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Biden marks nation's Covid grief before inauguration pomp

by Bill BarrowAamer Madhani
| January 19, 2021 5:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hours from inauguration, President-elect Joe Biden paused on what might have been his triumphal entrance to Washington Tuesday evening to mark instead the national tragedy of the coronavirus pandemic with a moment of collective grief for Americans lost.

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