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News Wrap: New coronavirus strain confirmed in the U.S.

In our news wrap Thursday, a more contagious version of COVID-19 from South Africa arrived in the U.S with cases confirmed in South Carolina, the pandemic shrank the U.S. economy by 3.5 percent last year, at least six people died at Georgia poultry plant after liquid nitrogen leaked into the facility, and a man in Pakistan accused of beheading American journalist Daniel Pearl may be set free.