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The U.S. once again crossed a somber COVID threshold much faster than any country in the world. Less than a year after the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic, the U.S. recorded its 500,000th death Monday, according to the Johns Hopkins University dashboard. That’s more than twice the COVID-19 fatalities registered in Brazil, which ranks second on the list. President Joe Biden commemorated the half-a-million lives lost at a Monday evening ceremony in the White House, drawing on his own experience with heartbreak to personalize the unfathomable tragedy while exhorting Americans to ...

Lawmakers look to head-off gridlock over Biden's COVID stimulus plan Moderate lawmakers, many of whom played a pivotal role in brokering a bipartisan compromise during the last round of coronavirus relief negotiations, are expected to meet Sunday as President Joe Biden's administration attempts to pass an ambitious legislative agenda. Biden has proposed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan and several other significant proposals on immigration and infrastructure spending that will require congressional approval. But in a Senate split 50-50 between both parties, Democrats will need Repu...

Seattle to join nationwide COVID-19 memorial today, honor victims by Callie Craighead, SeattlePI Seattle will join a nationwide memorial remembering victims of the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday as part of a "national moment of unity and remembrance" ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday. "Memorializing American lives lost to COVID, cities are asked to illustrate our remembrance through the ringing of bells and illumination of buildings," organizers wrote. In Seattle, the ceremony will include ringing the Friendship Bell at the Kobe Bell Courtyard in Sea...

Seattle to join in nationwide memorial to COVID victims KOMO News Staff © Provided by KOMO-TV Seattle SEATTLE - The city of Seattle will join in a nationwide memorial Tuesday to honor those who have lost their lives to the COVID pandemic. The memorial, scheduled as part of the inauguration President-elect Joseph R. Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris, will include a special lighting of some downtown buildings and the ringing of the Kobe Friendship Bell at Seattle Center. The program "emphasizes the importance of looking back and remembering the lives we have lost...