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Live updates: AstraZeneca to supply E.U. with more coronavirus vaccine doses

More than 2.2 million people have died from coronavirus around the world.
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Coronavirus updates: E.U. boosts vaccine supply through two new deals with drugmakers; U.S. chides China on covid transparency

Much of the world is in a race to inoculate as new, more virulent variants of the virus are spreading globally.

Black History Month 2021

This Black History Month, as history struggles to keep up with current events, we can remember how we got here as we keep our eyes on the future.
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One of Trump’s new lawyers declined to charge Bill Cosby. The other maintains Jeffrey Epstein was murdered.

Following a sudden exodus of lawyers who had been working on the former president’s legal defense, Trump's team settled on Bruce L. Castor Jr. and David Schoen to lead his defense in the impeachment trial set to begin on Feb. 9.

Wisconsin pharmacist who destroyed more than 500 vaccine doses believes Earth is flat, FBI says

Steven Brandenburg, the Wisconsin pharmacist who is charged with destroying nearly 600 doses of the Moderna vaccine, also believes the Earth is flat and that the sky is not real, according to court records.

Rochester police handcuffed and pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old girl, body-cam footage shows

Graphic body-camera footage, which Rochester police released Sunday, left city leaders demanding answers for how a family disturbance call quickly escalated into a use of force against a young girl.

Elon Musk grills Robinhood CEO over GameStop trading freeze: ‘The people demand answers’

The spontaneous interview offered a rare CEO-to-CEO showdown over the GameStop trading freeze.

Experts urge faster vaccinations and efforts to curb spread in response to virus variants

More than a million vaccine doses have been given in the United States for 12 days in a row.

Anti-vaccine protesters temporarily shut down major coronavirus vaccine site at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

The vaccine site, one of the largest in the country, was closed for about an hour, officials said.

Maryland becomes second state to report case of coronavirus variant that first emerged in South Africa

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said the case in Maryland involved an adult living in the Baltimore metro region who had not travelled internationally, indicating community transmission.

The other rebellion: Dozens of Michigan restaurants defy state coronavirus order

Meanwhile, many of the state’s hospitals are operating at 90 to 100 percent capacity and struggling to keep up.

‘Is this really happening right now?’: A 10-year-old cashes in his GameStop shares

The fifth-grader was gifted 10 GameStop shares, each at $6.19, as a Kwanzaa present from his mother in 2019.
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Corky Lee, photographer who chronicled Asian American community, dies at 73 of coronavirus

For half a century, Mr. Lee, the American-born son of Chinese immigrants, dedicated himself to documenting a community that had long gone unseen.

Transgender girls are at the center of America’s culture wars, yet again

Lawmakers in at least a dozen states have recently proposed bills challenging gender protections, many in youth sports.

Atlanta DA requests Rayshard Brooks case be reassigned, blames predecessor

Fulton County's new district attorney has requested two cases, one of them involving the fatal police shooting of Rayshard Brooks, be reassigned because of how her predecessor handled them.
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