AP News:英国新冠病毒变异遭多国禁航

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The U.S. will now require people flying from Britain to get a negative COVID-19 test. Other countries have also put travel restrictions on the U.K., due to a new variant of the coronavirus.

House Republicans rejected President Trump's demand that the COVID relief bill's payment to most Americans be boosted from $600 to $2,000. Unemployment benefits, eviction protections and other emergency aid are all at risk if the president doesn't sign the bill passed by Congress.

A wildfire on the Camp Pendleton Marine Corps base in northern San Diego County, California was 35% contained by Thursday night. Evacuation orders were lifted as the dry, gusty Santa Ana winds slowed down.

Coronavirus restrictions made Christmas services smaller and more subdued in many places. A small, socially distant group of faithful celebrated Christmas Eve mass at a cathedral in Washington, DC.