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Time, transparency needed as Biden inherits frazzled census

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press

EXPLAINER: Why Navalny is a thorn in the Kremlin's side

By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press
    MOSCOW (AP) — The return to Russia from Germany by opposition leader Alexei Navalny was marked by chaos and popular outrage, and it ended, almost predictably, with his arrest.

German virus death toll tops 50,000 even as infections sink

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press
    BERLIN (AP) — The death toll from the coronavirus in Germany has passed 50,000, a number that has risen swiftly over recent weeks even as infection figures are finally declining.

McConnell seeks to push Trump impeachment trial to February

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is proposing to push back the start of Donald Trump's impeachment trial to February to give the former president time to prepare and review his case.

Biden ordering stopgap help as talks start on big aid plan

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press

Russia welcomes US proposal to extend nuclear treaty

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press
    MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin on Friday welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden's proposal to extend the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the two countries, which is set to expire in less than two weeks.

Rural Adams County death under investigation

By JANNAYA ANDREWS
Decatur Daily Democrat

Fauci unleashed: Doc takes 'liberating' turn at center stage

By JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci is back.

Lucky few hit COVID-19 vaccine jackpot for rare extra doses

By BERNARD CONDON, CANDICE CHOI and MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press
    Fortune struck one man in the bakery aisle at the supermarket. Two others were working the night shift at a Subway sandwich shop. Yet another was plucked from a list of 15,000 hopefuls.

Who's in charge: Career staffers move to acting Cabinet head

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press
    Like 8,000 flying trapeze artists passing in midair, the Biden and Trump administrations swapped out senior leadership of the federal government on the fly as Joe Biden was inaugurated as the nation's 46th president.