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Coronavirus

COVID-19 vaccinations begin at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor

ANN ARBOR — The University of Michigan’s Big House has been transformed into The Big Vaccine Clinic. A few hundred University of Michigan medical professionals and students who work in health care settings received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday at Michigan Stadium, ...

PWPL youth events

January Kids Take & Make Kit Pickup Monday, Jan. 4. 10-11 a.m. and 4-5 p.m., Peter White Public Library parking lot doors. January Kits include everything you need to participate in Cupcake Wars! Bake, decorate, and share a picture of your completed masterpiece. For youth ages 4-12. No ...

A pandemic Christmas: Services move online, many people stay home

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and FRANCES D'EMILIO Associated Press ROME — Families that usually reunite on Christmas over a hearty, lingering meal stayed home Friday, services were held online, and gift exchanges were low-key in one of the most unusual holiday seasons in decades. The ...

$900B COVID relief bill passed by Congress, sent to Trump

WASHINGTON — Congress passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package that would finally deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a frightening surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths. Lawmakers tacked on a $1.4 trillion catchall ...

French President Macron tests positive for COVID-19

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday following a week in which he met with numerous European leaders. The French and Spanish prime ministers and EU Council president were among many top officials self-isolating because they had recent contact ...

Germany enters harder lockdown as virus deaths hit new high

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BERLIN — Germany reported a record level of coronavirus deaths as it entered a harder lockdown Wednesday, closing shops and schools to try to bring down stubbornly high new daily infections. The country recorded 179.8 virus infections per 100,000 ...