Winter Storm Barrels Across Huge Band of U.S.
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Frigid air, ice and snow are spreading through the central and southern states, leaving millions of people without power.
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A major winter storm hit a large part of the United States on Monday, with heavy snow and cold temperatures in Texas. Many residents are still without power.CreditCredit.Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times
A sprawling winter storm continued to sweep across the country on Monday, knocking out power for millions of people as it dumped snow and ice in places where such perilously frigid conditions tend to arrive just once in a generation.
Cannibalism May Be Key for These Cockroach Couples
Newly mated pairs of one species, Salganea taiwanensis, take turns chewing each other’s wings down to stubs after they move into the homes where they will jointly raise babies. Scientists say this unique behavior may have evolved because of the roaches’ truly monogamous bond. New York Times
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For certain cockroaches living inside rotten logs in Asia, nothing says “I love you” like some minor cannibalism.
Newly mated pairs of one species, Salganea taiwanensis, take turns chewing each other’s wings down to stubs after they move into the homes where they will jointly raise babies. Scientists say this unique behavior may have evolved because of the roaches’ truly monogamous bond.
Presidential Transition Highlights: House Says It Will Move Swiftly With Impeachment if Pence Wonât Act
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Democrats suggested they could charge President Trump with âhigh crimes and misdemeanorsâ by midweek for inciting a mob that attacked the Capitol. But top leaders want to avoid hamstringing the first days of Joseph R. Biden Jr.âs presidency with an all-consuming Senate trial.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment.Credit.Erin Schaff/The New York Times
Washington Grapples With High Number of Coronavirus Cases
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The nation’s capital, still reeling from the assault on the Capitol last week, is part of a broader surge in the Mid-Atlantic region. Two lawmakers have tested positive after being in lockdown in the Capitol.
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Washington Grapples With Coronavirus Surge
Mayor Muriel E. Bowser of Washington urged residents to be vigilant against the coronavirus on Monday, and announced that any resident 65 or older could make an appointment to receive the vaccine.
Even in these tumultuous days, our experience with Covid, we remain concerned, as the rest of the country remains concerned, about increase in cases. I am requesting that the Secretary of the Department of the Interior cancel any and all public gathering permits in the District of Columbia and deny any applications for public gathering during the period Jan. 11 through Jan. 24. In addition to hee
Modernaâs Coronavirus Vaccine Begins Arriving at Strained Hospitals Across the U.S.
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A variant of the virus that is spreading in Britain has prompted countries to bar travelers from there. Some U.S. governors are also pushing for restrictions.
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The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine arrived at sites across the country Monday. Yanitza Reeves, a medical worker, received one of the first doses at Christ Hospital in Jersey City, N.J.Credit.Bryan Anselm for The New York Times
Just one week after the first doses of a coronavirus vaccine were administered in the United States, a new batch of vaccines fanned out across the country on Monday, an urgently needed expansion of a vaccination effort that is expected to reach vulnerable populations and rural areas where hospitals are strained as soon as this week.