Multiple dead after driver plows SUV into holiday parade in Wisconsin
A speeding SUV tore through a holiday parade in downtown Waukesha, Wisconsin, on Sunday evening, killing multiple people and striking more than 20 as marching bands and local politicians were strolling through the Milwaukee suburb. Chief Daniel Thompson of the Waukesha police said Sunday night that a person of interest was in custody and that there was no further threat. He said he did not know how many people died. In a video posted on the city’s Facebook page, the SUV is seen speeding down the parade route and a few screams can be heard from those in the crowd.
Virginia’s new lieutenant governor-elect says she won’t force vaccines
Winsome Sears, lieutenant governor-elect of Virginia, reaffirmed Sunday she did not support a sweeping vaccine mandate for Virginians like the rules implemented elsewhere. “I’m not going to force anybody to do that,” Sears said on CNN’s “State of the Union,” adding, “I have said: Get the vaccine. And then if you’re not going to get the vaccine, then do what’s necessary to keep yourself safe and keep other people safe.” Virginia reported a seven-day rolling average of 1,518 new daily cases Saturday. Cases have dropped since a mid-September surge, but are starting to tick up again.
GOP donors back Manchin, Sinema as they reshape Biden’s agenda
Over the summer, as he was working to scale back President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., traveled to a Dallas mansion for a fundraiser that attracted Republican and corporate donors. In September, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., who along with Manchin has been a major impediment to the White House’s efforts to pass its package of social and climate policy, stopped by the same home to raise money. Even as Sinema and Manchin have drawn fire from the left, they have won growing financial support from conservative-leaning donors and business executives in a display of how party affiliation can prove secondary to special interests and ideological motivations.
Ousted in coup, Sudan’s prime minister returns via military deal
After four weeks under house arrest, Sudan’s ousted prime minister was reinstated Sunday after he signed a deal with the military intended to end a standoff that led to dozens of protester deaths and threatened to derail Sudan’s transition to democracy. At a ceremony in the presidential palace, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok appeared alongside Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the army chief who ousted him on Oct. 25, and signed a 14-point agreement that both hailed as an important step. “We must put an end to the bloodshed,” said Hamdok, referring to the protesters killed by security forces in anti-coup protests.
2 of 17 kidnapped missionaries in Haiti are freed, group says
Two of the 17 people with an American missionary group who were kidnapped in Haiti over a month ago have been released, the organization said Sunday. The hostages, who included women and children, were seized by one of Haiti’s most fearsome gangs on Oct. 16 as the missionary group visited an orphanage outside the capital, Port-au-Prince. In announcing that two of them had been released, the group, Christian Aid Ministries, based in Ohio, said it would not make public their names or say why they were freed. But the group said that those released are “safe, in good spirits, and being cared for.”
More Asian countries slowly reopen borders and welcome vaccinated travelers
As Asian countries are learning to live with the coronavirus and gaining momentum in their vaccination campaigns, several are cautiously reopening their borders and welcoming travelers. Singapore, after more than 20 months of tight border restrictions, began loosening its international travel regulations last month. The city-state has fully vaccinated nearly 92% of its population, the highest rate in the world, according to Our World in Data. On Nov. 15, Singapore said it would allow back in travelers from five more countries starting this month. Singapore and South Korea also opened a reciprocal travel bubble on Monday.
By wire sources
