David Zalubowski / AP New, More Transmissible COVID Variant Found in Colorado A coronavirus variant first discovered in the UK has been found in the US. It is thought to be more transmissable than the common variant. By The Associated Press December 29, 2020
Dirk Waem / Pool / AFP via Getty Images 'Light at the End of the Tunnel': Vaccination Effort Takes Off Across Europe European countries began distributing Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine after its approval by the European Union. By Thomas Catenacci December 27, 2020
@MetroUK / Twitter screen shot Children Terrified as Morbid Ad Shows Doctors Trying To Save a COVID-Stricken Santa The United Kingdom's NHS put out a commercial depicting a sickly Santa rushed into a hospital and appearing to be on the brink of death. By Michael Austin December 24, 2020
@SheffieldStar / Twitter Family Displays 100-Year-Old Christmas Tree That Survived Hitler Bombing in WWII The tree cracked when it was blown across the room during the Blitz, and it is now only held together by a bit of brown sticky tape. By Deborah Van Kempen December 24, 2020
Images By Tang Ming Tung / Getty Images New COVID Variant Ripping Across UK Sends Country Back Into Full Lockdown A new variant of the coronavirus has triggered a massive lockdown in Britain and countries are starting to ban flights coming from the UK. By Jack Davis December 20, 2020
Toby Melville / WPA / Pool / Getty Images Boris Johnson Cancels Christmas: Restrictions Tightened as New Virus Strain Emerges in UK British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new coronavirus restrictions ahead of Christmas. By Thomas Catenacci December 19, 2020
Kola Sulaimon / AFP via Getty Images Itxu Díaz: 600 Black Children Who Don't Matter to Anyone 'The country is watered with the blood of Christian martyrs and it’s time for them to stop feeling abandoned by the free world.' By Itxu Díaz December 17, 2020
AFP via Getty Images; Getty Images Look Who Was Just Let Out of Jail Thanks to Insane COVID Fear Adel Abdel Bary, a henchman for Osama bin Laden, was released due to concerns he might catch COVID-19 in jail. By C. Douglas Golden December 17, 2020
@ThePenguinOffi1 / Twitter Man Jet Skis Over 4 Hours To Visit Girlfriend, Gets Thrown in Jail for Flouting COVID Travel Ban A man was sentenced to a month in jail after flouting travel restrictions and Jet Skiing across the Irish Sea to visit his girlfriend. By Thomas Catenacci December 16, 2020
Joe Gough / Shutterstock Kids Forced To Eat Mashed Potatoes with Hands as COVID Hysteria Gets Utensils Banned in School In the United Kingdom, apparently eating mashed potatoes with your hands is more sanitary than doing it with utensils. By C. Douglas Golden December 12, 2020