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Teachers unions are resisting plans to return to in-person school; vaccinations in Israel are showing some promising early results.   Tonight's Sentences was written by Gabby Birenbaum. TOP NEWS Schools and teachers battle in Chicago and across the US Scott Olson/Getty Images The Chicago Teachers Union announced 71 percent of its members opposed a Chicago Public Schools plan to reopen some schools by February 1. CTU members say they will continue to work remotely, setting up a continued fight between teachers and city officials that is playing out in Chicago and across the country. [ The Chicago Tribune / Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas and Bill Ruthhart ] The vote underscores a number of growing tensions in education — where teachers fall in ...

Drs. Birx and Fauci reveal the internal chaos that plagued the Trump administration's Covid-19 response; tens of thousands of Russians protest Putin.   Tonight's Sentences was written by Gabby Birenbaum. TOP NEWS In the Trump White House, Birx and Fauci were sidelined Drew Angerer/Getty Images Deborah Birx and Anthony Fauci gave explosive interviews over the weekend in which they detailed how Trump and his allies in the White House undermined their work, compromising the country's coronavirus response. [ CNN / Brian Stelter ] Birx, who was the White House coronavirus response coordinator, said there was no coordinated full-time coronavirus team, leaving her to reach out to government contacts in a variety of agencies on her own. [ CB...