Your Wednesday Briefing

The ethical quandary of vaccine passports.


Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’

The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.”


Biden Administration Announces Sanctions on Russia in Navalny Case

The action came as the administration declassified an intelligence finding that the F.S.B., one of Russia’s leading intelligence agencies, was responsible for the poisoning of Aleksei A. Navalny.


U.S. Urges Ethiopia to End Hostilities in Tigray

For the second time in a week, the secretary of state pointed to reports of atrocities in the Ethiopian region.


Abbott Ends Texas Mask Mandate, Says Businesses Can Fully Reopen


Your Wednesday Briefing

Will vaccine passports deepen inequality?


Hundreds of Schoolgirls Abducted in Nigeria Are Released

Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls who were abducted by armed men from their boarding school last week have been released, officials said. Mass kidnappings of children have become a growth industry amid Nigeria’s economic crisis.


How to Pretend You’re in the Riviera Maya, Mexico, Today

You might not be able to travel on spring break this year, but you can immerse yourself in Maya culture from home.


The Future of Voting Rights

And what else you need to know today.


Photographer Captures 'Last Stop' in Britain's Covid War

After receiving access to hospitals, nursing homes and burial sites, I saw up close the nation’s agony, and grit.