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A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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The first U.S. case of the highly contagious COVID-19 variant has been found in a Colorado man who did not travel outside the country. Meanwhile, the number of coronavirus cases continues to soar even as America struggles with its vaccine rollout. @KerryNBC reports. pic.twitter.com/S3bvToT1by
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) December 30, 2020
More contagious coronavirus variant found in California, governor says https://t.co/m3r8MV7p3W pic.twitter.com/d6oI8A60sZ
— The Hill (@thehill) December 30, 2020
U.K. approves Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use https://t.co/jEqBjSZMmG
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 30, 2020
Congressman-elect Luke Letlow, who won a runoff earlier this month to represent Lousiana's Baton Rouge area, died from COVID-19 on Tuesday. He was 41.https://t.co/eWnzlySqFW
— NPR (@NPR) December 30, 2020
More than a year before a man set off a bomb that exploded in Nashville, Tennessee, on Christmas, his girlfriend warned police he was building bombs in an RV at his home, according to police reports. https://t.co/ES7m2DkiIg
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 30, 2020
The United States flew strategic bombers over the Persian Gulf on Wednesday for the second time this month. The show of force was meant to deter Iran from attacking American or allied targets in the Middle East.https://t.co/xLAgRiPw1G
— POLITICO (@politico) December 30, 2020
A total of 2,570,593 votes have been cast in Georgia's runoff elections, the Georgia secretary of state's office says, with Georgia's two US Senate seats and control of the chamber in the balance. https://t.co/f7LQztPhBR
— CNN (@CNN) December 30, 2020
Sen. Josh Hawley has pledged to challenge Joe Biden's victory in Pennsylvania and possibly other states on Jan. 6, when Congress is set to certify the 2020 election results https://t.co/50tFzCd8NG
— POLITICO (@politico) December 30, 2020
The Trump administration will soon take steps toward designating Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism as an 11th hour effort to create hurdles for the incoming Biden administration, which is likely to pursue warmer ties with Havana. https://t.co/KunaVY8HVV
— CNN (@CNN) December 30, 2020
On the eve of the U.K.’s seismic economic split from the European Union, British lawmakers were being asked to turn a 1,200-page trade agreement with the bloc into law in a single day on Wednesday. https://t.co/TvG8EtoE6k
— ABC News (@ABC) December 30, 2020
NEW: The Biden transition team said today that the White House budget office is not cooperating with the incoming administration, accusing the agency of "intentionally generated opacity." https://t.co/Lf9UDnVrVk
— Axios (@axios) December 30, 2020