Fifth Ward resident Mark Johnson pulls a shopping cart with donated water back to his apartment, which still does not have running water, Friday in Houston.
More than 1 million Texas residents are still under a boil water notice, per AP.
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Fifth Ward resident Kenneth Henderson carries a case of donated water back to his home, which still does not have running water, Friday in Houston.
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President Biden and Texas Gov. Abbott listen to officials at the Harris County Emergency Operations Center in Houston.
Biden is visiting Houston following severe winter storms which left much of Texas without electricity and water for days.
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Sen. Cornyn listens as President Biden tours the Harris County Emergency Operations Center with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday in Houston.
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Thomas Watkins pulls chicken off a grill outside his home, which still doesn't have running water, on Friday in Houston.
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President Biden visits the Houston Food Bank in Texas on Friday.
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Myanmar police fired on protesters around the country on Sunday in the bloodiest day of weeks of demonstrations against a military coup and at least 18 people were killed, the UN human rights office says.
Police were out in force early Sunday and opened fire in different parts of the city of Yangon after stun grenades, tear gas and shots in the air failed to break up crowds. Soldiers also reinforced police.
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Several wounded people were hauled away by fellow protesters, leaving bloody smears on pavements, media images showed.
One man died after being brought to a hospital with a bullet in the chest, said a doctor who asked not to be identified.
On April 25, 1965, three teenagers refused to leave Dewey’s Restaurant in Philadelphia after employees denied service to homosexuals, according to early gay rights group the Janus Society. They were arrested, sparking protests outside the restaurant for five days. (2/7)
On May 2, three more people staged a second sit-in at Dewey’s, protesting for hours.
These sit-ins are among a long list of examples that show a “direct line” to the Black civil rights movement, according to history professor Marc Stein. (3/7)
“As we acknowledge the scale of this mass death in America, we remember each person and the life they lived,” Pres. Biden said Monday. (2/12) nbcnews.com/politics/white…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to block a New York grand jury from getting fmr. Pres. Trump's personal and corporate tax returns. nbcnews.com/politics/supre…
The records are likely to provide prosecutors with a trove of valuable material. (3/12) nbcnews.com/politics/polit…
“As we acknowledge the scale of this mass death in America, we remember each person and the life they lived,” Pres. Biden said Monday. (2/12) nbcnews.com/politics/white…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to block a New York grand jury from getting fmr. Pres. Trump's personal and corporate tax returns. nbcnews.com/politics/supre…
The records are likely to provide prosecutors with a trove of valuable material. (3/12) nbcnews.com/politics/polit…
Shipment of coronavirus vaccines arrives in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Friday.
Ivory Coast is the second country after Ghana to receive vaccines through the UN-backed COVAX initiative with a delivery of 504,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
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Health worker calls on the government to give them a vaccine with the safest, highest efficacy during a protest outside Philippine General Hospital in Manila.
The group opposes a plan by the government to have health workers vaccinated with China's Sinovac.
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Airport workers unload containers carrying 904,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccines after its arrival at Ezeiza International Airport from China on Friday in Ezeiza, Argentina.
Government officials say the batch will vaccinate teachers and school workers.
President Biden pledged $4B to a program distributing Covid-19 vaccines between rich countries and the developing world.
But officials and experts suggest the lumpsum is not enough to address the dire state of vaccine inequality. #NBCNewsThreads (1/7) nbcnews.to/2ZSsgKj
Known as COVAX, the program has struggled not because of a lack of money but a lack of supply. So far the limited doses that are being made have mostly gone to the U.S. and other rich countries.
While an improvement, the pledge "doesn't go far enough," an expert said. (2/7)
Amid rising vaccine nationalism, the project aims to supply doses to 20% of people in 92 less-developed countries.
9 months after the partnership was formed, that dream has yet to materialize and over 100 of the world's poorest countries have not given a single shot. (3/7)