It’s sibyl wilkes with what you need to know today is thursday january 6 2021. number one as the observation gets underway of the one-year anniversary of the january 6 attack on the u.s capitol this country is more divided than ever while police and military authorities are reporting how they are working to
Improve communications and beef up protections in the event of another attack the house committee investigation appears to be ramping up releasing more information seeking more interviews and promising more public access but polls indicate the american public is not convinced number two the world health organization director says that the
Pandemic will end in 2022 if we end in equity and spread vaccine wealth urging nations to cooperate on battling the coronavirus the director says that narrow nationalism and vaccine hoarding was preventing the pandemic from coming to an end and led to the creation of the omicron variant wealthier countries such
As the united states and europe were able to purchase vast quantities of the vaccine when they first became available and now have 67 vaccinated populations while eight percent of the people in poorer countries have barely received even one dose number three the us hit one million new covet 19 cases monday
Underscoring the threat of the omicron variant as the third year of the pandemic gets underway washington dc and the state of florida have had the largest jumps in new cases in the last two weeks the centers for disease control and prevention estimates that the omicron variant of the coronavirus
Now accounts for up to 95 of us test samples that were reviewed last week but even as the us case counts rose in recent weeks reported deaths did not appear to be surging suggesting that the omicron variant leads to a more mild form of covet 19. number four the kappa
Sigma fraternity at the university of richmond has been suspended while the school administrators investigate a racist video of some fraternity members singing dixie many black students on campus believe the university of richmond’s unwillingness to address a series of concerns helped foster an environment where students like the ones in the
Video feel that it’s okay to sing and dance to a racist song they hope if the university addresses their specific concerns the culture on campus will shift from one where racist videos exist to a more inclusive and welcoming environment number five family members are asking for the public’s help in
Finding a missing woman by the name of cynthia martina by troy she was last seen on video surveillance in grandview texas in february of 2021 at the time she was wearing a blue long sleeve shirt black pants gray with white shoes and carrying a red purse with plaid markings
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