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Seattle-area residents tell of ‘massively frustrating’ efforts to get COVID-19 vaccine

January 31, 2021, 7:03pm Northwest

Crashed appointment websites. Long lines. Midnight alarms set to book a time before the morning rush. And hours spent waiting on hold, in calls made by those who don't have — or struggle with — internet access. Read story

3 Snohomish County vaccine sites close due to lack of doses

January 31, 2021, 7:02pm Northwest

Health officials say three mass COVID-19 vaccination sites in Snohomish County are closing Monday and Tuesday because of a lack of vaccines. Read story

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 11, 2021 file photo, teachers Adrienne Thomas, left, and Irene Barrera, right set up their computers and materials for their virtual classes outside of Suder Montessori Magnet Elementary School in solidarity with pre-K educators forced back into the building in Chicago. The plan to reopen Chicago schools remains in limbo as last-minute negotiations over COVID-19 safety measures with the teachers&#039; union stretch into Sunday, Jan. 31 and amplify the possibility of a strike.

Chicago schools reopening uncertain as union talks continue

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 11, 2021 file photo, teachers Adrienne Thomas, left, and Irene Barrera, right set up their computers and materials for their virtual classes outside of Suder Montessori Magnet Elementary School in solidarity with pre-K educators forced back into the building in Chicago. The plan to reopen Chicago schools remains in limbo as last-minute negotiations over COVID-19 safety measures with the teachers&#039; union stretch into Sunday, Jan. 31 and amplify the possibility of a strike.

January 31, 2021, 6:57pm Nation & World

A plan to reopen Chicago schools remained in limbo as last-minute negotiations over COVID-19 safety measures with the teachers' union stretched into Sunday, amplifying the possibility of a strike. Read story

Racial disparities seen in New York City vaccination rates

January 31, 2021, 6:56pm Nation & World

Black and Latino New York City residents are receiving COVID-19 vaccines at far lower rates than white or Asian New Yorkers, Mayor Bill de Blasio acknowledged Sunday as he vowed to continue expanding access to the shots in communities that have been ravaged by the virus. Read story

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a joint news conference with European Council President Charles Michel at the end of a EU summit video conference at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. European Union leaders assessed more measures to counter the spread of coronavirus variants during a video summit Thursday as the bloc&#039;s top disease control official said urgent action was needed to stave off a new wave of hospitalizations and deaths.

EU: AstraZeneca to supply 9 million more vaccine doses

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a joint news conference with European Council President Charles Michel at the end of a EU summit video conference at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. European Union leaders assessed more measures to counter the spread of coronavirus variants during a video summit Thursday as the bloc&#039;s top disease control official said urgent action was needed to stave off a new wave of hospitalizations and deaths.

January 31, 2021, 6:55pm Nation & World

Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has agreed to supply 9 million additional doses of its coronavirus vaccine to the European Union during the first quarter, the bloc's executive arm said Sunday. Read story

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Visitors to Camas hair salon may have COVID-19 exposure

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January 31, 2021, 5:23pm Clark County Health

Clark County Public Health issued a warning Sunday that people who recently visited a Camas hair salon may have been exposed to COVID-19. Read story

Snow falls on the North Lawn of the White House, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, in Washington.

GOP lawmakers urge Biden to meet with them on virus relief

Snow falls on the North Lawn of the White House, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, in Washington.

January 31, 2021, 2:09pm Nation & World

Ten Republican senators on Sunday proposed spending about one-third of what President Joe Biden is seeking in coronavirus aid and urged him to negotiate rather than try to ram through his $1.9 trillion package solely on Democratic votes. Read story

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2020, file photo, a teacher leads her students into an elementary school in the Brooklyn borough of New York as hundreds of thousands of elementary school students are heading back to classrooms in the city, resuming in-person learning during the coronavirus pandemic. President Joe Biden says he wants most schools serving kindergarten through eighth grade to reopen by late April 2021. But even if that happens, many schools in urban areas that serve high concentrations of minority students are likely to stay closed.

Push to reopen schools could leave out millions of students

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2020, file photo, a teacher leads her students into an elementary school in the Brooklyn borough of New York as hundreds of thousands of elementary school students are heading back to classrooms in the city, resuming in-person learning during the coronavirus pandemic. President Joe Biden says he wants most schools serving kindergarten through eighth grade to reopen by late April 2021. But even if that happens, many schools in urban areas that serve high concentrations of minority students are likely to stay closed.

January 31, 2021, 2:01pm Nation & World

President Joe Biden says he wants most schools serving kindergarten through eighth grade to reopen by late April, but even if that happens, it is likely to leave out millions of students, many of them minorities in urban areas. Read story

FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2012, file photo Vice President Joe Biden gives two thumbs up following a Senate Democratic caucus meeting about the fiscal cliff on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Deal or no deal: Virus aid tests Biden ‘work together’ plea

FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2012, file photo Vice President Joe Biden gives two thumbs up following a Senate Democratic caucus meeting about the fiscal cliff on Capitol Hill in Washington.

January 31, 2021, 1:44pm Nation & World

He was an arm-draping pol as a senator. He hung out in the Senate cloakroom chatting up legislators as vice president. He pitched himself during the presidential campaign as someone who could “get people working together” and lower the temperature in a Washington overheated by Donald Trump. Read story

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews participate in the funeral for prominent rabbi Meshulam Soloveitchik, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. The mass ceremony took place despite the country&#039;s health regulations banning large public gatherings, during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Thousands join in Jerusalem funeral, flout pandemic rules

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews participate in the funeral for prominent rabbi Meshulam Soloveitchik, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. The mass ceremony took place despite the country&#039;s health regulations banning large public gatherings, during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

January 31, 2021, 1:43pm Nation & World

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis on Sunday thronged the funeral of a prominent rabbi in Jerusalem, flouting the country's ban on large public gatherings during the pandemic. Read story