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Dr. Anthony Fauci says the US does not need to go into a six-week national lockdown, contradicting a proposal by President-elect Joe Biden's new COVID-19 advisor.   Biden's hire, Dr. Michael Osterholm, hit headlines on Wednesday, claiming that a lengthy lockdown may be the best way to keep hospitalizations and deaths down as the country experiences a surge in coronavirus infections.  But in an interview with Good Morning America on Thursday, Fauci stated that he does not believe such extreme action is necessary as long as people adhere to public health measures like mask-wearing, hand-washing and social distancing. 'We would like to stay away from that because there's no appetite for locking down the American public, ' Fauci told the morning news program.  'You don't necessarily have to shut everything down. The best opposite strategy to locking down is to intensify the public health measures. If you can do that well, you don't have to take that step ...

E. Jean Carroll's defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump is moving forward despite the Justice Department's efforts to intervene after a federal judge in New York scheduled a pretrial conference for next month.   US District Judge Lewis Kaplan issued an order on Wednesday telling Carroll and Trump's lawyers to agree on a timeline for the trial to progress.  If they don't come to an agreement privately and submit it to the court, both parties will have to appear before the judge at a telephone conference on December 11.  Carroll's attorney Roberta Kaplan, who has no relation to the judge, shared her satisfaction with the latest court order on Thursday.  'We look forward to finally moving ahead with discovery in the case, which has been on hold since Trump filed his motion for a stay last February, and look forward to the initial conference in E Jean Carroll's case on Dec. 11, if the parties cannot agree on a schedule,' the attorney said in a st

Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz and his wife Laura's charmed life of mingling with celebrities has been put in jeopardy by their mutual firing from the church over his infidelity.  Lentz, 42, had a five-month-long affair with 34-year-old fashion designer Ranin Karim after meeting her in Domino Park, Williamsburg, in May. Over the last week, she has given multiple interviews describing their 'deep, sexual' connection which involved him going to her home to drink 'so much' tequila, FaceTiming when they weren't together and arguing.  Karim found out he was married at the start of their relationship but carried on with it because he was 'like a drug' to her.  Carl and Laura have three children. He is from Virginia and she is Australian. They've been married for 17 years and she appears to be standing by him despite being cast out from the church along with him. Laura Lentz with Hailey Bieber, at the Bieber wedding last year. The pair have now unfollowed each

Cindy McCain congratulated President-elect Joe Biden for winning her home state of Arizona and called President Donald Trump's plan to challenge results with lawsuits 'frivolous' and 'unfounded.'  'Arizonans showed up in record numbers and I am pleased that many joined me supporting Joe Biden, who has won Arizona’s 11 Electoral Votes,' McCain said in a statement Thursday. 'Frivolous lawsuits and unfounded allegations that are intended only to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the election benefit no one and harm our state,' she added.  Arizona's own Repubican attorney general, Mark Brnovich, dismissed Trump's conspiracy claims of widespread voter fraud on Wednesday, saying that wasn't the case in Arizona - and that Biden would likely win the state.   Cindy McCain congratulated President-elect Joe Biden for winning Arizona, her home state. A number of news outlets still haven't called Arizona for the Democrat, as President Donald Trump

Twenty-nine vehicles, including at least 15 semi-trucks, were involved in a fiery car collision on Thursday after a powerful snow squall engulfed a Minnesota highway.  The accident took place just before 9am on Interstate 94 near Monticello - about 40mi northwest of Minneapolis - after a heavy band of snow significantly reduced visibility on the roads. The Minnesota Department of Transportation said the initial crash was reported between Wright County Road 19 and County Road 18. At least one semitrailer burst into flames, sending thick black smoke billowing into the air and forcing authorities to shut lanes in both directions.   About 15 semi-trucks were involved in a 29-vehicle crash in Minnesota on Thursday after a snow squall engulfed Interstate 94  The massive collision took place just before 9am between Wright County Road 19 and County Road 18. At least one semitrailer burst into flames, sending thick black smoke billowing into the air The accident occurred on Interstate 94 near

With all the delays, spiralling costs and protests up and down the country, you might have thought HS2 was going nowhere fast. In fact, as these astonishing pictures reveal, the controversial project has been quietly tearing up swathes of the Buckinghamshire countryside – and is now set to tunnel under the Chilterns. This week two giant 2,000-ton, 558ft long machines arrived in the UK, where they will soon begin burrowing. The machines will have to drill through ten miles of chalk and flint to complete the tunnel, which will begin near the M25 and end near South Heath in Buckinghamshire. Described as a ‘defining moment in the history’ of the high-speed rail link, they will dig as deep as 90m (295ft) below ground for three continuous years. They were built at the Herrenknecht factory in Germany and have been shipped in pieces to the UK, before being transported to the Chilterns this week. Local schoolchildren named the enormous machines Cecilia and Florence, after Buckinghamshire-born a

Disturbing new details have emerged about a deadly crime spree in Oklahoma City that began with the murder of a pregnant woman and the abduction of her baby, and ended with a police shootout that left the suspect dead and an officer injured. Brandon Milburn, 37, was previously named by the Oklahoma City Police Department as a suspect in the killing of his girlfriend, identified as 23-year-old Shatica Hixson, and the kidnapping of their 14-month-old daughter, Zyla, on Tuesday.  Milburn was also suspected of killing a motorist and carjacking two vehicles as he fled from the police.   Local authorities officially confirmed on Thursday that the officer-involved shooting that occurred early Wednesday morning in downtown Oklahoma City was related to Milburn's alleged crime spree.   Scroll down for video  Family members say Shatica Hixson, 23, was shot and killed by her boyfriend, Brandon Milburn, 37 (pictured together, left), who then abducted their 14-month-old daughter, Zyla Relatives