalition of California restaurants and grocery stores has filed a lawsuit to block implementation of a farm animal welfare law, adding to uncertainty about whether bacon and other fresh pork products will be prohibitively expensive or available at all in the state when the new rules take effect on New Year's Day. Mardesen already meets the California standards for the hogs he sells to specialty meat company Niman Ranch, which supported passage of Proposition 12 and requires all of its roughly 650 hog farmers to give breeding pigs far more room than mandated by the law. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Will the Supreme Court overrule California’s Proposition 12?

By Daniel Oliver

A person seen in silhouette gets tested for COVID-19 at a mobile testing site in Times Square on Friday, Dec. 17, 2021, in New York. New York City had been mostly spared the worst of the big surge in COVID-19 cases that has taken place across the northeastern and midwestern U.S. since Thanksgiving, but the situation has been changing rapidly in recent days. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Latest COVID spike isn’t swamping NYC hospitals like before

By Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

Suhad Santana receives her booster of COVID-19 vaccine from Lurie Children's Hospital registered nurse Elvia Cervantes at Northwest Community Church in Chicago, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital's mobile vaccine clinic visited Belmont Cragin to help ensure adults and kids can be fully-vaccinated for the holiday season. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Feds slow-walk change in the definition of ‘fully vaccinated’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Alec Baldwin performs emcee duties at the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award Gala at New York Hilton Midtown on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Alec Baldwin shooting proves progressives protect their own

By David Keene - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., arrives to vote on an appropriations bill that funds the government through Feb. 18 and avoids a short-term shutdown after midnight Friday, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Rubio proposal would ban federal funds for cities that allow noncitizen voting

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The THC percentages of recreational marijuana are visible on the product packaging sitting on a countertop, Monday, April 19, 2021, in Mamaroneck, N.Y. More than 400 towns and villages across New York have opted to keep out local marijuana dispensaries as a statewide deadline nears, with many officials awaiting more clarity from regulators before committing to the coming legal market. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File) **FILE**

Bud blockers: Over 400 N.Y. localities say ‘no’ to pot sales

By Michael Hill - Associated Press

This image released by Paramount Home Entertainment shows child actor Karolyn Grimes on the back of Jimmy Stewart in a scene from the holiday classic &quot;It's a Wonderful Life,&quot; also starring Donna Reed. The film is celebrating its 75th anniversary. (Paramount Home Entertainment via AP)

2 stars of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ look back at a classic

By Mark Kennedy - Associated Press

In this image taken from video, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a virtual press conference, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, in New York. Multiple cases of the omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in New York, health officials said Thursday, including a man who attended an anime convention in Manhattan in late November and tested positive for the variant when he returned home to Minnesota. (AP Photo)

De Blasio’s parting vax edict while crime soars leaves double-barrelled headache for next NYC mayor

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The exterior of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York appears on March 19, 2013. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is dropping the Sackler name from seven exhibition spaces amid growing outrage over the role the family may have played in the opioid crisis. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Metropolitan Museum of Art cuts Sackler name amid opioid ire

By Mark Kennedy - Associated Press

A health care worker, left, checks in a man at a NYC mobile vaccine clinic in the Manhattan borough of New York, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. A surprise year-end decree by Mayor Bill de Blasio orders virtually all businesses to get workers vaccinated, forcing vaccine holdouts to choose between jabs or jobs. The mandate will take effect Dec. 27, with workers needing to provide proof they have received at least one dose of the vaccine. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

For New York City businesses, vaccine mandates put damper on holiday

By Bobby Caina Calvan and Mae Anderson - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Perry, Ga., on Sept. 25, 2021. As Trump's lawyers try to block the White House from releasing records to the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, the former president faces a flurry of other investigations that could come to a head in the coming weeks and the new year. That includes two major state criminal investigations — one in New York and one in Georgia — and lawsuits concerning sexual assault allegations, a fight over an inheritance and questions of whether he should be held personally liable for inciting the insurrection. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)

NY attorney general seeks Trump’s testimony in civil probe

By Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press

In this image taken from video, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a virtual press conference, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, in New York. Multiple cases of the omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in New York, health officials said Thursday, including a man who attended an anime convention in Manhattan in late November and tested positive for the variant when he returned home to Minnesota. (AP Photo)

NYC lawmakers pass bill giving noncitizens right to vote

By Bobby Caina Calvan - Associated Press

Maryland quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa (3) looks to pass against Rutgers during the second half of an NCAA football game, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021, in Piscataway, N.J. Maryland won 40-16. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

Pinstripe Bowl to renew old rivalry between Maryland, Virginia Tech

By George Gerbo - The Washington Times

Patients wait to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot at a mobile vaccination station on 59th Street below Central Park, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, in New York. Health officials say multiple cases of the omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in New York, including a man who attended an anime convention in Manhattan in late November and tested positive for the variant when he returned home to Minnesota. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

NYC to expand vaccine mandate to the private sector Dec. 27

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Maryland head coach Mike Locksley watches during the first half of an NCAA football game against Rutgers, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021, in Piscataway, N.J. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray) ** FILE **

Maryland to face Virginia Tech in Pinstripe Bowl

By Kevin Leitzell - The Washington Times