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Montgomery: Thousands of people showed up at sites from the coast to the Tennessee Valley as Alabama began vaccinating senior citizens against COVID-19. People spent the night in cars waiting for shots in Baldwin County, where health workers began immunizing people early Tuesday. County health workers in Huntsville vaccinated 500 people Monday, although only 300 people had appointments. Other sites opened in cities ranging in size from Birmingham to Rainsville. The state is offering vaccines to people 75 and older after limiting the initial doses to health workers. Alabama is among the Southern states trailing the nation in the rate of vaccinations. In Limestone County, Pat White showed up to get her first of two doses of the Moderna vaccine Monday. She said she misses going to church and has done little other than buy g
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President Biden signs documents in the Presidents Room at the U.S. Capitol after taking the oath of office. Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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If you haven t heard, Joe Biden would like to unite America.
It was a focus of the Democrat s campaign. It s even the theme of Biden s inauguration America United. We can join forces, stop the shouting and lower the temperature. For without unity there is no peace, only bitterness and fury. No progress, only exhausting outrage. No nation, only a state of chaos. This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge, and unity is the path forward.
It was announced that on Tuesday 400,000 people across the country had been killed by coronavirus
Buildings in major cities were lit up in shades of red and amber as a sign of respect for the 400,000 dead
President-elect Joe Biden and his incoming vice president Kamala Harris held a ceremony last night
They spoke in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with 400 lights also being lit alongside the pool
As U.S. surpasses 400,000 coronavirus deaths, Erie County approaches 1,400
Tuesday, Buffalo City Hall was illuminated in the color Amber. It was part of a national memorial to remember and honor all lives lost to COVID-19. Author: Leanne Stuck Updated: 11:35 PM EST January 19, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. The U.S. death toll for COVID-19 surpassed 400,000 on Tuesday. Worldwide more than 2 million people have died from the virus.
Tuesday night, Buffalo City Hall and many other buildings were illuminated in the color Amber. It was part of a national memorial to remember and honor all of the lives lost to COVID-19. The lighting event coincided with the special lighting ceremony at Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington D.C.