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Biden Seeks Bipartisan Support On Covid Relief
Coronavirus, Politics

Biden Seeks Bipartisan Support On COVID Relief

Ten GOP Senators will visit the White House Monday to discuss competing COVID-19 relief bills: President Biden's $1.9 trillion plan and a much smaller Republican proposal. NBC's Tracie Potts reports.
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(NBC News) — President Biden will meet Monday with 10 Republican Senators pitching a new COVID relief plan. The Republican plan carries a third the cost of Biden’s, with the same money for vaccinations, but nearly 90 percent less to reopen schools. Stimulus checks drop to $1,000 and phase out for higher-income families. “If you look at the administration’s plan,…

Biden Shifts Focus
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Biden Shifts Focus

After a week focused on executive orders, President Biden is shifting focus to winning support for a$1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. NBC's Alice Barr reports.
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(NBC News) — President Joe Biden is closing out his first full week in office by turning his attention from executive orders to the more daunting task of winning congressional support for a massive COVID-19 relief bill. “We have learned from past crises, the risk is not doing too much. The risk is not doing enough,” the president said of…

Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Shows Promise
Coronavirus, Health

Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Shows Promise

The pharmaceutical maker plans to apply for emergency use authorization of its single shot vaccine in early February. NBC's Sarah Dallof reports.
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(NBC News) — A new weapon in the fight against COVID-19 may be coming soon. Johnson & Johnson says late stage trial data shows its vaccine candidate is 72-percent effective in U.S. trials. “It either stops you from getting COVID, or, it helps you if you get COVID have a much milder version of COVID,” says Johnson & Johnson Global…

Georgia Nitrogen Leak Leaves Six Dead
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Georgia Nitrogen Leak Leaves Six Dead

A ruptured line inside a Foundation Food Group processing plant killed six workers and injured several more. WXIA's Jon Shirek reports.
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(WXIA/NBC News) — Six people are dead and several more injured after a nitrogen leak inside a Georgia food processing plant. Five men and one woman were killed when a line ruptured inside the Foundation Food Group facility in Gainesville Thursday afternoon. Officials have released recordings of 911 calls received from the plant. The calls, which were first reported to…

Deputy Denied Burial At "whites Only" Cemetery
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Deputy Denied Burial At “Whites Only” Cemetery

Louisiana cemetery board president apologizes and promises change after the family Darrell Semien, a sheriff's deputy who recently lost his life to cancer, was turned away during their search for a burial plot. KPLC's Jennifer Lott reports.
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(NBC News) — A Louisiana cemetery has changed their contractual by-laws after the family of a late sheriff’s deputy was turned away while seeking a burial plot because of the color of their skin. Deputy Darrell Semien was diagnosed with cancer in December. In the last month and nine days of his life, Semien talked with his family about burial…

Tech Talker: Improving Vaccine Access
Coronavirus

Tech Talker: Improving Vaccine Access

The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine has been far from perfect. Now the tech world is stepping in to help. NBC's Liz McLaughlin reports.
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(NBC News) — The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine has been far from perfect. Appointments offered online fill up within minutes, providers are inundated with calls and eligible patients aren’t sure where to go. Now the tech world is stepping in to help. Volunteers in California started crowdsourcing where the vaccine was in stock and aggregating that information on a…

Covid 19 Relief: Democrats May Go It Alone
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COVID-19 Relief: Democrats May Go It Alone

President Joe Biden is making passage of a new $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill his top priority, and Democrats are considering ways to move forward without Republican support. NBC's Tracie Potts reports.
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(NBC News) — President Joe Biden is making passage of a new $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill his top priority. Republicans say the plan costs too much, and want to break it into smaller bills. With extended unemployment benefits for many Americans forced out of work by the pandemic running out in just over a month, Democrats want to vote…

Gamestop's Rollercoaster Explained
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GameStop’s Rollercoaster Explained

Last week GameStop was just another retailer struggling to survive during the pandemic. Now, it's the most talked about company in the world of big finance. NBC's Chris Pollone reports.
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(NBC News) — Last week GameStop was just another retailer struggling to survive during the pandemic. Now, it’s the most talked about company in the world of big finance. Its stock price has surged 8,000 percent in the last six months, briefly trading for more than $500 per share Wednesday, despite no real change in the company’s profitability or outlook….

Biden Expands Medicaid, Reopens Obamacare Enrollment
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Biden Expands Medicaid, Reopens Obamacare Enrollment

Faced with a deadly pandemic and a battered economy that's left millions of Americans in need, President Biden on Thursday signed two executive orders to increase access to health care coverage. NBC's Alice Barr reports.
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(NBC News) — Faced with a deadly pandemic and a battered economy that’s left millions of Americans in need, President Biden on Thursday signed two executive orders to increase access to health care coverage. He’s seeking to shore up the Affordable Care Act, an enduring achievement of his time as vice president, that’s come under sustained attack by Republicans over…

First U.s. Cases Of South African Covid 19 Strain Found In South Carolina
Coronavirus, Health

First U.S. Cases Of South African COVID-19 Strain Found In South Carolina

Doctors have now identified three foreign strains of the virus within the United States. NBC's Jay Gray reports.
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(NBC News) — Two cases of a South African strain of COVID-19 have been confirmed in South Carolina. The discovery means that doctors have now identified at least three new foreign strains of the virus in the United States. The South African, Brazilian and United Kingdom variants have the ability to spread much faster than the initial wave of coronavirus,…

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