The effort to bring the COVID-19 vaccine to millions of Americans involves a major coordinated network of airlines, trucks, freezers and dry ice from coast to coast. On Sunday, UPS and FedEx began shipping vaccines, but the path to get to that point took months of planning and execution, Correspondent Kris Van Cleve reports. Source
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Google services including Gmail and YouTube suffer outage
Services including Google Drive and Google Classroom suffered a widespread outage on Monday morning. Source
Police fatally shoot gunman at landmark NYC cathedral
He opened fire with two handguns after an outdoor Christmas concert at the famed Cathedral of Saint John the Divine. Source
Saudi tanker “hit from an external source” while unloading gas
The apparent attack would be the 4th in a month targeting Saudi energy infrastructure as the kingdom wages a war against Iran-backed rebels in Yemen. Source
Video shows man walking on wing of plane before takeoff
Alejandro Carlson, 41, was jailed on suspicion of trespassing and disregard for the safety of a person or property. Source
Shelter officials oppose Trump’s effort to expel migrant children
Shelter officials who work with the government to house migrant children oppose efforts to expel the minors with little or no due process. Source
Trump: Top White House personnel won’t be among first vaccinated
President scraps administration order saying they should get the shots along with frontline health workers and people in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Source
Presidential electors will be voting Monday. Here’s what that means
President-elect Joe Biden is scheduled to give a speech Monday night. Source
Potentially major hack of government agencies disclosed
Treasury, Commerce Departments hit. Feds order all agencies to search their networks for signs they were affected. Russia, suspected by many experts, denies any role. Source
Cleveland Indians to change their nickname, drop “Indians”
Many consider “Indians” as offensive to indigenous peoples. Cleveland will be the latest of several teams to go the name-change route for that reason. Source