And another day of vaccines, travel restrictions, Lindsey Graham, hate crimes, college faculty members, Arctic drilling, almost 90,000 sex abuse claims, and video games comes to a close:
“What we've seen is what some people call truth decay. Something that's been accelerated by outgoing President Trump, the sense that not only do we not have to tell the truth, but the truth doesn't even matter." — President Barack Obama
“For many people this is their last Thanksgiving.” -- Dr. Scott Atlas
Um, yes. With the advice you give, it undoubtedly will be.
Deaths
US: 252,651 (+819)
World: 1,332,328 (+7871)
Cases
US: 11,538,057 (+171,678)
World: 55,349,408 (+532,302)
Countdown: 65 days.
US-based biotech company Moderna says its Covid-19 vaccine is 94.5% effective in first analysis.
Eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic and amid a worrisome surge in infections ahead of the holidays, some states are imposing restrictions on travel.
At least 2 members of Congress announce positive Covid-19 diagnoses Monday.
Georgia secretary of state says Lindsey Graham implied he should try to throw away ballots. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger stood firm Monday on his account that Sen. Lindsey Graham had hinted that he should try to discard some ballots in Georgia, where a recount is underway after the state went for President-elect Joe Biden in the presidential election.
Hate crimes in US reach highest level in more than a decade.
Faculty Members and Basic Needs Insecurity. The study of nearly 550 faculty members at four community colleges and one university found that 38 percent experienced food or housing insecurity, or both. — That was before the pandemic.
Hurricane Iota strengthens as it roars towards Central America, threatening "potentially catastrophic winds".
The Trump administration has begun a leasing process for oil and gas drilling sites off the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which environmental groups feel is a potential last-minute giveaway to the energy industry before the Biden administration comes in.
This week, the Senate is likely to confirm a former Trump campaign adviser who believes in the outdated gold standard theory to the Federal Reserve board.
Where did Trump make election gains? Unemployment data tells a surprising story. An NBC News analysis of unemployment and voting data found that the president’s share of the vote held steady or increased in each of the 20 counties with the highest rise in unemployment from September 2019 to September 2020. And his vote share improved by 1 percentage point or more in 70 of the 100 hardest-hit counties. The data shows the trend was apparent nationwide, from Latino communities in southern Texas and Florida, to counties in California, Connecticut and even Hawaii, where the unemployment rate reached nearly 24 percent. -- Can’t help people who happily vote against their own best interest.
Nearly 90,000 sex abuse claims in Boy Scouts bankruptcy exceeds expectations.
What's open in Oregon and Washington under new restrictions.
Marijuana legalization is so popular it's defying the partisan divide.
Video gaming can benefit mental health, find Oxford academics. Playing video games can be good for your mental health, a study from Oxford University has suggested, following a breakthrough collaboration in which academics at the university worked with actual gameplay data for the first time...The researchers are keen to emphasise that the findings are not a carte blanche pass for games. “I’m very confident that if the research goes on, we will learn about the things that we think of as toxic in games,” Przybylski said, “and we will have evidence for those things as well.”
SpaceX-NASA mission: Four astronauts to dock with International Space Station.
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Stay safe and stay sane. Good night.
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