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Another vaccine candidate seeks emergency use authorization; Iran vows revenge after the killing of a top nuclear scientist.   Tonight's Sentences was written by Cameron Peters. TOP NEWS Promising vaccine candidates seek emergency use authorization Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images On Monday, the biotechnology company Moderna submitted an emergency use authorization to the Food and Drug Administration for its Covid-19 vaccine, which recent data suggest is as much as 94 percent effective. [ NPR / Richard Harris ] According to data released by Moderna via press release from a 30,000-person clinical trial, the vaccine was also 100 percent effective in preventing "severe" Covid-19 infections. [ Science / Jon Cohen ] Moderna's...

The GSA finally approves the presidential transition; many Americans will ignore the CDC's guidance on Thanksgiving.   Tonight's Sentences was written by Benjamin Rosenberg.  Sentences will be on break for the rest of the week. We'll be back on Monday, November 30. TOP NEWS Federal agency acknowledges Biden win, officially starting the transition Mark Makela/Getty Images President Donald Trump's baseless claims that he won the election have prevented an orderly transition for weeks. But the General Services Administration took a key step toward beginning the formal process on Monday. [ CNN / Kristen Holmes and Jeremy Herb ] GSA chief Emily Murphy, a Trump appointee, acknowledged that President-elect Joe Biden won the election...