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The Thanksgiving Crackdown over COVID-19 coming to Pennsylvania today with an order to suspend alcohol sales at bars and restaurants starting at 5 pm Wednesday. People being advised to avoid leaving their homes. All indoor events over 500 people and all outdoor events over 2500 people now banned in Pennsylvania...6 ABC PHILADELPHIA
It's "clog the snitch line" time in Boise, Idaho. That's where authorities have a phone number for reporting businesses that aren't complying with coronavirus orders-restrictions. Polite phone calls of protest being urged...PEOPLES RIGHTS
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson rolling out the new three tiered system of coronavirus bvrestrictions in the UK that will take effect Wednesday December 2nd. Businesses being allowed to re-open in some cases but restaurants and bars still forced to shut down at 10 pm. Restrictions on social gatherings from different households in force in all three tiers of Johnson's system...BBC NEWS
PRESIDENT TRUMP GIVING HIS BLESSING FOR THE PROCESS OF TRANSITION TO A JOE BIDEN PRESIDENCY TO GO AHEAD. THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION ASCERTAINING BIDEN AS THE LIKELY WINNER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETING THIS EVENING THAT HE WILL CONTINUE THE 'GOOD FIGHT' AND BELIEVES HE 'WILL PREVAIL'...TRT WORLD TURKEY
ELECTION NEWS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S APPEAL OF A FEDERAL JUDGE'S DECISION IN PENNSYLVANIA OVER THE WEEKEND MOVING ONTO THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS...THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT REJECTING LAWSUITS OVER THE ELECTION.
THE MICHIGAN BOARD OF CANVASSERS VOTING TWO DEMOCRATS AND ONE REPUBLICAN IN FAVOR WITH ONE REPUBLICAN ABSTAINING TO CERTIFY THE STATE'S ELECTION RESULTS.
IN GEORGIA THE RECOUNT REQUESTED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN FOLLOWING THE STATE CERTIFICATION OF A JOE BIDEN VICTORY THERE SET TO BEGIN TOMORROW. THE RECOUNT EXPECTED TO END WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 2ND.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Saudi Arabia holding direct talks with the country's de-facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. No progress reported in their conversation about normalization of relations according to reporting in Israeli media...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...Saudi Arabia's foreign minister is denying that such a meeting took place...BBC NEWS
OMAHA POLICE CHIEF TODD SCHMADERER SAYS THAT KENNETH JONES WAS NON-COMPLIANT WITH OFFICERS WHO ENDED UP SHOOTING AND KILLING HIM LAST THURSDAY NIGHT.
THE POLICE SAY THAT BODYCAM FOOTAGE SHOWS JONES NON-COMPLIANCE AND HIS REACHING FOR A GUN IN HIS POCKET BEFORE HE WAS SHOT.
THE INCIDENT HAS LED TO NIGHTLY PROTESTS AGAINST THE POLICE. THE POLICE CHIEF URGING COUNTERPROTESTERS SUPPORTING POLICE NOT TO SHOW UP...KETV OMAHA
A 15-year old suspect arrested in connection with the Friday afternoon shooting at a shopping mall in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin near Milwaukee. Other arrests also reported in the case. The shooting said by police to have happened during a dispute between two groups...ASSOCIATED PRESS TV ONE NEW ZEALAND
THE TRIAL OF FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY ON CORRUPTION AND INFLUENCE PEDDLING CHARGES STARTED IN PARIS TODAY. THE TRIAL WAS SUSPENDED UNTIL THURSDAY WHILE THE MEDICAL CONDITION OF ONE OF HIS CO-DEFENDANTS (GILBERT AZIBERT) IS ASCERTAINED (BFM-TV ENGLISH TRANSLATION)...NEW YORK POST
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In Hong Kong today a guilty plea from pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong and two others in connection with a demonstration outside police headquarters last year...DEUTSCHE WELLE
Longtime US Senator Diane Feinstein of California stepping down as top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee...TIMES OF ISRAEL
New York State Attorney General Letita James filing suit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo alleging that former leaders failed to refer some two dozen priests to the Vatican for removal over allegations of child sex abuse...BBC NEWS
General Motors recalling seven million vehicles around the world after being told by US regulators to recall vehicles over a potential danger from Takata air bag inflators...ABC NEWS
PHARMA COMPANY ASTRA ZENECA SAYS ITS VACCINE IS UP TO 90 PERCENT EFFECTIVE. THE VACCINE, DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH OXFORD UNIVERSITY IN THE UK, IS ALSO CHEAPER THAN THE PFIZER AND MODERNA VACCINES WHICH ARE BEING SOLD UNDER AGREEMENTS WITH THE US GOVERNMENT. THE ASTRA ZENECA DOSE IS AROUND TWO DOLLARS AND 50 CENTS WHILE THE OTHERS ARE IN THE 15 TO 25 DOLLAR RANGE...ASSOCIATED PRESS.
The Covid-19 stats via Worldometers showing 172,103 new positive tests in the US today led by Calfiornia with 17,893, Ohio with 11,885 and Texas with 10,912. Other states include Kansas with 7,002, Washington with 5,651, Connecticut with 5,271 and Wyoming with 1,262.
Around the world 504,032 new positive tests reported led by the United States. Among the other nations India with 37,410, Russia with 25,173, Mexico with 9,187 and Canada with 7,052.
And that's the way it really is Monday November 23rd, 2020 Day 253 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19 as measured here in Pennsylvania.
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