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The Midwest is America’s covid-19 hotspot

The disease is killing more than 550 people there every day

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Army Corps of Engineers Denies Permit To Controversial Alaska Gold Mine

Fishermen and tribes have been fighting the mine proposal for a decade, fearing it would harm the wild sockeye salmon at the heart of the area’s economy and culture. (Image credit: Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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Nearly 1/4 of hate crimes in Europe in 2019 targeted Jews, report says

Of a total 5,954 bias incidents on continent last year, 1,311 were anti-Semitic, even though Jews make up under 1% of the population

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Trump announces ‘a Full Pardon’ for Michael Flynn in tweet – CNN

Trump announces ‘a Full Pardon’ for Michael Flynn in tweet  CNN Trump Pardons Michael Flynn  The New York Times Pardon for Michael Flynn under discussion at the White House  CNN Jonathan Turley: The Michael Flynn pardon — here’s why he may deserve it  Fox

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Gift Guide: 5 solid tech gifts to help decrease stress and increase sleep

Welcome to TechCrunch’s 2020 Holiday Gift Guide! Need help with gift ideas? We’re here to help! We’ll be rolling out gift guides from now through the end of December. You can find our other guides right here. Even in a

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Dialing into Pa. GOP meeting, President Trump shows no sign of concession – ABC News

Dialing into Pa. GOP meeting, President Trump shows no sign of concession  ABC News “COUNT ONLY LEGAL VOTES” Rudy Giuliani OPENING STATEMENT On Election Fraud Claims | NewsNOW From FOX  NewsNOW from FOX Trump phones into Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers’ baseless voter fraud

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Trump pardons former national security adviser Michael Flynn

US president takes aim at Russia investigation in his final weeks in office, seeking to discredit probe which ensnared half a dozen of his associates

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Will there be a monument to the COVID-19 pandemic?

Although memorials to past pandemics are not as prolific as war memorials, they do exist. A scholar of visual culture provides a brief history of monuments around the world.

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Enterprise investor Jason Green on SPAC hopefuls versus startups bound for traditional IPOs

Jason Green has a pretty solid reputation as venture capitalists go. The enterprise-focused firm he co-founded 17 years ago, Emergence Capital, has backed Saleforce, Box and Zoom, among many other companies, and even while every firm is now investing in

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Biden And Trump Offer Jarring Contrast Minutes Apart On Thanksgiving Eve

President-elect Joe Biden called on Americans to unite this holiday season, amid the pandemic. Minutes earlier, President Trump repeated baseless claims about the election being “rigged.” (Image credit: Mark Makela/Getty Images)

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