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Iranian state media say at least 21 miners died and scores more were injured in the mine in northern Iran. More than a dozen people were thought to still be trapped in the mine.

Outreach workers are knocking on doors in some Lee County neighborhoods, urging people to apply for aid to recover from Hurricane Ian damage. The deadline for FEMA applications is Thursday, January 12. The workers also are handing out information about non-FEMA recovery resources.

The state's death count from COVID-19 shot up by 100 people Thursday, bringing the total to 19,112.

Researchers looked at thousands of homeowners who moved out of flood-prone homes. Most stayed within a 20-minute drive, and their new homes were safer from flooding.

Pentagon officials say starting on Jan. 1, 2018, transgender people can enlist in the U.S. military. President Trump has opposed allowing transgender people to serve, but the Pentagon decision comes as courts are ruling against efforts to bar transgender enlistment.

The truck was driving along a highway near Chiapas, a Mexican state that borders Guatemala. Another 58 people were injured in the crash.

White Fragility author Robin DiAngelo says that the status quo in the United States is racism, and for white people, that's comfortable. "We've got to start making it uncomfortable," she says.

"Ten may even be a bit too much," Dr. Anthony Fauci said, warning that family gatherings through the holidays could lead to "a really dark time" by mid-January.

The improper payments happened due to confusion over whether dead people should receive the payments from the IRS, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.

Ernest Grant, the president of the American Nurses Association, says historical abuses have left Black people with a distrust of vaccines. Now he's part of a coronavirus vaccine trial.