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My Joe Biden Story

Here’s Why Distribution of the Vaccine Is Taking Longer Than Expected

Their Finances Ravaged, Customers Fear Banks Will Withhold Stimulus Checks

MF Doom, Masked Rapper With Intricate Rhymes, Is Dead at 49

The Small Colorado Town felt insulated from the Pandemic. Then Came the Coronavirus Variant.

74 of Our Favorite Facts for 2020

A pharmacist is arrested after he allegedly allowed more than 500 vaccine doses to spoil.

New Year's Eve: UK sees in 2021 with fireworks and light show

Moscow train carriage helps rehome stray pets

US politics in 2021: What's in store for President-elect Biden?

Why 2021 could be turning point for tackling climate change

Brexit: 'We welcomed the trade deal like a Christmas present'

Entertainment quiz of 2020

Was I wrong to fall for a cheating cat?

Australia-China row: 'I'm Australian - why do I need to prove my loyalty?'

Activists cheer as 'sexist' tampon tax is scrapped

Adobe Flash Player is finally laid to rest

'Worst year for High Street job losses in 25 years'

The Archers: Radio 4 to mark 70th anniversary

Brexit: New era for UK as it completes separation from European Union

Brexit: New Irish Sea trade border begins operating

MF Doom: Hip-hop star dies aged 49

The Papers: New Year hope and campaign to recruit 'jabs army'

Samuel Little: America's 'most prolific' serial killer dies

Discovery of Virus Variant in Colorado and California Alarms Scientists

Dawn Wells, Mary Ann on ‘Gilligan’s Island,’ Dies at 82

Wang Xiangjun: China's 'Glacier Bro' presumed dead

St Pauls riots: 'People were shouting revolution' in Bristol

Covid: New Year's Eve warning as millions are told to stay at home

Scots prepare for 'different' Hogmanay

U.K. Authorizes Covid-19 Vaccine From Oxford and AstraZeneca

Gilligan's Island actress Dawn Wells dies of Covid complications

Remembering the entertainment and arts figures we lost in 2020

Brexit: Advice for people who can't move on

Brexit: New EU trade arrangements to begin after Parliament vote

Brexit: Dover-Calais route 'will work well on 1 January'

Sir Keir Starmer: UK's best years lie ahead

Four protests that triggered change - and one that didn't

Tesco, Pizza Hut and Superdrug in minimum wage fail

Drone users face new rules across Europe and UK

Covid: France mobilises 100,000 police to stop New Year's Eve gatherings

2020 in pictures: Coronavirus in the UK

Lookahead 2021: What's happening in the world of science?

London's 'Lido ladies' inspiring others to dive in for mental health

Coronavirus doctor's diary: ‘Close to death from Covid, I asked them to save my baby’

The Papers: 'Jabs for freedom by Easter' and 'schools chaos'

U.S. Diet Guidelines Sidestep Scientific Advice to Cut Sugar and Alcohol

You’re Infected With the Coronavirus. But How Infected?

The Place Hit Hardest by the Virus

Goodbye, Blazers; Hello, ‘Coatigans.’ Women Adjust Attire to Work at Home.

China Covid-19: Nearly 500,000 in Wuhan may have had virus, says study

Tamir Rice killing: US closes investigation into 2014 shooting

Covid: Sydney announces new restrictions ahead of New Year

Louisville Officer Who Shot Breonna Taylor Will Be Fired

Iraqi interpreters 'stalked by death squads' for helping the British

Covid: Millions more braced for tougher rules in England

Eight things we learned about new businesses in lockdown

Fashion lookahead: Eight major 2021 looks from tie-dye to pastels

Iraqi interpreters 'stalked by death squads' for helping the British

What my grandfather's life taught me about China and America

Quarantine meals: The 2020 food trend no-one predicted

Covid-19: Biden says Trump vaccine roll-out is 'falling behind'

UK's 1960s French 'Soviet spy' plot with Sunday Times revealed in memos

Impressionist Rory Bremner 'saved Sir John Major's bacon' amid MPs revolt

Striking news photos from around the world in 2020

The puppet show in a box entertaining children in hospital

2020 and me: 'We need to learn life lessons from this'

Belarus protests: The demonstrators speaking out in new and creative ways

The Papers: 'New tiers eve' and PM's Brexit 'triumph'

China and EU 'on verge' of major investment deal

What the Vaccine Side Effects Feel Like, According to Those Who’ve Gotten It

Covid-19: Military to support mass testing of students in England

Coronavirus: Spain to keep registry of those who refuse Covid vaccine

Small Number of Covid Patients Develop Severe Psychotic Symptoms

Nurse who nearly died from Covid returns to work

Covid: US House votes to boost stimulus package payments

Covid-19: Health workers 'back in eye of storm', says NHS chief

Parents warned of 'sharp rise' in eating disorders

Space images: The best of 2020

2020 and me: 'Be grateful for what you've got'

The big tech questions for 2021

When Greta Thunberg met Margaret Atwood... on Zoom

Covid in prison: 'We should be treated like humans'

Zoom: All the times virtual meetings didn't go as planned this year

Seeking justice for Lion Sleeps Tonight composer

China Covid-19: How state media and censorship took on coronavirus

India migrants: The tragedy of the tuk-tuk driver who fled Covid

Covid, furlough and Topshop collapse: 2020 in business stories

Pregnant at 13 and able to attend school

'If that's darts, I'm offski' - Anderson fuming despite beating Suljovic

Joe Biden: 'Enormous damage' to US security agencies by Trump

Newspaper headlines: 'Spring it on!' and 'don't betray our children'

Jon Huber, Who Rose to Fame With World Wrestling Entertainment, Dies at 41

Heather Cox Richardson Offers a Break From the Media Maelstrom. It’s Working.

A Beloved World War II Photo Comes to Life in a Virtual Reunion

Take Back Your Sex Life

Citizen journalist jailed for Wuhan reports

Brexit: Britons warned to prepare for 'some disruption'

Covid: Doctor 'has shed more tears than ever'

KFC launches game console with built-in chicken warmer

Covid-19: Hospitals face 'pressure' as coronavirus cases rise

Trump Signs Pandemic Relief Bill After Unemployment Aid Lapses

Chinese games billionaire dies after poisoning

Maestro Dudamel takes virtual reality Symphony on tour

Covid: Trump signs relief and spending package into law

Covid-19: China's painful year fighting the coronavirus

UK year in pictures 2020

How Covid conspiracies, 'fake news' and misinformation spread in 2020

2020 and me: 'I know the value of family more'

'To be a black, female headteacher is phenomenal'

'She is beautiful but she is Indian': The student who became a Welsh bard at 19

Books 2021: A pick and mix of what's coming up

Covid: South Africa passes one million infections as cases surge

Climate change: Extreme weather causes huge losses in 2020

The Papers: 'Vacc to the future' and village hall jabs

Iran: Climbers die in blizzards and avalanche

'How my art helped me quit rock 'n' roll'

Neverland Ranch, Former Home of Michael Jackson, Is Sold

A Racial Slur, a Viral Video, and a Reckoning

Federal Agents Scour Home as They Hunt for Clues in Nashville Blast

George Blake, British Spy Who Betrayed the West, Dies at 98

Early Vaccine Doubters Now Show a Willingness to Roll Up Their Sleeves

Brexit Deal Done, Britain Now Scrambles to See How It Will Work

The Real Estate Collapse of 2020

Jobless Benefits Are Set to Expire as Trump Resists Signing Relief Bill

Brexit: PM vows to focus on 'levelling up country' after securing deal

Nashville explosion 'probably suicide bombing'

Margaret Thatcher: Ex-PM described euro as a 'rush of blood to the head'

Covid: Citizens Advice contacted by '12 people a minute'

Hemel Hempstead brothers swap 'revolting' football shirts for Christmas

How Covid-19 altered world events in 2020

Newspaper headlines: Oxford jab 'set for approval' as vulnerable identified

Covid in the classroom: How the pandemic changed these three teachers' lives

Make-up artist: 'I was sneaking into mum's make-up bag, aged 5'

Coronavirus: What has Covid done for climate crisis?

2020 and me: 'EndSARS was our Black Lives Matter'

A ‘Great Cultural Depression’ Looms for Legions of Unemployed Performers

Coronavirus: EU countries begin mass vaccination

Coronavirus: Northern Ireland begins six-week lockdown

Coronavirus: How the pandemic sparked a puppy craze

Unemployment Aid Set to Lapse Saturday as Trump’s Plans for Relief Bill Remain Unclear

U.S. Will Require a Negative Coronavirus Test for All Travelers From U.K.

Answering Trump, Democrats Try and Fail to Jam $2,000 Payments Through House

Her Father Had a Theory About Her Killing. Then Came the Arrest.

‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Review: It’s Not About What We Deserve

An Oscar Winner Made a Khashoggi Documentary. Streaming Services Didn’t Want It.

Brexit: UK and EU can have 'special relationship', says Michael Gove

Coronavirus: Millions wake to tighter Covid restrictions

Mark Easton's Boxing Day family puzzler 2020

TV in 2021: Shows coming to the small screen

Business review of 2020: Covid-19 and Trump

Business review of 2020: Covid-19 and Trump

Covid: Post-exposure antibody protection trialled

Extreme E: Lewis Hamilton helping make racing environmentally friendly

Fur-st Family: The long history of US presidents and pets

The Masked Singer UK: The most Covid-safe show of 2020?

The family with no fingerprints

The casualties of this year's viral conspiracy theories

Boston Doctor Reports Serious Allergic Reaction After Getting Moderna’s Covid Vaccine

Coronavirus: France finds first case of new variant

The Papers: The Queen's pride and a new special relationship?

Hospital Workers Start to ‘Turn Against Each Other’ to Get Vaccine

Trump’s Attack on Coronavirus Relief Divides G.O.P. and Threatens Recovery

Leslie West, ‘Mississippi Queen’ Rocker, Is Dead at 75

Wintry Scenes From a Swedish Wonderland

Ivry Gitlis: Celebrated Israeli virtuoso violinist dies at 98

How Much Herd Immunity Is Enough?

Covid: Heroic response praised in religious leaders' Christmas messages

Brexit: EU diplomats to get trade deal briefing

Covid: Queen spends Christmas apart from family

Covid: Mexico, Chile and Costa Rica begin mass vaccination

Christmas cards: You won't believe the effort this family goes to!

Georgia climbers who risk their lives for Christmas trees

The refugees feeding a nation

The best of the cheesy Christmas movies

'White Christmas': The biggest selling single of all time

A scene in The Pianist changed Arson Fahim's life

Bridgerton: Everything you need to know about the Netflix drama

Christmas: The mail order pioneer who started a billion-pound industry

Nick Butter: The man who ran a marathon in every country in the world

Astronaut Scott Kelly: How to survive a year in space

Daniel Pearl: Court orders release of man accused in journalist's murder

Michael Jackson: Neverland Ranch 'sold to billionaire for $22m'

In pictures: Christmas celebrations around the world

Airline fires pilot blamed for Taiwan's first Covid case in months

Covid-19: UK bans travel from South Africa over variant

Coronavirus: New York City orders international visitors to quarantine

Trump Gives Clemency to More Allies, Including Manafort, Stone and Charles Kushner

Alibaba being investigated by China over monopoly tactics

Asian markets push higher on hopes of Brexit deal

UK terror plots: Durham teenager asks to remain anonymous

Muslim-Canadian's 'first Christmas' goes viral

Flooding dampens Christmas spirit as homes and shops hit

Benishangul-Gumuz: Attackers kill dozens in western Ethiopia

Brexit: UK-EU trade talks continue ahead of expected deal

Five families, five Christmases: A festive season like no other around Europe

EU to allow post-Brexit UK farm produce exports

Pete Evans: Facebook removes celebrity chef's page over conspiracies

Covid: Santa Claus explains how to keep safe at Christmas

Dickens Museum: A Christmas Carol performance goes online

Banjo Paterson: 120-year-old chocolate found in Australian poet's belongings

Games of 2020: The Press X To Continue awards

The celebrity hairdresser with a secret of his own

Oscars 2021: What can we expect for the ceremony?

Trump pardons former advisers Manafort and Stone

The Papers: UK and EU on 'verge' of Brexit trade deal

Kevin Greene, Master of Sacking the Quarterback, Dies at 58

Trump urges Congress to amend 'wasteful' coronavirus aid bill

Cygnet Woodside in special measures over 'patient safety risks'

More nations close their doors to Britain as alarm grows over virus variant.

Alex Padilla Will Replace Kamala Harris in the Senate

Covid-19: UK-France services return as travel ban eased

Covid: New dads share fatherhood experiences

Kernowite: New green mineral discovered in 220-year-old rock

Christmas dinner: A beginner's guide to the perfect feast

‘I was desperate for a cancer manual – but there isn’t one’

Helen's Law: Killers could still be freed despite new law

Trump pardons two convicted by Russia investigation

How dependent is the UK on the EU for food?

Redundancy plans fall after furlough extension

Covid-19: 'Living with 50 people has been a blessing'

The Glasgow artist inspired by what she finds in the fridge

Rohingya refugees' perilous journey in search of safety

Covid-19: 'Losing Christmas is irreparable damage'

Widowed penguins hug in award-winning photo

Covid-19: The Philippines and its lockdown baby boom

'I had zero plans beyond my parents' kitchen'

Trump Pardons Two Russia Inquiry Figures and Blackwater Guards

Trump’s Longtime Banker at Deutsche Bank Resigns

Newspaper headlines: 'Tier 4 to be widened' and 'kick in the baubles'

Biden receives the coronavirus vaccine.