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News Wrap: Relentless surge in infections forces layoffs

In our news wrap Friday, U.S. employers cut 140,000 jobs in December due in large part to the pandemic, President-elect Biden signals a plan to release nearly all available vaccine doses after taking office, an Israeli court indefinitely postponed the corruption trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Hall of Fame baseball manager Tommy Lasorda died at age 93.