A Boston MBTA station, half-empty due to declining ridership in the pandemic. City transit officials are considering major service cuts to the network, despite public
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Police officers are prosecuted for murder in less than 2 percent of fatal shootings
Christina Animashaun/Vox Police officers are rarely prosecuted in the US. Here’s why. When a grand jury in Kentucky decided not to charge a police officer
The single biggest foreign policy decision Joe Biden faces
President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event to announce new Cabinet nominations on December 11, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Will Biden’s
The Covid-19 vaccine’s 2 big challenges
A vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a UK health center on December 8, 2020. | Justin Tallis/Getty Images The US has authorized a
The US will start Covid-19 vaccinations this week, FDA says
Shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine are loaded into a UPS plane on December 13, in Lansing, Michigan. | Rey Del Rio/Getty Images As vaccine
Pro-Trump protesters rally for a coup: “We’re not going anywhere”
Members of the Proud Boys in front of a hotel during a protest on December 12, in Washington, DC. | Stephanie Keith/Getty Images Pro-Trump protests
SNL explains the nation’s crush on Anthony Fauci in vaccine-focused cold open
Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images A re-cast Anthony Fauci returns to talk about the vaccine in SNL’s latest cold open. For December 12’s Saturday Night
A Wall Street Journal op-ed about Jill Biden pairs virulent sexism with academic elitism
Jill Biden speaks during a Pennsylvania Biden-Harris rally in November 2020. | Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images The article has been roundly criticized for attacking Biden for
Iran’s execution of journalist Ruhollah Zam, briefly explained
Ruhollah Zam, an Iranian journalist, speaks at Iran’s Revolutionary Court shortly before his execution. | Ali Shirband/Mizan News/AFP/Getty Images Zam was best known for reporting
The Supreme Court rejects Texas’s undemocratic election lawsuit
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Trump attacked the decision on Twitter, calling it “an embarrassment.” On Friday evening, the Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump his latest