November 2020

US foot traffic drops by 52% on Black Friday

Wisconsin completes recount ahead of state certification deadline

Former Zappos CEO dies after sustaining injuries in house fire

Congress returns to session

Tens of thousands of protestors gather in France

SCOTUS to hear arguments related to 2020 census apportionment count

UK announces further bans on Huawei equipment

Moderna announces results from coronavirus vaccine trials

Iranian nuclear scientist killed

Argentinian soccer legend Diego Maradona dies at the age of 60

Salesforce in talks to acquire Slack

AWS experiences widespread outage

President Trump pardons Michael Flynn

Penguin Random House announces acquisition of Simon & Schuster

Supreme Court blocks New York restrictions on attendance at houses of worship

Globally reported coronavirus cases surpass 60M

Ethiopian PM announces "final phase" of military operation

College basketball season kicks off

2021 Grammy nominations announced

Jobless claims report: 778k people file for unemployment

McCormick announces $800M acquisition of Cholula Hot Sauce

Dow breaks 30,000 for first time

India announces ban on 43 Chinese apps

Purdue Pharma pleads guilty to federal criminal charges

Relativity Space raises $500M

Facebook announces "Drives" to assist with charitable giving

Uber and Lyft secure federal transportation contract

Snapchat launches TikTok competitor Spotlight

China successfully launches robotic spacecraft to collect lunar samples

GM to recall 7M vehicles

GSA releases presidential transition funds

Roblox files IPO prospectus

FDA grants emergency use authorization for coronavirus antibody treatment

GM announces updates to electric vehicle program

Trump administration announces prescription drug pricing rule changes

US withdraws from Open Skies Treaty

AstraZeneca announces interim results from coronavirus vaccine trials

G20 leaders' summit to be held this weekend

Jobless claims increase for first time in five weeks

BuzzFeed to acquire HuffPost from Verizon Media

Google launches new version of its payments app

Eli Lilly receives emergency authorization for second coronavirus treatment

Georgia completes full hand recount of presidential ballots

California announces new limited stay at home order

Duolingo raises $35M of new capital at $2.4B valuation

UK announces plan to end sale of new gas powered cars by 2030

Pelosi set to remain House Speaker next term

US announces new set of sanctions on Iran

Democratic Republic of Congo announces end of 11th ebola outbreak

Apple announces reduction in app store fees for small businesses

NYC schools close for in-person instruction (again)

Pfizer announces final results from late-stage coronavirus vaccine trials

NBA draft to be held tonight (virtually)

Twitter and Facebook CEOs testify before Senate Judiciary Committee

FAA lifts restrictions on 737 Max

Amazon launches online pharmacy

President Trump fires director of the CISA

FDA grants emergency use authorization for at-home coronavirus test

Trump administration announces troop withdraw in Afghanistan and Iraq

Ethiopian conflict continues in Tigray region

Jeff Bezos announces Earth Fund recipients

SpaceX capsule reaches International Space Station

Airbnb releases IPO prospectus

SEC chair to resign at year-end, six months ahead of schedule

Tesla set to join S&P 500 in December

FBI releases 2019 hate crime data

Hurricane Iota makes landfall in Central America

Japan and Australia agree to bilateral defense pact

Sex abuse claims filed against Boy Scouts reach nearly 90k

Dustin Johnson wins the Masters

Chipotle launches first digital-only restaurant

Israeli tech company launches "Sound Beaming" technology

Miami Marlins hire first female GM in MLB history

Interim president of Peru resigns after five days in office

Federal judge rules acting DHS secretary assumed office illegally, invalidates DACA restrictions

15 Asia-Pacific countries sign new free trade agreement

Moderna announces interim results from coronavirus vaccine trials

Masters 2020 kicks off after being postponed in March

Texas and CA become first states to report 1M coronavirus cases

State and federal election security officials issued a statement related to election security

709k people file for unemployment in US last week

President Trump issues executive order related to investment in companies tied to Chinese military

Commerce Department to comply with injunction blocking TikTok ban

Typhoon Vamco hits Philippines

Appeals court rules that Harvard did not discriminate against Asian American applicants

HHS announces vaccine distribution partnership

Facebook extends post-election political ad ban

Several high-profile NCAA football games postponed this weekend

Sony launches PlayStation 5

Alibaba doubles previous record for Singles Day sales

NASA grants first-ever commercial spacecraft certification for human flight

ByteDance challenges executive order that would have required it to sell TikTok

New York re-implements coronavirus restrictions

Georgia announces recount of presidential ballots

NBA announces plans to hold shortened season starting in December

Apple releases three new computers with Apple-designed chips

Target announces "store-in-store" partnership with Ulta

Walmart announces self-driving car delivery pilot with Cruise

Spotify announces plans to acquire Megaphone

Vatican releases report two-year investigation into former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick

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