300K Deaths, Latest Biden Victory & Holiday Shipping Deadline- Tuesday, December 15th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 15 December 2020
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Tuesday, December 15th, 2020!
We have updates about:
- what could be the turning point in the coronavirus pandemic: how the first day of vaccinations went in the U.S.
- the grim coronavirus milestone the U.S. just reached
- President-elect Biden's message to the nation now that the Electoral College confirmed his win
- which one of President Trump's top allies is calling it quits
- another big tech investigation
- a couple deadlines to know from health care to holiday shipping
Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!
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Sources:
U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Tops 300,000: AP, Axios, NY Times Johns Hopkins
First COVID Vaccines Given: AP, Reuters, Politico, WSJ
Electoral College Votes: NY Times, AP, Reuters
Biden Primetime Speech: AP, The Week, CBS News, Biden Transition
AG Bill Barr Resignation: Axios, NPR, WaPo, WSJ, Trump Tweet
Congress Negotiates Spending, Relief Bills: Politico, WaPo, CNN, CNBC
FTC Needs Data from Big Tech: Engadget, Axios, CNBC
Facebook Launches TikTok-esque App: TechCrunch, Engadget, Facebook, Collab
Last Day to Get ACA Coverage: AP, CNN, WaPo, Healthcare.Gov
First Xmas Shipping Deadline: Newsweek, Cnet, USPS, UPS, FedEx
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Tuesday, December 15th. |
| 0:01.9 | We're talking about what could be the turning point |
| 0:03.9 | in the coronavirus pandemic, |
| 0:05.3 | how the first day of vaccinations went in the US |
| 0:07.6 | and the grim milestone the country reached on the same day. |
| 0:11.1 | Also, President-elect Biden's message to the nation now that the |
| 0:14.0 | Electoral College confirmed his win and which one of President Trump's top |
| 0:17.8 | allies is calling it quits. Plus another big tech investigation and a couple of |
| 0:22.1 | deadlines to know from health care to holiday |
| 0:24.2 | shipping. Oh and hang out at the end of the show to hear why we're celebrating today. |
| 0:30.8 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:32.8 | All the days news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:35.1 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:37.7 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:38.8 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:40.3 | You're ready. |
| 0:41.2 | Let's do this. |
| 0:51.0 | Well, it's already been a historic week in the coronavirus pandemic in both a good way and a bad way. First, we should mention the bad since the US hit a |
| 0:53.4 | heartbreaking milestone. The American COVID-19 death toll surpassed 300,000 and the |
| 0:59.2 | death toll is still rising faster than ever. Now every day, almost the same number of Americans are dying |
| 1:05.1 | from COVID-19 as were killed in the September 11th terror attacks or the attack on Pearl Harbor. |
| 1:11.5 | Also COVID-19 has officially surpassed heart disease |
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