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Times Square show will go on despite virus surge

NEW YORK – New York City will ring in 2022 in Times Square as planned despite record numbers of COVID-19 infections in the city and around the nation, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday. “We want to show that we’re moving forward, and we want to show the world that New York City is fighting our way through this,” de Blasio, whose last day in office is Friday, said on NBC’s “Today” show.

Open communication is very important in relationships

Dear Annie: You get a lot of letters about people whose partners fell in love with someone else, causing a rift in their partnership. I find a lot of these partners lacked communication, so I thought I’d share my story of what can happen when you just talk.

SPORTS ON TV

(All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, Jan. 2 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 2 p.m.

COVID-19, homicides among top stories of 2021

The continued response to COVID-19, national Junior ROTC championships and multiple homicides were among some of the major stories this year in the Leavenworth area. The Times has compiled a list of some of the top stories of 2021.

Throw the book at Mark Meadows

Now that the House has voted to hold former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in contempt for refusing to appear before the January 6 Select Committee, Washington insiders are gripped in a typical, inside-the-Beltway dilemma: Whether or not the Justice Department should file criminal charges against him. After all, unlike Steve Bannon, Meadows was a member of the Executive branch and can therefore claim “executive privilege.”