In the final push before the crucial Georgia U.S. Senate elections, Republicans and Democrats share this closing message: The stakes can't be any higher.
It's been one year since Chinese health authorities identified what would become a major global threat, killing millions of people and shattering economies.
Thousands of protestors will gather in Washington the day Congress certifies Electoral College votes and declares President-elect Joe Biden the winner.
The effort, the latest among dozens of Republican attempts to overturn Trump's loss, is unlikely to alter the electoral college tally, which Biden won 306-232.
U.S. air travel hit its highest level on Saturday since mid-March, raising fears that the spike in holiday travel will result in another surge in Covid-19 cases and deaths in upcoming weeks.
"We can be fairly confident this variant is now everywhere," Mercedes Carnethon, a professor of medicine at Northwestern University, told MSNBC on Friday.
More than 3 million Georgia residents have already cast their votes in the two Jan. 5 runoff races that determine which party controls the U.S. Senate this year.
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