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President-elect Joe Biden arrives at St. Joseph On the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden's advisers to meet vaccine makers

WASHINGTON -- Joe Biden's scientific advisers will meet with vaccine makers in coming days as the presidential transition remains stalled because of President Donald Trump's refusal to acknowledge that he lost the election. That delayed handoff is especially problematic during a public health crisis, the government's top infectious disease expert said. "Of course it would be better if we could start working with them," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who has been through multiple presidential transitions during 36 years of government service. He likened the process to passing the baton in a relay race. "You don't want to stop and then give it to somebody," he said. "You want to just essentially keep going."
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks about House Republicans and the election, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A few cracks but no big GOP break with Trump on Biden's win

The most powerful Republicans in Washington are still standing behind President Donald Trump and his unsupported claims of voter fraud
A Palestinian shepherd herds his flock at Givat Hamatos settlement in east Jerusalem, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. A settlement watchdog group said Sunday that Israel is moving ahead with new construction of hundreds of homes in the strategic east Jerusalem settlement that threatens to cut off parts of the city claimed by Palestinians from the West Bank. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israel advances plans in sensitive east Jerusalem settlement

A settlement watchdog group says Israel is moving ahead with the construction of hundreds of homes in a strategic Jerusalem settlement that threatens to cut off Palestinian-claimed parts of the city from the West Bank
In this Oct. 29, 2020 photo, students at West Brooklyn Community High School listen to questions posed by their principal during a current events-trivia quiz and pizza party in the school's cafeteria in New York. The school recently reopened after a three-week shutdown due to coronavirus cases in the neighborhood. It caters to students who haven't done well elsewhere, giving them a chance to graduate and succeed. (AP Photo/Kathy Willen, File)

As coronavirus spikes, NYC prepares to close schools again

Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he wouldn't stand in the way of an order by New York City to close its schools
Residents wade through a flooded road in the aftermath of Hurricane Eta in Planeta, Honduras, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. The storm that hit Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane on Tuesday had become more of a vast tropical rainstorm, but it was advancing so slowly and dumping so much rain that much of Central America remained on high alert. (AP Photo/Delmer Martinez)
Hurricane Iota heads for already battered Central America
Hurricane Iota is rapidly gaining strength after becoming the 13th hurricane of the Atlantic season
FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2003 file photo, Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington, D.C., center, joins fellow clergy in prayer at the end of the opening session of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting in Washington. McCarrick '“ who was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 '“ served as head of Catholic dioceses in Metuchen and Newark, New Jersey, and in Washington. A report released by the Vatican on Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, found that three decades of bishops, cardinals and popes dismissed or downplayed reports of McCarrick's misconduct with young men. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
In a moment of turmoil, US Catholic bishops meet virtually
Catholic bishops of the United States open a national meeting Monday under dramatic circumstances
Surrounded by federal police officers, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, center, leaves a polling station after voting in municipal elections in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Ricardo Borges)
Brazilians vote in local elections, with eye on 2022 race
Brazilians are voting for mayors and councilors nationwide in an election that could be an early indicator of President Jair Bolsonaro's prospects if he runs for re-election in 2022
FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020 file photo, provided by the Arecibo Observatory, shows the damage done by a broken cable that supported a metal platform, creating a 100-foot (30-meter) gash to the radio telescope's reflector dish in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Giant, aging cables that support the radio telescopes are slowly unraveling in this U.S. territory, threatening scientific projects that researchers say can't be done elsewhere on the planet. (Arecibo Observatory via AP)
Cable failures endanger renowned Puerto Rico radio telescope
The giant, aging cables that support one of the world's largest single-dish radio telescopes are slowly unraveling in Puerto Rico
Olga Garcia, left, and her sister, Francis Garcia, prepare an afternoon family meal recently in Sedro-Woolley, Washington. On any other Thanksgiving, dozens of Olga’s family members would squeeze into her home for the holiday. But this year, she’ll deliver food to family spread along 30 miles of the North Cascades Highway.
Experts say play it safe this Thanksgiving
A safe Thanksgiving during a pandemic is possible, but health experts know their advice is as tough to swallow as dry turkey: Stay home. Don't travel. If you must gather, do it outdoors.
Britain's Prince Charles, and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall exit their plane as they arrive at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, Germany, Saturday Nov. 14, 2020. (Odd Andersen/Pool via AP)
Britain's Prince Charles attends German remembrance ceremony
Prince Charles is attending ceremonies in Berlin on Germany's traditional day of remembrance Sunday
Former prime minister Maia Sandu prepares to cast her vote in the country's presidential election runoff in Chisinau, Moldova, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. Moldovans returned to the polls Sunday for the second round of voting in the country's presidential election, facing a choice between the staunchly pro-Russian incumbent Igor Dodon, and his popular pro-Western challenger, former prime minister Maia Sandu. (AP Photo/Roveliu Buga)
Moldova's presidential runoff sees big Russia-West divide
Moldovans are voting in the second round of  the country's presidential election
A man holds an icon from the Dadivank, an Armenian Apostolic Church monastery dating to the 9th century, as ethnic Armenians leave the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. The territory is to be turned over to Azerbaijan on Sunday as part of territorial concessions in an agreement to end six weeks of intense fighting with Armenian forces. Hundreds of thousands of Azeris were displaced by the war that ended in 1994. It is unclear when any civilians might try to settle in Karvachar - which will now be known by its Azeri name Kalbajar - or elsewhere. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
Azerbaijan vows to protect Christian churches as many flee
The president of Azerbaijan is promising that Christian churches will be protected when the strongly Muslim country takes possession of areas formerly controlled by Armenians
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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People gathered in Black Lives Matter Plaza react to the presidential race being called by CNN in Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s favor over Pres. Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Washington. His victory came after more than three days of uncertainty as election officials sorted through a surge of mail-in votes that delayed the processing of some ballots.
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