Today in History: December 14, Vaccinations begin as COVID-19 death toll hits 300,000 The largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history began with health workers getting shots on the same day the nation’s COVID-19 death toll hit 300,000. Library board ousted after voting to keep children’s book about trans boy Disagreement about having a picture book about a trans boy remain in a North Carolina county’s library led commissioners to dissolve the county library board. Fear grips Brown University after shooter kills 2 and wounds 9 as police search for shooter Hundreds of police officers are scouring the Brown University campus and nearby neighborhoods in the hunt for a shooter who killed two people and wounded nine others in a classroom |
One person killed after U-Haul truck explodes in Idaho retail shopping center parking lot One dead after U-Haul truck explodes outside Old Navy in Idaho. Blast damages nearby businesses as multiple agencies respond to Saturday incident. |