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What we know about the California coronavirus variant
It has been detected in 19 countries and has a concentration in California, but should we be worried about this strain?
Maanvi Singh in San Francisco
25, Feb, 2021 @10:48 PM

Joe Biden speaks to Saudi Arabia's King Salman before release of Khashoggi murder report
White House says president ‘affirmed the importance the United States places on universal human rights and the rule of law’
Julian Borger and Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington
25, Feb, 2021 @10:45 PM

US racial inequities in vaccination raise risk of new Covid hotspots and variants
Just 4.6% of Latinos and 5.7% of Black Americans have received a dose, compared with 11.3% of white Americans
Nina Lakhani in New York
25, Feb, 2021 @6:07 PM

New York mayor calls for investigation after woman accuses Cuomo of sexual harassment
Bill de Blasio calls Lindsey Boylan’s allegations against New York governor ‘really disturbing’
Edward Helmore
25, Feb, 2021 @5:57 PM

Bernie Sanders: US sick of subsidizing 'starvation wages' at Walmart and McDonald's
Lawmakers hear from low-wage workers as Congress debates first rise in the minimum wage in over a decade
Dominic Rushe
25, Feb, 2021 @5:52 PM

Trans doctor Rachel Levine faces historic Senate confirmation hearing
Levine would make history as the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the US Senate
Ed Pilkington in New York
25, Feb, 2021 @3:40 PM

Fight to vote: the woman who was key in 'getting us the Voting Rights Act'
Amelia Boynton had been organizing in Selma for years before Bloody Sunday and was the one who called in King to bring national attention to voter suppression
Sam Levine in New York
25, Feb, 2021 @3:00 PM

At least 400 US healthcare workers have died of Covid despite vaccine rollout
At least one in eight health workers lost in the pandemic died after the vaccine became available, analysis shows
Erin McCormick
25, Feb, 2021 @2:24 PM

What the arrests of Beverly Hills residents say about the US Capitol attack
Of the 14 Californians charged in connection with the pro-Trump riot, three are from the wealthy LA county enclave
Lois Beckett in Los Angeles
25, Feb, 2021 @11:00 AM

One-stop Covid shot gets closer to approval | First Thing
Coronavirus vaccine from Johnson & Johnson safe and effective in trials, the FDA says. Plus, Biden reverses yet more of Trump’s executive orders
Molly Blackall
25, Feb, 2021 @10:55 AM

‘The base is solidly behind him’: Trumpism expected to thrive at CPAC
Lineup at annual gathering features former president’s allies – and Trump himself – suggesting his dominance is undiminished by his election loss
David Smith in Washington
25, Feb, 2021 @7:00 AM

California vaccine sites see misuse of codes meant to prioritize Black and Latino residents
Intended as a tool to address distribution inequities, the codes were passed around by text and email, sometimes with misinformation
Vivian Ho
25, Feb, 2021 @6:00 AM
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