Headlines from the CROSS-CONTINUUM DIGEST: Highlights of news reports from randomly selected alternate universes:

New France and New Spain negotiate Mississippi River compact.

Vampire anti-discrimination torchlight march on Washington.

First werewolf elected to Congress.

President-elect Harris announces transition team.

Texas secedes from Confederacy, establishes independent republic.

Russian premier and military high command exposed as lizardfolk.

Victorious Gilead rebels invite U.S. government-in-exile to return.

Dolphins protest Chesapeake Bay wind farms.

Oceania declares war on Eastasia.

Nova Roma signs trade agreement with Vinland.

Galactic Federation envoy invites Earth to join community of solar systems.

World Health Organization announces eradication of COVID-19.

Reservation for endangered dragons established in Yellowstone National Park.

Miskatonic University Antarctic expedition discovers secret Nazi base wiped out by shoggoths.

Barely one million survive after asteroid collides with Earth.

Galactic Federation envoy visits Earth, determines “No intelligent life here,” pledges to return in 100,000 sidereal years.