President Trump is expected to issue as many as 100 pardons and commutations on his final day in office, but is leaning against some of the more controversial grants of clemency at the urging of his advisers.
MEXICO CITY
A Capitol besieged by a mob and an American president inciting insurrection was a propaganda gift for U.S. adversaries, but it was yet another troubling moment for democracies navigating the rising perils of a changing world order.
Democracy is not in danger of extinction Congress’ repudiations of President Trump’s bid to cling to power underscored the resilience of the U.S. government but the tear gas and rage Wednesday spurred concerns in Berlin, Paris and the capitals of Latin America about
what lies ahead in an age when time-tested beliefs and alliances are being challenged and undone.
A Worker Accused of Spoiling More Than 500 Vaccine Doses Is Arrested
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Senator David Perdue quarantines as a critical runoff in Georgia nears. The U.S. reaches 20 million cases. And China approved its first Covid-19 vaccine.
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The Moderna vaccine can be distributed more widely because it can be stored at normal freezer temperatures.Credit.Cooper Neill for The New York Times
A pharmacist at a Wisconsin hospital has been arrested and accused of intentionally removing more than 500 doses of coronavirus vaccine from refrigeration last week, knowing that the vaccines would be rendered useless and that the people receiving them would think they were protected against the virus when they were not, the police department in Grafton, Wisconsin, said Thursday.