News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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'We are going to have a vaccine that can stop COVID-19,' Moderna's President Stephen Hoge said as the drugmaker reported that its experimental vaccine was 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on interim data from a late-stage trial https://t.co/XvWBOT1RPF
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 16, 2020
COVID-19 LATEST: Nearly 70,000 Americans hospitalized, ICUs almost out of space. https://t.co/ZQV2rfD1LW pic.twitter.com/3IyCyb8qib
— ABC News (@ABC) November 16, 2020
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was stunned after one of Trump's top coronavirus advisers called for residents to “rise up” against the state’s new Covid restrictions. “It actually took my breath away,” she said. https://t.co/51jb3qmsgo
— POLITICO (@politico) November 16, 2020
South Dakota ER nurse Jodi Doering says her coronavirus patients often “don’t want to believe that Covid is real."
— CNN (@CNN) November 16, 2020
“Their last dying words are, ‘This can’t be happening. It’s not real.’ And when they should be… FaceTiming their families, they’re filled with anger and hatred.” pic.twitter.com/mxMBDgWcda
JUST IN: Pentagon prepares for Trump order to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, Iraq https://t.co/pJCQFhHTxK pic.twitter.com/r6Z1Eg01D0
— The Hill (@thehill) November 16, 2020
The White House's national security adviser today promised president-elect Joe Biden an orderly transfer of power, a departure from other Trump administration officials who have shunned any perception that President Trump lost the electionhttps://t.co/CRPcZSwC1c
— POLITICO (@politico) November 16, 2020
President-elect Biden's team is tapping recently departed Dept. of Justice officials as part of an effort to prepare a transition without cooperation from the Trump admin. https://t.co/vwrv27nt8R
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 16, 2020
This case is separate from the so-called "Varsity Blues" investigation, but part of what federal prosecutors in Boston called their "long-standing effort to expose and deter corruption in college admissions." https://t.co/dajYujNYQy
— ABC News (@ABC) November 16, 2020
Peru awoke on Monday morning still searching for a new head of state after lawmakers failed overnight to name what would be the third president in a week. https://t.co/qxqrTMaSuE
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 16, 2020
Hurricane Iota rapidly intensified overnight to become a dangerous Category 5 storm that is likely to bring catastrophic damage to the same part of Central America already battered this month by powerful Hurricane Eta. https://t.co/yS1EEKn7uD
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 16, 2020
