Astrazeneca: U.S. Data Shows Vaccine Effective for All Ages
Written by MARIA CHENG and LAURAN NEERGAARD AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine provided strong...
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Donations Pour in for Families of Atlanta Shooting Victims
Written by KIMBERLEE KRUESI Shortly after his mother was killed in the Atlanta-area shootings, Randy Park launched a GoFundMe page asking for $20,000 to pay for funeral expenses. By Sunday, the donations were approaching $3...
Read MoreA Rapid COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Backfired in Some U.S. States
Written by CARLA K. JOHNSON and NICKY FORSTER Despite the clamor to speed up the U.S. vaccination drive against COVID-19 and get the country back to normal, the first three months of the rollout suggest faster is not necessarily...
Read MoreCops’ Posts To Private Facebook Group Show Hostility, Hate
Written by CLAUDIA LAUER and THALIA BEATY In a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, many current and retired officers spent the year criticizing chiefs who took a knee or officers who marched with...
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NC Public Education ‘Remedial Plan’ Presented to Judge
A multibillion-dollar plan presented by North Carolina officials and designed to comply with legal...
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Financial Incentive for More Medicaid Draws Mixed Reaction
A financial carrot for North Carolina to expand Medicaid to hundreds of thousands low-income...
Read MoreWith Striking of Black Juror, Floyd Activists See Racism
Written by AMY FORLITI and STEPHEN GROVES A prospective juror who once lived in the neighborhood where George Floyd was arrested told the attorney for an ex-officer charged in Floyd’s death that he had a personal reason for...
Read MoreBiden, Harris Offering Solace To Grieving Asian Americans
Written by BILL BARROW, JONATHAN LEMIRE and JEFF AMY For Asian Americans, 2020 was a year of political success and newfound influence. But it was also a time of vulnerability to racist assaults. That painful dichotomy will be on...
Read More710 Days Later, NCAA Tournament Is Back With ‘First Four’
Written by JIM LITKE Who are we kidding? “First Four” still sounds more like an educational toy than the prelude to three of the best weeks in sport. But because of the pandemic, it’s been 710 days since last we saw the NCAA...
Read MoreFleeing Myanmar Police: We Defied Orders To Kill Protesters
Written by ANUPAM NATH A group of police officers who defied the Myanmar army’s orders to shoot opponents of the coup recounted their experience after they escaped to India. While speaking, they raised a three-finger salute — a...
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