Free Covid Tests, Prison Sentence Pushback & Mariah Makes History- Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 22 December 2021
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021!
We're detailing President Biden's latest plan to slow the spread of the omicron variant and what new restrictions are coming for major cities around the country.
Also, why lawyers, truck drivers, celebrities, and millions of other Americans are pushing back against one person's prison sentence.
Plus, which Team USA athletes dropped out of the winter Olympics, a medical breakthrough that could help people avoid getting HIV, and how Mariah Carey is still setting records with a song that's nearly 30 years old.
Those stories and more in about 10 minutes!
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, December 22nd. |
| 0:02.2 | We're detailing President Biden's latest plan |
| 0:04.3 | to slow the spread of the Omicron variant, |
| 0:06.7 | and what new restrictions are coming |
| 0:08.2 | for some major cities around the country. |
| 0:10.5 | Also, while lawyers, truck drivers, celebrities, |
| 0:12.9 | and millions of other Americans are pushing back |
| 0:15.1 | against one person's prison sentence, |
| 0:17.6 | plus which T-MUSA athletes dropped out |
| 0:19.7 | of the Winter Olympics, a medical breakthrough |
| 0:21.8 | that could help people avoid getting HIV, |
| 0:24.1 | and how Mariah Carey is still setting records |
| 0:26.4 | with a song that's nearly 30 years old. |
| 0:29.6 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy, |
| 0:32.6 | all the day's news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:34.6 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:37.6 | I'm Air Commandy. |
| 0:38.6 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:39.6 | You ready? |
| 0:40.6 | Let's do this. |
| 0:45.6 | For the second time in a month, |
| 0:46.6 | President Biden gave a speech about the rise in COVID-19 cases. |
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