Thursday's Headlines: Pandemic cut life expectancy in U.S. by a year during first half of 2020

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Sign up for this newsletter Read online The morning's most important stories, curated by Post editors.     (Philip Cheung/For The Washington Post) Pandemic cut life expectancy in U.S. by a year during first half of 2020 Black and Latino Americans were hit harder than Whites, reflecting the racial disparities of the pandemic. Overall, it was the biggest decline since World War II. By Lenny Bernstein ●  Read more »   Democrats face divisions over massive second economic bill By Erica Werner, Jeff Stein and Dino Grandoni ●  Read more »   Pfizer, Moderna vaccines have reduced effectiveness against South African variant, new studies show CORONAVIRUS UPDATES | Access to these updates is free ●  By Erin Cunningham and Paul Schemm ●  Read more »   'One down, 44 to go': Inside the House impeachment team's uphill battle By Karoun Demirjian and Tom Hamburger ●  Read more »   Trump-McConnell clash threatens to settle into a cold war as GOP eyes midterms By Mike DeBonis and Josh Dawsey ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   As millions remain without power amid more snow and ice, blame and questions mount By Arelis R. Hernández, Ken Hoffman, Griff Witte and Annie Gowen ●  Read more »     Opinions Why Democrats aren't fraidy cats anymore Opinion by E.J. Dionne Jr. ●  Read more »   Texas Republicans lied about the power crisis. We need more investment in renewables — not less. Opinion by the Editorial Board ●  Read more »   A disaster expert died two days before he was set to be vaccinated. Here's how to honor him. Opinion by Amanda Ripley ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   It's time to bury the myth of Texas exceptionalism Opinion by Karen Attiah ●  Read more »   The reality-show president has been replaced by one grounded in reality Opinion by Karen Tumulty ●  Read more »   We're living in the world Rush Limbaugh created Opinion by Charles Sykes ●  Read more »     More News With power and fortitude, Naomi Osaka outplays her idol to advance to Australian Open final By Chuck Culpepper ●  Read more »   Fallout mounts over nursing home deaths as New York lawmaker says Cuomo vowed to 'destroy' him By Hannah Knowles and Devlin Barrett ●  Read more »   Biden picks another Obama veteran to oversee Medicare, Medicaid By Dan Diamond and Amy Goldstein ●  Read more »   Australia is demanding tech giants pay for news. Google relented; Facebook didn't. By Gerrit De Vynck ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Bold School for smart advice on how to get better with age, plus tried-and-true tips from our readers, every Monday and Friday for 12 weeks. Sign up »

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