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Impeachment trial sends Trumpworld into a frenzy: report
For Republican lawmakers, former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial appeared to be a relatively easy acquittal but the latest vote in favor of subpoenaing witnesses reportedly has his base in an uproar. On Saturday, Feb. 13, when the impeachment t ...[Read more]
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Biden risks an early major blunder on the world stage
As Congress still struggles to pass a COVID relief bill, the rest of the world is nervously reserving judgment on America's new president and his foreign policy, after successive U.S. administrations have delivered unexpected and damaging shocks to the wo ...[Read more]
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Pelosi announces plans for 9/11-style commission to examine Capitol riot
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday that the US Congress will establish an outside, independent commission to review the “facts and causes” related to the deadly 6 January insurrection at the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump in the wanin ...[Read more]
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GOP voters are deeply dissatisfied, driving support for a third party in the US to all-time high
Americans' support for the formation of a third political party has reached 62%, a 5-point uptick since last fall and an all-time high in Gallup's polling. Likewise, just 33% of Americans think the nation's two parties are adequately representing the inte ...[Read more]
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Oakland, San Francisco residents unite against anti-Asian hate crimes
In the wake of a spike of violent attacks against Asian and Asian-American residents, many of them elderly, outraged citizens from all different backgrounds in U.S. cities Oakland and San Francisco have joined in solidarity over the past weekend. In San ...[Read more]
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Right-wing talk radio icon Rush Limbaugh dead at 70
Rush Limbaugh, a pioneer in popularizing right-wing talk radio, has died at the age of 70 after a months-long battle with cancer. ...[Read more]
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Texas mayor resigns after telling residents without power during bitter cold snap to ‘get off your ass’
At a time when the Lone Star State is being battered by severe winter weather, record cold and widespread power outages, Tim Boyd — the far-right Republican mayor of Colorado City, Texas — lambasted residents of his city for complaining about be ...[Read more]
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Bitcoin Could Push Global Emissions Above 2 Degrees Celsius, Scientists Say
Bitcoin mining may consume more than 120 terawatt-hours of electricity globally this year -- more energy than Argentina. ...[Read more]
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COVID: UK variant spreading rapidly in Germany | DW | 17.02.2021
The proportion of cases resulting from the coronavirus mutation first detected in the UK is doubling every week, officials say. ...[Read more]
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In the first six months of health care professionals replacing police officers, no one they encountered was arrested
Since June 1, 2020, a mental health clinician and a paramedic have traveled around the city in a white van handling low-level incidents, like trespassing and mental health episodes, that would have otherwise fallen to patrol officers with badges and guns. ...[Read more]
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An 11-year-old boy died in a mobile home with no heat during the winter storm in Texas, and authorities suspect he had hypothermia
An 11-year-old boy died on Tuesday in an unheated mobile home in Texas that had lost power during a massive winter storm. His family and officials suspect he had hypothermia. Cristian Pavon was one of at least 30 people in Texas who died this week as tem ...[Read more]
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