Dec. 17, 2020: Winter Storm Hits Northeast, Twitter Cracks Down on Misinformation and More

Welcome to Word on the Street where we discuss the top five most interesting links of the day. Here is what’s hot for Thursday, December 17, 2020:

Twitter Cracks Down on Vaccine Misinformation: Twitter will now remove claims that vaccines intentionally cause harm or relate to debunked conspiracy theories about vaccines.

Major Winter Storm Hitting Northeast: The nor’easter, currently affecting 70 million Americans, is expected to dump up to 2 feet of snow in some places.

MLB Reclassifies Negro Leagues as Major Leagues: Major League Baseball will reclassify the Negro Leagues, as a major league, which will affect the records of players that played in both.

Trump HHS Appointee Pushed for Herd Immunity: The official wanted to expose “infants, kids and teens” to COVID-19 in order to achieve herd immunity, according to an e-mail presented by Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina.

Andrew Yang Considering NYC Mayoral Run: The ex-presidential candidate has been talking with local leaders in the New York area in order to gauge interest in him running in the Democratic primary in 2021.