EPISODE 2021-12-30: Snippets about US home prices, TikTok whoosh challenge, Elon Musk, public shame

Denver gunman who killed five in shooting rampage knew victims
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/29/denver-gunman-lyndon-james-mcleod-who-killed-five-in-shooting-rampage-knew-victims

US home prices surge 18.4% in October
https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-tampa-prices-1f5b41ef225202137477d96be81eafc5

San Diego plane crash victims were medical crew working for air ambulance
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/san-diego-plane-crash-victims-medical-crew-working-air-ambulance-rcna10294

Child Severely Burned Attempting TikTok Challenge
https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/east-haven-child-severely-burned-attempting-tiktok-challenge/2680804/

Elon Musk owes a massive $11 billion in taxes after wrapping up his Tesla stock sales
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/29/investing/elon-musk-tesla-stock-sales/index.html

Protesters call for firing of officer in fatal Florida dirt bike traffic stop
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boynton-beach-protesters-officer-firing-stanley-davis-jr-fatal-attempted-dirt-bike-traffic-stop/

China: Public shaming returns amid Covid fears
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-59818971

Mexico approves use of Cuba’s Abdala vaccine
https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-business-health-travel-5dce55ab9279f3c3d9c8d7525cab3a17

CDC director explains new Covid-19 guidance as the US heads into a harrowing phase of the pandemic
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/29/health/us-coronanavirus-wednesday/index.html

How democracy was dismantled in Hong Kong in 2021
https://apnews.com/article/china-hong-kong-beijing-democracy-national-security-9e3c405923c24b6889c1bcf171f6def4

Russia’s Aggression Against Ukraine Is Backfiring
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/12/russia-putin-ukraine-invasion/621140/

UK DJ Dimension becomes New Zealand's first Omicron community case after breaking quarantine rules
https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/12/29/uk-dj-dimension-is-omicron-community-case-report/

Chinese officials admitted Wednesday they have faced challenges getting enough supplies to residents in locked-down Xi'an, after the city's inhabitants took to social media to complain they didn't have enough food and call for help
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211229-chinese-officials-admit-struggle-providing-food-in-locked-down-xi-an

Kazakhstan abolishes death penalty
https://www.dw.com/en/kazakhstan-abolishes-death-penalty/a-56117176

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard tells the unvaccinated to ‘switch off your social media and switch on reality’
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/coronavirus/nsw-health-minister-brad-hazzard-tells-the-unvaccinated-to-switch-off-your-social-media-and-switch-on-reality/news-story/8f0f19aa332e925f166bd267b4059d38

Finland introduces mandatory Covid vaccinations for healthcare workers
https://yle.fi/news/3-12249108

Lawyers for Prince Andrew try to have Virginia Giuffre's civil lawsuit dismissed because she lives in Australia
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-29/lawyers-for-prince-andrew-try-to-disqualify-virginia-giuffre/100730698?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web

Hong Kong: Police arrest 6 journalists.
https://www.dw.com/en/hong-kong-police-arrest-6-journalists/a-60282506

Germany's long anti-nuclear protest ends: Activists have been protesting in front of the nuclear power plant in Brokdorf, northern Germany for 35 years and their vigil is finally over
https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-long-anti-nuclear-protest-ends/a-60278006

Apple puts India iPhone plant 'on probation' after mass food poisoning
https://www.dawn.com/news/1666476

Russian court shuts down another human rights group
https://thehill.com/policy/international/human-rights/587570-russian-court-shuts-down-another-human-rights-group

Portugal daily COVID-19 cases hit new record but deaths drop
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/portugals-daily-covid-19-cases-hit-new-record-deaths-drop-2021-12-29/

COVID-19: Boris Johnson says 'up to 90%' in intensive care have not had a booster and urges people to get jabbed
http://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-boris-johnson-says-up-to-90-in-intensive-care-have-not-had-a-booster-and-urges-people-to-get-jabbed-12505590

China warns of "drastic measures" if Taiwan provokes on independence
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-warns-drastic-measures-if-taiwan-provokes-independence-2021-12-29/?taid=61cc0e8092a8110001a65188&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

UPS driver kidnapped, packages stolen in brazen Atlanta heist
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ups-driver-kidnapped-packages-stolen-brazen-atlanta-heist-rcna10307