Amid a raging pandemic and simmering post-election tensions, 20 Democratic Electoral College appointees are scheduled to gather in the state Capitol on Monday at noon to cast Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
“I’m definitely looking forward to it even under these stressful times with the pandemic,” said Allegheny County resident Nancy Patton Mills, the chairwoman of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party and the state Electoral College delegation.
Watch live: Pennsylvania Electoral College casts votes
While the electors usually meet in the state Senate chamber along with legislative leaders and guests, Mills said this year’s event will be pared down because of the pandemic.
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NEW YORK: BTS has had more than just a Dynamite year, they ve become such a global phenomenon that Time magazine named the South Korean group its 2020 Entertainer of the Year.
The magazine announced the honor for the seven-member K-pop boy band on Thursday, hours before a prime-time special that will culminate with the naming of Time s Person of the Year: President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
The magazine cited BTS massive global presence amid the pandemic, including leveraging their massive fan base to support causes like Black Lives Matter. The group has become a staple of recent awards shows, performing their flashy No. 1 hit ``Dynamite. The song in November brought BTS its first Grammy nomination.
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Total U.S. coronavirus deaths reported each morning this week: Monday, 282,312; Tuesday, 283,743; Wednesday, 286,325; Thursday, 289,431; Friday, 292,179.
Within days, the Food and Drug Administration is expected to follow the lead of an expert panel that endorsed a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and German company BioNTech and approve it for widespread use in the United States. Doses to inoculate health care workers and nursing home residents could be distributed within a week (The Hill).
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