• 'COVID chat': Officials urge Americans to stay home over holiday
• Rejecting Trump's foreign policy approach, Biden says 'America is back'
• CDC may shorten COVID-19 quarantine period guidelines
• Space oddity? Monolith in Utah desert mystifies helicopter crew
• With Senate on the line, Trump's claims of election fraud put Georgia Republicans in bind
• Biden Cabinet picks may face rough Republican reception in Senate
• New York cops wounded, suspect killed in domestic incident shootout
• Texas men charged with trying to sell 50 million bogus masks to Australian state

World

• Hong Kong's Lam says restoring 'political system from chaos' is priority
• Ethiopia sent home soldiers of Tigrayan ethnicity from U.N. force in South Sudan: sources
• China says Brazil president's son hurts relationship with comments critical of Huawei
• China foreign minister to meet Japan's Suga; Beijing's first high-level contact with new PM
• Chinese foreign minister due in South Korea amid talk about Xi visit
• South Korean protests fan COVID-19 fears
• Can't dine out? UK restaurants offer DIY meal kits to survive lockdown
• Japan fights coronavirus in luxurious style with million-yen masks

• OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma pleads guilty to criminal charges
• Catch-all travel insurance booms as U.S. flyers take Thanksgiving risks
• Gap misses profit estimates on higher costs from online shift
• Retailers already fear U.S. holiday 'shipageddon'; now here come vaccines
• U.S. tech firms can compensate gig-workers with equity under SEC proposal
• At China's premier internet conference, few address the regulatory elephant in the room
• Wall Street's rise from pandemic lows has further to go, say strategists: Reuters poll
• India's NSE warned Future Retail of action over disclosures on Amazon dispute: emails

• South Korea's BTS snags first ever Grammy nomination for a K-Pop band
• 'Happiest Season' spotlights LGBT love in Christmas rom-com
• Taylor Swift voted artist of year for sixth time at American Music Awards
• 'Freaky' Repeats as Winner at Quiet U.S. Box Office With $1.2 Million
• K-Pop's BTS marks year of the pandemic with 'BE' album, and single 'Life Goes On'
• Romantic comedy, veteran actress win big at Chinese-language 'Oscars'
• Temple kissing scenes stir trouble for Netflix India
• Back with new Afrobeat album, veteran musician Bockarie asks for better Sierra Leone

• Australian Open delay 'most likely', says state minister
• Diamond League announces calendar for 2021 season
• Best-case scenario for Games is venues full of spectators: Tokyo governor
• Saudi Arabia to host Formula E's first night race
• As Ravens work virtually, game vs. Steelers in doubt
• Lakers sign 'Sixth Man of the Year' Harrell from Clippers
• No honeymoon period for new Canada Soccer boss
• NFL Roundup: Hill just what Saints need to top Falcons