Sarah Schweinsberg reports on why so many small town banks are closing; Mary Reichard talks to Cedarville University professor Glen Duerr about the latest developments in the U.K.’s divorce from the European Union; and Bonnie Pritchett meets the man who diagnosed the first case of COVID-19 in the United States. Plus: commentary from Cal Thomas, Dracula joins vaccine campaign, and the Thursday morning news.

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