Silent Night, Holy Night: Headlines From Christmas Day, 2020*

25 Dec 2020

·Jaybird

Nashville explosion appears intentional, authorities say Trump gives America chaos for Christmas Videos from Nagorno-Karabakh conflict prompt accusations of war crimes Another ‘Annus Horribilis’ for U.K. Royals Stark, devastating pleas show child poverty and Covid mean ‘an unimaginable time’ for country’s youngest Two Baltimore shootings leave one dead, two injured One vaccine side effect: global economic inequality Struggling renters face avalanche of evictions without federal aid People are dying: Whom do we save first with the vaccine? Coronavirus variant is, indeed, more transmissible, new study suggests Covid-19 patient is bludgeoned to death In California hospital And on this day of the celebration of the birth of the Christ child Satan smiled. *Selection of headlines from New York Times and Washington Post.

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I am retired, having worked primarily as a librarian, but have done freelance proofreading, copy editing, and book reviewing. I wrote some poetry many years ago, but decided it was bad and stopped, since I had other things to do. For the last ten...

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