What you need to know about coronavirus on Friday, December 11
The US saw a major milestone on Thursday when vaccine advisers to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted to recommend the agency grant…
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GoFundMe’s biggest campaigns in history spotlight America’s most pressing issues: hunger, racism, and Covid-19
GoFundMe released its 2020 giving report, and it is spotlighting some of America’s biggest struggles: hunger, racism, and Covid-19. “Many…
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Brandon Bernard executed after Supreme Court denies request for a delay
Brandon Bernard was executed by the federal government on Thursday at the Federal Correctional Center in Terre Haute, Indiana, according to the…
Continue Reading Hubble observes strange, distant exoplanet similar to ‘Planet Nine’ that may exist in our solar system
A massive exoplanet orbiting in a double star system 336 light-years away may be similar to the alleged “Planet Nine” that may exist on…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for December 11: Pandemic, transition, stimulus, Lebanon, Brandon Bernard
Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered…
Continue Reading It took 10 days for a Reno hospital to turn a parking garage into a wing for Covid patients. Now it has 700 beds
When Rosalia Martinez heard that a Reno, Nevada, hospital was turning their parking garage into a Covid-19 wing, she couldn’t help but laugh at…
Continue Reading EU leaders seal deal to cut the bloc’s net emissions by at least 55% by the end of the decade compared with 1990 levels
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders have reached a hard-fought deal to cut the bloc’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by the end of…
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been charged under national security law
HONG KONG (AP) — Local media are reporting that Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been charged under the city’s…
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FDA committee votes to recommend emergency authorization of Pfizer virus vaccine
UPDATE: A U.S. government advisory panel on Thursday decided to endorse large-scale use of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine to help conquer the outbreak…
Continue Reading A surfer was attacked and killed by a shark in Hawaii, forcing the suspension of a surfing competition
A surfer who was attacked by a shark in Hawaii on Tuesday has died, prompting the suspension a women’s professional surfing competition in…
Continue Reading Body cam footage shows raid on former Florida Covid data scientist’s home
Florida state police released body camera videos Thursday afternoon showing officers waiting before they entered the home of a former state data…
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Body cam footage shows raid on former Florida Covid data scientist’s home
Florida state police released body camera videos Thursday afternoon showing officers waiting before they entered the home of a former state data…
Continue Reading A Florida man just paid off the past dues for 114 families at risk of having their utilities shut off
A Florida business owner who was once down on his luck is giving back by covering the utility bills of 114 families who were facing disconnection.…
Continue Reading These feces-finding Fidos help save orcas and other endangered wildlife
Barrel-chested, with the pointy ears of a much larger pooch swiveling above her mellow gaze, Eba is more than just the Very Good Dog she appears to…
Continue Reading City approves conditional permit to allow use of church building by a Whites-only group
The city council of a small Minnesota town has allowed a Whites-only religious organization to use a vacant church. Murdock, a town of fewer than 300…
Continue Reading The odd connection between vaccination and ‘Mary Poppins’
“A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down.” The iconic song lyric from the 1964 Disney film “Mary Poppins” is a lesson…
Continue Reading US panel endorses Pfizer COVID-19 shot in a major step toward an epic vaccination campaign against the outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. government advisory panel on Thursday decided to endorse large-scale use of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine to help conquer…
Continue Reading European Union agrees on $2 trillion package — but fudges deal on rule of law
The leaders of the European Union’s 27 member states have reached a final agreement on the $2 trillion package designed to rebuild the…
Continue Reading Vaccines on horizon as virus surges through Trump country. And the political debate is as heated as ever
As with masks, experts say that for the new Covid-19 vaccines to control the spread of the disease, a lot of people have to use them. That raises an…
Continue Reading Smugglers threw seven pounds of chicken wings and 40 pounds of tobacco over a prison wall
Smugglers managed to throw a hefty haul of contraband items — including 20 pounds of tobacco and seven pounds of barbecued chicken — over…
Continue Reading Treasury Department says US budget deficit ran 25.1% higher in first 2 months of budget year as Covid spending soared
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government’s deficit in the first two months of the budget year ran 25.1% higher than the same period a year ago, as…
Continue Reading UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says there is a ‘strong possibility’ Brexit trade talks will end in failure
BRUSSELS (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says there is a “strong possibility” that talks on a post-Brexit trade agreement with the…
Continue Reading EU announces deal on its 1.8 trillion-euro budget and pandemic recovery package overcoming Hungary, Poland objections
BRUSSELS (AP) — EU Council President Charles Michel says European Union leaders have sealed an agreement on a massive long-term budget and…
Continue Reading U.S. to recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over disputed Western Sahara region in return for Israel normalization
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced that Israel and Morocco will normalize relations, in what’s the latest breakthrough of his…
Continue Reading Trump announces Morocco to normalize ties with Israel, 4th country to do so in Arab-Israeli peace push
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced that Israel and Morocco will normalize relations, in what’s the latest breakthrough of his…
Continue Reading A militia leader — also a former sheriff’s deputy — is convicted for bombing a Minnesota mosque
The founder of a terrorist militia — also a former Illinois sheriff’s deputy — was found guilty on hate crime charges for bombing a…
Continue Reading Fauci wants people to know that one of lead scientists who developed the Covid-19 vaccine is a Black woman
Dr. Anthony Fauci is urging Black Americans hesitant to take the Covid-19 vaccine to trust the process — in part because one of the scientists…
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden taps former Obama adviser and envoy Susan Rice to lead White House Domestic Policy Council
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is naming Susan Rice as director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. The role will give her…
Continue Reading Biden picks Denis McDonough, Obama’s White House chief of staff, as secretary of veterans affairs
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is naming Susan Rice as director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. The role will give her…
Continue Reading Anne Frank memorial vandalized with swastikas
A memorial dedicated to Anne Frank was desecrated with stickers showing swastikas. The Anne Frank Memorial in Boise, Idaho, which is managed by the…
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