Vaccine Rollout, U.S. Gov't Hacked & Cleveland's Name Change- Monday, December 14th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 14 December 2020
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Monday, December 14th, 2020!
What to know about:
- the first Americans getting a COVID-19 vaccine today
- the next big step in the U.S. elections process happening today
- how top federal agencies were hacked
- another sports team changing its name
- another TikTok rival changing hands
- tributes pouring in for a country music legend
- Apple's newly-launched products
- why Christmas trees are becoming more popular than ever
Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!
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Sources:
Pfizer Vaccine Gets Emergency Authorization: WaPo, NPR, Reuters, FDA
First Vaccine Doses Could Arrive Today: NBC News, Bloomberg, AP, WSJ
Building Vaccine Confidence: NY Times, HHS, Pew Research
Electoral College Will Meet Today: AP, WSJ, LA Times, FOX News
SCOTUS Denies Texas Election Challenge: WaPo, NY Times, Axios, Supreme Court, Trump Tweet
Pro-Trump Protests Turn Violent: NY Times, WaPo, CNN, AP
Cleveland 'Indians' Dropping Name: NY Times, AP, ESPN
Possible Hacks at Federal Agencies: WaPo, AP, CNBC, Reuters, FireEye, SolarWinds
Charley Pride Dies: AP, EW, NY Times, CMT
Reddit Acquires Dubsmash: TechCrunch, WSJ, Axios, Reddit
Apple Launches Fitness+: Engadget, The Verge, Apple, Apple Fitness+
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Monday, December 14th. |
| 0:01.9 | What to know about the first Americans getting a COVID-19 vaccination today? |
| 0:06.0 | The next big step in the US election process |
| 0:08.6 | also happening today and how top federal agencies were hacked. |
| 0:12.4 | Also, another sports team changes its name. how top federal agencies were hacked. |
| 0:12.5 | Also, another sports team changes its name, |
| 0:15.0 | and another Tik-Tok rival changes hands. |
| 0:17.3 | Plus honoring a country legend, |
| 0:19.1 | Apple's newly launched products, |
| 0:20.8 | and why this year Christmas trees are becoming more popular than ever before. |
| 0:26.5 | Welcome welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:30.8 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You're ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:41.5 | Today, the first Americans could be vaccinated against COVID-19. Nearly 3 million |
| 0:45.7 | doses are headed to hospitals, pharmacies, and other facilities in all 50 states. The |
| 0:50.3 | first shipments are expected to arrive today. |
| 0:53.0 | Health care workers and elderly people in long-term care facilities are expected to be the first ones to get the shots, |
| 0:58.0 | but ultimately it's up to each state to decide exactly who gets priority. |
| 1:02.0 | Millions more doses will go out in the next few weeks. |
| 1:05.6 | Remember, the FDA gave the nation's first coronavirus vaccine |
| 1:08.5 | emergency use authorization on Friday. |
| 1:11.1 | And that means the vaccine from the drugmaker Pfizer was given the green light for people 16 and older. |
| 1:16.5 | As you know, this vaccine was shown to be 95% effective in preventing illness from COVID-19 |
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