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    3. PhotoA selection of positive moments from New York Times staffers this year.
      CreditClockwise from top left: MJ Franklin, Hannah Wise, Sapna Maheshwari, Lily Benson, MJ Franklin, Tammy Tarng

      Show Us a Positive Moment From 2020

      We want to see the good moments you captured in photos and video during this challenging year, and hear what they mean to you now.

      By Hannah Wise

  1. News Quiz: Vaccinations, Russian Hackers, Pete Buttigieg

    Did you follow the headlines this week?

    Compiled by Will Dudding, Anna Schaverien and Jessica Anderson

  2. those we’ve lost

    Benny Napoleon, Michigan Sheriff and Ex-Detroit Police Chief, Dies at 65

    Sheriff Napoleon served for more than a decade in the Michigan county that includes Detroit, and ran unsuccessfully for the city’s mayor.

    By Kathleen Gray and Mike Ives

  3. Man Who Killed 2 Black People at Kroger Gets Life Without Parole

    Gregory Bush shot Vickie Lee Jones and Maurice E. Stallard at a supermarket in Jeffersontown, Ky., in 2018 in a racially-motivated attack.

    By Neil Vigdor

  4. TimesVideo

    Sacklers Deny Personal Responsibility for Opioid Epidemic

    Members of Congress on Thursday heard testimony from two members of the billionaire Sackler family that owns Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin. Both insisted that while they regretted the role the drug had played in the opioid epidemic, they did not bear personal responsibility.

    By Reuters and The Associated Press

  5. At Least 240,000 Chickens Are Killed in Fire at Florida Egg Farm

    The financial loss from the fire, which destroyed two barns owned by Cal-Maine Foods in Dade City, Fla., was estimated at $1 million, officials said.

    By Neil Vigdor

  6. Biden addresses accusations against his son, saying ‘I think it’s kind of foul play.’

    By Katie Benner

  7. TimesVideo

    Moderna Coronavirus Vaccine Moves Closer to Authorization

    A panel of experts recommended on Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration approve an emergency use authorization for the Moderna vaccine, which would make it easier to expand the country’s vaccination campaign to rural areas and smaller clinics.

  8. Drug-Dealing Network Alleged at Duke, U.N.C. Chapel Hill and Appalachian State

    Prosecutors said current or former students were part of an operation that funneled thousands of pounds of marijuana, hundreds of kilograms of cocaine and other drugs to fraternities and colleges campuses.

    By Michael Levenson

  9. Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today

    President Emmanuel Macron of France has become the latest world leader to contract Covid-19.

    By Jonathan Wolfe

  10. Pence Will Be Vaccinated on Live TV, Adding to Administration’s Mixed Virus Message

    Public health officials say it is President Trump who most needs to show his support for the vaccine.

    By Annie Karni