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Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine just came a little closer to emergency approval
Pfizer and BioNTech now say their vaccine is 95 percent effective and has cleared its trial benchmarks.
States and cities are imposing curfews to slow down Covid-19. Will they work?
Why experts doubt new curfews will slow the spread of Covid-19.
Conspiracy theories, explained
Americans are embracing dangerous conspiratorial beliefs, from QAnon to coronavirus denial.
The disturbing GOP attempt to block certification of Biden’s Michigan win, explained
Republicans in Wayne County initially prevented vote totals from being certified — but then backed down.
The case for a Native American secretary of the interior
Indigenous leaders are calling for Biden to name Deb Haaland to head the department. She would be the first-ever Native American Cabinet member.
In 2020, both parties won over millions of new voters. Here are some of them.
From vote-switchers to first-time voters, here are a few of the new converts to both the left and right this election.
America’s out-of-control Covid-19 surge, explained in 600 words
Coronavirus is surging in the US, and the holidays stand to make it worse.