From Jenna Orkin

This scientist’s decades of mRNA research led to both COVID-19 vaccines

Cruz offers to argue Pennsylvania election case before Supreme Court

In new lawsuit, Texas contests election results in Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania

Biden chooses retired general Lloyd Austin as defense secretary: sources

US marks deadliest week from COVID-19 since start of pandemic

FireEye, a top U.S. cybersecurity company, says it was hacked

Restaurant closings top 110K with industry in ‘free fall’

'Nobody knows': Experts baffled by mystery illness in India

Doctor who criticized Trump's actions during COVID-19 hospital stay removed from Walter Reed schedule: report

Somebody broke into Russia's 'Doomsday Plane' and stole a bunch of radios

Professors and administrators predict what the future of med school might look like post-pandemic — and argue that virtual learning is here to stay

FDA gives 1st close look at evidence behind vaccine

Documents released Tuesday confirmed that Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine was strongly protective against COVID-19.

U.S. judges experimental vaccines in a unique way

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Barr Is Said to Be Weighing Whether to Leave Before Trump’s Term Ends

Nobel UN food agency warns 2021 will be worse than 2020

Iran says satellite-controlled gun was used to kill top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh

“As companies begin 5G infrastructure construction in earnest, extremists from across the IMV extremist landscape could engage in acts of arson and vandalism against that infrastructure,” the report said.

'They pointed guns at my kids': Florida police raid home of fired data scientist who built state's COVID-19 dashboard

Big Crowds Flock To Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree

Facing Record New Caseloads, NJ Begins New Gathering Rules

Cuomo Says It's "Probable" Indoor Dining Will Shut Down In NYC As Soon As Next Monday

6 patients die after Pakistan hospital runs out of oxygen

COVID-19 outbreak at mink farm in Canada infects eight people

LA County surpasses 10,000 daily COVID-19 cases for the first time

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Biggest Iranian flotilla yet en route to Venezuela with fuel

'High-value' business travellers to be exempt from quarantine in England

From Saturday some performing arts professionals, TV staff and elite sportspersons will also be exempt

Violence erupts during Paris protest against Macron's security law

China's manmade islands in the South China Sea are vulnerable to attack and may not be worth much in a war

The artificial islands are vulnerable to attack and unlikely to contribute much to any combat mission, a Chinese military magazine has warned.

Human rights groups say the Xinjiang forced labor bill will likely be passed as huge companies like Nike and Coca-Cola lobby against it

1. A New Technology That Will Dangerously Expand Government Spying on Citizens

2. Kellyanne Conway said 'Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will prevail'

3. California officials order residents to stay in their homes as available hospital beds drop below 15%

   Quarantining is based on 700 year old virus-fighting logic. Here's how to safely shorten your time in isolation, according to science.

   Einstein thought we'd never detect ripples in space-time. But 100 years later, a remarkable experiment is proving him wrong over and over.

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"According to one study, between now and 2050, solar and wind “development” threaten to destroy as much land as urban sprawl and expansion of oil and gas, coal, and mining combined. Solar “development” outranks agricultural expansion and wind (tied for second place) as the single largest “development” threat considered in the study.[1] Yet environmentalists continue to push solar, wind, and other bright green lies as solutions. This has become a movement that does not help the earth, but rather helps its destroyers.

[1] James R. Oakleaf et al., “A World at Risk: Aggregating Development Trends to Forecast Global Habitat Conversion,” PLOS One, October 7, 2015.

SECOND KARABAKH-WAR RESHAPES TRANSPORT CORRIDORS IN SOUTH CAUCASUS

Chinese team test jet engine ‘able to reach anywhere on Earth within 2 hours’

Central Bank of Uzbekistan Introduces Parallel Currency: Gold

GOP Swamps Democrats with 400% More Cash in Georgia Senate Races

Pollution from car tires is killing off salmon on US west coast, study finds

San Francisco bans smoking inside apartments; pot smoking OK

Biden Is the Perfect Figurehead for the Post-Trump National Security Establishment

Britons Lose Bank Accounts Because of Brexit

A Baby Was Born With Protective Antibodies After Mom Had COVID-19 During Pregnancy

Facebook failed to put fact-check labels on 60% of the most viral posts containing Georgia election misinformation that its own fact-checkers had debunked, a new report says

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Wall Street and finance workers could get COVID vaccines before most Americans

Earth Is on the Cusp of the Sixth Mass Extinction. Here’s What Paleontologists Want You to Know

France: Police to inspect over 70 'separatist' mosques

Deep Frozen Arctic Microbes Are Waking Up

LA Headed to Strictest Lockdown Since March, Governor Says

Priest who volunteered for COVID-19 vaccine trial passes away

Tulsi Gabbard urges Senate to vote 'NO' on this Biden cabinet pick

Native Americans Helped Flip Arizona. Can They Mobilize in Georgia?

The College Student Who Decoded the Data Hidden in Inca Knots

Major retailers like Walmart, Amazon, and CVS turned record profits but didn't pay employees much extra for working during the pandemic, a new report finds

Committee calls for investigation into 'missing' $67 billion, which may be stashed in homes, according to UK ministers

Nasdaq closes at record high as Congress inches toward stimulus deal

McDonald's hasn't served a single salad in almost nine months, and it's part of a strategy helping the chain cash in during the pandemic

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Russia Deploys Missiles to Pacific Islands Claimed by Japan

US embassy in Baghdad draws down diplomats: Iraq officials

5 reasons we need to start nurturing – and eating – weeds

East Tenn. baby breaks record after being born from 27-year-old embryo

Coronavirus vaccine: Pfizer given protection from legal action by UK government

World is ‘doubling down’ on fossil fuels despite climate crisis – UN report

U.K. seeks site for world’s first fusion power station

US sets new single-day record with 2,804 COVID-19 deaths

A coordinated, global network of hackers tried to break into the COVID-19 'cold chain,' which transports vaccines at -94 degrees Fahrenheit

Ivanka Trump gave a deposition in a lawsuit accusing the Trump Organization of misusing the president's inauguration funds, and Melania's ex-friend is next

Pelosi, Schumer drop secret COVID-19 stimulus offer, back bipartisan

Dr. Anthony Fauci says the UK approved Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine too fast. 'If you go quickly and you do it superficially, people are not going to want to get vaccinated.'

Everything you need to know about the hype and realities of the hydrogen industry, which could transform the energy sector and explode into a $2.5 trillion market

One of Google's leading AI researchers says she's been fired in retaliation for an email to other employees

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UPDATE 1-Putin orders Russia to begin mass COVID-19 vaccinations

COVID found in US weeks before China reported first case in 2019: Study

1 Percent of P.P.P. Borrowers Got Over One-Quarter of the Loan Money

1 In Every 800 North Dakota Residents Now Dead From Covid

Iran opposition suspected alongside Israel in scientist's killing, Shamkani says

White House calls on Texas to intensify pandemic response as infections break record

California Hospitalizations From COVID-19 Surging; ICUs May Be Overwhelmed In Weeks

Biden said he'd 'end forever wars,' but he's shown few signs that he won't repeat the mistakes of the past, human rights groups warn

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Thrive Market is an online grocery store that sells organic foods at wholesale prices — here's what it's like to use

Been using them for years. Excellent.

Hungarian anti-gay MEP resigns after breaking lockdown to attend orgy

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Democrats sent secret COVID-19 stimulus proposal to McConnell: WaPo

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Protesters burn cars, set bank on fire in Paris over police brutality bill

South Korea reports bird flu outbreak on duck farm

Fact check: Obama Not Arrested

Tesla CEO says electric cars will double global electricity demand

Covid-19 Vaccine Protocols Reveal That Trials Are Designed To Succeed

UAE Condemns Iranian Scientist’s Slaying as Threat to Peace

Bahrain, which severed Iran ties in 2016, also condemns attack

• Another Mysterious Monolith Suddenly Appears — This Time In Romania

• Biden's cabinet could do a lot – if he resists the urge to fill it with 'consensus' picks

Companies whose boards are entirely white men could be delisted from Nasdaq's US stock exchange under new proposals

Iceland is allowing tourists to skip testing if they've already had the coronavirus, but experts say it's a questionable idea

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Top Physician Says U.S. Health Care System at 'Point of Potential Collapse'

The Biggest General Strike in the World: Over 200 Million Workers and Farmers Paralyze India

Pentagon orders Nimitz back to Persian Gulf during troop drawdown in Iraq, Afghanistan

Baltimore County Schools To Close Monday, Tuesday Due To Ransomware Cyber Attack

One of biology's biggest mysteries 'largely solved' by AI

Teaching in the Pandemic: Unsustainable

The young die as well from COVID-19, even as many engage in denial

Researchers “Translate” Bat Talk. Turns Out, They Argue—A Lot

Tequila bar applies to become church to skirt COVID-19 lockdown rules

Iran's top nuclear scientist was assassinated by a remote-controlled machine gun placed in the back of another car, the country's media says

Google's DeepMind solved a mystery about protein behavior that's puzzled scientists for 50 years, and it could revolutionize the future of drug discovery

Andrew Yang reportedly named in a New York City mayoral poll, fueling speculation he may run on a third party line in 2021