Stars Of Stage And Screen Pay Heartfelt Tribute To 'Legend, Icon' Stephen Sondheim

Barbra Streisand, Viola Davis, Idina Menzel, Ava DuVernay, Hugh Jackman, Lin-Manuel Miranda and more lined up to honor the musical theater legend.

Small Business Saturday, Hanukkah, college football: 5 things you need to know this weekend

Local businesses take the spotlight, the Festival of Lights begin, and more news to start your weekend.

Czech Republic reports 20,315 daily coronavirus cases

The Czech Republic reported 20,315 new coronavirus cases for Friday, the first week-on-week drop in the daily tally in two months, although its hospitals were still filling and the government toughened restrictions. On the same day last week, the country of 10.7 million people reported 22,957 new cases of the coronavirus. Although hospitalisations dropped to 6,169 on Friday compared to the previous day, the number of people treated in hospitals has doubled over the past three weeks and some stopped non-urgent procedures.

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  Czech infections hit new record high, president going home

  Associated Press
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  Czechs order bars and restaurants shut early, president taken to hospital with COVID

  Reuters