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Major retailers keep mask mandates even as some states lift them; California to set aside 40 percent of vaccines for low-income families.

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Major retailers keep mask mandates even as some states lift them; California to set aside 40 percent of vaccines for low-income families.

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School reopening agreement in California; research on possible cannabis-connected coronavirus treatment; Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollout.
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Golden Globe winners gave speeches virtually in the bicoastal show hosted by Tina Fey in New York and Amy Poehler in Beverly Hills.
Restrictions eased in Pennsylvania; researchers look for cannabis-related treatment; Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollout begins.
Fire crews responded to a call of a suspicious odor at the airport in Santa Ana, an Orange County official said.
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A Southern Poverty Law Center report shows 168 symbols of the Confederacy were removed nationwide in 2020.
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Biden holding moment of silence after 500,000th death; vaccine setback from winter storm will be temporary, Fauci said.
The first U.S. coronavirus deaths were reported in February 2020. A year later, half a million Americans have lost their lives to COVID-19.