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How can a new president restore a sense of normalcy at a time nothing seems normal? Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. takes the oath of office Wednesday amid crises that rival the worst in American history, earning comparisons to Franklin D. Roosevelts inauguration in 1933 during the Great Depression and as storm clouds gathered over Europe. Or Abraham Lincolns inauguration in 1861 as seven Southern states seceded and the Civil War loomed. But challenges can also be opportunities. Those earlier ti...

USA TODAY Acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine continues to soar, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, but pessimism is also on the rise about when things in the United States will get back to normal. Both results may be signs that the messages from President-elect Joe Biden are being heard. He has taken the vaccine himself, and on camera – something President Donald Trump hasnt done – and he has cautioned that the pandemic is going to get worse before it gets better.  Now 56% o...

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USA TODAY Most Americans are braced for violence at President-elect Joe Bidens inauguration Wednesday, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll finds, amid an overwhelming consensus that the nations democracy has been weakened since the last president was sworn in four years ago. The survey finds an anxious and embattled electorate, the divisions from the November election still raw. Two-thirds say the country is headed in the wrong direction, a double-digit jump since last month.  "It should be a happy...