California has now joined Texas in becoming a state with more than 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry offers congratulations at his regular daily briefing. China had been one of the last major nations to hold out recognizing Biden will be the next president.
For 35 years, Scott Macaulay has been organizing the annual holiday gathering in Massachusetts for anyone who wants to come. "I can't fix the country ... but I can brighten my own corner," he said.
Joe Biden won the presidential election, but it was a lot closer than the polls suggested. And there's evidence that political polling in 2020 was even further off than in 2016.
John Bolton urges Republicans to accept a Biden presidency. Biden could see a boom in the economy with the arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine. And, poorer countries might not receive a vaccine until 2023.
Lydia Mobley is a traveling ICU nurse who is currently working at a hospital in central Michigan. She describes how hard it has been treating patients during the current surge in coronavirus cases.
Even as many Senate Republicans refuse to recognize President-elect Joe Biden's win, they signaled support for Biden to receive intelligence briefings.