As the world rushes to deliver vaccines for the coronavirus, an annual event is reminding people of an ongoing battle against a decades-old virus that has no cure.Here are the stories to watch this week.Cyber MondayAs more retailers stretch out Black Friday promotions beyond Nov. 27 this year due to the pandemic, the holy grail of a 24-hour period of online shopping begins.Cyber Monday is expected to remain the biggest online shopping day of the year with $12.7 billion in sales, a 35% jump.Black Friday foot traffic this year dropped by more than half, and consumer spending for online purchase at U.S. retail websites jumped by nearly $2 billion to an estimated $9 billion on Friday alone.World AIDS DayA decades-long battle against an incurable virus continues to be remembered Tuesday, part of an annual event founded in 1988.This year through a campaign and live event, the Elton John AIDS Foundation and TikTok are teaming up to raise awareness about AIDS, the late stage of an HIV infection.See above video from Newsy: HIV-related deaths cut in half since 2010The event will air on John’s TikTok channel, featuring the singer and husband-filmmaker David Furnish along with performances by Sam Smith, Sam Fender and Rina Sawayama.World health leaders are seeking to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.Execution issuesThe South Carolina Supreme Court has set a Friday execution date for Richard Bernard Moore, who has spent nearly two decades on death row following his conviction for the 1999 killing of a convenience store clerk in Spartanburg.But execution plans could be delayed if the state’s corrections agency cannot obtain pentobarbital.The state’s usual injection protocol calls for three drugs: pentobarbital, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride. The corrections agency has said it has not had the necessary drugs in stock since 2013, when its last supplies expired.The state says it could put Moore to death with a lethal dose of just one drug if officials cannot get hold of all three drugs the procedure calls for. His attorneys are trying to challenge that.The Associated Press contributed.
As the world rushes to deliver vaccines for the coronavirus, an annual event is reminding people of an ongoing battle against a decades-old virus that has no cure.
Here are the stories to watch this week.
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Cyber Monday
As more retailers stretch out Black Friday promotions beyond Nov. 27 this year due to the pandemic, the holy grail of a 24-hour period of online shopping begins.
Cyber Monday is expected to remain the biggest online shopping day of the year with $12.7 billion in sales, a 35% jump.
Black Friday foot traffic this year dropped by more than half, and consumer spending for online purchase at U.S. retail websites jumped by nearly $2 billion to an estimated $9 billion on Friday alone.
World AIDS Day
A decades-long battle against an incurable virus continues to be remembered Tuesday, part of an annual event founded in 1988.
This year through a campaign and live event, the Elton John AIDS Foundation and TikTok are teaming up to raise awareness about AIDS, the late stage of an HIV infection.
See above video from Newsy: HIV-related deaths cut in half since 2010
The event will air on John’s TikTok channel, featuring the singer and husband-filmmaker David Furnish along with performances by Sam Smith, Sam Fender and Rina Sawayama.
World health leaders are seeking to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
Execution issues
The South Carolina Supreme Court has set a Friday execution date for Richard Bernard Moore, who has spent nearly two decades on death row following his conviction for the 1999 killing of a convenience store clerk in Spartanburg.
But execution plans could be delayed if the state’s corrections agency cannot obtain pentobarbital.
The state’s usual injection protocol calls for three drugs: pentobarbital, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride. The corrections agency has said it has not had the necessary drugs in stock since 2013, when its last supplies expired.
The state says it could put Moore to death with a lethal dose of just one drug if officials cannot get hold of all three drugs the procedure calls for. His attorneys are trying to challenge that.
The Associated Press contributed.
