Thelma Harper, ‘Transformative’ Tennessee Legislator, Dies at 80
She was the first African-American woman elected to the State Senate, and she was its longest-serving female senator when she retired in 2018.
Penelope Laingen, 89, Dies; Her Yellow Ribbon Rallied Americans
As the wife of the highest-ranking American detained in the Iran hostage crisis in 1979, she started a nationwide movement with a symbol of support.
On Climate, Biden Takes On ‘Our Generation’s Moonshot’
To get a handle on how the president’s international climate commitments will need to jibe with his domestic policy agenda, we called Nathaniel Keohane, an economist, former Obama adviser and climate expert.
Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today
Johnson & Johnson vaccinations could restart soon.
California’s governor seeks to ban new fracking and halt oil production, but not immediately.
In the past, Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he lacked the executive authority to halt fracking, which has long been a source of both pollution and higher-paying jobs in California.
San Francisco Contends With a Different Sort of Epidemic: Drug Deaths
More people died from overdoses than from the coronavirus in San Francisco last year. Some think the toll, tied to homelessness, should force the city to re-examine its approach to illicit drugs.
Columbus Shooting: 16-Year-Old Girl Fatally Shot by Police, Officials Say
The police in Ohio, who released body camera footage, said the girl had threatened two other girls with a knife before an officer opened fire.
Teachers Address Derek Chauvin’s Guilty Verdict
After a tumultuous year, classrooms are talking about the murder of George Floyd.
F.D.A. Cites Failures at Plant Where J.&J. Doses Ruined
The Food and Drug Administration issued highly critical findings from an inspection of the plant that was forced to throw out up to 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine and ordered to temporarily stop all production.
Merrick Garland Announces an Investigation Into Minneapolis Police Dept
The inquiry will likely lead to a consent decree between the department and the federal government, a tool that the Obama administration repeatedly used to address police misconduct.
The US Facing Persuading Reluctant Americans to Get Covid-19 Vaccine
Half of American adults have received at least one shot of the coronavirus vaccine. Now comes the hard part: persuading the other half to get it.
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