Media and politics reporter • jclara.chan@thewrap.com • Twitter: @jclarachan
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Mutated Coronavirus Strain Detected in San Diego County
The new strain, first identified in the U.K., appears to spread more easily than the standard coronavirus
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Rep Jim Jordan Schooled by Historians for Suggesting Founding Fathers Would Oppose COVID Measures
And the proof is how they handled a smallpox epidemic during the American Revolution
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Stay-at-Home Order in Southern California Extended as ICU Availability Remains at 0%
The length of the order will depend on ICU admissions and capacity, seven-day average case rate and current transmission rate
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Ghislaine Maxwell’s $28.5 Million Bail Request Denied by Judge
The Jeffrey Epstein associate requested a release from jail earlier this month due to “intolerable conditions”
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Can Cable News Avoid a Ratings Collapse After Trump Leaves?
“The ratings are going to collapse. You don’t have to be a genius or an experienced executive to figure that out,” a former MSNBC executive tells TheWrap
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NY Times Returns 2018 Peabody Award for ‘Caliphate’ Podcast
NYT Editor Dean Baquet admitted Friday that the paper failed to properly scrutinize the false claims at the center of the podcast
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Fox Nation Commentator Britt McHenry’s Sexual Harassment Suit Against Tyrus Can Move Forward
But McHenry’s claims of retaliation, gender discrimination and sexual harassment against Fox Corp. were dismissed
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Facebook Is Creating an AI Tool to Summarize News Articles Into Bullet Points (Report)
The tool, named “TLDR,” was revealed during an end-of-year meeting this week, according to BuzzFeed News
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Fashion Retailer Peter Nygard Indicted on Sex-Trafficking, Racketeering Charges
The Canadian fashion retailer was arrested on Monday in Winnipeg
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Biden Inauguration to Feature Scaled-Back Crowd, ‘Reimagined’ Parade
Americans are encouraged not to travel and to instead watch the inauguration from home
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LA Times Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine Out ‘Effective Immediately’
An open search for Pearlstine’s replacement is still underway
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Washington Post Corrects Photo Caption That Misidentifies Nearly All ‘Joy Luck Club’ Actresses
The paper issued a correction but did not apologize for the mistake
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Debra Messing Doubles Down on Trump Prison Rape Wishes, Hopes He’s the ‘Victim of Perpetrators’
Last week, the actress tweeted that she wanted Trump to become the “most popular boyfriend to [all the] inmates”
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4 Things You Need to Know About Sony’s $1.2 Billion Crunchyroll Acquisition
Thanks to Crunchyroll, Sony is poised to expand its presence in the anime industry, which was worth an estimated $24 billion in 2019
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WNBA Star Candace Parker Says League Protests Against Racial Injustice Are ‘Bigger Than a Sport’
Power Women Summit 2020: Parker discusses breaking barriers with actress and model Isis King, fashion designer Elle B. Mambetov, classical-fusion violinist Ezinma and international DJ Michelle Pesce
