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The biggest national headlines of 2021

More people in the U.S. died of COVID-19 in 2021 than in 2020, driven in part by highly contagious variants. Vaccines became available, but hesitancy remained. Billionaires Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson raced into space. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced in June in the death of George Floyd, and the nation once against reeled from mass shootings. CBS News' Michael George reviews the biggest national news stories of the year.

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U.S., world continue to break daily COVID-19 infection records

The omicron variant is tightening its grip on the U.S. and the world, spreading like wildfire and driving case numbers higher than we've ever seen them before. Nikki Batiste reports on the impact this new variant is having. And then Bradley Blackburn spoke with Dr. Bob Lahita on CBSN about when we could see the amount of cases go down, and Dr. Anthony's comments on why the government isn't changing the definition of "fully vaccinated" to include a COVID-19 booster.

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