Paramedics and EMTs are declining to transport some less severely ill patients whom they might take to the hospital under ordinary circumstances. Mortuaries have to turn away bereaved families because they don’t have the capacity for more bodies.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell again rebuffed Democratic calls on Wednesday for a vote on a House bill that would increase COVID-19 relief payments to $2,000, adding that he sees “no realistic” path for the legislation. McConnell has proposed a new bill that would wed $2,000 payments to the repeal of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and an inquiry into President Trump’s unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 elections. Democratic leaders in the Senate have rejected this proposal, instead urging the majority leader to take up the House-approved bill.

The Missouri Republican said on Wednesday that he intends to object to the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election when Congress meets in a joint session on January 6 to formally count the Electoral College votes. The move will not alter the result of the 2020 presidential election, according to several reports, but will force both chambers of Congress to debate and vote on the submitted objections.

Checkboard-mowed grass, human snow globes, river movies, tented classrooms. In 2020, the worst of times pushed designers to find offbeat solutions.

The actor, who portrayed Mary Ann Summers on the hit 1960s sitcom, passed away from complications due to COVID-19 on Wednesday, her publicist confirmed. She was 82.

Fresh tremors rattled Croatia on Wednesday, a day after a powerful quake struck the Balkan country. As per the European Mediterranean Seismological Center's measurements, the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.4. Local rescue crews reported widespread damage near the epicenter in the town of Petrinja and the surrounding area. The region has seen a series of quakes and tremors in the last 72 hours.

Theaters hoping to survive the coronavirus pandemic—and Hollywood’s pivot to streaming—are rebooting the moviegoing experience.

The bright, new hall at Penn Station will open on January 1. Governor Andrew Cuomo officially unveiled the new space at a socially distant ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday. Moynihan Train Hall has glass skylights and 92-foot-high ceilings. "As dark as 2020 was to me this hall brings the light. Literally and figuratively,” Cuomo said.

Multiple explosions and gunfire rocked Yemen’s Aden airport on Wednesday as a new cabinet flew in from its refuge in Saudi Arabia, killing dozens and wounding many, according to the Al-Masdar news website.

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday that the state of New York and the NFL came to a much-anticipated agreement over how many fans will be allowed to attend the Buffalo Bills first playoff game at Bills Stadium. Every attendee must present a negative COVID-19 test and wear a mask the entire time they are in the stadium.

With 2021 just around the corner, we asked Twitter to describe their mood for the new year using a film GIF.

Detective Joshua Jaynes, who was the officer who prepared the search warrant for the raid on Taylor's home, and Detective Myles Cosgrove, who the FBI concluded fired the shot that ultimately killed Taylor, both received letters of termination on Tuesday, according to multiple news outlets.

Two Cleveland police officers will not face any federal charges for shooting and killing 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014. The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that it is ending its investigation into Rice's death, saying that the video of the shooting is of too poor quality to establish what exactly happened.

India has now recorded 20 cases of the new strain of COVID-19 which was first reported in the UK, ANI reports. This includes a two-year-old girl who tested positive in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, according to The Times of India. Her parents tested positive for the earlier COVID-19 strain following a trip to the UK. The Indian health ministry said that all persons have been isolated in designated health care facilities and that their close contacts have also been quarantined. Genome sequencing for several other specimens is underway.

During a press conference, Dr. Mark Ghaly, the state's Health and Human Services Agency secretary, announced that the Los Angeles area and Central Valley will remain under a stay-at-home order. The extension comes as the region continues to see a surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations.

The activists were arrested at sea as they tried to flee to Taiwan by speedboat and were jailed by China for between seven months and three years. The group were caught in August, shortly after Beijing introduced its national security law. Two minors who were also involved were sent back to Hong Kong.

There are reports of long waits for ambulances, shortages of supplies like oxygen and lack of hospital beds as the number of patients admitted with issues related to COVID-19 hits an all-time peak in England. There are also fears of NHS staff succumbing to burnout and exhaustion as they are asked to work extra shifts to cope with the surge.