Feb 23 Watch 5:33 Why the vaccine rollout in the U.S. has been slower than expected By Miles O'Brien, John Yang So far, 65 million Americans have received at least one shot of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. As a country, the U.S. has recently picked up the pace of vaccinations, but there are concerns over supply and demand, which… Continue watching
Feb 23 WATCH: Congressional leaders hold moment of silence for 500,000 lives lost to COVID-19 By News Desk and Associated Press The nation passed the grim milestone on Monday, just over a year after the first confirmed U.S. fatality of the pandemic. Continue reading
Feb 23 Why Indigenous people in cities feel 'invisible' as pandemic wears on By Casey Kuhn 14 states don’t publicly keep track of COVID-19 data for American Indians/Alaska Natives. “We know who we are, and these are our homelands, so to be rendered invisible is another incidence of historical trauma.”… Continue reading
Feb 23 WATCH: COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers describe how they will ramp up supplies By Laura Santhanam So far, more than 44 million people have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the latest CDC data. Continue reading
Feb 22 In Texas, attention turns to storm repairs, delivering aid By Jake Bleiberg, Associated Press Many people are still getting a sense of the wreckage left by the icy blast that hit Texas and much of the Deep South last week, knocking out power to millions and contributing to nearly 80 deaths. Continue reading
Feb 22 U.S. tops 500,000 COVID-19 deaths By Melinda Deslatte, Tammy Webber, Associated Press The COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. has topped 500,000, all but matching the number of Americans killed in World War II, Korea and Vietnam combined. Continue reading
Feb 22 Denver investigation faults overall police treatment of Elijah McClain By Patty Nieberg, Colleen Slevin, Associated Press The report of the investigation conducted for the city of Aurora released Monday faults officers for their quick, aggressive treatment of the 23-year-old Black man. Continue reading
Feb 22 WATCH: Pentagon says no attribution for Iraq rocket attacks By Associated Press The Pentagon, at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has started deploying thousands of active-duty troops to open mass vaccination centers across the country. Continue reading
Feb 22 WATCH: Biden mourns 500,000 dead from COVID-19 in White House ceremony By Zeke Miller, Associated Press A president whose own life has been marked by family tragedy, Biden spoke in deeply personal terms, referencing his own losses as he tried to comfort the huge number of Americans whose lives have been forever changed by the pandemic. Continue reading
Feb 22 WATCH: White House COVID-19 response team holds briefing By Associated Press Dr. Anthony Fauci is calling the United States’ approaching milestone of half a million deaths from the coronavirus as “terribly historic” and stressed the need for continuing public health measures. Continue reading