Coronavirus in California: More Stay-at-Home Orders Imposed
Tuesday: Yes, it seems, but experts say now is not the time to “play the blame game.” Also: More on Xavier Becerra’s ascendancy.
Trump Administration Passed on Chance to Secure More of Pfizer Vaccine
The pharmaceutical company offered the government a chance to lock in additional supplies before its vaccine was proved effective in clinical trials.
Xavier Becerra, Surprise Pick to Run H.H.S., Is ‘the Latino Joe Biden’
Mr. Becerra was the first in his family to go to college. As attorney general of California, he took on the Trump administration on nearly every front. But can he take on the pandemic?
Xavier Becerra Brings Environmental Justice to Forefront
Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s choice to run the Department of Health and Human Services is the first state attorney general to create an environmental justice bureau.
U.S. Declined a Pfizer Offer
Congress tries to throw itself a lifeline, while Biden chooses a Harvard scientist to head the C.D.C.: This is your politics tip sheet.
Reviving a Crop and an African-American Culture, Stalk by Stalk
On the Georgia coast, Maurice Bailey is making sugar cane syrup as a way to preserve a tradition, and the community, of his enslaved ancestors.
Here’s Why Vaccinated People Still Need to Wear a Mask
The new vaccines will probably prevent you from getting sick with Covid. No one knows yet whether they will keep you from spreading the virus to others — but that information is coming.
What We Know About the Voting in Georgia So Far
Monday was the deadline to register to vote for the January runoffs, and a big number of absentee ballots have already been requested. This time, those ballots may be counted more quickly.
Natalie Desselle, Comedic Heart of ‘BAPS’ and ‘Eve,’ Dies at 53
Her role as Halle Berry’s uproarious stardom-seeking sidekick helped define a decades-long career in film and TV.
Armed Mexicans Were Smuggled In to Guard Border Wall, Whistle-Blowers Say
In a complaint unsealed on Friday, whistle-blowers working on President Trump’s wall said that contractors were illegally bringing in Mexican guards to protect construction sites.
Republicans Make Clear Their Georgia Senate Strategy: Attack Warnock
For the crucial Senate runoffs, the G.O.P. is focusing its attacks on the Rev. Raphael Warnock, portraying him as radical, a claim he has rejected but one that worked for Republicans in down-ballot races last month.
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