Day: December 18, 2020

The Moderna vaccine is poised to get emergency use authorization from the FDA. Once approved, more than six million initial doses will ship out across the country. Mola Lenghi has the latest.

Source: CBS, FDA prepares to give emergency authorization for second COVID-19 vaccine

The $900 billion relief bill is hanging in the balance after GOP Senator Pat Toomey tried to insert a provision. Nancy Cordes shares the latest.

Source: CBS, New demands stalling 0 billion COVID-19 relief bill

Southern California has run out of ICU beds as the coronavirus ravages the state. Carter Evans reports.

Source: CBS, Hospitals at the brink as states brace for surge in COVID-19 deaths

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger condemned the firing of two Fulton County poll workers who publicly spoke about irregularities they say they witnessed during last month’s election. 

Source: Fox News, Georgia secretary of state criticizes firing of 2 poll workers who cited irregularities

Cybersecurity experts are scrambling to limit the damage of a massive breach believed to be carried out by the Russians. Catherine Herridge reports.

Source: CBS, Cyberespionage attack believed to be largest in U.S. history

Source: CNN, Motley Fool’s Rare Triple-Buy Alert

Florida forward Keyontae Johnson thanked everyone for their support in a video message Friday, his first public appearance since collapsing on the court at Florida State nearly a week ago.

Source: Fox News, Florida’s Johnson releases video message after collapse

Michele Hundley Smith, 38, left her Stoneville, North Carolina home on December 9, 2001, telling her family she was going Christmas shopping in nearby Martinsville, Virginia. She never returned home and hasn’t been seen or heard from since. Her green 1995 Pontiac Trans Sport van with North Carolina license plate ROK-N-ON is also missing. The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office is investigating.

Source: NBC, Disappearance of North Carolina mother remains a mystery nearly two decades after she went Christmas shopping and never returned

Once a person feels part of a community or a movement, the adherence to a science-free, health misinformation position may begin to feel brave.

Source: NBC, What Covid and QAnon misinformation has in common — and how to stop it

1. Here is where vaccine distributions are headed in Texas next week  KPRC Click2Houston
2. FDA Grants Emergency Authorization To Moderna’s Covid-19 Vaccine | All In | MSNBC  MSNBC
3. ‘Follow the science’ is complicated when it comes to who gets a COVID vaccine and when  USA TODAY
4. FDA investigating allergic reactions to Pfizer vaccine reported in multiple states | TheHill  The Hill
5. Inside The Clinical Trial For Moderna’s Covid Vaccine | NBC News NOW  NBC News
6. View Full Coverage on Google News

Source: Google News, Here is where vaccine distributions are headed in Texas next week – KPRC Click2Houston

Source: CNN, TikTok is giving 10 colleges million to boost minorities in health care

1. Disgraced former GOP governor given early COVID vaccine — after Alabama’s supply was cut by 40 percent: report  Raw Story
2. Augusta University Health frontline caregivers get COVID-19 vaccine  The Augusta Chronicle
3. Taskforce aims to address vaccine mistrust among minorities  9NEWS
4. View Full Coverage on Google News

Source: Google News, Disgraced former GOP governor given early COVID vaccine — after Alabama’s supply was cut by 40 percent: report – Raw Story

Here’s a look at the top stories making headlines on the “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell.”

Source: CBS, “CBS Evening News” headlines for Friday, December 18, 2020

1. What Ohio State’s College Football Playoff Field Could Look Like As Final Decision Nears | Eleven Warriors  Eleven Warriors
2. Five bold predictions for Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship Game  Buckeyes Wire
3. BuckeyeGrove – By the Numbers: Ohio State’s 2021 Class  rivals.com
4. Ohio State postpones two more women’s basketball games  NBC4 WCMH-TV
5. Ohio State to Release Status Report on Saturday Morning Ahead of Big Ten Championship Game Against Northwester  Eleven Warriors
6. View Full Coverage on Google News

Source: Google News, What Ohio State’s College Football Playoff Field Could Look Like As Final Decision Nears | Eleven Warriors – Eleven Warriors

One member of Congress has had a 900 percent increase in calls over work visa lapses for spouses of H-1B visa holders.

Source: NBC, Visa delays leave thousands of South Asian women unable to work

1. Pro-Trump Group to Challenge 364K Voter Registrations in Georgia Ahead of Runoff Election  Newsweek
2. The influence of Black women in Georgia in the 2020 election  CBS News
3. Judge skewers GOP over suit targeting newly registered voters in Georgia  POLITICO
4. Socialism heads to the Peach State | TheHill  The Hill
5. Sen. Marco Rubio: Georgians should vote for Sen. Kelly Loeffler — Dem opponent Warnock is Marxist sympathizer  Fox News
6. View Full Coverage on Google News

Source: Google News, Pro-Trump Group to Challenge 364K Voter Registrations in Georgia Ahead of Runoff Election – Newsweek

• Analysis: A shot of hope amid a dark season
• FDA prepares to OK a second vaccine

Source: CNN, A cluster of cases led to a global pandemic. See what happened in between

Source: Yahoo News, Visa delays leave thousands of South Asian women unable to work

“I want people to believe that they don’t have to be a fairy to give a little bit of magic to someone else.”

Source: CBS, Fairy garden sparks a friendship between strangers

A surge in gun sales reflects what experts call a perfect storm of conditions that breed fear: a pandemic, recession, civil unrest, and divisive presidential election.

Source: ABC, Fear fuels gun sales as Biden vows crackdown

The city withdrew a motion to sanction an attorney who obtained the police body cam footage.

Source: NBC, Chicago mayor says city’s attempt to block video of botched raid ‘a mistake’

Source: Yahoo News, US evictions crisis: ‘My pride has gone. We’re pretty much homeless now’

1. Chicago mayor says attempt to block video of raid on Anjanette Young’s home ‘a mistake’  NBC News
2. Woman speaks out about mistaken police raid in her home l GMA  Good Morning America
3. Chicago mayor revises claim, now says staff ‘flagged’ botched police raid for her in 2019  Fox News
4. City Moves to Withdraw Sanctions Against Attorney for Woman in Botched CPD Raid  NBC Chicago
5. Chicago police must account for their degrading treatment of Anjanette Young  The Washington Post
6. View Full Coverage on Google News

Source: Google News, Chicago mayor says attempt to block video of raid on Anjanette Young’s home ‘a mistake’ – NBC News

Former Trump Homeland Security Official Elizabeth Neumann believes that Trump has a potentially ‘compromising’ relationship with Putin that harms US interests

Source: MSDNC, Elizabeth Neumann: Trump and Putin’s unique relationship ‘doesn’t smell right’ to me

1. Cisco Latest Victim of Russian Cyber-Attack Using SolarWinds  Bloomberg
2. Trump silent in wake of massive cybersecurity hack  CNN
3. These Recent Hacks Look Really Bad. How Should America Respond?  Mother Jones
4. Why we should consider Russia’s hacking an act of war  New York Daily News
5. Microsoft identifies more than 40 organizations targeted in massive cyber breach  CNN
6. View Full Coverage on Google News

Source: Google News, Cisco Latest Victim of Russian Cyber-Attack Using SolarWinds – Bloomberg