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'Extraordinary Acceleration': Takeaways From The Pandemic This Week Health care workers in Houston, Texas, perform a procedure on a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit on Thanksgiving. This past week has seen continued steep growth in cases, hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19. Go Nakamura/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Go Nakamura/Getty Images Shots - Health News

'Extraordinary Acceleration': Takeaways From The Pandemic This Week Health care workers in Houston, Texas, perform a procedure on a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit on Thanksgiving. This past week has seen continued steep growth in cases, hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19. Go Nakamura/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Go Nakamura/Getty Images Shots - Health News

'Extraordinary Acceleration': Takeaways From The Pandemic This Week Health care workers in Houston, Texas, perform a procedure on a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit on Thanksgiving. This past week has seen continued steep growth in cases, hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19. Go Nakamura/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Go Nakamura/Getty Images Shots - Health News

'Extraordinary Acceleration': Takeaways From The Pandemic This Week Health care workers in Houston, Texas, perform a procedure on a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit on Thanksgiving. This past week has seen continued steep growth in cases, hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19. Go Nakamura/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Go Nakamura/Getty Images Shots - Health News

Trump: 'They're Going to Try to Rig This Election, Too' --> Trump: 'They're Going to Try to Rig This Election, Too' President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive to a campaign rally for Senate Republican candidates, Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., at Valdosta Regional Airport, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, in Valdosta, Ga. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Overtaxed Idaho health facilities on brink of rationing care Health Dec 05 Overtaxed Idaho health facilities on brink of rationing care By Keith Ridler, Associated Press

Overtaxed Idaho health facilities on brink of rationing care Health Dec 05 Overtaxed Idaho health facilities on brink of rationing care By Keith Ridler, Associated Press

Overtaxed Idaho health facilities on brink of rationing care Health Dec 05 Overtaxed Idaho health facilities on brink of rationing care By Keith Ridler, Associated Press

Overtaxed Idaho health facilities on brink of rationing care Health Dec 05 Overtaxed Idaho health facilities on brink of rationing care By Keith Ridler, Associated Press

Trump presses Georgia governor to help subvert election Politics Dec 05 Trump presses Georgia governor to help subvert election By Bill Barrow, Ben Nadler, Associated Press

Trump presses Georgia governor to help subvert election Politics Dec 05 Trump presses Georgia governor to help subvert election By Bill Barrow, Ben Nadler, Associated Press

Trump presses Georgia governor to help subvert election Politics Dec 05 Trump presses Georgia governor to help subvert election By Bill Barrow, Ben Nadler, Associated Press

Trump presses Georgia governor to help subvert election Politics Dec 05 Trump presses Georgia governor to help subvert election By Bill Barrow, Ben Nadler, Associated Press

Overtaxed Idaho health facilities on brink of rationing care Health Dec 05 Overtaxed Idaho health facilities on brink of rationing care By Keith Ridler, Associated Press

Overtaxed Idaho health facilities on brink of rationing care Health Dec 05 Overtaxed Idaho health facilities on brink of rationing care By Keith Ridler, Associated Press

Overtaxed Idaho health facilities on brink of rationing care Health Dec 05 Overtaxed Idaho health facilities on brink of rationing care By Keith Ridler, Associated Press

Overtaxed Idaho health facilities on brink of rationing care Health Dec 05 Overtaxed Idaho health facilities on brink of rationing care By Keith Ridler, Associated Press

Bahrain now 2nd nation to grant Pfizer shot emergency use Health Dec 05 Bahrain now 2nd nation to grant Pfizer shot emergency use By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

Bahrain now 2nd nation to grant Pfizer shot emergency use Health Dec 05 Bahrain now 2nd nation to grant Pfizer shot emergency use By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

Bahrain now 2nd nation to grant Pfizer shot emergency use Health Dec 05 Bahrain now 2nd nation to grant Pfizer shot emergency use By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

Bahrain now 2nd nation to grant Pfizer shot emergency use Health Dec 05 Bahrain now 2nd nation to grant Pfizer shot emergency use By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

California’s San Joaquin Valley enacts stay-home order Nation Dec 05 California’s San Joaquin Valley enacts stay-home order By Olga R. Rodriguez, Juliet Williams, Robert Jablon, Associated Press

California’s San Joaquin Valley enacts stay-home order Nation Dec 05 California’s San Joaquin Valley enacts stay-home order By Olga R. Rodriguez, Juliet Williams, Robert Jablon, Associated Press

California’s San Joaquin Valley enacts stay-home order Nation Dec 05 California’s San Joaquin Valley enacts stay-home order By Olga R. Rodriguez, Juliet Williams, Robert Jablon, Associated Press

California’s San Joaquin Valley enacts stay-home order Nation Dec 05 California’s San Joaquin Valley enacts stay-home order By Olga R. Rodriguez, Juliet Williams, Robert Jablon, Associated Press

222 Republican Congressmen Won't Say Biden President-Elect --> 222 Republican Congressmen Won't Say Biden President-Elect (Dreamstime)

The Political World Starts To Move On From Trump President Trump leaves after speaking in the Diplomatic Room of the White House on Thanksgiving. Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Pool/Getty Images Analysis The Political World Starts To Move On From Trump The president continues to cry foul about an election he lost, but he's running out of time and options, as even his own party is beginning to abandon him.

A bleak outlook for millions facing cutoff of US jobless aid Nation Dec 05 A bleak outlook for millions facing cutoff of US jobless aid By Christopher Rugaber, Casey Smith, Associated Press

A bleak outlook for millions facing cutoff of US jobless aid Nation Dec 05 A bleak outlook for millions facing cutoff of US jobless aid By Christopher Rugaber, Casey Smith, Associated Press

A bleak outlook for millions facing cutoff of US jobless aid Nation Dec 05 A bleak outlook for millions facing cutoff of US jobless aid By Christopher Rugaber, Casey Smith, Associated Press

A bleak outlook for millions facing cutoff of US jobless aid Nation Dec 05 A bleak outlook for millions facing cutoff of US jobless aid By Christopher Rugaber, Casey Smith, Associated Press

A bleak outlook for millions facing cutoff of US jobless aid Nation Dec 05 A bleak outlook for millions facing cutoff of US jobless aid By Christopher Rugaber, Casey Smith, Associated Press

The Political World Starts To Move On From Trump President Trump leaves after speaking in the Diplomatic Room of the White House on Thanksgiving. Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Pool/Getty Images Analysis The Political World Starts To Move On From Trump The president continues to cry foul about an election he lost, but he's running out of time and options, as even his own party is beginning to abandon him.

The Political World Starts To Move On From Trump President Trump leaves after speaking in the Diplomatic Room of the White House on Thanksgiving. Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Pool/Getty Images Analysis The Political World Starts To Move On From Trump The president continues to cry foul about an election he lost, but he's running out of time and options, as even his own party is beginning to abandon him.

The Political World Starts To Move On From Trump President Trump leaves after speaking in the Diplomatic Room of the White House on Thanksgiving. Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Pool/Getty Images Analysis The Political World Starts To Move On From Trump The president continues to cry foul about an election he lost, but he's running out of time and options, as even his own party is beginning to abandon him.

The Political World Starts To Move On From Trump President Trump leaves after speaking in the Diplomatic Room of the White House on Thanksgiving. Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Pool/Getty Images Analysis The Political World Starts To Move On From Trump The president continues to cry foul about an election he lost, but he's running out of time and options, as even his own party is beginning to abandon him.

Sidney Powell to Newsmax TV: Still Plenty of Time for Trump to Prevail, Overturn Biden Win PhotoCaption {max-width:600px;} Sidney Powell to Newsmax TV: Still Plenty of Time for Trump to Prevail, Overturn Biden Win Rudolph Giuliani and Sidney Powell hold a press conference last month in their capacity as lawyers for President Donald Trump, challenging the tallies from the Nov. 3 presidential race. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

Why These World War II Sex Slaves Are Still Demanding Justice Pilar Quilantang Galang was one of more than 100 girls and women raped by members of the Japanese Imperial Army in the village of Mapaniqui on Nov. 23, 1944. She was 9 years old at the time. Even now, in her 80s, when she sees the ruins of the "Red House" (at rear of photo), where the rapes happened, she says, "I feel like I'm losing my mind. I wish it would be destroyed." Cheryl Diaz Meyer for NPR hide caption toggle caption Cheryl Diaz Meyer for NPR

Biden officially secures enough electors to become president Politics Dec 04 Biden officially secures enough electors to become president By Michael R. Blood, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press

Why These World War II Sex Slaves Are Still Demanding Justice Pilar Quilantang Galang was one of more than 100 girls and women raped by members of the Japanese Imperial Army in the village of Mapaniqui on Nov. 23, 1944. She was 9 years old at the time. Even now, in her 80s, when she sees the ruins of the "Red House" (at rear of photo), where the rapes happened, she says, "I feel like I'm losing my mind. I wish it would be destroyed." Cheryl Diaz Meyer for NPR hide caption toggle caption Cheryl Diaz Meyer for NPR

Biden officially secures enough electors to become president Politics Dec 04 Biden officially secures enough electors to become president By Michael R. Blood, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press