Recently jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow was transferred to a maximum-security prison in the city on Dec. 31, according to local media reports. Chow, 24, earlier this year pleaded guilty to participating in and inciting others to take part in an “unlawful assembly” on June 2019. She was sentenced to 10 months in…
Hong Kong Activist Agnes Chow Transferred to Maximum-Security Prison: Media Reports
University of California—Irvine Medical Center Erects Mobile Field Hospitals
December 31, 2020
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ORANGE, Calif.—The University of California—Irvine (UCI) Medical Center opened a network of field hospital rooms Dec. 29 in the center’s parking lot due to Orange County’s spike in COVID-19 cases. The field units, which are made up of tent-like materials, are licensed to treat up to 40 patients outside the main hospital. There were 22…
NTD Business Full Broadcast (Dec. 31)
New York restaurants are not celebrating New Year’s Eve like they usually do — and some diners are disappointed. We hear from New Yorkers. Event businesses in California find new ways to help people celebrate New Year’s Eve — and try to recapture business. This used to be one of their biggest day for sales. Investment…
LA County Supervisor Requests USNS Mercy to Return
Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn announced on Wednesday that she would like to have the 1,000-bed USNS Mercy back to help address the recent surge in COVID-19 cases. Hahn announced Wednesday that she has asked Gov. Gavin Newsom to work to bring the hospital ship back to Los Angeles County and call in the…
US Pulling Lone Aircraft Carrier From Middle East: Pentagon
The military is bringing back the single U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in the Middle East in the midst of heightened tensions with Iran, said the Pentagon in a statement on Thursday. According to the statement, acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller directed the USS Nimitz—following a nearly 10-month—to return home. The ship had been providing support to…
Victoria Can Handle New Clusters: Premier
Victoria’s hard border with New South Wales (NSW) will start from 11.59 p.m. on Friday after eight locally acquired cases were recorded in less than 24 hours. Premier Daniel Andrews said Victoria is equipped to handle new coronavirus clusters. These cases, which first emerged on Wednesday night, ended a 60-day streak without infections for Victoria. All…
GOP Tennessee State Lawmakers Urge Senators, Reps to Object to Electoral Votes
A group of state lawmakers in Tennessee called on both senators and the state’s Congressional delegation to vote to join an effort to object to the Electoral College votes in key states due to alleged voter fraud and irregularities. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.), Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), and a few dozen other GOP lawmakers have…
Pandemics, Prevention, and the Certainty of Blame
Commentary Several people of late have taken to ending their written communications to me with “Stay safe.” This is a locution that, for some reason or other that I cannot quite explain, I abominate and that infuriates me, even though I am sure that it is probably well-meaning and even in some cases heartfelt. It…
Times Square Barricaded, Quiet for New Year’s Eve
NEW YORK—New York City’s Times Square was barricaded on Thursday, with only a handful of invited guests, including health care workers and others from the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, allowed in to watch the New Year’s Eve ball drop in person. Everyone else should stay home and watch the pared-down festivities on television,…
Orange County Supervisors Discuss Michelle Steel’s Replacement
December 31, 2020
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As Michelle Steel prepares to abandon her Orange County Board of Supervisors (OCBS) seat for higher office, her colleagues are weighing in on her replacement. Steel will retire from the OCBS Jan. 3, when she assumes the role of congresswoman for California’s 48th District. A by-election to fill her vacancy will likely happen in March….
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