The three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced to life in prison. / NBC News Kazakhstan's former anti-terror chief has been arrested on charges of attempting to overthrow the government following the recent violent protests. / Associated Press Texas claims 246 people died in the 2021 winter
Kazakhstan orders security forces to "fire without warning" amid a crackdown on anti-government protests. / BBC News The situation presents Russia with another opportunity to reassert influence in its former Soviet domain. / The New York Times When Putin issues demands down the barrel of a gun, "it
Garland has told Justice Dept. employees that prosecutors remain "committed to holding all Jan. 6 perpetrators, at any level, accountable under law." / Associated Press One year after Jan. 6, here are the numbers on where the legal efforts stand. / BuzzFeed News In unrest sparked by rising gas prices
One month before the Olympics, China puts a second city into total lockdown after just three asymptomatic Covid-19 cases were detected. / BBC News In Hong Kong, one of the few places still pursuing a zero-Covid policy, testing positive for Covid means lockdown for nearly a month, symptoms or
Driven by the Omicron variant, new Covid infections in the US shatter prior coronavirus records, with more than a million cases reported yesterday. / USA Today As schools across the US open today—or try to, anyway—the FDA authorizes Pfizer boosters for 12-to-15-year-olds. / NBC News, NPR
TMN is going on holiday break. Below you'll find some of our favorite groups to support. We'll return January 4, 2022. Stay safe, yall. Give Directly facilitates direct cash transfers and lets people spend the money however they need. / Give Directly Plan International helps girls and
Omicron now accounts for 73% of all new US Covid cases, and has surpassed delta as the most prominent variant in the country. / Associated Press So far, the onset of omicron looks different from previous variants; early symptoms resemble the common cold. / KTLA "After waiting about 35 minutes in
Moderna says its booster shot significantly raises the level of antibodies that can foil the Omicron coronavirus variant. / The Guardian Only one in six Americans has received a booster, worrying health officials. / The New York Times Scouring the web for information about the Omicron storm? Here are some deeper dives
Biden's vaccine mandate for large employers is once again a go, after an appeals court overruled a previous judge's decision. / Associated Press Eight charts that show how Covid vaccines shaped 2021. / Nature This week, the Biden administration finally reversed Trump's loosening of shower head
The CDC now recommends the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines over J&J, citing blood-clotting concerns. / NBC News One reason omicron is spreading so much quicker than delta: It multiplies about 70 times faster inside the respiratory tract. / Goats and Soda In 2020, due to the pandemic, the FDA
