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The first vaccine injection was administered to a New York nurse on the front lines who said from a puffy blue armchair, “It didn’t feel any different than taking any other vaccine.” But this vaccine is monumentally different.
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The new measures, announced ahead of the Christmas holiday by Chancellor Angela Merkel, resemble the country’s lockdown in the spring.
Sandra Lindsay has long dreamed of helping others and said it was important for her as a Black woman to get the vaccine.
New data suggests the U.S. faces a wave of evictions if Congress fails to act.
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The attack underscores the significance of the campaign and calls into question the adequacy of federal cybersecurity efforts.
Lawyers for Derek Chauvin and Tou Thao argued in court papers that prosecutors have delayed handing over key evidence, and they asked a judge to delay the trial, scheduled for March.
In the two weeks since commercial flights began between Tel Aviv and the Emirati cities of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Israelis have caused a remarkable tourism boomlet in the Gulf nation. “This feels like the Iron Curtain lifting,” said one Israeli visitor.
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Ballots are now being cast in the crucial races that will determine control of the Senate.
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“We made it,” Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) said as the electoral college did its democratic duty.
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The contours of that order are still a bit difficult to discern, but analysts say it suggests a future where China is even less beholden to Western demands and interests than it already is.
Takahiro Shiraishi lured suicidal women and girls to his apartment, then murdered them.
There was a surge this year in attempts to cross from France to Britain by raft.
One student described escaping from kidnappers as they dragged the boys through the woods.
Robert Levinson disappeared in 2007 while on Kish Island, a tourist spot off the coast of Iran, during an unauthorized trip for the CIA to gather intelligence on Iran’s nuclear program. His family and U.S. officials said this year they believe he died in Iranian custody.
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Heavy snow, possibly with blizzard conditions, is likely in the New York City area Wednesday night.
Police said that 38 people had been arrested for protest-related actions, and D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham said eight officers were injured, one seriously. Ten people were charged with assault on a police officer.
A new survey finds it's not option of online giving, nor the size or location that matters in how hard a Catholic parish was hit: It's whether the parish offers online worship, Bible study and other engagement.
One man was injured at the menorah lighting at Chabad of the Bluegrass in Lexington, Ky., police said.
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The president appears to be sending a message that he wants to be remembered as one of the toughest presidents on crime in recent history.
“I’ve seen ‘pay it forward’ chains that went on for about 20 cars, but never anything like this,” said general manager Tina Jensen.
Members of the general public, officials said, will likely need to wait until the spring.
“It’s a virus. It’s not a pandemic,” Virginia’s soon-to-be newest member of Congress said.
The major winter storm that will ride up the Mid-Atlantic coast Wednesday may spare the immediate Washington area from substantial snow but wallop areas well to the north and west.
William Harvey, president of the historically Black institution in southeast Virginia, is one of the longest-serving leaders in higher education.
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