1.  Georgia Re-Certifies Election Results After a Third Count

 ONCE MORE WITH FEELING 

“We have now counted legally cast ballots three times, and the results remain unchanged,” Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said, announcing (again) Joe Biden as the victor.

2.  Melania Unveils WH Tennis Pavilion as COVID Deaths Near 300K

  COURT DATE 

“It’s not only Pearl Harbor Day, but how many Americans will die from Covid-19 today?” presidential historian Michael Beschloss wrote on Twitter.

3.  Planning Your Holidays? Don’t Forget a Fresh, Festive Mask.

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4.  Afghan Airstrikes Civilian Deaths Up 330% Under Trump: Study

 DISREGARD 

Costs of War project reports “the number of civilians killed by international airstrikes increased about 330 percent from 2016, the last full year of the Obama administration.”

5.  ‘Cinderella’ Actress Natalie Desselle Reid Dies at 53

 ‘DECIMATED’ 

A family member tells TMZ that the beloved, prolific actress died of colon cancer, after receiving her diagnosis earlier this year.

6.  Still Using a Traditional Scale? You’re Doing It All Wrong

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7.  Breakdancing Will Make Its Olympic Debut at 2024 Paris Games

 BREAKING NEWS 

Surfing, skateboarding, and sport climbing will also be official sports at the 2024 Olympics.

8.  Family Says Ohio Cops ‘Lying’ About Shooting of Black Man

 TELL THE TRUTH 

Relatives say Casey Christopher Goodson Jr. was carrying a Subway sandwich and was shot in the back three times when entering his own home.

9.  NC Labor Commish: COVID-19 Isn’t a Workplace Safety Problem

 WORKERS’ WRONGS 

The virus has killed more than 280,000 Americans—and 5,000 North Carolinians—since February.

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10.  Netflix Doc Subject Dies by Suicide 4 Months After Daughter

 TRAGEDY UPON TRAGEDY 

“Audrie & Daisy” documented the rape allegations of two American teenagers. Both have died by suicide and now, so has Daisy’s mother.

11.  Widow Finds COVID Victim’s Last Unsent Text

  PARTING MESSAGE 

“I felt so cheated I didn’t get to be with him,” Michelle Cook says of her husband’s final days.

12.  Spokane Health Advisers Quit to Protest Doctor’s Firing

 HE GOES, WE GO 

“We will not be complicit in supporting administrators who have worked to subvert the public’s health.”

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13.  Woodward Writing Next Book on Dying Days of Trump Presidency

 EVEN MORE RAGE 

There’s no title or publication date yet, but the book will reportedly cover the messy transition to President-elect Joe Biden.

14.  Bob Dylan Sells Songwriting Catalog for a Reported $300M

 TANGLED UP IN GREEN 

The Universal Music Publishing Group has snapped up Dylan’s entire canon from his 1960s classics right up to his latest album this year.

15.  California Locks Down Again: 33 Million Told to Stay Home

 HOME FOR CHRISTMAS 

The state reported a record high of 30,000+ new coronavirus cases on Sunday while, across the nation, the United States reported 175,663 positive tests.

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