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Biden has said he wants Americans to view the president as a role model again; no more coarse and demeaning language or racist, divisive rhetoric. His team has promised to restore daily news briefings and the president-elect does not refer to the press as “the enemy of the people.” But it remains to be seen whether he will be as accessible as Trump, who until his postelection hibernation, took more questions from reporters than any of his recent predecessors. … [Read more...] about After Trump, Biden aims to reshape the presidency itself

“The other extreme is that you are not doing enough and we are caught between the two really in terms of half the population seem to want us to take a very robust stance and the other half want us to take a proportionate stance so that is always the difficulty,” he complained. … [Read more...] about UK Police Chief: ‘Now Is Really Not the Time’ for Freedom of Speech, Right to Assembly

But those are just one slice of the vaccine pie: Many counties don’t know how many doses are going to private providers in their county because some of those providers are getting doses directly from the state. Nor do they know how many doses are going to CVS and Walgreens, which are vaccinating nursing home residents in California as part of a federal pharmacy program. … [Read more...] about California has 2 million unused doses of vaccine even as demand soars. Here’s why

Mamuju, the capital of West Sulawesi province with nearly 75,000 people, was strewn with debris from collapsed buildings. An office building was almost flattened by the quake and a shopping mall was reduced to a crumpled hulk. A large bridge collapsed and patients with drips lay on folding beds under tarpaulin tents outside one of the damaged hospitals. … [Read more...] about Rescue efforts after strong Indonesia quake stymied by blocked roads, lack of gear