Air travel in the U.S. over the Christmas weekend was the highest it’s been during the pandemic. It’s still much lower than last year: About 3.8 million people passed through airports from Dec. 23 to Dec. 26, compared with 9.5 million over the same days in 2019.
New York State banned most evictions for at least another 60 days, as tenants struggle to pay rent during the pandemic. It’s one of the most comprehensive anti-eviction laws in the country.
A very small number of Covid patients who have never experienced mental health problems are developing severe psychotic symptoms, including hallucinations, paranoia and violent impulses, weeks after contracting the virus.
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A judge in Saudi Arabia sentenced Loujain al-Hathloul, an activist who fought for women’s right to drive, to more than five years in prison on charges of undermining the kingdom. Her supporters called the case political persecution.
The police in Oakland, Calif., are investigating who vandalized a weeks-old ceramic statue of Breonna Taylor.
A federal judge again denied bail to Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite and longtime companion of Jeffrey Epstein who is charged with abetting his abuse of teenage girls. Prosecutors called Maxwell “an extreme flight risk.”
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