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2020 finishes with a new record daily coronavirus death toll and a vaccination drive behind schedule. New Year's storms brings snow, rain and tornadoes from Texas to Maine. No Crowds allowed but the Times Square Ball will still drop. Correspondent Deborah Rodriguez has the CBS World News Roundup for Thursday, December 31, 2020:
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The news to know for Thursday, December 31st, 2020!
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New COVID-19 Strain in CA: LA Times, NY Times, AP
Hospitalizations Hit New Records: COVID Tracking, CBS News, CNN
Nashville Bomber Warnings: Nashville Tennessean, ABC News, FOX News, AP
Republicans Challenge Electoral College Results: Politico, WaPo, USA Today, Sen. Hawley
New Congress Starts Sunday: Roll Call, Politico, CBS News
Rose Bowl: CBS Sports, AP, ESPN
Sugar Bowl: CBS Sports, The Hill, AP
Ticketmaster Fined for Hacking Rival: The Verge, Reuters, ABC News, DOJ
Amazon Buy Wondery: CNBC, Variety, Axios, Amazon
Apple Pulls Secret Parties App: The Verge, Ars Technica
Weekend Meteor Shower: CBS News, Business Insider, NASA
Thing to Know Thursday: Virtual NYE Celebrations: NY Times, The Guardian, AP, Variety
It’s the last day of 2020, which means we’re revealing the winners of our 2020 Haiku Contest. Plus, hear an interview from our friends at Reset, WBEZ’s daily talk show. In a multimedia project titled “The River Speaks,” a student at the University of Illinois at Chicago gives a unique personality to each of the six branches of the Chicago River.
It’s the last day of 2020, which means we’re revealing the winners of our 2020 Haiku Contest. Plus, hear an interview from our friends at Reset, WBEZ’s daily talk show. In a multimedia project titled “The River Speaks,” a student at the University of Illinois at Chicago gives a unique personality to each of the six branches of the Chicago River.
Rob explores Master P’s platinum single “Make 'Em Say Uhh!” by discussing the rapper’s famed business acumen, what he means to New Orleans hip-hop, and how his label No Limit Records paved the way for empowering rappers.
This episode was originally produced as a Music and Talk show available exclusively on Spotify. Find the full song on Spotify or wherever you get your music.
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On the Gist, Fauci guess-timates. And, today in Remembrances of Things Trump: dead ducks and poisoned undies.
In the interview, Harvard professor Michael McCormick is here to tell Mike about the worst year in recorded history. According to him, it’s 536 A.D., a year when a volcanic eruption blocked out the sun, a bubonic plague that recurred every few decades began, and Ireland was without bread for four years. He and Mike discuss how we’re able to pinpoint so precisely the date of these events, how it affected humanity, and that sometimes the history lesson is things can always get worse. McCormick is the Frances Goelet Professor of Medieval History at Harvard University.
In the spiel, if our ancestors got through, so can we.
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Britain approves the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. Colorado reports first US case of the U.K.'s more contagious coronavirus strain. The Nashville Bomber's Girlfriend Warned Police he was building bombs--last year. Correspondent Deborah Rodriguez has the CBS World News Roundup for Wednesday, December 30, 2020:
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