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Vaccine rollout is more like a dribble so far. What went wrong?

Nashville bomber linked to 'lizard people' myth, investigators say

1st Female Green Beret Faces 'Minor Misdemeanor' Charge for Accidentally Firing Gun, Police Say

Brexit latest: Big Ben sounds as UK officially leaves transition period

Covid-19: China approves Sinopharm vaccine for general use

Report: Forensic accounting specialists hired to assist N.Y. prosecutor in Trump probe

US bomber mission over Persian Gulf aimed at cautioning Iran

New top story on Hacker News: Tesla Short Sellers Lost $38B in 2020 as Stock Surged

New top story on Hacker News: UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years

Trump news – live: President blamed Kushner for election loss over Covid testing, report says

Florida Supreme Court delivers the ‘Holy Grail of lawsuit reform’ in Thursday ruling

Iran Escalates Threats as Anniversary of Soleimani Strike Nears

The Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has 3 key advantages despite lower efficacy rate

Officers connected to Taylor's death could face dismissal

Trump returns to White House early, offers year-end message

Georgia Senate runoff: What are the latest polls and odds? OLD

Syrian army says Israeli strike near Damascus kills soldier

The Democrats are suddenly leading in Georgia and the GOP should be worried

China clamps down in hidden hunt for coronavirus origins

Biden will issue memo on inauguration day to halt damaging ‘midnight regulations’ by Trump

Australia-China row: 'I'm Australian - why do I need to prove my loyalty?'

Religious leaders worldwide, across faiths who died in 2020

Most of England to greet 2021 under strictest virus measures

Klobuchar Rips Hawley over Plan to Object to Electoral College Results: ‘Coup Attempt’

On Jan. 20, Biden to issue memo freezing Trump administration's midnight regulations

U.K. Parliament overwhelmingly backs Brexit deal

Woman accused of assaulting teen over iPhone claims to be victim

Trump put Senate Republicans in a real jam. But McConnell might have a way out.

Plymouth K-9 shot, killed after dog turns on its police handler

Third and final Georgia audit rejects Trump fraud claims and confirms Biden victory

Georgia Senate runoff: What are the latest polls and odds?

Lebanese PM slams 'diabolical' move to charge him over blast

Israeli foreign minister joins exodus from centrist party

New top story on Hacker News: HTML5 still doesn't replicate what mattered about Flash

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Diffgram – Human Supervision of AI Data

New top story on Hacker News: Uber will charge 25% starting Jan. 1 in Seattle as per minimum wage law

New top story on Hacker News: Talk Less, Listen More

On Jan. 6, one last chance for Trump to snatch away Biden's win

Recall California Gov. Newsom gets huge boost

Pelosi says McConnell and Republican senators have ‘endless tolerance for other people’s sadness’

China clamps down in hidden hunt for coronavirus origins

Biden accuses US defence department of obstruction on transition

Thousands demand ouster of Nepal leader as party feud grows

Pelosi likely speaker again, but might require high-wire act

Off-duty Boston police officer shoots at dog to stop attack on child, authorities say

Trump lashes out at GOP after override vote on defense bill

Officers connected to Taylor's death could face dismissal

Child labor in palm oil industry tied to Girl Scout cookies

New top story on Hacker News: Learn 3D Computer Graphics Programming from Scratch

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: The Agora is an experimental social network

Prosecutors waiting on debris testing in AG crash

Court: Parents of child who killed himself can sue educators

Schumer reportedly abandons fundraising efforts in Georgia's Senate runoffs

Video shows park ranger stunning Native American man in New Mexico

Covid-19: Biden says Trump vaccine roll-out is 'falling behind'

German nuns were paid to 'drag' children to be sexually abused by predatory Catholic priests, court documents allege

Georgia Senate runoff: What are the latest polls and odds?

Trump signs massive funding measure

New top story on Hacker News: Visa Advertising Solutions (VAS) Opt Out

Trump put Senate Republicans in a real jam. But McConnell might have a way out.

Kamala Harris receives 1st dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Michael Gove says schools will reopen next week but warns of 'trade-offs'

POLL: Warnock, Ossoff Close Gap on Republicans after Stimulus Bill Holdup

Trump news – live: President files Supreme Court election challenge, and says GOP has ‘death wish’ to defy him

Nashville bomber left hints of trouble, but motive elusive

Republican David Perdue becomes 4th Georgia Senate candidate to endorse $2,000 stimulus checks

California extends strict stay-at-home order as hospital capacity dwindles

Lebanese PM slams 'diabolical' move to charge him over blast

Georgia Senate runoff: Kelly Loeffler’s far-right turn, explained

VIRUS TODAY: Huge study on another COVID vaccine is underway

China lowers age of criminal liability to 12 for some crimes

Nasa's Mars rover and the 'seven minutes of terror'

Southwest pulls threat of furloughs after relief bill signed

Wealthy voters are 'mythical middle' in Georgia Senate races

China Covid-19: How state media and censorship took on coronavirus

New top story on Hacker News: The Philosophy of Anger

New top story on Hacker News: Teaching the Unfortunate Parts (Of Programming Languages)

New top story on Hacker News: Architecture of the Game Boy Advance

House backs increasing coronavirus stimulus checks to $2,000

Nashville bomber claimed to have cancer and began giving away his possessions shortly before attack

Hong Kong democracy activists caught at sea go on trial in China

Democrats aim for higher relief checks after Trump reversal on stimulus bill

Secondary schools must stay closed in January to stop Covid spread, Sage warns Government

Militants attack checkpoint in Pakistan, killing at least 7

Trump to Hold Georgia Rally on Eve on Senate Runoff Elections

Ghislaine Maxwell denied $28.5m bail in sex crime case

Exclusive: Britain must use Brexit freedoms to become more competitive, Boris Johnson told

Officials: Attacks across Afghanistan kill at least 5

South Africa on verge of new virus rules as it hits 1M cases

Here’s how Republicans plan to challenge Biden’s Electoral College win

As South Africa's virus spikes, president bans liquor sales

Donald Trump at risk of ruining legacy by refusing to sign stimulus bill, warns Republican senator

Covid-19: Sri Lanka forcibly cremates Muslim baby sparking anger

A pro-Trump lawyer called for Republican candidates David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler to be arrested as Georgia's runoff Senate race heats up

New top story on Hacker News: Sirum (YC W15 Nonprofit) hiring many roles to make medicine more affordable

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Cygnus-X1 – A Thrust Vectoring Model Rocket Flight Computer

New top story on Hacker News: The Hyperbezier Pen Tool

4 arrested in Mexico crash that killed current, ex-governor

Tory Brexiteers signal they could back deal after claiming victory over European Court of Justice role

President ‘returns to golf course’ as Republican anger grows over his refusal to sign bill

737 Max: Air Canada flight in unscheduled landing after engine issue

U.S. Army sergeant in custody after shooting at Illinois bowling alley leaves 3 dead

The vaccines are here – but what has America already lost?

Biden calls Trump's refusal to sign relief bill an 'abdication of responsibility'

Mallard to go? Dig of Pompeii fast-food place reveals tastes

Government shutdown looms as Donald Trump continues to refuse to sign new stimulus bill

Millions face new UK virus restrictions; border chaos eases

Warnock and Loeffler work to consolidate voters for runoff

Trump's court appointments will leave decades-long imprint

New top story on Hacker News: 2-Acre Vertical Farm Run by AI and Robots Out-Produces 720-Acre Flat Farm

New top story on Hacker News: Resolving the Time Paradox Implied by Functional Programs

Exclusive Boris Johnson interview: 'From Bruges to Brexit, this is the end of the UK's 30-year struggle'

GOP blocks $2,000 checks as Trump leaves virus aid in chaos

COVID-19 Patient Is Bludgeoned to Death in California Hospital

Hezbollah doubled its precision-guided missiles in a year

Sculpture honors 1st Black president of an American college

Spain: King Felipe appears to criticise exiled father in Christmas speech

Chinese vaccines are poised to fill gap, but will they work?

Experts say experience convinced Midwest of virus dangers

Virus, other problems threaten to throw off homeless census

For a Defeated President, Pardons as an Expression of Grievance

New top story on Hacker News: What If You Could Do It All Over?

New top story on Hacker News: Starship / Super Heavy

New top story on Hacker News: Kit FUI – User interfaces found in films

New top story on Hacker News: Run More Stuff in Docker

New top story on Hacker News: Apple Silicon M1 Die-Shots

New top story on Hacker News: Lost nuclear device atop of Nanda Devi (Himalaya)

New top story on Hacker News: Mastering Pinterest SEO: An insider's guide

VIRUS TODAY: Make-or-break in California, Midwest reprieve

Quarter of a million dollar reward offered over mysterious Christmas Day Nashville bombing

China's pace to overtake U.S. as world's largest economy accelarates by 5 years, report predicts

Black Voters Want President Biden to Take a Cue From Candidate Biden

Top associate of Russian opposition leader Navalny detained

Nashville: officers raid a home as a person of interest reportedly linked to Christmas Day blast

Donald Trump announces he made Christmas speech to deployed troops but ‘fake news’ wasn’t invited

‘Joe and I know that sorrow’: Joe Biden and wife Jill reflect on Covid deaths in Christmas message

Astronaut Scott Kelly: How to survive a year in space

After early success, S. Korea sleepwalks into virus crisis

2020 in pictures: The defining moments that changed Asia

Nashville police share photo of RV linked to explosion

Warning played at scene before Nashville explosion

Court orders release of man charged in Daniel Pearl killing

Nashville police release image of vehicle that exploded on Christmas Day

How real is the threat of prosecution for Donald Trump post-presidency?

New presidency could complicate Hunter Biden investigation, lawmaker says

Report on Philadelphia police protest response finds flaws

Trump’s complaints about foreign spending directed at budget he requested and GOP supported

James Clyburn interview: Joe Biden’s most crucial champion on beating Trump, securing a diverse cabinet and why he won’t stand aside

New top story on Hacker News: A Complete Guide to LLVM for Programming Language Creators

New top story on Hacker News: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

New top story on Hacker News: Anticipatory Procastrination [pdf]

U.S. and China failed to help the world during COVID. As president, Biden should make things right | Opinion

AP PHOTOS: A day with an Indian farmer who opposes new laws

Boko Haram kill villagers in Christmas Eve attack

Queen Elizabeth pays tribute to 'kindness of strangers'

Trump again calls for $2,000 checks as Covid aid bill remains in flux

Sculpture honors 1st Black president of an American college

Trump campaign, supporters sued for defamation by Dominion Voting Systems employee after election accusations

Hospital Workers Start to 'Turn Against Each Other' to Get Vaccine

In other white Christmas news, 74 pounds of cocaine found floating off the Florida Keys

Trump issues warning to Iran over attack on US Embassy in Baghdad

Letters to the Editor: Eggnog in June, anyone? Let's move Christmas to a less deadly time of year

2020 in pictures: The defining moments that changed Asia

Netanyahu confidant bolts party in blow to re-election hopes

Democrats face a turnout test in Georgia's Senate runoffs

Ex-Trump lawyer left out of pardons despite cooperating with authorities says ‘system is broken’

Former police officer pardoned by President Trump speaks out: 'This means the world to me'

India farmer protests: How rural incomes have struggled to keep up

Government report warns of potential violence and foreign interference during Georgia Senate runoffs

Military on alert over Trump’s martial law threat: ‘The craziness is unprecedented’

Israel's government collapses, triggering 4th election in 2 years

Israel arrests Palestinian suspect in West Bank killing

Saumitra Khan: India MP threatens to divorce wife who switched party

1st batch of approved COVID vaccines reaches Latin America

Biden facing growing pressure from secular Democrats to embrace their agenda

Karl Rove and Chris Christie slam Trump allies Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell on Fox News

Overworked Japan nurses quitting as they face discrimination from neighbours over Covid

Winter storm leaves Dakotas, Minnesota with bitter cold

Joe Biden ‘can get away with’ dismissing questions about Hunter Biden investigation: Ari Fleischer

Alex Padilla to replace Kamala Harris in US Senate

Turkish official says CoronaVac vaccine 91.25% effective

Record-high 119,000 Americans hospitalised for coronavirus ahead of Christmas Eve

Rev. Raphael Warnock pulls ahead of Kelly Loeffler in Georgia Senate poll

Nigella Lawson reveals why she will not be cooking turkey this Christmas

S. Korea scrambles jets after Chinese and Russian intrusion into air defense zone

US companies no longer have to pay sick leave to people with Covid after Mitch McConnell reportedly blocks extension

Trump’s final days: A transition unlike any other in U.S. history

Dr. Anthony Fauci receives his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine

UPS driver dies after assault; co-worker taken into custody

Christmas in the ICU: Decorations, lights and many tears

New top story on Hacker News: Datasette.io, an official project website for Datasette

New top story on Hacker News: Israeli Cyber Experts Uncover Attack on 85,000 MySQL Servers

New top story on Hacker News: About those vector icons (2011)

Sussexes' Christmas card features tree decorated by Archie

Trump tells Turning Point USA 'we won in a landslide'

Pakistan army: Indian fire kills woman, wounds 3 in Kashmir

Dems refused to talk to GOP on stimulus relief because it would help Trump: Lindsey Graham

Trump pardons security contractors in deadly Iraq shooting

Republicans defy leadership and sign up for Trump’s Electoral College challenge

New top story on Hacker News: Raster CRT Typography (According to Dec)

New top story on Hacker News: BlocklySQL: A new block-based editor for SQL

Top Asian News 4:56 a.m. GMT

Pakistan army says it killed 10 militants in southwest raid

Trump could use pocket veto to kill bloated spending, COVID aid bill

The pioneering lawyer who fought for women’s suffrage in India

Covid variant not found in US, says CDC amid calls to shut down UK flights

Rare vaccine injury claims steered to obscure federal office

Israel, Arab nations want a say in Biden's Iran negotiations. Here's why his advisers are skeptical.

Georgia Senate race shows deep rift on Christian faith

France 'could have helped UK tackle new Covid strain if not for Brexit'

Biden team says it won't be able to immediately reverse Trump's immigration policies

Indonesia leader reshuffles Cabinet amid virus crisis, graft

Lava cascades into molten lake in volcano's crater

Televangelist Pat Robertson says Biden won, won't be president long, urges 'erratic' Trump to retire

AP-NORC poll: Virus-weary Americans less festive this year

Trump emails GOP lawmakers a slide slamming Mitch McConnell, taking credit for his re-election

New top story on Hacker News: Unraveling the Role of the Microbiome in Major Depressive Disorder

New top story on Hacker News: The Quantum Ad-List contains over 1300000 domains used by ads, trackers, malware

New top story on Hacker News: Deep Graph Library: Easy Deep Learning on Graphs

The disappointing downfall of Dr. Deborah Birx

Tier 4 Covid restrictions to be widened on Boxing Day

S. Korea scrambles jets after Chinese and Russian intrusion into air defense zone

Ivanka Trump campaigns in Georgia, but makes no mention of her father's election fraud claims

Protesters attack police with pepper spray as they try to storm Oregon capitol

Biden suggests GOP senators speaking out against alleged Russian hack is a sign of bipartisan future

Israel heads to new elections as government collapses

Covid relief bill to make illegal streaming a felony with up to 10-year prison sentence, in landmark victory for Hollywood studios

Covid variant not found in US, says CDC amid calls to shut down UK flights

10 things you need to know today: December 22, 2020

The U.K. Coronavirus Variant: What We Know

Kuwait's key reformer, son of late emir, dies at 72

Biden to receive coronavirus vaccine as U.S. effort mounts

Sidney Powell was said to be at the White House on Sunday to push for an executive order that would allow voting machines to be seized

Israeli woman found dead near West Bank settlement

The CEO of a voting-systems company says politicians around the world are worried that Trump's conspiracy theories will be used to undermine their own elections

7.9M vaccine doses going out to US this week

New top story on Hacker News: Voat Is Shutting Down

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: 02Books – An open source web app to teach kids to read

New top story on Hacker News: Probabilistic Flakiness: How do you test your tests?

Kamala Harris campaigns in Georgia: '2020 ain't over until Jan. 5'

Trump administration officials subpoenaed in probe into alleged 'extensive and dangerous' political interference at CDC

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge accused of 'inadvertently' flouting the rule of six

Mexico leader, U.S. president-elect discuss migration

More than 1.3 million votes already cast in key Georgia races

Michelin-starred restaurant where Gov. Newsom dined during COVID-19 surge got over $2.4 million in PPP loans

Keir Starmer toughens stance against Indyref2 and says Nicola Sturgeon is 'misguided' in push for new vote

An Australian student denounced his university's ties to China. Then he became a target

Pope snubs Vatican's sci-fi Nativity scene and directs visitors to others

Florida considers putting python on the menu as constrictors pose threat to native wildlife

An elementary school principal in Ohio was suspended for 10 days after airing inflammatory claims on Facebook about George Floyd and COVID-19

Neilia Hunter Biden: How the death of Joe Biden’s first wife shaped his Washington career OLD

Report: Social media manipulation affects even US senators

New top story on Hacker News: The “Office Hours” Meetup (2014)

A Louisiana man who was serving life in prison for selling $20 worth of marijuana was released after spending 12 years behind bars

Germany brings home 3 women, 12 kids from camps in Syria

Critical care doctor calls COVID vaccine 'a dream come true'

QAnon-linked congresswoman-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene joins effort to reject electoral college votes

People 75 and older and frontline essential workers should be next in line for coronavirus vaccines, US health officials say

New top story on Hacker News: ‘Magic’ angle graphene and the creation of unexpected topological quantum states

New top story on Hacker News: eBPF Is Awesome

New top story on Hacker News: Mile-Long Wooden Xylophone Plays Bach in Japanese Forest

Concern among Muslims over halal status of COVID-19 vaccine

Chaos at California mall after man shoots self

Donald Trump 'asked Michael Flynn about using the military to overturn the election'

Panel: People over 75, essential workers next for vaccines

A mystery woman dressed in silk and gold found buried under the London streets was from the elite of the Roman Empire, researchers say

Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison has moved to Lanai, the Hawaiian island he's spent half a billion dollars developing. Here's how Ellison bought 98% of the island and turned it into a sustainability experiment.

Congress strikes historic $900bn Covid relief deal for stimulus checks, unemployment, and small businesses

Mexico leader, U.S. president-elect discuss migration

Cardinal Pell says his conservative views drove public against him

Why are people calling to 'Release the Kraken'?: Yahoo News Explains

Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows attempted to hide his COVID-19 diagnosis and the White House outbreak

President-elect Joe Biden and incoming first lady Jill Biden will get their first coronavirus vaccine dose on Monday

Tim Kaine denounces Georgia Senators Loeffler and Perdue

EXPLAINER: Iran, despite sanctions, has routes to vaccines

It’s payback time for our support; Biden should nominate a Black U.S. attorney for South Florida | Opinion

A New Book Explores the Architectural Power of Memorials

The feds insist there's enough vaccine for all states after some officials questioned why the government cut back their shipments

California hospitals stretched thin as 52,000 coronavirus cases reported in single day

US sanctions tech company for aiding Maduro election gambit

New top story on Hacker News: Back to the '70s with Serverless

New top story on Hacker News: IceWM 2.0

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Flurly – sell any digital file online

New top story on Hacker News: The Abolition of Work – Bob Black

New top story on Hacker News: Law bars ISPs from charging rental fees for a modem you own

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: I wrote a book on implementing DDD, CQRS and Event Sourcing

New top story on Hacker News: My Comments on “Hitting the High Notes”

AOC accuses Republicans of holding people 'hostage' by blocking stimulus payments

Brussels wants to hit UK with tariffs if it shuts EU fishermen out of British waters after Brexit

President in the pews: DC churches offer Biden options

Attorneys Say 2 Federal Prisoners Facing Execution Have COVID-19 and Should Be Spared

Nicola Sturgeon bans travel between Scotland and rest of UK to try to stop new Covid strain

AOC calls Amazon jobs a 'scam' because more than 4,000 of its employees are on food stamps

Former Melania Trump aide claims the first lady called Ivanka and Jared ‘snakes’, reigniting feud rumours

A politician tweeted a list showing how much the EU has agreed to pay for the leading vaccines, confirming rumors of Moderna's sky-high price

Facing crisis, LA's Garcetti ends talk of Biden Cabinet post

Apple puts iPhone partner Wistron on probation after rioting workers caused $7 million worth of damage at Indian plant

US Covid-19 vaccine: Where am I in line for the coronavirus shot?

Iran builds at underground nuclear facility amid US tensions

QAnon-linked congresswoman-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene joins effort to reject electoral college votes

Biden may time confirmation votes to protect House majority

Covid vaccine: India expects to 'begin vaccination in January'

New top story on Hacker News: Postdocs under pressure: ‘Can I even do this any more?’

New top story on Hacker News: How to kill the university

Biden adviser Cedric Richmond tests positive for coronavirus

Help me clear Brexit hurdles, Boris Johnson urges Ursula von der Leyen

New York police are investigating a viral video that appears to show a teen being beaten and thrown out a window

Flynn suggests Trump deploy the military in 'swing states' to 'rerun' the election, soft-pedals martial law

Mitch McConnell announced he will get a COVID-19 vaccine 'in the coming days,' as it is announced that Congress will be receiving a shipment of the vaccine

Group says it's challenging residency of 364K Georgia voters

Biden reportedly picks Rep. Deb Haaland for Interior, would become 1st Native American Cabinet secretary

Lawyers: 2nd US inmate scheduled to be executed has COVID-19

US sanctions tech company for aiding Maduro election gambit

Official: Rickshaw bomb kills 15 kids in eastern Afghanistan

New top story on Hacker News: Seuss-Star Trek mashup crashes and burns at Ninth Circuit

New top story on Hacker News: That Dothraki Horde, Part III: Horse Fiddles

Rebuilding trust in the Justice Department starts — but doesn't end — with Biden's choice of attorney general

Canada clears Boeing 737 Max changes but steps still needed

Former Special Operations head decries Michael Flynn's 'totally inappropriate' call for military to overturn election

At least 4 people have had allergic reactions after Pfizer's vaccine, among hundreds of thousands who've been vaccinated. Here's what we know.

Iran builds at underground nuclear facility amid US tensions

Amazon slams Walmart for not paying workers $15 per hour, following new criticism of the e-commerce giant's treatment of workers

New top story on Hacker News: Python at Scale: Strict Modules

New top story on Hacker News: City of Paris Is Fined for Naming Too Many Women to Senior Positions

New top story on Hacker News: Things We've Learned from NASA's Mars InSight

As Senate runoff vote approaches, Georgia remains as divided as ever

Qatar to host 2030 Asian Games, Saudi Arabia in 2034

Poll: Republicans Loeffler, Perdue Hold Slight Advantages in Georgia Runoffs

AOC clashes with pro-Trump senator who chided top Biden official for calling Republicans ‘f***ers’

27 Best Coffee Table Books to Buy & Gift This Year

AP Interview: Flattening curve wasn’t enough for New Zealand

US inmate scheduled to be executed tests positive for virus

Australia launches WTO appeal against China's barley tariff

A pandemic atlas: India struggles to save lives, economy

New top story on Hacker News: Original Dartmouth College BASIC manual (1964) [pdf]

New top story on Hacker News: Hacking Spree Reached into Microsoft

A pandemic is the time to be home for the holidays, doctors say — your own home

Biden's incoming deputy chief of staff apologizes for calling Republicans 'a bunch of f---ers'

Indonesian police move top terror suspect for investigation

Democrats and Republicans reach $900bn Covid deal in mad dash before government shutdown

Florida Gov. DeSantis said there’s a problem with vaccine shipments. Pfizer disagrees.

Putin claims Navalny is in cahoots with US intelligence and denies poisoning him, stating Russia would've 'finished the job'

The Latest: Louisiana hospitalizations highest since summer

Trump news – live: President lashes out at fired elections chief, as he is warned not to destroy records

A pandemic atlas: No longer in viral denial, Iran struggles

‘Look at him thrash!’ Watch an alligator get ejected from this Florida neighborhood

Senate confirms Barrett replacement on federal appeals court

Biden taps Buttigieg for transportation, Granholm for energy

Phoenix police kill ex-NFL player Ekom Udofia, bodycam footage shows

Bernie Sanders and Joe Manchin reportedly fight on conference call over stimulus checks

’Liberals are going nuts’: NC senator says he’d support suspension of civil liberties

Driver of truck that killed 5 bicyclists facing DUI charge

Trump news – live: President lashes out at fired elections chief, as he is warned not to destroy records

New top story on Hacker News: Google, Facebook Had Illegal Deal to Rig Ad Market

New top story on Hacker News: State of Rust Survey 2020 results

New top story on Hacker News: The Gateway Foundation's Von Braun Rotating Space Station

Chef José Andrés: ‘We need a food czar’

Young Georgians turn to TikTok as Senate runoffs heat up

Israeli court backs extradition in Australia child sex case

27 Best Coffee Table Books to Buy & Gift This Year

Jill Biden’s Doctorate Is Garbage Because Her Dissertation Is Garbage

Ghislaine Maxwell’s husband calls her ‘wonderful and loving ’ as they seek $28.5m bail package

Trump administration to withhold Medicaid funding from California

Iran’s president accuses Israel of killing nuclear scientist to provoke war

The plan to disinfect the White House before Biden moves in is a 'huge waste of time and effort,' experts say

Kamala Harris ‘deeply disappointed’ by Wall Street Journal piece undermining Dr Jill Biden: ‘It’s not the American way’

Afghan officials: Bombs, shooting attack in Kabul kill 4

Trump slams Mitch McConnell for congratulating Biden, pleads it's 'too soon to give up'

Trump's election loss coping mechanism is straight out of The Simpsons

Biden coughs his way through first speech since being confirmed as president-elect: ‘Hand him a glass of water!’

The Trump administration turned down more vaccine doses 'as recently as November,' former FDA commissioner says

Confederate monument remains after tie vote on moving it

Trump and Republican officials have won zero out of at least 40 lawsuits they've filed since Election Day

Afghan officials: Bombs, shooting attack in Kabul kill 4

Biggest snowstorm in years set to target Northeast

Company targeted by vote fraud claims strikes back at Trump

Boris Johnson determined to let families meet at Christmas, but urges self-isolation beforehand

Tucker Carlson compares Jill Biden to Dr Pepper in latest vicious attack on her title

Michigan House punishes Republican state Rep. Gary Eisen for hinting at Electoral College disruption

Millions of Americans are still saying they won't get the new COVID-19 vaccines. Four reasons that may not be a problem.

McConnell’s delay in recognizing Biden’s win has done ‘real damage’ to democracy, says John Dickerson

Newsom could face recall, as resistance to California governor is growing

Her body was found in a suitcase 19 years ago in a Miami canal. Now, there’s an arrest.

Biden says he had a 'good conversation' with Mitch McConnell

Former Houston Police Captain Paid to Hold Up Air Conditioner Repairman Over Crackpot Voter Fraud Theory: Cops

Record number of journalists jailed because of their work

‘I’m young, Black and not all that impressed with Barack Obama’ | Opinion

Mitch McConnell acknowledges Biden as president-elect

Georgia to audit one county's signatures on ballot envelopes

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo accused of sexual harassment by former aide

William Barr's exit is bad news for Trump's hopes of an 11th-hour pardoning spree

‘This is a moment I have dreamed about’: Stacey Abrams presides over Georgia electoral college vote to name Biden official winner

Hubble commemorates its 30th year with new images

AP PHOTOS: Italian doctors fighting pandemic in rural areas

‘Get well WORLD’: Trump says vaccine arriving ‘five years ahead of schedule’ under his administration

US agencies, companies secure networks after huge hack

New top story on Hacker News: Being good at coding competitions correlates negatively with job performance

New top story on Hacker News: ReScript 8.4

Trump signs executive order making Christmas Eve a federal holiday in 2020

The Trump administration turned down more vaccine doses 'as recently as November,' former FDA commissioner says

Family was kicked off United Airlines flight because their 2-year-old refused to keep her mask on

Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says she declined a position in Biden's cabinet

Alex Jones faces calls for arrest after apparent Biden threat

Mississippi police identify 2-year-old boy abandoned at Goodwill donation outlet, arrest suspect

New top story on Hacker News: Bill Gates warns Covid lockdowns could drag on into 2022

New top story on Hacker News: Police Say Civil Asset Forfeiture Reduces Crime. New Study Shows They’re Wrong

New top story on Hacker News: Build an 8-bit CPU from scratch

New top story on Hacker News: SwiftUI tutorials rewritten completely

China confirms detention of Bloomberg news assistant

Jerry Falwell Jr. spent heavily on Trump, GOP causes with funds from nonprofit Liberty University

Hillary Clinton calls for Electoral College to be abolished after casting first vote in New York for Biden

SNL parodies Fauci, Birx in COVID-19 vaccine-centric cold open

Michigan House punishes Republican state Rep. Gary Eisen for hinting at Electoral College disruption

Will Georgia show Democrats ran the wrong campaign against Trump?

A man was physically assaulted while supporting Democratic candidates at rally in Georgia, police say

Silent nights: Germany tightens virus lockdown over holidays

After dud Texas lawsuit, Republican Sen. Ben Sasse says that the Supreme Court 'closed the book on the nonsense.'

Belarusian opposition leader to meet EU leaders amid drive for 'people's embassies'

Bahrain approves Chinese COVID-19 vaccine for use

Electoral College: The people who ultimately pick the US president

Wall Street Journal op-ed telling Jill Biden to drop her 'Dr' title condemned as 'patronizing drivel.' Even the WSJ higher education reporter was disgusted.

Waldemar Haffkine: The vaccine pioneer the world forgot

'The moment of truth': The Electoral College prepares to hand Trump the loss he refuses to accept

New top story on Hacker News: Apple TV Was Making a Show About Gawker. Then Tim Cook Found Out

New top story on Hacker News: U-2: The veteran spyplane too valuable to replace

New top story on Hacker News: Hundreds riot at iPhone factory in India over exploitation claims

New top story on Hacker News: My Life in Cars

The Latest: Japan's daily virus cases rise above 3,000

Roadside bomb wounds 23 near Pakistan police station

US attorney general troubled by Mexican limits on agents

Georgia high court rejects latest Trump election appeal

'A story of darkness and light': As US nears 300,000 COVID-19 deaths, vaccines bring hope for better days

Biden to campaign in Georgia for Democratic Senate candidates

Reality check for Trump's fantasies: Judges aren't his pawns on election lawsuits.

Biden's Homeland Security pick faces questions on 2015 probe

Chinese capsule with moon rocks begins return to Earth

CNN's Jake Tapper thanks Trump for 'exposing' Republicans who supported Texas' 'un-democratic, un-American, mendacious joke of a lawsuit'

'Not enough' climate ambition shown by leaders

Calls grow for wider lockdown as German virus cases rise

The Backstory: Will the COVID-19 vaccine be required? Any side effects? Will I have to pay for it? Answers to your most-asked questions.

New top story on Hacker News: Understanding MRNA Covid-19 Vaccines

New top story on Hacker News: Facebook Profits as Users Are Ripped Off by Scam Ads

New top story on Hacker News: Sharing and Owning Standards

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