7 Republican senators face backlash after voting to convict Trump
The Senate voted to acquit former President Donald Trump by a vote of 57 guilty and 43 not guilty.
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Norway's capital Oslo will tighten lockdown measures to combat a sharp rise in coronavirus infections linked to a more contagious variant, the city's governing mayor said on Sunday. The variant, which was first identified in Britain, started spreading in Oslo in January and now accounts for 50-70% of infections, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) said on Saturday. On Friday, Oslo registered a daily record of 245 new coronavirus infections.
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Anger as Florida lawmaker Greg Steube says transgender people ‘offend’ God
GOP’s Greg Steube attacked for comments by Democrats during Equality Act debate
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John Boehner tells Ted Cruz to go ‘f*** himself’ in unscripted audiobook recording, report says
Former House speaker previously referred to Texas senator as ‘Lucifer in the flesh’
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Who’s John Boehner’: Ted Cruz reacts to former Speaker telling him to ‘f*** himself’
Texas senator shamed for Cancun trip delivered a high-energy CPAC speech studded with Star Wars references
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Donald Trump Jr says dropping Springsteen’s DWI charge example of ‘liberal privilege’
The Boss’s blood alcohol level was one quarter of limit for driving
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16-year-old drowns rescuing little brother after they fall through ice, OH officials say
A department of natural resources officer also died after suffering a “medical emergency” at the scene, officials say.
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Fury as New York town hosts ‘barbaric’ squirrel hunt
Event condemned as ‘barbaric, cruel, senseless and environmentally terrorising money grab’
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Trumps accused of treating White House staff like ‘concierge’
Employees also claim that Barack Obama and his family craved privacy while in executive mansion
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Woman accused of using $149,000 Covid relief loan to buy diamonds and go to IKEA
Jasmine Johnnae Clifton allegedly spent funds at more than 20 stores
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Far-right Proud Boys leader condemns Capitol rioters but says he 'won't cry' about politicians
‘I'm not going to worry about people that their only worry in life is to be re-elected,’ says Enrique Tarrio
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‘Welcome Insurrectionists’ sign to be flown over CPAC by protester
‘Grim Reaper’ lawyer is fundraising to remind Republicans about last month’s Capitol riots
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Fortescue apologises for clearing land on Aboriginal sacred site
Australia's Fortescue Metals Group has apologised to an Aboriginal group for clearing land on a heritage site while flouting a government condition for representatives of the community to be present when the damage took place. It is the week's second such incident, despite pressure on Australian iron ore miners to show they have improved practices to manage important sites after Rio Tinto destroyed two sacred rock shelters for a mine expansion last May. Fortescue had state government permission to clear the land in the Weelamurra Creek area registered as sacred to the Wintawari Guruma people, on condition that community elders were present to perform salvage and cultural rites, four documents reviewed by Reuters showed.
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Republican Ralph Norman’s effort to hold 30-second silence for Rush Limbaugh turned down
‘The chair cannot entertain the gentleman’s request’
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President Pence, anyone? In Mike Pence’s hometown, residents ponder his legacy and his future
Mike Pence is returning to his home state of Indiana to decide his future, but residents in his home town of Columbus are torn on his legacy, reports Richard Hall.
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GOP senator rejects $15 minimum wage saying he once earned $6 an hour, or $23 with inflation
Republicans point to wages they earned as young people decades ago despite rising inflation that has outpaced Americans’ earnings
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Review: Forget Chinatown, Jake: Tod Goldberg's 'The Low Desert' finds noir in L.A.'s far outskirts
A new collection from author of dark tales Todd Golberg trades urban L.A. noir for the more sprawling menace of the Inland Empire and other exurbs.
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French actor Gerard Depardieu charged with rape in revived case
The Paris prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday that French actor Gerard Depardieu was charged in December with rape and sexual assault after authorities revived a 2018 investigation that was initially dropped.
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Victim’s glasses found in car of South Dakota Attorney General who claimed he hit a deer
Jason Ravnsborg charged with three misdemeanour counts after accident leading to death of 55-year-old pedestrian
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Nasa’s DC headquarters renamed after ‘Hidden Figures’ engineer Mary Jackson
Jackson became Nasa’s first Black female engineer in 1958
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Lauren Boebert hints she’s still taking gun to Congress in spite of Pelosi rules
Under the new rule, members who attempt to bring firearms to the floor could be fined