Holiday Travel Boom, Covid Pill OKed & Most-Visited Website- Thursday, December 23rd, 2021
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 23 December 2021
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Thursday, December 23rd, 2021!
What to know before you venture out of town for the holidays: it's one of the busiest travel days of the year.
Also, a new treatment to help Covid-19 patients in the U.S. and some relief for people with student loans.
Plus, new data shows the supply chain didn't impact holiday gifts as much as experts expected.
Then, we'll share what was found inside a hidden time capsule from the 1800s and the most popular place on the internet in 2021.
All that and more in around 10 minutes...
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, December 23rd. |
| 0:02.0 | What to know before you venture out of town |
| 0:03.6 | for the holidays, it's one of the busiest travel days of the year. |
| 0:06.7 | Also, a new treatment to help COVID-19 patients in the US |
| 0:09.8 | and some relief for people with student loans. |
| 0:12.2 | Plus, new data shows, perhaps the supply chain |
| 0:14.5 | did not impact holiday gifts quite as much as experts expected. |
| 0:18.3 | What was found inside a hidden time capsule from the 1800s. |
| 0:22.0 | And the most popular place on the internet in 2021, |
| 0:25.3 | it was even visited more than Google. |
| 0:28.3 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy. |
| 0:31.6 | All the days news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:33.9 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:36.6 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:37.6 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:39.1 | You ready? |
| 0:40.0 | Let's do this. |
| 0:44.5 | The winter holiday travel season has officially arrived. |
| 0:47.2 | Triple A says more than 109 million Americans |
| 0:49.8 | are expected to travel between today and January 2nd. |
| 0:52.9 | That's almost a 34% increase from this time last year. |
| 0:56.6 | If you're flying, note that many airports |
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