2020/12/18 18:24 President-elect Joe Biden arrives at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) President-elect Joe Biden arrives at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2018 file photo, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is interviewed by the Associated Press in Los Angeles. Garcetti has taken his. FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2018 file photo, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is interviewed by the Associated Press in Los Angeles. Garcetti has taken his name out of consideration for a possible post in the Biden administration. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel FIle)
In the headlines:
► A second COVID-19 vaccine has been authorized for emergency use in the U.S. by the Food and Drug Administration. Trucks will begin moving the vaccine this weekend, with the first of 5.9 million already manufactured Moderna shots expected to be given on Monday.
► The head of emergencies at the World Health Organization, Dr. Michael Ryan, said a team of international experts looking into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic will travel to China the first week of January. The team will visit the suspected site of the outbreak in the city of Wuhan. “The purpose of the mission is to go to the original point at which human cases were detected and that we fully expect to do that,” Ryan said.
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti’s 9-Year-Old Daughter Tested Positive for COVID-19
Garcetti also says he will not be taking a position in the Biden administrationDaniel Goldblatt | December 17, 2020 @ 6:21 PM Last Updated: December 17, 2020 @ 6:22 PM
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Thursday that his 9-year-old daughter Maya has tested positive for COVID-19.
Garcetti said his daughter had come down with a fever in the days before she was tested. He said her symptoms were mild and thus far both he and his wife have tested negative.
For the next 10 days, Garcetti said he will quarantine and work from home.
The remarks came during Thursday’s coronavirus briefing, during which he also said that he would not be joining Joe Biden’s administration.
Threats Mount Against Public Officials: Not What I Signed Up For Officials at all levels of government are receiving increased threats. They re not getting as much support as they should from officials at the highest levels or, in some cases, from law enforcement. Alan Greenblatt, Senior Staff Writer | December 17, 2020 | Analysis
There was a rumor her house had burned down. Kim Gray, a member of the Richmond, Va., city council, called the police chief directly, who told her officers would be alerted. None came, even after Gray and her neighbors called when a mob of about 200 formed outside her house. Some were armed with rifles, yelling “burn it down” and pointing lasers into her children’s bedroom.