Your Wednesday Briefing

Sprawling winter storms across the U.S.


White House Says Vaccine Supply Is Increasing

The increases were welcome developments for state officials desperate to inoculate more vulnerable Americans before more contagious variants of virus become dominant.


N.Y.C. Covid Vaccine Disparities Revealed in ZIP Code Data: Officials


U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt Has New Coronavirus Outbreak

Last year, the Theodore Roosevelt battled the virus that infected at least 585 crew members, including one who died of complications stemming from the coronavirus.


Bernard Lown, Inventive Heart Doctor and Antiwar Activist, Dies at 99

He created the first effective heart defibrillator and co-founded a physicians group that campaigned against nuclear war, earning a Nobel Peace Prize.


Your Wednesday Briefing

A closed-door trial for Myanmar’s leader.


Father and Son Are Flown to Hospital After Icy Fall in Berlin

Hundreds of Europeans enjoyed the ice on top of frozen lakes and canals, but in some areas the ice was not thick enough, causing some people to fall through the ice.


Two Men, Two Decades, No Evidence

And what else you need to know today.


A Bored China Propels Box Office Sales to a Record

“Detective Chinatown 3” received tepid reviews, but Covid-19 travel restrictions drove many to the movies when they might have been journeying to their hometowns instead.


The Haunted House of Soviets Gets a New Life

Residents of Kaliningrad, Russia’s westernmost region, search for meaning in a building many see as an egregious architectural mistake. “It’s ugly, but it’s ours.”