JUST IN: The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus surpasses 500,000, according to @JohnsHopkins data
A half-million Americans are now dead as a result of the novel coronavirus that first hit U.S. shores just a little more than a year ago trib.al/TTc9Dnn
SOUND ON: The Washington National Cathedral's funeral bells toll 500 times as the U.S. death tally from Covid-19 tops 500,000 bloom.bg/3kfdM0v
WATCH: The White House lowered the flag to half-staff to mark the deaths of more than 500,000 Americans during the Covid-19 pandemic bloom.bg/3kfdM0v
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THREAD ⬇️: Should you buy GameStop shares? We polled experts on both sides of the Atlantic and asked them that question. This is what they want you to know trib.al/bbUQadN
📈 “Just because you read an Investopedia article and you now know what a short squeeze is, there are enough other people out there who have also read that same article,” one adviser said trib.al/bbUQadN
💵 GameStop boosters forced a $12.5 billion hedge fund to back down from its short position. But advisers caution that a win for Redditors is unlikely to translate into long-term gains for you trib.al/bbUQadN
LOOK: Trump supporters are gathered in Washington, D.C. to rally in support of Trump as Congress prepares to seal Biden’s victory in the November election trib.al/6Tqtf6V
Lisa Hayes, who traveled from Sacramento for the event, stood in front of the Capitol dome in a flowing white skirt adorned with paper ballots that had the word “stolen” stamped on them in big red letters
Richard Cass, a 53-year-old tow truck driver from New Jersey, said he believes the election “was definitely bought.”
“We need to get the American spirit back,” said Cass, who was wearing red-and-white striped overalls
🇺🇸 Democrats’ hopes of taking control of the U.S. Senate hung in the balance early Wednesday after the party captured one seat in the Georgia runoff elections bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
🇨🇳 The WHO expressed disappointment with China for the delay in granting visas to a team seeking to investigate Covid-19’s origins bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Hong Kong police arrested dozens under the China-imposed #NationalSecurityLaw in the biggest sweep yet.
- Arrests include lawmakers and activists Alvin Yeung, James To, Lam Cheuk-ting, Claudia Mo, Benny Tai
- Arrests by police’s national security branch trib.al/Aa2ssxi
🇭🇰 Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Benny Tai arrives at the Ma On Shan police station after being arrested.
He is among dozens of people taken into custody on suspicion of violating the China-imposed national security law #香港#戴耀廷
🇭🇰 UPDATE: Hong Kong police have arrested American lawyer John Clancey, who served as treasurer for the opposition primary election organizers, according to Jonathan Man, a partner at Ho Tse Wai & Partners #香港
🇺🇸 Joe Biden and Donald Trump held dueling rallies Monday ahead of Georgia’s critical Senate runoff election bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
🇬🇧 Boris Johnson pinned his hopes for a national recovery on a plan to deliver 2 million vaccinations a week, as the U.K. went back into lockdown bloomberg.com/news/articles/…