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In our news wrap Wednesday, questions are intensifying about the pace of vaccinations as COVID-19 deaths reached 1.8 million worldwide with more than 340,000 in the United States,the Senate moved to override President Trump’s veto of the annual defense policy

With the number of COVID cases and hospitalizations surging in many parts of the country, health care systems and their staff are becoming further strained, including many areas in Arizona. In Phoenix, six hospitals are now diverting incoming emergency patients

Trump’s Embarrassing Electoral College Hustle  The Wall Street Journal McConnell introduces his own bill on $2000 stimulus checks, other Trump priorities  Fox News $2,000 Checks for the Affluent  The Wall Street Journal Republican ‘populism’ is a fraud  The Washington Post The Trump-Bernie alliance that

In the first two weeks of America’s vaccination campaign, just 2 million people have received the fist of the two required doses for their vaccinations — far short of the Trump administration’s projections of 20 million vaccinations by the end

McConnell says push by Democrats, Trump for $2,000 stimulus checks has ‘no realistic path to quickly pass the Senate’  The Washington Post Senator Chris Coons on likelihood of Senate approving higher stimulus checks  CBS This Morning 10 things in tech you need

Newsom made the announcement during an online conversation about the pandemic with Dr. Anthony Fauci, but offered little additional information about the circumstances of the diagnosis. (Image credit: Office of the Governor/AP)

California Identifies A Case Of Coronavirus Variant First Seen In U.K.  NPR State’s 1st case of new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus detected in SoCal  KTLA Los Angeles Covid-19 Pandemic: Live Updates and News for Dec. 31, 2020  Bloomberg New, highly contagious

Argentina on Wednesday voted to legalize abortion, making it the first major Latin American country to take the step. María Victoria Murillo, director of the Institute for Latin American Studies at Columbia University, joins Nick Schifrin to discuss what the

From dental tartar studies to the use of police forensics techniques and AI to discern which scribe wrote the Bible, cutting-edge science beat out shovels for uncovering the past

Amazon makes a big podcast acquisition, a Chinese robot maker raises $100 million and we review a robotic cat pillow. This is your Daily Crunch for December 30, 2020. The big story: Amazon acquires Wondery Amazon is the latest company