The Moderna vaccine is poised to get emergency use authorization from the FDA. Once approved, more than six million initial doses will ship out across the country. Mola Lenghi has the latest. Source
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Hospitals at brink as states brace for more COVID-19 deaths
There are no more open intensive care unit beds in the entire Southern California region. Source
“CBS Evening News” headlines for Friday, December 18, 2020
Here’s a look at the top stories making headlines on the “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell.” Source
Book excerpt: “One by One” by Ruth Ware
An avalanche in the French Alps portends death for board members of a high-tech music firm visiting for a corporate retreat in this mystery novel that nods to Agatha Christie Source
Book excerpt: “The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X”
This new biography of the human rights activist by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and his daughter was the National Book Award winner for Best Nonfiction of 2020 Source
Book excerpt: “The Night Watchman” by Louise Erdrich
The National Book Award-winning novelist returns with a story inspired by the life of her grandfather, a leader of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa tribe in the 1950s Source
More than 70 million affected by winter storm with heavy snow in Northeast
More than 70 million Americans have been affected by a big winter storm overnight. Parts of the Northeast region have gotten more than 2 feet of snow. CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli joins CBSN with the latest. Source
Sesame Street debuts Rohingya muppets for refugee children
Noor and Aziz, twin Rohingya refugee children, are part of Sesame Workshop’s new early education program Source
Young adults are also dying from COVID: “It could be you”
“Every month is actually worse than the very worst of the AIDS epidemic that we experienced for this younger population,” Dr. Jeremy Samuel Faust said of the new research. Source
NYC outdoor dining rules get tough on outdoor structures
Outdoor dining facilities in New York City must have at least two sides open for airflow, new guidelines state. Source