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Thursday, December 31, 2020

Top News

U.K. Authorizes Covid-19 Vaccine From Oxford and AstraZeneca

By Benjamin Mueller and Rebecca Robbins

Health officials hope to soon vaccinate up to two million people per week as the country's hospitals are overwhelmed by cases of a new, more contagious coronavirus variant.

Discovery of Virus Variant in Colorado and California Alarms Scientists

By Apoorva Mandavilli

A more contagious version of the coronavirus may alter the course of the pandemic in the United States, researchers said.

'No Realistic Path' for Quick Vote on $2,000 Stimulus Checks, McConnell Says

By Catie Edmondson

The Senate leader all but ended any chance of increasing direct payments, despite some Republican support for the effort.

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World | Behind the Curve

25 Days That Changed the World: How Covid-19 Slipped China's Grasp

Beijing acted against the coronavirus with stunning force, as its official narratives recount. But not before a political logjam had allowed a local outbreak to kindle a global pandemic.

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Vaccines Are Safe, No Matter What Bobby Kennedy Says

By Kerry Kennedy Meltzer

I love my uncle. But when it comes to vaccines, he is wrong.

Today's Videos

Video: How the Police Killed Breonna Taylor

By Malachy Browne, Anjali Singhvi, Natalie Reneau and Drew Jordan

None of the police officers who raided Breonna Taylor's home wore body cameras, impeding the public from a full understanding of what happened. The Times's visual investigation team built a 3-D model of the scene and pieced together critical sequences of events to show how poor planning and shoddy police work led to a fatal outcome.