News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Even as the U.S. reaches a milestone of roughly 200 million people fully vaccinated against COVID-19, cases and hospitalizations are spiking again. New cases climbed from an average of nearly 95,000 a day on Nov. 22 to almost 119,000 a day this week. https://t.co/SywgjoFW5l
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 8, 2021
Pfizer said a third dose appears to provide a similar number of antibodies as a two-dose series against the original virus and other variants.https://t.co/p8mjw8UWgL
— POLITICO (@politico) December 8, 2021
NIAID Director Anthony Fauci told CNN today that in his personal opinion, "it's going to be a matter of when, not if," the definition of "fully vaccinated" changes.https://t.co/zhrFjELsDM
— Axios (@axios) December 8, 2021
Roger Stone, an ally of former President Donald Trump, has become the latest individual subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating January 6 to indicate he would plead the Fifth Amendment to try and get out of cooperating with the panel. https://t.co/aYzZRCoEHa
— CNN (@CNN) December 8, 2021
JUST IN: The Jan. 6 select committee plans to move forward with contempt proceedings against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows for his refusal to comply with the panel's subpoena.https://t.co/8dgFdRGHTd
— Axios (@axios) December 8, 2021
Canada and the UK will join the US and Australia in a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics over human rights concerns. https://t.co/wj1Z0JkMl7
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 8, 2021
Pres. Biden gives his first comments on his video call with Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin, saying if Putin decides to invade Ukraine, he will face consequences "like nothing he's ever seen." https://t.co/0BE0o8Zdy6
— ABC News (@ABC) December 8, 2021
Prices at the pump have finally started to creep lower, and that trend should significantly accelerate in the coming months, according to new government forecasts. https://t.co/bicAOp7MTV
— CNN (@CNN) December 8, 2021
Officer Kim Potter "betrayed a 20-year-old kid" when she fatally shot Daunte Wright during traffic stop, prosecutor says https://t.co/gaGu3EvJEU
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 8, 2021
House Progressives say they will introduce a resolution later in the day seeking to strip GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert of her two committee assignments in the wake of anti-Muslim remarks she made last month about Rep. Ilhan Omar. https://t.co/NK6QKLabyD
— ABC News (@ABC) December 8, 2021
A plumber who discovered stacks of cash and checks inside a wall at celebrity televangelist Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church last month has been awarded $20,000 by Crime Stoppers of Houston. https://t.co/Q6PZFB5WFq
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 8, 2021
