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Ted Wheeler, the mayor of Portland, Ore., pepper-sprayed a man who confronted and videotaped him and a former mayor as they left a restaurant.
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Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell said he’s dropping a key demand and is ready to move toward a power-sharing agreement after two Democratic senators pledged they won’t vote to do away with the filibuster.
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President Biden reinstated COVID-19 travel restrictions on non-U.S. travelers from South Africa, Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom and many other countries.
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A day after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that he had COVID-19, news broke that that billionaire Carlos Slim is also sick with the disease. Catholic Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera has it too.
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Officials say a new Brazilian variant of the coronavirus has made its first known appearance in the United States in a person who recently traveled from Brazil to Minnesota.
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Allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are calling for more protests to demand his release, in a challenge to President Vladimir Putin.
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Relatives of migrants from Guatemala believe that at least 13 of the 19 charred corpses found in a northern Mexico border state could be their loved ones.
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The office of Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte says the leader will tell his wobbly government he intends to offer his resignation.
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Anti-abortion leaders who were elated a year ago when Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to appear in person at the annual March for Life are feeling less buoyant now.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s move to lift a regional stay-at-home order may help businesses. But hospitals are still running dangerously close to their limits.
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Amanda Gorman captivated the world with her poem at President Joe Biden’s inauguration.
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The Treasury Department plans to resume efforts to put abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said.
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The Justice Department inspector general is investigating whether officials ‘engaged in an improper attempt’ to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
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Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine protects against worrisome emerging variants of the coronavirus, but it’s taking the precaution of testing a possible booster dose against the strain discovered in South Africa.
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Portman’s announcement comes the same day the U.S. Senate is receiving the House impeachment article against former Republican President Trump.
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The European Union’s executive body urges member nations to reinforce testing and quarantine measures for travelers as more contagious coronavirus mutations threaten to overwhelm hospitals.
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The European Union is pressing AstraZeneca to deliver more COVID-19 vaccines as it lags behind countries including the U.S. in inoculating its residents.
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Voting machine company Dominion Voting Systems has sued Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump’s personal lawyer, for defamation.
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Pharmaceutical company Merck is giving up on two potential COVID-19 vaccines following poor results in early-stage studies.
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Republican senators appear to be divided as the House prepares to deliver an article of impeachment against former President Trump.
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Drew Pavlou’s battle against the University of Queensland illustrates China’s influence over a key U.S. ally.
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. makes chips for iPhones, video game consoles and fighter jets. Now it’s being forced to choose sides.
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In U.S.-China dispute over missile defense system, Beijing punishes South Korea by restricting tourism and holding trade hostage.
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Beijing’s aggressive South China Sea expansion shows its willingness to defy international laws for President Xi Jinping’s visions of power.
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China’s paramount leader, Xi Jinping, sees himself as a savior, anointed to steer the Communist Party and China away from corruption and foreign influence, into a ‘new era’ of prosperity, power and political devotion. Whether his vision matches reality is another question.
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China’s oppression of Muslims reaches beyond Xinjiang into Pakistan. Why does it stay quiet?
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China’s ‘purification’ of classrooms: A new law erases history, silences teachers and rewrites books
China’s ‘purification’ of classrooms: A new law erases history, silences teachers and rewrites books
China’s crackdown on Hong Kong is purging teachers, rewriting textbooks and increasing pressure on schools over what to put in the minds of students. A new national security law has endangered freedom of thought and expression.
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The national youth poet laureate read her galvanizing poem, ‘The Hill We Climb,’ just after Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th U.S. president.
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A day after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that he had COVID-19, news broke that that billionaire Carlos Slim is also sick with the disease. Catholic Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera has it too.
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A South Korean study raises concerns that six feet of social distance may not be far enough to keep people safe from the coronavirus.
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Ted Wheeler, the mayor of Portland, Ore., pepper-sprayed a man who confronted and videotaped him and a former mayor as they left a restaurant.
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A Chicago Tribune archival photo of a young man being arrested in 1963 at a South Side protest shows Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, his campaign has confirmed, bolstering the candidate’s narrative about his civil rights activism.