Vice President Kamala Harris’ barrier-breaking career has been memorialized in a portrait that depicts her face emerging from the cracks in a massive sheet of glass.
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Johnson & Johnson seeks emergency authorization for single-shot vaccine
If cleared by the Food and Drug Administration, it will be the 3rd authorized coronavirus vaccine in the United States.
WHO team visits Wuhan research lab at center of speculation
The research center in the central Chinese city has been the subject of speculation about the origins of the coronavirus.
Golden Globes nominations Wednesday could belong to Netflix
This year, Hollywood’s strange and largely virtual awards season lacks its usual buzz and red-carpet glamour.
Famed San Francisco private eye Jack Palladino dies after attack
Palladino hit his head as a pair of would-be robbers tried to grab his camera outside his home in San Francisco.
Questlove uncovers ‘Black Woodstock’ in his hit Sundance documentary
A long unseen Harlem musical festival with performances by Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder and Sly and the Family Stone has finally seen the light of day.
Fauci sees hope for vaccinating kids by late spring or the summer
Vaccines are not yet approved for children, but testing already is underway for those as young as 12.
New York undercounted nursing home deaths by thousands
After refusing for months to divulge its true numbers, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration confirmed Thursday that thousands more nursing home residents died of COVID-19 than official tallies had acknowledged.
Cicely Tyson, groundbreaking and award-winning actress, dies at 96
Tyson gained fame in the early 1970s, when Black women were finally starting to get starring roles.
Maine’s supreme court clarifies rules for holding psychiatric patients in emergency rooms
The court rules that a judge must be alerted within 24 hours if a psychiatric patient is to be held for an extended period during involuntary hospitalization.