From Jenna Orkin

The president-elect has tapped a former DuPont consultant to join his Environmental Protection Agency transition board

Joel Salatin’s Unsustainable MythHis go-it-alone message made him a star of the food movement. Then a young Black farmer dug into what he was really saying.

South Australia plans six-day lockdown after 'highly contagious' virus outbreak

F-16 disappears from radar at altitude of 6,000 feet: Air Force

Iran’s Foreign Minister Strikes Conciliatory Tone on U.S.

Mayo Clinic: 900 employees at top US hospital catch Covid-19 in two weeks

African continent hits 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases

Sweden mink industry workers test positive for COVID-19 amid mutant outbreak Port Authority faces in-house COVID-19 surge ahead of holiday season

U.S. complicity in Mexican crimes: Who were Cienfuegos’ allies and accessories in American government?

Twitter names famed hacker 'Mudge' as head of security

The Coronavirus Is Airborne Indoors. Why Are We Still Scrubbing Surfaces?

Iran fires up advanced uranium centrifuges installed at Natanz site - a day after it emerged Trump had asked for options on attacking the facility

'Starvation wages': Walmart and McDonald's among firms with the most workers on food stamps and Medicaid, according to a Bernie Sanders-commissioned report

AstraZeneca gains after study suggests its COVID-19 vaccine produced immune response in elderly

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US bombers enter Chinese air defence zone as Beijing’s navy mounts massive exercises

 

Working from home could lead to more prejudice, report warns

Denmark is creating a roadmap formandatory vaccination

ISIS Terrorist Released by Feds in Oregon Town after Grand Jury Indictment

The Secret Club for Billionaires Who Care About Climate Change

Georgia audit on track to finish Wednesday and affirm Biden win, official says

Xi says world economy in worst recession since Great Depression

At 99 degrees, Phoenix shatters record for hottest day ever recorded in a November

The US military reportedly bought location data mined from a popular Muslim prayer app to track users for 'counterterrorism'

George W. Bush's claim that he'd fix the financial crisis by the end of his presidency left Obama 'at a loss for words,' according to his memoir

From Jenna Orkin

'To Kill a Mockingbird,' Other Books Banned From California Schools Over Racism Concerns

Alzheimer’s Research Looks at Hot Spots Across the U.S.

Ga. secretary of state says fellow Republicans are pressuring him to find ways to exclude ballots

1% of people cause half of global aviation emissions – study

US election 2020: Biden takes Georgia to solidify victory

Shocking Images: Fleeing Armenians Burn Own Homes Rather Than Leave Them To Azerbaijan

A US Navy destroyer just shot down an intercontinental ballistic missile target for the first time

Microsoft announces a new 'once-in-a-generation' security chip called Pluton it says will make laptops much more secure as some workers never return to an office

Pfizer says its coronavirus vaccine is 95% effective as it gears up to ask the FDA to authorize the shot

Joe Biden urged Congress to immediately pass a $3.4 trillion Democratic stimulus plan. But both parties have stopped negotiating.

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UN warns of 'famines of biblical proportions' within the next year

US withdraws dozens of soldiers from northeastern Syria to Iraq

38 percent of Americans planning on having Thanksgiving dinner with 10 or more people

Armenia says it prevented murder attempt on PM Nikol Pashinyan

Unexpectedly, The Universe Is Getting Hotter And Hotter as It Expands

Where Is the Money.Org

HOW QANON CONSPIRACY THEORIES SPREAD IN MY COLORADO HOMETOWN

The Women Making Conspiracy Theories Beautiful

Marigolds Vs Cabbages

How a Minneapolis Suburb Turned Blue, Despite Trump’s Law-and-Order Pitch

Covid: UK government requests guidance on vitamin D use

Greenwald: The Ongoing Death of Free Speech: Prominent ACLU Lawyer Cheers Suppression of a New Book

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RCEP: Asia-Pacific countries form world's largest trading bloc

Report: China’s ‘Aircraft-Carrier Killer’ Missiles Hit Target Ship in August

Will Bernie Sanders Be Our Next Secretary Of Labor?

Attorney Powell on election legal challenges that remain active in several states

Deaths at home: More than 26,000 extra this year, ONS finds

Joe Biden is expected to make history by appointing a woman to head the Pentagon for the first time

Women and people of color make up the majority of the Biden transition team

About half the transition staff is made up of women, and about 46% is made up of people of color.

Odd math.

Moderna says its coronavirus vaccine is 94.5% effective against COVID-19, a crucial victory in the fight against the pandemic

The CEO of Moderna says every American will likely have access to a COVID-19 vaccine by June 2021

ICE is putting people who were released due to COVID-19 concerns back in jails. The decision is dangerous as the country enters another wave

General Motors has recalled 51,000 Chevrolet Bolts for catching fire, and the NHTSA instructed owners to park cars 'outside and away from homes'

An average of 1,100 Americans are dying every day from COVID-19 as the death rate quickly climbs, heading towards summer and spring levels

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Biden landing team for Pentagon announced

China warns of action after Pompeo says Taiwan not part of China

Explosion at VA Hospital

Futuristic device from Israeli firm puts music in your head, without headphones

PR Telescope at Risk of Collapse

Lagarde Says Her ‘Hunch’ Is That ECB Will Adopt Digital Currency

Mike Pence suggests the Trump administration will be in place for four more years despite Biden victory: 'That's the plan'

Peter Navarro: White House under 'assumption' of second Trump term

JetBlue will soon fill its planes to capacity and is offering refunds for travelers who don't want to fly on the airline as a result

Rents in top NYC shopping districts are crashing and dark storefronts are multiplying. A firesale sublease by Ralph Lauren on Fifth Avenue highlights the carnage.

Restaurants are setting up tents and temporary structures to extend outdoor dining during the winter. But they come with their own hazards, and in some cases, could be riskier than eating indoors.

Italy extended the regions on its 'red zone' list after breaking its record for the highest number of new daily COVID-19 infections

COVID-19: Trump threat to block vaccine for New York, feuds with Cuomo

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Sweden's herd immunity hopes dashed by second coronavirus wave

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‘Are We Getting Invaded?’ U.S. Boats Faced Russian Aggression Near Alaska

Scoop: Trump eyes digital media empire to take on Fox News

Super-spreading wedding party demonstrates COVID-19 risk posed by holiday gatherings

How Bad Is The Pandemic? 'The Gates Of Hades Have Opened,' Says Expert Laurie Garrett

DeSantis pushes expansion of Stand Your Ground law as part of ‘anti-mob’ crackdown

Gold Is a Lifeline for Many Indians During Pandemic

Rudy Giuliani asked me to cancel election so he’d stay mayor post-9/11: Pataki

U.S., China, Taiwan: Why the tense status quo may stick – for now

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who could become Biden's attorney general, said breaking up Google should be 'on the table'

Tech founders and investors are alarmed by new UK powers to block foreign buyers snapping up promising firms

Costco is changing its mask policy, barring people with medical conditions from entering stores without a mask or face shield

Sweden has admitted its coronavirus immunity predictions were wrong as cases soar across the country

London and New York have similar populations and density, but only one is seeing a major coronavirus surge. Here's why.

A record number of people in the US are currently hospitalized with COVID-19

President Bolsonaro calls Brazil 'a country of f--gots' while downplaying COVID-19 in new homophobic comment

New York City is launching a pilot program to have behavioral health professionals respond to mental health calls without armed police officers

Twitter flagged 1 in every 500 election tweets as 'potentially misleading' — but 1 in 4 people saw them before the labels were added

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New US coronavirus cases top 140,000, a record high for daily count

Tense Peace Deal: Azerbaijan/Armenia

Tsunami-hit reactor in northeast Japan gets final approval to restart

Explainer: Can Trump Pardon His Associates — or Himself?

Trump’s ‘Post-Election Purge’: At Least 9 Senior Officials Fired, Quit Or Reassigned

From the Strange Bedfellows Department: Karl Rove breaks from Trump in op-ed and says there's no evidence of voter fraud, marking one of the most notable GOP defections post-election

Trump allies are hyping a desperate, improbable plan to replace the electoral college with loyalists who will ignore voters and hand Trump a second term

Trump allies are circulating a wild plan to overturn the election result, but it faces near-impossible legal, political and constitutional obstacles.

If the wealthiest New Yorkers flee the city, they could take more than $133 billion with them

Biden advisor Osterholm calls for national lockdown, 4 to 6 weeks

Meet Ron Klain, Joe Biden's pick for White House chief of staff. He's the guy Democrats call to fix things and will soon be one of the most important people in Washington.

Donald Trump tells allies he could soon announce 2024 presidential run

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Jared, Ivanka move kids to new school after parents' COVID complaints

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The Children Never Had the Coronavirus. So Why Did They Have Antibodies?

The C.D.C. updates its findings: Mask-wearing protects you, not just those around you.

Brace yourselves. The next Donald Trump could be much worse

Association between living with children and outcomes from COVID-19: an OpenSAFELY cohort study of 12 million adults in England

Paris hospital director: Christmas should be cancelled due to COVID-19

Maryland companies could begin shutting off utilities next week despite economic hardship

Orlov: Watch this!

'These are dictator moves': Defense officials alarmed as Trump installs more loyalists at the Pentagon

Biden has packed his staff with Big Tech execs to help manage the transfer from Trump — but Facebook, Google, and Apple are notably absent

Milan Crematory Can't Keep Up With The Deaths

Pfizer's CEO cashed out 60% of his stock on the same day the company unveiled the results of its COVID-19 vaccine trial

Here are the 26 most important centrists Joe Biden will need to advance his agenda when he starts governing a divided post-Trump America

Trump advisors pessimistic about overturning Biden win: WaPo

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Media Fail to Prepare Public for Potential Trump Coup

Azerbaijan announces capture of Karabakh's second-largest city, Armenia denies it

FDA authorizes Eli Lilly's Covid-19 antibody treatment for emergency use

Putin Waiting for Results of "Legal Procedures" Before Congratulating Biden

Forged letter warning about wolves on the loose part of Canadian Forces propaganda campaign that went awry

COLLEGE STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY IN BALI PERMITTED TO PAY THEIR TUITION WITH COCONUTS

Anti-Capitalist Teens Are Sharing Shoplifting Tips on TikTok

Experts Predict What The COVID-19 Pandemic Will Be Like In 2021

Denmark drops plans for mass mink cull after Covid mutation fears

U.S. Tried a More Aggressive Cyberstrategy, and the Feared Attacks Never Came

The DOJ's top election-crimes official stepped down hours after AG Barr authorized investigations into voter fraud in violation of department policy

The EU just hit Amazon with a major antitrust complaint that could cost the tech giant $28 billion

A coronavirus-fighting nasal spray protects ferrets from infection, early research shows. But it has a ways to go before reaching people.