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Adriana Moyal received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Chula Vista superstation, Jan. 21, 2021.

COVID-19 Vaccination Superstation Opens in Chula Vista, Second In County

The Chula Vista COVID-19 vaccination superstation joins one at Petco Park. Each is expected to be able to administer 5,000 vaccines a day, seven days a week.

Smoke fills the air in San Francisco in this undated photo.

Dangerous Air: As California Burns, America Breathes Toxic Smoke

Smoke from these fires, which have burned millions of acres in California alone, is choking vast swaths of the country, an analysis of federal satellite imagery by NPR’s California Newsroom and Stanford University’s Environmental Change and Human Outcomes Lab found.

Workers check oxygen tanks at a hospital in Manaus, Brazil. Severe oxygen shortages as a second coronavirus wave is surging have prompted local authorities to airlift patients to other parts of Brazil.

Reinfections More Likely With New Coronavirus Variants, Evidence Suggests

The variant in Brazil is causing a surge in Manaus, a city where the virus previously infected huge numbers in the spring of 2020. Researchers are trying to determine why.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett's first opportunity to weigh in on abortion and contraception could come as early as this week, as the high court decides whether to take up a Mississippi case.

How An Abortion Fight In Supreme Court Could Threaten Birth Control, Too

In talk of the impact Amy Coney Barrett could have on abortion rights, many people overlook related cases that might be in play, including the right to birth control that the court recognized in 1965.

President-elect Joe Biden departs his plane before attending a drive-in rally for U.S. Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock.

Biden Unveils His Climate Team, Promising To Fight 'With The Urgency It Demands'

Biden has vowed to make tackling the climate crisis a key component of his administration.

UC San Diego's campus is shown in this undated aerial photo.

Some Prominent UCSD Faculty Want County To Slow Business Reopening

Researchers and scientists are pushing for some restraint as county officials clear the way to reopen more businesses.

Left: Madison Kenyon, who is cisgender, runs track and cross-country at Idaho State University. She supports Idaho's transgender sports ban. Right: Lindsay Hecox is transgender and hopes to make the women's track and cross-country teams at Boise State University.

Idaho's Transgender Sports Ban Faces A Major Legal Hurdle

Do transgender women and girls have a constitutional right to play on women's sports teams? That question will be argued before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday.

Repairing Damage And Public Trust 10 Years After Japan's Triple Disaster

A decade later the triple disaster, Japan is still recovering from the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown. Repairing the damage and the public's trust in government could take generations.

Nigerian government officials say that more than 300 schoolboys, who had been abducted in an attack claimed by Boko Haram, have been freed.

'A Huge Relief': 344 Schoolboys Released After Abduction In Nigeria

Last week's attack, claimed by Boko Haram, recalled the Islamist group's abduction of 276 girls in 2014. Unlike that attack, though, this fraught chapter ended relatively quickly, and with happy news.

A barefoot porter totes a load for an expedition visiting one of the remaining glaciers near the equator, 16,000 feet high on the highest peak in Papua, Indonesia.

Our Top Global Stories Of 2020 Not About The Pandemic

Beyoncé's Africa video, Inuit advice on raising kids without yelling and ... locusts! Here's the surprising mix of stories Goats and Soda readers loved in 2020 that have nothing to do with COVID-19.

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