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A global virus surge. View in browser | nytimes.com Continue reading the main story July 1, 2021 By Natasha Frost Writer, Briefings Good morning. We're covering the effects of the Delta variant and the overturning of Bill Cosby's conviction. Lining up at a shop that refills oxygen canisters in Jakarta, Indonesia. Bagus Indahono/EPA, via Shutterstock A global virus surge, powered by the Delta variant A year and a half since it began, the pandemic is on the rise again in much of the world, driven largely by the highly contagious Delta variant and other new types. Scientists believe that variant, first identified in India, may be twice as transmissible as the original coronavirus. In Indonesia, as oxygen and vaccine supplies dwindle, grave diggers are working into the night. In Europe, countries are imposing quarantines and travel bans. And in countries like South Korea and Israel that seemed to have largely vanquished the virus, new clusters of disease have proliferated. Unva

Our reporter Luke Broadwater tells us how the committee will work, and how Republicans see it. View in browser | nytimes.com Continue reading the main story June 30, 2021 By Giovanni Russonello Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, with Capitol Police officers, members of Officer Brian Sicknick's family and other members of Congress after the vote to establish a Jan. 6 committee. Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times The Justice Department is moving aggressively to hold the perpetrators of the Capitol riot accountable, and more than 500 people have already been arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 attack. But until today, no comprehensive investigation had been opened on Capitol Hill, after Republicans in the Senate beat back an attempt last month to create a bipartisan commission. That changed this afternoon, when House Democrats voted 222 to 190 to establish a special committee that will conduct a far-reaching inquiry into the events of Jan. 6 and their causes. Just two Republican