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President-elect Joe Biden has said addressing the coronavirus pandemic is his top priority. Here are some of the people who he is putting in charge of that big task.

The artist, born Terence Wilson, sang about issues of racism and poverty in the music of the pioneering reggae band.

Democrats in Pennsylvania's House say they were kept in the dark for a week when a Republican colleague, who had been working in the State Capitol, tested positive for the coronavirus.

The assistant director was fired from a previous job after a gun went off on a set and wounded a member of the film crew, a producer for the film told the Associated Press.

Members of the Fort Myers City Council want to see specific plans for redeveloping the Midtown area, just south of downtown. Council members also want bidders to present ideas for little-used City of Palms Park - the former spring training home of the Boston Red Sox. Fort Myers said it pays about $240,000 a year to maintain the stadium and surrounding grounds.

The number of resignations among Biden administration officials and American military service members over U.S. policy in Gaza is small, but growing.

The U.S. is reporting more than 271,000 new cases each day. Congress' attending physician says lawmakers who sheltered in place last week may have been exposed to the virus.

Democratic Rep. Karen Bass is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus. NPR's Michel Martin talks to her about President Trump's relationship with the group of lawmakers, and his presidency so far.

The ultimatum by war cabinet member Benny Gantz reflects discontent among Israel's leadership about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the Gaza war and his far-right political partners.

President Biden has repeatedly promised the shift to clean energy will create "good-paying union jobs." But the wind and solar industries generally pay less, are not unionized, and need fewer people.