Biden Declares Major Disaster in TX as Tragic Stories Emerge, Residents Hit with Soaring Power Bills, U.S. to Top 500,000 COVID Deaths as Democrats Advance $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Package, U.K. Eases Lockdown; Iranian Vaccine Shows Promising Results; Bolivia Health Workers Launch Strike, Protests Intensify in Burma After 3 Demonstrators Die Amid Violent Crackdown, Thailand Anti-Government Protests Continue After PM Survives No-Confidence Vote, Conservative Guillermo Lasso Advances to 2nd Round of Ecuadorian Presidential Election, Uber Drivers in U.K. Win Legal Battle to Be Recognized as Company Employees, Pentagon Chief Pledges Continued Support to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Attorney General Nominee Merrick Garland to Face Senate Confirmation Hearing, Neera Tanden’s Nomination to Head OMB at Risk as Sen. Joe Manchin Vows to Vote “No”, First Asylum Seekers Forced by Trump to Remain in Mexico Granted U.S. Entry, Sister Dianna Ortiz, Who Survived Torture by U.S.-Trained Guatemalan Military, Dies at 62, Former Cop’s Deathbed Confession Reveals Role in Assassination of Malcolm X