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The virus has taken the life of a young American teacher who became famous for a 2018 video of her students. Meanwhile, confusion and shortages impede some U.S. vaccination campaigns. And, India has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and a local version.
Health workers participate in a COVID-19 vaccine delivery system trial in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. India tested its COVID-19 vaccine delivery system with a nationwide trial on Saturday as it prepares to roll-out an inoculation program to stem the coronavirus
Some Republicans who once scolded about fiscal austerity are now embracing government spending, underlining that the public supports more generous relief. — NYT: Top Stories
A year of hardship in parts of Cleveland has left many with the sense that the fabric of their communities was fraying. — NYT: Top Stories
Those behind the widespread intrusion into government and corporate networks exploited seams in U.S. defenses and gave away nothing to American monitoring of their systems. — NYT: Top Stories
President-elect Joe Biden, right, listens as Janet Yellen, who Biden nominated to serve as Secretary of the Treasury, speaks at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden’s
Vice President Mike Pence waves as he walks off the stage after speaking at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has asked
Other cases involving the highly contagious variant that was first identified in Britain have been found in Colorado, California, and now Florida. — NYT: Top Stories
Constraints on rituals did not end them, even if we raised our glasses from inside lighted rooms. Yes, a year’s end may be an illusion, but we made it. — NYT: Top Stories