Headlines for December 21, 2021

WHO Urges Cancellation of Holiday Gatherings as Omicron Spreads at Record Pace, Omicron Variant Surpasses Delta, Now Accounts for Three-Quarters of U.S. Cases, New York Confirms Record Number of Coronavirus Infections for Fourth Straight Day, NHL Cancels Hockey Games Amid COVID Surge; Record Number of NFL Players Test Positive, White House to Make Half-Billion COVID-19 Home Test Kits Available for Free, Himalayan Glaciers Melt at Accelerating Rate as Climate Emergency Deepens, EPA Rule Would Require Gas-Powered Cars to Average 55 Miles Per Gallon by 2026, Burmese Military Massacred 40 Men and Buried Bodies in Mass Graves, Reports BBC, Egyptian Court Sentences Leading Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah to 5 More Years in Prison, Haitian Asylum Seekers Sue U.S. over Abuse and Racial Discrimination at Border, Humanitarian Aid Group Says British and French Rescue Crews Let 27 Refugees Drown, Pentagon to Crack Down on Extremism in Its Ranks, January 6 Committee Seeks Information from Republican Rep. Scott Perry, Jury Deliberations Open in Ghislaine Maxwell Sex-Trafficking Trial , Chris Noth Dropped from CBS’s “The Equalizer” Following Sexual Assault Claims, Jury Weighs Manslaughter Charges for MN Officer Kim Potter, Who Killed Daunte Wright, Harvard Won’t Require SAT or ACT Scores for Applicants Through 2026