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NBC News weekly wrap up for Feb. 21 - Feb. 26
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U.S. death toll from Covid-19 topped 500,000 on Sunday, according to an @NBCNews tally. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u…

“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…

NASA's Perseverance rover recorded the first audio clips captured on the surface of Mars on Monday, beaming back to Earth guttural sounds of wind gusting on the red planet. (4/12) nbcnews.com/science/space/…

The wife of the notorious Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera was arrested Monday at a D.C.-area airport and faces charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana for importation into the U.S. (5/12) nbcnews.com/news/us-news/w…

Dominion Voting Systems sued MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell for more than $1,300,000,000 over his monthslong campaign of making false claims about the 2020 election.

The defamation lawsuit is Dominion's third against Trump allies since the election. (6/12) nbcnews.com/tech/security/…

Tiger Woods was seriously injured Tuesday in a car accident in near Los Angeles. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/t…

The golf legend had surgery to stabilize fractures in his tibia and ankle. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/t…

He was moved to Cedars Sinai on Thursday. (7/12) nbcnews.com/news/us-news/t…

Documents released on Wednesday indicated that the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine is overall safe and highly effective. nbcnews.com/health/health-…

An independent advisory panel voted Friday to recommend emergency use authorization for the vaccine. (8/12) nbcnews.com/health/health-…

A former aide to New York Gov. Cuomo wrote Wednesday that the governor subjected her to "pervasive harassment" when she worked for him, including numerous inappropriate comments in front of other people and a kiss on the lips while they were alone. (9/12) nbcnews.com/politics/polit…

Ghana became the first country in the world on Wednesday to receive vaccines acquired through the United Nations-backed COVAX initiative.

Ghana is among 92 low-and middle-income countries that are receiving vaccines for free through COVAX. (10/12) nbcnews.com/news/world/gha…

Pres. Biden on Thursday ordered airstrikes on buildings in Syria believed to be used by Iranian-backed militias, in retaliation for attacks on US targets in neighboring Iraq.

Pentagon press sec. called the strike “proportionate” and “defensive.” (11/12) nbcnews.com/news/us-news/b…

Fmr. President Trump will begin to reassert control over the Republican Party this weekend at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida — his first major public address since he left the White House. (12/12) nbcnews.com/politics/donal…

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“Any movement that does not take into account the intersectional approach is never going to achieve true liberation.”

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NBC News weekly wrap up for Feb. 21 - Feb. 26

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U.S. death toll from Covid-19 topped 500,000 on Sunday, according to an @NBCNews tally.
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“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…

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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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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.
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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)

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