The US Food and Drug Administration approved an emergency use authorization for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, clearing the way for the drug to be distributed across the country.
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In a reply to a fan on the social media app Vero early Thursday morning Justice League Director Zack Snyder dropped a potential release date for his highly anticipated cut of the film. In his comment he states that he hopes to wipe Whedon’s infamous version of the film from existence with “what [we] see in March.”
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Roku, Inc. and WarnerMedia today announced an agreement to bring HBO Max to the Roku platform. Starting tomorrow, Dec. 17, Roku users will be able to download HBO Max from the Roku channel store and subscribe directly on their Roku device to access all of HBO Max, which includes 10,000 hours of curated premium storytelling from the iconic brands of HBO, Warner Bros., DC, Adult Swim and much more. For users who have already subscribed to HBO through their Roku devices, the HBO app will automatically update to become the HBO Max app, and they will be able to log in using their
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On Sunday morning, the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines were packed into trucks, departing for distribution from Pfizer’s manufacturing facility near Kalamazoo, Michigan. The vaccines, shipped by FedEx and UPS, are expected to arrive in all 50 US states on Monday.
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Charley Pride, country music’s first Black star whose rich baritone on such hits as “Kiss an Angel Good Morning” helped sell millions of records and made him the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died. He was 86.
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President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris were announced as TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year at a live event on Thursday evening.
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On Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission and 48 state attorneys general launched twin lawsuits against Facebook for alleged antitrust violations. New York Attorney General Letitia James, who leads the coalition of states suing Facebook, released a statement: “Facebook has used its monopoly power to crush smaller rivals and snuff out competition, all at the expense of everyday users.”
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A year after the COVID-19 pandemic began in Wuhan, China, the United Kingdom has been the first western country to start Pfizer-BioNTech vaccinations.
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On Friday, federal judge Nicholas Garaufis of the US District Court in Brooklyn ordered the Trump administration to immediately restore the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that protects immigrants brought to the US as children from being deported.
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Warner Bros. Pictures Group announced that it has committed to releasing its 2021 film slate on their HBO Max streaming platform in the US concurrent with the film’s domestic release.
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