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Newly-leaked documents reveal how China bungled COVID-19's early days
New York Post - 1 Dec 2020 03:16
A trove of newly-leaked documents detail how China bungled its handling of the pandemic’s early days — including lowballing COVID-19 data and taking weeks to diagnose new cases, according to a report on Monday. The 1...
Audio captures moment ex-Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh found 'unresponsive'
New York Post - 1 Dec 2020 21:03
Newly released audio captured the moment firefighters found former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh "unresponsive" inside his burning Connecticut home.
Navy will decommission, scrap USS Bonhomme Richard, the warship that burned for days off San Diego this summer
USA Today - 1 Dec 2020 03:28
The Navy cited extensive damage that would cost over $3 billion, including major structural, electrical and mechanical repairs that would take years.
Arizona, Wisconsin and Georgia affirm Biden's victory in triple blow to Trump's fizzling election fight
NY Daily News - 1 Dec 2020 00:58Man shot near University of Chicago Law School on what is 'usually a quiet street'
Chicago Tribune - 1 Dec 2020 04:35
Neighbors reported hearing five to six gun shots.
Cities prepare for surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations
CBSNews - 1 Dec 2020 14:55
Post-Thanksgiving COVID-19 cases surge as states and local communities remain divided over how to respond, 10 months into the pandemic. David Begnaud reports.
Sen. Joe Manchin knocks AOC amid ongoing feud
New York Post - 1 Dec 2020 15:48
Sen. Joe Manchin took a jab at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's abilities as a lawmaker, describing her as "more active on Twitter than anything else," amid their ongoing feud.
Shukri Abdi: Campaigners call for justice amid inquest
Al Jazeera English - 1 Dec 2020 15:36
Death of British 12-year-old sparked protests, with activists and her family accusing police of institutional racism.
Sean Hannity Says Trump 'Needs To Pardon' Himself And His 'Whole Family'
The Huffington Post - 1 Dec 2020 06:46
Fox News host didn't specify what criminal charges the Trumps could be up against.
Top nuclear scientist killed by remote-controlled gun, Iran says
CBSNews - 1 Dec 2020 04:55
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani blamed Israel for the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh and vowed retribution "in due time."
Police Body Cameras Cited as 'Powerful Tool' Against Stop-and-Frisk Abuses
The New York Times - 1 Dec 2020 03:01
City police officers who were assigned body cameras documented more stops than officers who did not wear the devices during a yearlong pilot program.
New York expands state law to protect right of publicity after death
NY Daily News - 1 Dec 2020 02:54
"This legislation is an important step in protecting the rights of deceased individuals while creating a safer, fairer New York for decades to come," said Cuomo.
Coronavirus in California: State Could Take 'Drastic Action'
The New York Times - 1 Dec 2020 15:57
Tuesday: State projections showed that intensive care units could be full by the middle of December. Also: What's at stake in the Senate pick.
Photo shows Australian soldier drinking out of Taliban fighter's prosthetic leg
New York Post - 1 Dec 2020 15:29
A disturbing photograph has emerged of a member of Australia's special forces guzzling beer from the prosthetic leg of a dead Taliban soldier at an unauthorized bar in Afghanistan, according to a report. The senior elite...
Hunter fatally shot after being mistaken for a deer by another hunter
ABC News - 1 Dec 2020 15:16
A man has been shot and killed while he was hunting by another hunter after allegedly being mistaken for a deer.
Australian mom allegedly stabbed 100 times, beheaded by 'demon' daughter
New York Post - 1 Dec 2020 15:15
An Australian woman repeatedly stabbed and beheaded her mother — who paid nearly $2,000 for an exorcism to vanquish the “demon” from her “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”-obsessed daughter, prosecutors said Tuesday. Gr...
Liberia's Weah might be in for a rude awakening at the polls
Al Jazeera English - 1 Dec 2020 15:05
Liberia's elections next week will be a referendum on the ruling party.
U.S. reports record 93,000 coronavirus hospitalizations
CBSNews - 1 Dec 2020 14:54
A record-breaking number of Americans are hospitalized with the coronavirus, and experts fear the number may grow now that the Thanksgiving holiday has passed.
Metal monolith discovered in Utah desert mysteriously disappears
CBSNews - 1 Dec 2020 14:37
Authorities said it still didn't know whether an "extraterrestrial or earthling" left it there.
The other pandemic that we must cure
CNN - 1 Dec 2020 09:25
As the world rightly focuses on Covid-19, on Tuesday's World AIDS Day we should remember that another pandemic resulted from the spread of a virus from animals to humans. HIV has infected more than 77 million people worl...
Chicago could get vaccines in December, give to lower-risk residents and children by next spring and summer
Chicago Tribune - 1 Dec 2020 23:08
The city of Chicago expects to begin rolling out vaccines for health care workers later this month and could provide them to lower-risk residents in spring and children by summer, public health commissioner Dr. Allison A...
Queen, Prince Philip alter usual plans, will spend Christmas 'quietly' at Windsor Castle
USA Today - 1 Dec 2020 22:14
The queen and Prince Philip will spend Christmas at Windsor Castle, instead of Sandringham, and without family, due to new pandemic rules.