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President Joe Biden speaks about efforts to combat COVID-19, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden stands by May timeline for vaccines for all U.S. adults

President Joe Biden said the U.S. expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccine for all adults by the end of May -- two months earlier than anticipated -- and he pushed states to get at least one shot into the arms of teachers by the end of March to hasten school reopenings.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his state of the State address virtually from The War Room at the state Capitol in Albany, New York.

Cuomo addresses harassment claims, vows to stay in office

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo intends to remain in office in the face of sexual harassment allegations that have weakened his support and led to calls for his resignation, he said Wednesday.
Law enforcement officers sort evidence and debris Tuesday at the scene of a deadly crash in Holtville, California. Authorities say a semi-truck crashed into an SUV carrying 25 people on a Southern California highway, killing at least 13 people.

Border Patrol: SUV in crash came through hole in border fence

Thirteen people killed in one of the deadliest border crashes on record were among 44 people who entered the U.S. through a hole cut into Southern California's border fence with Mexico, the Border Patrol said Wednesday.
A proposed ban on transgender athletes playing female school sports in Utah would affect transgender girls like this 12-year-old swimmer seen at a pool in Utah. She and her family spoke with The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to avoid outing her publicly. She cried when she heard about the proposal that would ban transgender girls from competing on girls’ sports teams in public high schools, which would separate her from her friends. She’s far from the tallest girl on her team, and has worked hard to improve her times but is not a dominant swimmer in her age group, her coach said. “Other than body parts I’ve been a girl my whole life,” she said.

Lawmakers can't cite local examples of trans girls in sports

Legislators in more than 20 states have introduced bills this year that would ban transgender girls from competing on girls' sports teams in public high schools. Yet in almost every case, sponsors cannot cite a single instance in their own state or region where such participation has caused problems.
FILE - This Dec. 29, 2019, aerial file photo taken from a helicopter shows Ain al-Asad air base in the western Anbar desert, Iraq. At least 10 rockets targeted a military base in western Iraq that hosts U.S.-led coalition troops on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, the coalition and the Iraqi military said. It was not immediately known if there were any casualties. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)
US forces: Rockets hit airbase in Iraq housing US troops
Military officials say at least 10 rockets have slammed into a base housing U.S. and other coalition troops in western Iraq
The first arrival of COVID-19 vaccines to Kenya is offloaded from a Qatar Airways flight at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, early Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Around 1.02 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India arrived at the airport as part of the COVAX facility, according to the Ministry of Health. (AP Photo)
COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to African nations pick up speed
More African countries are receiving the long-awaited first deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines
FILE - In this Feb.20, 2021 file photo, supporters of the group Generation Identity hold a banner reading "Man does not dissolve a generation" during a demonstration in Paris. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced Wednesday the dissolution of the anti-migrant group Generation Identity during a Cabinet meeting on the ground it is encouraging discrimination in the country. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
French government dissolves anti-migrant identity group
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has announced the dissolution of the anti-migrant group Generation Identity during a Cabinet meeting, saying it was inciting violence and discrimination in the country
FILE - This March, 13, 2019 handout file photo from the office of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, shows senior Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf. On Saturday, March 6, 2021, Pope Francis will visit the 90-year-old Grand Ayatollah who is revered by many Shiites worldwide and whose words hold powerful influence in Iraq and beyond. The pontiff and ayatollah will meet in al-Sistani's modest home in the Iraqi city of Najaf. (Office of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, via AP, File)
Intense preparations before pontiff meets Iraqi ayatollah
Pope Francis will visit this weekend a preeminent Shiite Muslim cleric in Iraq to make history with a message of coexistence
Pedestrians wear masks as they walk on a street in the capital Victoria, Mahe Island, Seychelles Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. The president of the Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles says he hopes enough residents will soon be vaccinated against COVID-19 to stop the spread of the virus, hoping to achieve herd immunity by mid-March by vaccinating about 70% of the population. (AP Photo/Salim Ally)
Seychelles bids to reach COVID 'herd immunity' by mid-March
The Indian Ocean island nation of the Seychelles had one of the world's first COVID-19 vaccine rollouts, and this month it aims to again break ground by reaching so-called 'herd immunity.'
FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2021 file photo, a medic administers a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to a fellow medic during a campaign to vaccinate front-line medical workers, at the health ministry, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The Palestinian Authority's decision to divert some of its tiny stockpile of coronavirus vaccines to senior officials, soccer players and others has sparked controversy, feeding into long-standing concerns about corruption as it struggles to respond to a worsening outbreak. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)
Palestinian Authority faces criticism over vaccine rollout
The Palestinian Authority's decision to divert some of its tiny stockpile of coronavirus vaccines to senior officials, soccer players and others has sparked controversy
FILE - In this Nov. 7 2010, followers attend a mass at Our Lady of Salvation church in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi Christians have gathered for mass in the same church that just a week before was the scene of a horrific bloodbath that left scores dead and wounded. Pope Francis is pushing ahead with the first papal trip to Iraq despite rising coronavirus infections, hoping to encourage the country's dwindling number of Christians who were violently persecuted during the Islamic State insurgency while seeking to boost ties with the Shiite Muslim world. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
EXPLAINER: Pope's risky Iraq trip aims to boost Christians
Pope Francis is pushing ahead with the first papal trip to Iraq despite rising coronavirus infections
FILE - In this Saturday, July 7, 2018 file photo, The Rev. Michael Pfleger speaks to protesters before marching on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago. A third man has come forward with allegations that Rev. Pfleger made an unwanted sexual advance against him as a teenager, following two brothers' allegations that the priest abused them decades ago when they were teens. (AP Photo/Annie Rice, File)
3rd man accuses a Chicago activist priest of sexual abuse
A third man has come forward with sexual abuse allegations against a Chicago priest who has gained widespread acclaim for his activism
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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A pedestrian takes small steps in the slippery snow to cross S. Vail Ave. in Arlington Heights Monday night.
It was a busy and unpredictable couple of weeks and Daily Herald photographers present it in The Week in Pictures for February 6-19, 2021.
A jet crosses the path of a sun pillar seen from the parking lot of Glenbrook North High School Saturday. Sun pillars happen when a strong light source, in this case it is the setting sun, reflects off tiny ice crystals suspended in the air. The bitter cold and bright sun were the perfect conditions that day. This sun pillar lasted less than 10 minutes and got stronger as the sun went lower.
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Brian Kotowski, of Palatine uses his snowblower to dig out from an overnight snowstorm that once again hit the suburbs, “The first couple of times were all right, now I don’t like it,” Kotowski mentioned as he took a break during his snow removal duties on Tuesday morning.
Suburbanites were digging out of more snow Tuesday and Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a disaster proclamation for the entire state.
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