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Vaccine rollout is more like a dribble so far. What went wrong?

1st Female Green Beret Faces 'Minor Misdemeanor' Charge for Accidentally Firing Gun, Police Say

How stimulus checks could be withheld from the Americans who need them most

What my grandfather's life taught me about China and America

Many front-line workers refuse Covid vaccines as distribution struggles

Chief justice praises work of federal courts during COVID-19

China OKs 1st homegrown vaccine as COVID-19 surges globally

US bomber mission over Persian Gulf aimed at cautioning Iran

MF Doom: Hip-hop star dies aged 49

The Archers: Radio 4 to mark 70th anniversary

New top story on Hacker News: UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years

Trump news – live: President blamed Kushner for election loss over Covid testing, report says

Covid: What do we know about China's coronavirus vaccines?

Nashville bomber linked to 'lizard people' myth, investigators say

Georgia Senate runoff: What are the latest polls and odds? OLD

The Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has 3 key advantages despite lower efficacy rate

Iran Escalates Threats as Anniversary of Soleimani Strike Nears

China clamps down in hidden hunt for coronavirus origins

Trump returns to White House early, offers year-end message

Hospital worker fired for deliberately leaving hundreds of Covid vaccine doses out of refrigerator

Syrian army says Israeli strike near Damascus kills soldier

GOP senator rebukes 'dangerous ploy' to fight Biden victory

The FDA wants liquor distilleries to cough up $14,060 for producing hand sanitizer this year

Coronavirus doctor's diary: ‘Close to death from Covid, I asked them to save my baby’

Remembering the entertainment and arts figures we lost in 2020

Brexit: Advice for people who can't move on

New top story on Hacker News: HTML5 still doesn't replicate what mattered about Flash

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Diffgram – Human Supervision of AI Data

On Jan. 20, Biden to issue memo freezing Trump administration's midnight regulations

Woman accused of assaulting teen over iPhone claims to be victim

U.K. Parliament overwhelmingly backs Brexit deal

US says it won't allow Pearl murder suspect to evade justice

Pelosi says McConnell and Republican senators have ‘endless tolerance for other people’s sadness’

Plymouth K-9 shot, killed after dog turns on its police handler

The Democrats are suddenly leading in Georgia and the GOP should be worried

Thousands demand ouster of Nepal leader as party feud grows

Most of England to greet 2021 under strictest virus measures

Republican Senator announces plan to object to election result certification on 6 January

AP PHOTOS: Rome churches beckon with art and no 'hordes'

Brexit: New EU trade arrangements to begin after Parliament vote

Brexit: Dover-Calais route 'will work well on 1 January'

Tesco, Pizza Hut and Superdrug in minimum wage fail

Drone users face new rules across Europe and UK

Covid: France mobilises 100,000 police to stop New Year's Eve gatherings

New top story on Hacker News: Uber will charge 25% starting Jan. 1 in Seattle as per minimum wage law

New top story on Hacker News: Talk Less, Listen More

Woman filmed making false phone theft accusation against musician’s Black teenage son

On Jan. 6, one last chance for Trump to snatch away Biden's win

Grenade attack on security vehicle wounds 14 in SW Pakistan

Republican David Perdue becomes 4th Georgia Senate candidate to endorse $2,000 stimulus checks

Prosecutors waiting on debris testing in AG crash

Court: Parents of child who killed himself can sue educators

POLL: Warnock, Ossoff Close Gap on Republicans after Stimulus Bill Holdup

3rd suspect charged with retired Chicago firefighter's murder

German nuns were paid to 'drag' children to be sexually abused by predatory Catholic priests, court documents allege

Lebanese PM slams 'diabolical' move to charge him over blast

Trump rages at Melania’s Mar-a-Lago renovations as he mulls post-White House future, report says

New top story on Hacker News: Visa Advertising Solutions (VAS) Opt Out

Kamala Harris receives her 1st dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Trials begin for 10 charged with fleeing from Hong Kong

Boeing Max returns to US skies with first passenger flight

Kamala Harris receives 1st dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Belarus, Argentina start vaccinations with Russian shots

Trump put Senate Republicans in a real jam. But McConnell might have a way out.

China Covid-19: How state media and censorship took on coronavirus

Gaza militants fire rockets out to sea in military drill

Video shows park ranger stunning Native American man in New Mexico

Georgia Senate runoff: What are the latest polls and odds?

As South Africa's virus spikes, president bans liquor sales

Wealthy voters are 'mythical middle' in Georgia Senate races

South Africa on verge of new virus rules as it hits 1M cases

Georgia Senate runoff: Kelly Loeffler’s far-right turn, explained

Joe Biden: 'Enormous damage' to US security agencies by Trump

Newspaper headlines: 'Spring it on!' and 'don't betray our children'

2020 and me: 'Be grateful for what you've got'

The big tech questions for 2021

When Greta Thunberg met Margaret Atwood... on Zoom

Covid in prison: 'We should be treated like humans'

Zoom: All the times virtual meetings didn't go as planned this year

New top story on Hacker News: The Philosophy of Anger

New top story on Hacker News: Teaching the Unfortunate Parts (Of Programming Languages)

New top story on Hacker News: Architecture of the Game Boy Advance

Ben Crump demands charges against ‘Karen’ who attacked Black teen at hotel

Iran says Pfizer vaccine batch expected from US benefactors

Congress signals it will mostly ignore Trump's post-signing demands on $2.3 trillion spending package

Democrats aim for higher relief checks after Trump reversal on stimulus bill

As South Africa's virus spikes, president bans liquor sales

Trump to Hold Georgia Rally on Eve on Senate Runoff Elections

Egypt delegation visits Libyan capital, meets Tripoli gov't

The vaccines are here – but what has America already lost?

Mnuchin, GOP lawmakers reportedly convinced Trump to sign COVID-19 relief bill by flattering him

Fauci: US taking hard look at variant of coronavirus

'To be a black, female headteacher is phenomenal'

New top story on Hacker News: Sirum (YC W15 Nonprofit) hiring many roles to make medicine more affordable

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Cygnus-X1 – A Thrust Vectoring Model Rocket Flight Computer

New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Are we in tech-stock bubble?

New top story on Hacker News: The Hyperbezier Pen Tool

Trump signals readiness to sign sweeping stimulus measure

The Latest: Japan sharply tightens ban on foreign visitors

Covid: South Africa passes one million infections as cases surge

House prepares to override Trump's National Defense Authorization Act veto

Militants attack checkpoint in Pakistan, killing at least 7

737 Max: Air Canada flight in unscheduled landing after engine issue

Britain as vulnerable as the US to the threat of Russian cyber attack, warns John Bolton

How disheartening to see that President Trump still has support in Congress

Boris Johnson's Brexit deal: All the key details and what the critics say

'It was like a loud machinegun'; Neighbors heard deadly shooting

South Africa on verge of new virus rules as it hits 1M cases

Nashville blast: officials identify Anthony Warner as the bomber

New top story on Hacker News: 2-Acre Vertical Farm Run by AI and Robots Out-Produces 720-Acre Flat Farm

New top story on Hacker News: Resolving the Time Paradox Implied by Functional Programs

New top story on Hacker News: A Tiny Lispy Transpiler

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Archivy-HN – automatically save and download your upvoted HN posts

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: History suggest box for your shell

New top story on Hacker News: Noise-Canceling Headphones Without the Headphone

Newspaper headlines: Oxford jab 'set for approval' as vulnerable identified

New top story on Hacker News: What If You Could Do It All Over?

New top story on Hacker News: Starship / Super Heavy

New top story on Hacker News: Kit FUI – User interfaces found in films

New top story on Hacker News: Run More Stuff in Docker

New top story on Hacker News: Apple Silicon M1 Die-Shots

New top story on Hacker News: Lost nuclear device atop of Nanda Devi (Himalaya)

New top story on Hacker News: Facebook Banned Our SaaS Website

Trump appears to back plan to overturn election result in Congress amid more false claims of fraud

Sheriff: 2 women, 3 girls found dead in Arkansas home

Quarter of a million dollar reward offered over mysterious Christmas Day Nashville bombing

Explosion hits gas pipeline in Egypt's Sinai, no casualties

Nashville: officers raid a home as a person of interest reportedly linked to Christmas Day blast

Judge delays execution of only woman on US death row

Human remains found at blast site of bomb-rigged vehicle playing message that it was about to explode

Top associate of Russian opposition leader Navalny detained

Spain: King Felipe appears to criticise exiled father in Christmas speech

Nashville police share photo of RV linked to explosion

Government shutdown looms as Donald Trump continues to refuse to sign new stimulus bill

The Brexit Deal gutted: What are the good and bad bits for Britain?

Donald Trump announces he made Christmas speech to deployed troops but ‘fake news’ wasn’t invited

EU, UK unveil vast trade pact set to enter force on Jan 1

Experts say experience convinced Midwest of virus dangers

Turkish official says CoronaVac vaccine 91.25% effective

'Unprecedented' mail volume delays Christmas gifts

Op-Ed: It's 'Home Alone, the Pandemic Version'

Army says 2 rockets fired from Gaza toward southern Israel

Afghan army: 2 officers killed by roadside bomb in north

Trump’s veto of the defense bill is a loyalty test for Republican lawmakers | Opinion

California COVID-19: 2 million confirmed cases and counting

New top story on Hacker News: A Complete Guide to LLVM for Programming Language Creators

New top story on Hacker News: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

New top story on Hacker News: Anticipatory Procastrination [pdf]

Overworked Japanese nurses quitting as they face discrimination from neighbours over Covid

Nashville police release image of vehicle that exploded on Christmas Day

Boko Haram kill villagers in Christmas Eve attack

‘Joe and I know that sorrow’: Joe Biden and wife Jill reflect on Covid deaths in Christmas message

Trump again calls for $2,000 checks as Covid aid bill remains in flux

Giant Antarctic iceberg A68a is not done yet

Astronaut Scott Kelly: How to survive a year in space

Fired COVID analyst Rebekah Jones asks court to order state to return seized computer gear

Trump trolls White House press corps with 7:30 am start on a day he has no public duties

How real is the threat of prosecution for Donald Trump post-presidency?

An 11-year-old boy used his birthday money to buy Chick-fil-A for the homeless - and now the chain is putting him in a commercial

House Republicans block Democrats’ $2,000 stimulus check proposal, defying Trump in rare Christmas Eve session

James Clyburn interview: Joe Biden’s most crucial champion on beating Trump, securing a diverse cabinet and why he won’t stand aside

Covid: Mexico, Chile and Costa Rica begin mass vaccination

Michael Jackson: Neverland Ranch 'sold to billionaire for $22m'

In pictures: Christmas celebrations around the world

Christmas cards: You won't believe the effort this family goes to!

Georgia climbers who risk their lives for Christmas trees

The refugees feeding a nation

The best of the cheesy Christmas movies

Manafort and Stone may be hauled back to court despite Trump pardon, says top Mueller prosecutor

Abe apologizes, but isn't charged for cherry blossom scandal

UAE gives exemption for non-halal Pfizer vaccine

US again protects Citgo assets from Venezuela creditors

Military on alert over Trump’s martial law threat: ‘The craziness is unprecedented’

Sen. Mike Miller steps down from Senate after decades of service

Court orders release of man charged in Daniel Pearl killing

2020 in pictures: The defining moments that changed Asia

Karl Rove and Chris Christie slam Trump allies Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell on Fox News

House Republicans block Democrats’ $2,000 stimulus check proposal, defying Trump in rare Christmas Eve session

Rev. Raphael Warnock pulls ahead of Kelly Loeffler in Georgia Senate poll

New presidency could complicate Hunter Biden investigation, lawmaker says

Letters to the Editor: Eggnog in June, anyone? Let's move Christmas to a less deadly time of year

Record-high 119,000 Americans hospitalised for coronavirus ahead of Christmas Eve

Pelosi says House to vote on bigger stimulus payments after GOP blocks increase

Trump trolls White House press corps with 7:30 am start on a day he has no public duties

Games of 2020: The Press X To Continue awards

The celebrity hairdresser with a secret of his own

Oscars 2021: What can we expect for the ceremony?

New top story on Hacker News: Datasette.io, an official project website for Datasette

New top story on Hacker News: Israeli Cyber Experts Uncover Attack on 85,000 MySQL Servers

New top story on Hacker News: BlocklySQL: A new block-based editor for SQL

Dr. Anthony Fauci receives his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine

U.S. teen who broke Covid protocols in Cayman Islands gets reduced sentence

Pakistan army says it killed 10 militants in southwest raid

Christmas in the ICU: Decorations, lights and many tears

Rare vaccine injury claims steered to obscure federal office

Georgia Senate race shows deep rift on Christian faith

Muslim-Canadian's 'first Christmas' goes viral

Mexico's 3 main opposition parties form unlikely alliance

New top story on Hacker News: Raster CRT Typography (According to Dec)

Federal officials investigate fiery oil train derailment

Australian held in China hopes for justice despite torture

Sussexes' Christmas card features tree decorated by Archie

Biden delays attorney general appointment

Biden picks Connecticut schools chief as education secretary

Sen. Mike Miller steps down from Senate after decades of service

UN: Mladenov turns down offer to lead UN mission in Libya

France relaxes its ban on trucks entering from Britain

Pfizer and Moderna testing vaccines on UK coronavirus variant

Biden suggests GOP senators speaking out against alleged Russian hack is a sign of bipartisan future

Israel faces fourth election in two years after government collapses over budget row

Afghan police say bomb tears through car, killing 5

Christmas star: Jupiter and Saturn align in the night sky

Florida will get the Moderna vaccine soon. Who can get it, where and how?

The daily business briefing: December 22, 2020

Probe: Trump officials attacked CDC virus reports

Newspaper headlines: 'Tier 4 to be widened' and 'kick in the baubles'

New top story on Hacker News: Gutted! Unraveling the Role of the Microbiome in Major Depressive Disorder

New top story on Hacker News: The Quantum Ad-List contains over 1300000 domains used by ads, trackers, malware

New top story on Hacker News: Deep Graph Library: Easy Deep Learning on Graphs

Did Congress get it right with the new coronavirus stimulus?

S. Korea scrambles jets after Chinese and Russian intrusion into air defense zone

The disappointing downfall of Dr. Deborah Birx

Protesters attack police with pepper spray as they try to storm Oregon capitol

Georgia Senate race shows deep rift on Christian faith

Covid relief bill to make illegal streaming a felony with up to 10-year prison sentence, in landmark victory for Hollywood studios

Biden's profoundly private Pentagon pick joins Twitter

Trump put pressure on over 150 Republicans to overthrow election for him, report says

China imposes new visa limits in back-and-forth with US

Alabama Governor Ivey gets COVID-19 vaccine

Kayleigh McEnany dodges question on how Donald Trump can stay in power

New top story on Hacker News: Voat Is Shutting Down

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: 02Books – An open source web app to teach kids to read

New top story on Hacker News: Probabilistic Flakiness: How do you test your tests?

Second coronavirus vaccine begins distribution as new strain emerges

Aide: Biden won't talk about son Hunter with AG candidates

Keir Starmer toughens stance against Indyref2 and says Nicola Sturgeon is 'misguided' in push for new vote

Lockerbie bombing: Alleged bomb-maker charged on 32nd anniversary of attack

Second Indian state brings in 'love jihad' law

Newt Gingrich talks $900B COVID-19 relief bill, Swalwell backlash over ties to Chinese spy

Israeli woman found dead near West Bank settlement

Newspaper headlines: 'Tier 4 for all' and 'Royals break rule of six'

New top story on Hacker News: Write code. Not too much. Mostly functions.

New top story on Hacker News: The “Office Hours” Meetup (2014)

Countries Restrict Travel to U.K. in Effort to Stop Spread of New Coronavirus Strain

Concern among Muslims over halal status of COVID-19 vaccine

Biden receives vaccine; Harris to get hers after Christmas

A white supremacist who has advocated for legalizing child porn was arrested and charged with kidnapping a 12-year-old girl he met online

The CEO of a voting-systems company says politicians around the world are worried that Trump's conspiracy theories will be used to undermine their own elections

Report: gov't spyware targets phones of Al-Jazeera reporters

This online dashboard shows how many COVID-19 vaccines have been administered and where they're available

Kelly Loeffler accused of ‘attack against the Black Church’ in open letter from pastors

China criticizes US corporate auditing penalties

Incoming surgeon general says widespread coronavirus vaccination may not happen until 'mid-summer, early fall,' extending the timeline by months

Donald Trump 'asked Michael Flynn about using the military to overturn the election'

Chuck Schumer suggests Congress could vote on $900 billion stimulus package on Sunday after lawmakers break stalemate on Fed lending

Here are the common side effects you should expect if you get Moderna's coronavirus shot

Covid-19: Stormont Executive limits NI Christmas bubbles to one day

Covid: US reaches long awaited deal for coronavirus aid

European regulator says Boeing's 737 Max is safe

Marcus Rashford given special BBC award

The Papers: Europe bans UK travel, and 'out of control' virus

Sports Personality winners: Who won the awards in 2020?

Confidence, momentum, quality - Micah Richards on why Man Utd are title contenders again

'I'm a unique band of one' - Lennon on Celtic's 'monumental' quadruple treble

New top story on Hacker News: ‘Magic’ angle graphene and the creation of unexpected topological quantum states

New top story on Hacker News: eBPF Is Awesome

New top story on Hacker News: Mile-Long Wooden Xylophone Plays Bach in Japanese Forest

Chaos at California mall after man shoots self

Twitter now alerts Trump that Biden is president every time he lies about election fraud

More EU nations ban travel from UK, fearing virus variant

A President Who Can't Put Aside Grudges, Even for Good News

President-elect Joe Biden and incoming first lady Jill Biden will get their first coronavirus vaccine dose on Monday

Nepal president dissolves Parliament; elections next spring

Tim Kaine denounces Georgia Senators Loeffler and Perdue

Congressional leaders strike a long-awaited stimulus deal: $600 checks and $300 federal weekly unemployment benefits for Americans

SNL says goodbye to Trump ‘barring reverse Christmas miracle’ with montage featuring some of his worst moments

A New Book Explores the Architectural Power of Memorials

1 in 5 prisoners in the US has had COVID-19, 1,700 have died

Grenfell Tower inquiry: 'Whistleblower' refusing to give evidence

Boudicca revolt: Essex dig reveals 'evidence of Roman reprisals'

Alan Shearer would 'not be so sure' about Arsenal staying in Premier League

New top story on Hacker News: IceWM 2.0

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Flurly – sell any digital file online

New top story on Hacker News: The Abolition of Work – Bob Black

New top story on Hacker News: Law bars ISPs from charging rental fees for a modem you own

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: I wrote a book on implementing DDD, CQRS and Event Sourcing

New top story on Hacker News: Causality Is Graphically Simple

Sheriff: Man arrested on cross-country trip with girl, 12

Kidnapping dissidents abroad, Iran is sending a message at home

Nigeria school attack: Hundreds of boys return home after kidnap ordeal

Moderna's vaccine authorization means the US will ship nearly 8 million doses next week - but it'll take longer than promised to vaccinate the first 20 million Americans

US plans family deportations, including girl with broken arm

US Space Force members get a rebrand, from spacefighters to 'Guardians'

AOC calls Amazon jobs a 'scam' because more than 4,000 of its employees are on food stamps

Covid vaccine: India expects to 'begin vaccination in January'

Attorneys Say 2 Federal Prisoners Facing Execution Have COVID-19 and Should Be Spared

Relaxed Christmas rules could mean 'unrelenting tsunami' of Covid cases, nursing chief says

Transition stumbles test Biden's bond with Capitol Hill

Sen. Mike Lee: Republicans don't want COVID relief money to become Biden 'slush fund'

Flynn suggests Trump deploy the military in 'swing states' to 'rerun' the election, soft-pedals martial law

New York police are investigating a viral video that appears to show a teen being beaten and thrown out a window

US sanctions tech company for aiding Maduro election gambit

A couple in Las Vegas made $21,000 in a year after they parked a tiny house in their backyard and listed it on Airbnb - here's how they did it

Donald Trump given $60m for personal fighting fund as White House exit approaches

I'm a radiologist in Alabama who just received the Pfizer vaccine. I've seen firsthand the serious effects of COVID-19 on people's lungs, so I had zero reservations about getting the shot.

China's Chang'e-5 mission returns Moon samples

Official: Rickshaw bomb kills 15 kids in eastern Afghanistan

Neilia Hunter Biden: How the death of Joe Biden’s first wife shaped his Washington career

Employers back requirement for large firms to disclose ethnicity pay gaps

New top story on Hacker News: Seuss-Star Trek mashup crashes and burns at Ninth Circuit

New top story on Hacker News: That Dothraki Horde, Part III: Horse Fiddles

New top story on Hacker News: The Notation: Ken Iverson Centenary

AOC accuses Republicans of holding people 'hostage' by blocking stimulus payments

A pandemic is the time to be home for the holidays, doctors say — your own home

The Latest: Bidens to get first vaccine dose on Monday

Ex-governor of Mexico's Jalisco state shot to death

Mexico's minimum wage to rise 15% over business objections

Energy experts share their top predictions for 2021 - and meet the 46 climate-tech startups VCs say are set to pop

Former Special Operations head decries Michael Flynn's 'totally inappropriate' call for military to overturn election

Covid: US Vice-President Mike Pence receives vaccine live on TV

Senate, House and Supreme Court to receive Covid vaccine doses under continuality of government plan

US plans family deportations, including girl with broken arm

Record-breaking snowfall blankets Northeast

Australia launches WTO appeal against China's barley tariff

Alaska health-care worker has severe allergic reaction to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

Covid: WHO to investigate virus origins in China's Wuhan

After years fighting them, Milley talks peace with Taliban

China's Chang'e-5 mission returns Moon samples

Election 2020 Today: Trump base resigned, Buttigieg picked

Long Covid: Hospital patients to get checks at six weeks

US cyber-attack: Hack of government agencies and companies poses 'grave risk'

Wildfire smoke may spread infectious disease

New top story on Hacker News: Original Dartmouth College BASIC manual (1964) [pdf]

New top story on Hacker News: Hacking Spree Reached into Microsoft

New top story on Hacker News: The Smalltalk Zoo

Senate committee hearing explodes as GOP chairman accuses Democrat of spreading Russian misinformation

AOC clashes with pro-Trump senator who chided top Biden official for calling Republicans ‘f***ers’

FDA says Pfizer vaccine bottles contain extra doses

US plans new charges in 1988 Lockerbie airline bombing

AOC says Pelosi needs to step down as speaker but insists she is not ‘ready’ to replace her

Florida Gov. DeSantis said there’s a problem with vaccine shipments. Pfizer disagrees.

Lebanon prosecutor pauses port probe amid legal challenges

Taliban team in Pakistan as calls grow for Afghan cease-fire

Bernie Sanders and Joe Manchin reportedly fight on conference call over stimulus checks

Implosion of former Trump casino pushed back a few weeks

’Liberals are going nuts’: NC senator says he’d support suspension of civil liberties

Kamala Harris ‘deeply disappointed’ by Wall Street Journal piece undermining Dr Jill Biden: ‘It’s not the American way’

‘Look at him thrash!’ Watch an alligator get ejected from this Florida neighborhood

Moderna vaccine safe and effective, say US experts

Marcus Rashford's mum: 'Sometimes we didn't even have bread in the house'

More families 'trapped in temporary accommodation' in England

The Papers: PM's 'stark warning' for merry 'little' Christmas

New top story on Hacker News: You have the right to record police in public, federal court rules

New top story on Hacker News: Google, Facebook Had Illegal Deal to Rig Ad Market

New top story on Hacker News: State of Rust Survey 2020 results

New top story on Hacker News: The Gateway Foundation's Von Braun Rotating Space Station

Trump is considering having special counsel appointed to look into Hunter Biden

Progressive organizers helped deliver Georgia to Biden — but can they get two Democrats elected to the Senate as well?

Ghislaine Maxwell: Jeffrey Epstein associate seeks $28.5m bail deal

Biden says he is 'working on' getting the coronavirus vaccine

In a first, leading Republicans call Biden president-elect

Bernie Sanders and Joe Manchin reportedly fight on conference call over stimulus checks

Trump administration to withhold Medicaid funding from California

27 Best Coffee Table Books to Buy & Gift This Year

Turning the page? Republicans acknowledge Biden's victory

Australia launches WTO appeal against China's barley tariff

Vladimir Putin breaks six weeks of silence to finally congratulate Joe Biden on election win

Senate confirms Barrett replacement on federal appeals court

Pro-Trump election conspiracist arrested for pulling gun on repairman in bogus vigilante 'sting'

Biden says he had a 'good conversation' with Mitch McConnell

Trump's election loss coping mechanism is straight out of The Simpsons

The Trump administration turned down more vaccine doses 'as recently as November,' former FDA commissioner says

Confederate monument remains after tie vote on moving it

Bernie Sanders fires blistering attack on Covid negotiations, saying it’s ‘crap’ that ‘we don’t have enough money’

Boris Johnson determined to let families meet at Christmas, but urges self-isolation beforehand

Afghan officials: Bombs, shooting attack in Kabul kill 4

Housing: Formula for locating new homes revised after Tory backlash

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: About 2.3 million children cut off from aid, UN says

The Papers: 'Carry on Christmas' as PM refuses to scrap rules

Hungary parliament passes law effectively banning same-sex couples from adopting children

McConnell says Senate won't leave until Covid aid is passed

Trump says Biden is ‘pretending he’s won’ and insists he had a ‘landslide victory’

Her body was found in a suitcase 19 years ago in a Miami canal. Now, there’s an arrest.

Poland, Lithuania are targets of cyber disinformation attack

Kayleigh McEnany slammed for claiming Biden’s electoral college speech was ‘divisive’

Former Houston Police Captain Paid to Hold Up Air Conditioner Repairman Over Crackpot Voter Fraud Theory: Cops

‘I’m young, Black and not all that impressed with Barack Obama’ | Opinion

The Latest: Biden set to pick McCarthy as US climate czar

Melania Trump breaks children’s hospital rule and removes mask during book reading

Family was kicked off United Airlines flight because their 2-year-old refused to keep her mask on

South Korea balloons: Seoul to ban people sending cross-border messages

20 migrants drown after fleeing Venezuela for Trinidad

‘This is a moment I have dreamed about’: Stacey Abrams presides over Georgia electoral college vote to name Biden official winner

Mississippi police identify 2-year-old boy abandoned at Goodwill donation outlet, arrest suspect

Confederate monument remains after tie vote on moving it

Three things Trump could do after Electoral College votes for Biden

The Latest: West Virginia governor gets coronavirus shot

Iran summons EU envoys for protesting reporter's hanging

Aptera has taken more than 3,000 orders for a new solar-powered EV arriving in 2021 that it says never needs to be charged

How we get to civil war

Online harms law to let regulator block apps in UK

'Unconscious bias training' to be scrapped by ministers

Hackney triple shooting: Man critical and two injured

The Papers: 'Mutant' Covid as London 'plunged' into tier 3

New top story on Hacker News: Bill Gates warns Covid lockdowns could drag on into 2022

New top story on Hacker News: Police Say Civil Asset Forfeiture Reduces Crime. New Study Shows They’re Wrong

New top story on Hacker News: Build an 8-bit CPU from scratch

New top story on Hacker News: SwiftUI tutorials rewritten completely

Jerry Falwell Jr. spent heavily on Trump, GOP causes with funds from nonprofit Liberty University

Michigan House punishes Republican state Rep. Gary Eisen for hinting at Electoral College disruption

U.S. Sanctions Iranian Intel Officers for Kidnapping Ex-FBI Man Who Died in Their Custody

Malaysia makes its largest-ever crystal meth seizure

Trump-appointed judge dismisses 'extraordinary' lawsuit seeking to overturn Wisconsin election in US court

Loeffler campaign: She had 'no idea' she posed with neo-Nazi

Pandemic threatens India's children with child labor rising

Electoral College will pick the president on Monday. Here's what you should know

House Dems' campaign chief a moderate who wins in Trump land

Proud Boy Leader Says He Was Invited to White House. White House Says It Was Actually a Public Xmas Tour.

Newspaper headlines: Extra time in Brexit talks for a "final push"

What next for Arsenal as Gunners make worst start since 1974-75?

New top story on Hacker News: Apple TV Was Making a Show About Gawker. Then Tim Cook Found Out

New top story on Hacker News: U-2: The veteran spyplane too valuable to replace

New top story on Hacker News: My Life in Cars

The Latest: Japan's daily virus cases rise above 3,000

EU urges China to free all journalists and citizens detained for reporting

A man was physically assaulted while supporting Democratic candidates at rally in Georgia, police say

Hunter Biden subpoena seeks info on Burisma, other entities

Israel announces full diplomatic relations with Bhutan

The Constitution has an answer for seditious members of Congress

Here are the common side effects you should expect if you get Pfizer's coronavirus shot

Proud Boys and Antifa clash as Trump supporters protest election result in Washington

'Distribution Has Begun.' Army General Overseeing COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Says First Shipments Arrive Monday

Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says she declined a position in Biden's cabinet

Bahrain approves Chinese COVID-19 vaccine for use

VIRUS TODAY: With vaccine coming, daily deaths set a record

Feds OK Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine in Massive Pandemic Breakthrough

Maduro opponents claim big turnout in Venezuelan protest

Anthony Joshua knocks out Kubrat Pulev to raise hope of Tyson Fury bout

Abortion laws: Polish women forced abroad for terminations

Hurricane season 2020: Is global warming making hurricanes stronger?

Drag Race UK: The Frock Destroyers on making music in lockdown

Heritage railway decked out with 13,000 Christmas lights

‘I was in prison at 20 - and a music executive by 28’

Covid vaccines: Will drug companies make bumper profits?

No pickers, no coffee: How Covid threatens Colombia's harvest

The women inspiring others in a male-dominated industry

New top story on Hacker News: Understanding MRNA Covid-19 Vaccines

New top story on Hacker News: Facebook Profits as Users Are Ripped Off by Scam Ads

New top story on Hacker News: Sharing and Owning Standards

New top story on Hacker News: Yo WASM – The Easy Way to WebAssembly

New top story on Hacker News: I Say Happiness: Mary Wollstonecraft communes with nature, and walks alone

New top story on Hacker News: Kevin Kelly on Why Technology Has a Will

Relatives make plea for info on Hong Kong detainees in China

Stacey Abrams and Fair Fight return to battle to flip 2 U.S. Senate seats

Indonesian cleric turns himself in for COVID-19 violations

Portland police ask for clear streets at barricaded house

Calls grow for wider lockdown as German virus cases rise

A sanctuary of social and spiritual justice: Commentary on Ebenezer Church

Turkey summons Iranian ambassador over Azeri poem tensions

Protesting Indian farmers ask top court to scrap new laws

Northam seeks $25M for 'historic justice' initiatives

World court rules that Paris mansion was not diplomatic post

2 fake states are trying to join the Supreme Court case to throw out votes in Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania

Malaysia ends inquest into foreign teen's death near resort

Covid-19 in the US: Bleak winter ahead as deaths surge

End of the road for Donald Trump? US Supreme Court rejects lawsuit that tried to overturn election

US Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed bid to overturn election

Aztec skull tower: Archaeologists unearth new sections in Mexico City

Trump's desperate gambit to stay in office alarms Europeans, who know about coups

Brandon Bernard executed, despite objections from jurors in his case

U.S. carries out rare execution, weeks away from Biden's inauguration

FBI agents seek records in probe of Texas attorney general Ken Paxton

'#Texit': A Texas state lawmaker says he will propose a referendum on seceding from the US because the 'federal government is out of control'

Last-minute executions under Trump put spotlight on Biden's death penalty views

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ripped into GOP Sen. Mike Lee after he blocked the creation of Latino and women's history museums during a dramatic Senate session

India accuses China of responsibility for border tensions

Khan urges Pakistan opposition to postpone rallies amid coronavirus second-wave surge

Iran summons Turkish ambassador over Erdogan remarks in Baku

McEnany: Six more states file to join Texas election lawsuit

Senate sends Trump defense bill he has vowed to veto

Former Florida COVID-19 data scientist Rebekah Jones pushes back after raid on home

What underground abortions could look like if Roe v. Wade is overturned

Dianne Feinstein forgets conversations and gets upset with her staff for not briefing her on a topic shortly after they do, new report says

Trading COVID-19 vaccines, regular deliveries, tracking doses: What we know about Operation Warp Speed distribution

The world is relying on a UK drugmaker with limited experience in crafting vaccines to help fight the pandemic, and AstraZeneca's stumbles are delaying its response

Mitch McConnell’s Last Trump-Era Act? One More Unqualified Hack Judge.

EU drug regulator hacked, data on COVID-19 vaccine accessed

Newsmax, one of Trump's new favorite networks, is reportedly trying to poach Fox News employees with offers of higher salaries

Dame Barbara Windsor: Carry On and EastEnders actress dies aged 83

Obituary: Barbara Windsor

New top story on Hacker News: Vitamin D and Covid-19

New top story on Hacker News: Honeybees found using tools to repel giant hornet attacks

Should Trump receive a COVID vaccine? Health experts say it's a 'no-brainer'

Fox News anchor scolds liberal guest host who accused the panel of not bringing up the US's record COVID-19 deaths until '43 minutes into the show'

China says two Canadians held for two years on 'spying' accusations have been indicted and tried

Waiting for a COVID-19 vaccine? Don't get rid of your mask yet.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah sues PM's brother over blast accusation

Sexual misconduct shakes FBI's senior ranks with little to no discipline

Angela Merkel not doing enough to avoid no-deal scenario warn German media as French relay breakthrough hopes

The stormy, fiery year when climate disasters wouldn't stop