Buggies are common in Lancaster County, which hosts a large settlement of Amish. Source
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Tyler Perry donates $100K to Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend’s defense fund
A Louisville police officer wounded in the March 13 shooting in which Breonna Taylor was killed is suing Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, for assault, battery and emotional distress. When Walker set up a GoFundMe page for his defense, entertainment giant Tyler Perry donated $100,000. Source
400 Nigerian students missing after attack on school, and more global headlines
At least 400 students are missing after an attack on a boys school in Nigeria. Sailors were able to safely escape after an oil tanker near a port in Saudi Arabia was hit with an explosion. Indonesian police say they’ve arrested one of the most senior Al Qaeda-linked militants in the country. And Australia is facing cyclone-like storm damage. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee joins “CBSN AM” with today’s global headlines. Source
UPS exec on delivery of Pfizer Vaccine
UPS Healthcare President Wes Wheeler joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss the logistics of distributing the coronavirus vaccine across the country. Wheeler explains the technology they’re using to monitor the vaccine shipments, and measures taken to ensure its safety. Source
Electoral College to formally vote for Joe Biden to become next president
As Electoral College members meet in each state to cast their ballots, formally affirming Joe Biden as the next president of the United States, President Trump is vowing to continue fighting the election results. CBS News White House correspondent Ben Tracy discusses the latest in the Biden-Harris transition with Anne-Marie Green on “CBSN AM.” Source
Will a looming deal fix “cracks” in the “wall of opposition” to Iran?
Saudi Arabia and 3 allies have tried for years to cut Qatar off from the world. Now the feuding neighbors are “close to finalizing” a deal that may come as a relief to Washington. Source
Pfizer vaccine distribution gets underway in the United States
With emergency authorization from the FDA, Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is now being distributed across the country, ushering in the biggest vaccination effort in U.S. history. CBS News correspondent Errol Barnett joins CBSN from Troy, Michigan, with the latest. Source
Eye Opener: Shipments of Pfizer COVID vaccine begin
Shipments of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine begin in the United States, the start of the biggest vaccination effort in the country’s history. Also: The Electoral College meets to officially cast their votes to make Joe Biden the president-elect. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Source
Hospitals prepare for first batch of Pfizer vaccines to arrive
The largest vaccination effort in U.S. history gets underway, as hospitals around the country are gearing up to administer the first batch of Coronavirus vaccines. Lead national correspondent David Begnaud reports from UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, which hopes to begin vaccinating frontline workers. Source
First batch of COVID-19 vaccines shipped in U.S.
The effort to bring the COVID-19 vaccine to millions of Americans involves a major coordinated network of airlines, trucks, freezers and dry ice from coast to coast. On Sunday, UPS and FedEx began shipping vaccines, but the path to get to that point took months of planning and execution, Correspondent Kris Van Cleve reports. Source