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'We Don't Feel Forgotten At All': Alaska Fires Up COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

Sarah Lind, a nurse with Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp., Southwest Alaska's tribal health care provider, vaccinates James Evan in December. They're standing on the tarmac in the village of Napakiak, where Evan works for YKHC at the clinic. Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp. hide caption

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The Coronavirus Crisis

'We Don't Feel Forgotten At All': Alaska Fires Up COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

In Alaska, the coronavirus vaccine is heading to tiny villages on small planes and snow machines. The massive undertaking echoes previous efforts to get vaccines to remote corners of the state.

National Security

How U.S. Secret Service Is Preparing For Potential Inauguration Day Violence

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Assessing President Trump's Legacy On U.S. Immigration Policy

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Territory The Blaze

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Over the Moon The Marías

Uganda's Ruler Museveni Defends Violent Crackdown In Bid For 6th Term

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has been in power since 1986. His police chief has warned that anyone causing trouble on election day "will regret being born." Museveni is facing a formidable electoral challenge from Bobi Wine, who has been arrested multiple times and said Tuesday that the military had killed his driver and that his home was raided. John Muchucha/AP hide caption

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World

Uganda's Ruler Museveni Defends Violent Crackdown In Bid For 6th Term

by Eyder Peralta

Uganda's Ruler Museveni Defends Violent Crackdown In Bid For 6th Term

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Auto Production Disrupted By Chip Shortages: A Dream Car May Be Hard To Find

A worker is seen inside the production chain at Renesas Electronics, a semiconductor manufacturer, in Beijing on May 14, 2020. A global computer chip shortage is affecting automakers. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Business

Auto Production Disrupted By Chip Shortages: A Dream Car May Be Hard To Find

by Camila Domonoske

Auto Production Disrupted By Chip Shortages: A Dream Car May Be Hard To Find

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Funicular Felbm

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The Hardest Button to Button The White Stripes

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Health

Experts Believe Holidays Accelerated Pandemic In The U.S.

by Rob Stein

Experts Believe Holidays Accelerated Pandemic In The U.S.

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National Security

FBI Warns Of Inauguration Day Unrest In All 50 States

by Greg Allen

FBI Warns Of Inauguration Day Unrest In All 50 States

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Levo Recondite

National

Washington Nursing Homes Still Waiting For Promised COVID-19 Vaccine Doses

by Anna Boiko-Weyrauch

Washington Nursing Homes Still Waiting For Promised COVID-19 Vaccine Doses

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Paradise Wild Nothing

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Comeback Kid The Midnight

Author Interviews

'Kill Switch' Explores How Senate Minority Uses Filibuster To Protect Its Interests

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Obituaries

Tuba Virtuoso Howard Johnson Dies At 79

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'Round Midnight Howard Johnson & Gravity

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Law

DOJ Opens Nearly 200 Cases Into Pro-Trump Riot On Capitol Hill

by Ryan Lucas

DOJ Opens Nearly 200 Cases Into Pro-Trump Riot On Capitol Hill

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Politics

The Latest On Congressional Efforts To Remove Trump From Office

by Kelsey Snell , Franco Ordoñez

The Latest On Congressional Efforts To Remove Trump From Office

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National

Mississippi Flies A New Flag Without Confederate Emblem

by Desare Frazier

Mississippi Flies A New Flag Without Confederate Emblem

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Run Vallis Alps

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Belladonna Andreas Vollenweider

Politics

Comey Argues DOJ Shouldn't Prosecute Trump After He Leaves Office

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Tommib Squarepusher

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Fly Me Away Goldfrapp

National Security

Democratic Congressman On Potential Threats To Inauguration Day Security

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Medical Treatments

Trump Officials Call For States To Expand COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

Trump Officials Call For States To Expand COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility

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Heroic Weather-Conditions of the Universe, Part 3: the Salt Air Alexandre Desplat

Business

Commercial Fishermen Sue Michigan Over New Restrictions

by Lexi Krupp

Commercial Fishermen Sue Michigan Over New Restrictions

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Her Own Heart Hatchie

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Good Night Berlin Abisko Lights

Media

Forbes Editor Warns Against Hiring Press Secretaries From Trump Administration

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The Coronavirus Crisis

'We Don't Feel Forgotten At All': Alaska Fires Up COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

by Nat Herz

'We Don't Feel Forgotten At All': Alaska Fires Up COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

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Had to Hear Real Estate

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Moving On Anna of the North

National Security

Vowing To Uphold Constitutional Process, Joint Chiefs Of Staff Condemn Capitol Riot

by Greg Myre

Vowing To Uphold Constitutional Process, Joint Chiefs Of Staff Condemn Capitol Riot

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