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1. U.S. reported 4.2 million COVID-19 cases in November, as hopes rest on vaccine

   

   The United States entered the final month of the year with expectations that promising vaccine candidates will soon be approved to halt the rapidly spreading coronavirus after 4.2 million new cases were reported in November.

2. Justice Department finds no evidence of fraud that would change U.S. election result, Barr says

   

   U.S. Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday that the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

3. 2 years after Meng Wanzhou's arrest, fate of '2 Michaels,' China relationship hang in balance

   

   Two years after the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, the wife of Michael Kovrig, one of two Canadians detained in China, says she believes an end to the Huawei executive's extradition case would open the path to the detained men's liberation. But that end is still likely years away.

4. Massive Puerto Rico radio telescope collapses

   

   A huge, already damaged radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century completely collapsed on Tuesday.

5. China successfully lands spacecraft on moon, prepares to collect lunar rocks

   

   China successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon's surface on Tuesday in a historic mission to retrieve lunar surface samples, Chinese state media reported.