narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 95.6 million people worldwide and killed over 2 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

Heres how the news is developing Tuesday. All times Easte...

Official White House Photo by Andrea HanksBy CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- With less than 24 hours left in office, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday issued a determination that the Chinese government has committed "genocide" and "crimes against humanity" against Uighurs and other Muslim ethnic minorities.

The determination is a final parting shot that will complicate U.S.-Chine...

Joshua Roberts/Pool/Getty ImagesBy QUINN OWEN, ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Lawmakers evaluated Alejandro Mayorkas to lead the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday and grilled the hopeful future secretary on a range of issues focused on immigration enforcement and his time at the highest ranks of the department in 2015.

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, asked about the caravan of migrants reportedly he...

JohnFScott/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News

(OLYMPIA, Wash.) -- Washington state has announced a new robust public-private partnership featuring corporations headquartered in the state -- including Starbucks, Microsoft and Costco -- to boost its vaccine distribution efforts.

Gov. Jay Inslee announced the new effort, dubbed the Washington State Vaccine Command and Coordination Center, during...

Steven Ogg in "Snowpiercer" - Courtesy TNT(NEW YORK) --Snowpiercer, TNTs adaptation of the 2013Bong Joon-hosci-fi film, will stay on the tracks into season 3.

The network announced that thepost-apocalyptic show, starring Oscar winnerJennifer Connelly,HamiltonTony winnerDaveed Diggs,Sean Bean, andSteven Ogg, has been renewed before the shows second season debuts on January 25.

The s...

Baptist Health System, San Antonio, TexasBy KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News

(SAN ANTONIO) -- Dr. Nayeli Rodulfo-Zayas, an emergency medicine physician in San Antonio, Texas, was 35 weeks pregnant when she received her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine earlier this month.

Rodulfo-Zayas, also the mother of a 2-year-old, is speaking out about her decision in hopes of inspiring other pregnant women to ha...