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Lessons from COVID-19: Need for universal healthcare and socio-economic equality
OpEdNews - 10 Dec 2020 18:04
In lead up to Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day, please find below an article on why health-for-all is so vital with socio-economic equality - an important lesson and reminder in these pandemic times,
What does the Hunter Biden investigation actually tell us?
CNN - 10 Dec 2020 20:36
On Wednesday, we learned that Hunter Biden, the son of President-elect Joe Biden, is under investigation by federal prosecutors in Delaware regarding several financial questions that have arisen as a result of his busine...
Minneapolis to shift $8M from police amid defund the police calls
CBSNews - 10 Dec 2020 10:37
Money will go to mental health and other programs. But City Council keeps staffing levels where they are to avert mayor's threatened veto.
America's longest serving inmate for nonviolent marijuana offense freed after 30 years in prison
NY Daily News - 10 Dec 2020 16:00
A Florida man believed to be America's longest serving inmate for nonviolent marijuana crimes has been released from prison after serving 31 years of his 90-year sentence.
US sets new single-day record with over 3,000 COVID-19 deaths
New York Post - 10 Dec 2020 04:50
The US reportedly hit a record of single-day COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday — topping 3,000 for the first time. The grim milestone, reported by the Washington Post, comes as cases in the country have been soaring. Also a...
Popular travel destination Lake Tahoe closing to tourists amid COVID-19 surge
New York Post - 10 Dec 2020 04:31
A popularvacation destinationis shutting down to travelers through Christmas amid rising COVID-19 hospitalizations. Lake Tahoe vacationtravelwill be banned starting Friday, theSan Francisco Chroniclereported. The ban wil...
Arizona neo-Nazi gets prison in plot to terrorize black, Jewish reporters
New York Post - 10 Dec 2020 05:07
A 21-year-old Arizona neo-Nazi was sentenced to 16 months in prison on Wednesday for his part in a plot to terrorize black and Jewish journalists, federal prosecutors said. Johnny Roman Garza — a member of the violent ...
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Warns 'Vaccine Nationalism' Is Moving at Full Speed
Time - 10 Dec 2020 04:31
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reiterated his call for vaccines to be treated as "a global public good"
California sees record-breaking COVID-19 numbers
CBSNews - 10 Dec 2020 04:24
Coronavirus cases are exploding in California. The state set new records on Tuesday, including more hospitalizations than ever before. CBSN's Tanya Rivero spoke about the current situation in California with Jeremy White...
A Tax Probe Into Hunter Biden Is Examining His Chinese Business Dealings, Says AP Source
Time - 10 Dec 2020 03:58
The revelation puts a renewed spotlight on questions about his financial dealings that dogged his father's successful White House campaign.
Minnesota town votes to allow white supremacist church
New York Post - 10 Dec 2020 10:16
The city council of a small Minnesota town voted Wednesday to allow a white supremacist congregation to take over an abandoned Lutheran church, according to a report. Members of the Murdock City Council voted via Zoom wi...
This grandfather is a YouTube star
CNN - 10 Dec 2020 04:34
Harumichi Shibasaki's watercolor tutorials have made him a social media sensation.
Two Canadians held in China put on trial for alleged espionage
Al Jazeera English - 10 Dec 2020 16:24
Foreign ministry says the two Canadian nationals are 'suspected of endangering China's national security'.
People with anaphylaxis history should not take Pfizer COVID shot
Al Jazeera English - 10 Dec 2020 03:44
British regulator issues new guidance after adverse reactions in small number of people with previous allergies.
Georgia Congresswoman-elect says runoffs are "really about turnout"
CBSNews - 10 Dec 2020 23:41
"About 30% of those voting in 2020 did not vote in 2016," the Georgia Democrat said of her campaign's voter outreach efforts.
Scientist-turned-TikTok star works to convince people vaccines are safe
CBSNews - 10 Dec 2020 16:58
As more COVID-19 vaccines become viable, social media has become a hotbed for misinformation and false conspiracies. Elizabeth Palmer spoke to one scientist who's become a social media star by telling the truth.
Catching Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
CBSNews - 10 Dec 2020 16:23
A look back at the manhunt that resulted in the arrest of convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. (Original air date: March 23, 2014)
Pandemic, civil unrest drive record-shattering increase in firearm permits, gun shopping in Illinois in 2020
Chicago Tribune - 10 Dec 2020 13:00
Illinois residents shopped for more guns and applied for more firearm permits in 2020 than at any other time in history, according to statistics released Wednesday by state police.
They Call Us Enemies of the Cuban People
The New York Times - 10 Dec 2020 08:00
The San Isidro movement is a small step toward a national conversation.
UK and EU extend Brexit talks to Sunday
CNN - 10 Dec 2020 04:48
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have agreed to extend foundering Brexit trade talks until Sunday.
China's Sinopharm vaccine has 86% efficacy against Covid-19, says UAE
CNN - 10 Dec 2020 04:38
An experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm has 86% efficacy, the United Arab Emirates Health Ministry said in a statement Wednesday.
'Is this what we're becoming?': Anne Frank memorial in Idaho, the only one in US, defaced with swastika stickers
USA Today - 10 Dec 2020 04:19
Stickers with swastikas and the words "We are everywhere" were found on Tuesday at the memorial in Boise, Idaho. Police are investigating.