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December 22: More cities installing vaccine mandates. Taco Bell will sell wings!

J. Scott Wilson

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. Here’s a look at your news across the nation:

1️. More cities instituting tough new vaccine mandates

A syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic at the Keystone First Wellness Center in Chester, Pa., Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

2. Biden pledges 500M free COVID-19 tests to counter omicron

President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 response and vaccinations, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

3. $50,000 reward offered after fatal Los Angeles shooting

FILE – In this Thursday, June 10, 2021, file photo, a pair of migrant families from Brazil pass through a gap in the border wall to reach the United States after crossing from Mexico to Yuma, Ariz., to seek asylum. The Biden administration proposed Wednesday, Aug. 18, to change the way asylum claims are handled, aiming to cut a huge backlog of cases from the Southwest border that has resulted in people waiting years to find out if they will be allowed to stay in the U.S. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia, File)

4. Pentagon issues rules aimed at stopping rise of extremism

FILE – Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin pauses while speaking during a media briefing at the Pentagon on Nov. 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

📱 [Trending] this morning

Taco Bell to sell chicken wings for 1 week only in January

Is there nothing this company can’t do? But why just for one week?


US singer Dolly Parton performs onstage during the 61st Annual Grammy Awards on February 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

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