UNEWS, Top stories for U.S. Latinos in English

Covid hospitalizations, cases and deaths are rising sharply just as the FDA gets ready to approve emergency use of the Pfizer vaccine; President-elect Joe Biden promises to deliver 100 million doses of the vaccine in the first three months of his administration; the Supreme Court rejected Republican efforts to overturn election results in Pennsylvania, a blow to Trump’s unprecedented campaign to stay in office; and the long-awaited National Museum of the American Latino might soon be a reality as a bipartisan commission sent the proposal for a full Senate vote

Governors and mayors are rushing to enact new restrictions to contain the spread of the virus as states experience record-setting number of new cases and hospitalizations; UK health authorities start covid vaccine distribution; the Trump Administration declined to order additional doses of the Pfizer vaccine back in the summer; and a mother seeks justice for her soldier son who was murdered after leaving Fort Bragg base in North Carolina.

New stay at home orders are in effect in California for 33 Million Americans due to a sharp increase in cases and hospitalizations, this as an additional 1.3 million have tested positive in the last week alone; President Trump pushed Georgia’s governor to call a special session to overturn the state’s election results but Kemp refused saying it would be a violation of state law; Biden names California’s Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, as head of Health and Human Services, the first Latino to lead the agency if confirmed.

Record-breaking U.S. deaths as experts warn the domestic death toll could reach half a million by spring; President-elect Biden says he will ask Americans to wear masks during his first 100 days in office; and the latest U.S. jobs report paints a dire picture of the nation’s economy.

U.S. faces a massive surge in coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours as hospitalizations rise; stimulus talks resume as Democrats make a proposal to spur congressional Republicans into action; and President Trump keeps applying pressure and advancing unproven fraud claims ahead of Georgia’s Senate runoff.

Pfizer vaccine against covid-19 gains approval for use in the United Kingdom adding pressure to US authorization; President Trump is reportedly considering pardons for his three oldest children and his attorney Rudy Giuliani; Attorney General Barr says DOJ found no evidence of widespread voter fraud; and Customs and Border Protections settles lawsuit with Latinas apprehended simply for speaking Spanish.

CDC experts meet today to recommend who should get initial limited supplies of a covid vaccine as health experts warn that increased travel over the Thanksgiving holiday will result in a surge of new cases; President-elect Biden formally introduces his economic team as millions of Americans continue struggling with unemployment; and Houston’s remote learners failing classes at unprecedented rates, could have a major impact on future high school graduation rates.

President-elect Joe Biden nominates former Fed Chair Janet Yellen to Treasury Secretary, and announces an all-female senior communications team; President Trump repeats baseless voter fraud theories as states continue certifying election results and ratifying Biden’s victory; health experts are warning of a post-Thanksgiving surge in covid cases with hospitalizations nationwide topping 93,000 cases; and the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on whether the Trump Administration can exclude undocumented immigrants from the census results and the count used to determine congressional seats.

States implement tougher restrictions as the U.S. keeps setting new records for cases; President Trump uses the power of his office to persuade Michigan Republicans to overturn the vote; and President-Elect Biden and his transition team grow increasingly frustrated with Trump’s attack on election results.

The US reached the grim milestone of 250,000 covid deaths as new confirmed cases have gone from 40,000 a day to 150,000 over the last six weeks; as President Trump ramps up his attacks against the election results, President-elect Biden criticized Trump for delaying the transition, saying it’s preventing his team from tackling the pandemic effectively; December 11th deadline looming to avoid a government shutdown amid the pandemic; and a judge barred the Trump administration from expelling unaccompanied minors at the border under health measures intended to stop spread of the virus.