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    • How Biden is changing behavior at the White House

      How Biden is changing behavior at the White House

      While the Trump administration was known for flouting safety recommendations, the Biden team has made a point of abiding by strict rules.

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      • Time cover shows chaotic situation inherited by Biden

        Time cover shows chaotic situation inherited by Biden

      • Vaccine doses spoiled after cleaner unplugs freezer

        Vaccine doses spoiled after cleaner unplugs freezer

      • Guard troops back at Capitol after banishment to garage

        Guard troops back at Capitol after banishment to garage

      • Expert: China poses significant threat to U.S.

        Expert: China poses significant threat to U.S.

      • Congress passes Austin waiver, clearing path

        Congress passes Austin waiver, clearing path

    • Biden signs executive orders reversing Trump decisions on COVID, climate change
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      Biden signs executive orders reversing Trump decisions on COVID, climate change

      Fresh off his inauguration Wednesday, President Biden began his term with executive orders on measures ranging from curbing the coronavirus pandemic to addressing racial inequality, many of which roll back measures enacted by former President Donald Trump's administration. Biden signed an executive order requiring masks and social distancing in all federal buildings, on all federal lands and by all federal employees and contractors, according to his transition team. Another executive order will create a new position, the COVID-19 response coordinator, who will be tasked with coordinating the government's response to the pandemic, including the vaccine rollout, and who will report directly to Biden.

      • Here Are All The Executive Actions Biden Signed On His First Day
        Here Are All The Executive Actions Biden Signed On His First Day
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      • Biden to sign executive orders on COVID-19 response
        Biden to sign executive orders on COVID-19 response
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    • Indonesia ends search for crashed plane's victims, debris
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      Indonesia ends search for crashed plane's victims, debris

      Indonesian authorities on Thursday ended the search for remaining victims and debris from a Sriwijaya Air jet that nosedived into the Java Sea, killing all 62 people on board. Transportation minister Budi Karya Sumadi said retrieval operations have ended after nearly two weeks, but that a limited search for the missing memory unit from the cockpit voice recorder will continue. Divers retrieved its battered casing and cover last week near the location where the flight data recorder was recovered three days after the accident.

      • Indonesia halts search for victims of Sriwijaya Air crash
        Indonesia halts search for victims of Sriwijaya Air crash
        Reuters
      • Distraught families of Sriwijaya Air victims visit Java Sea crash site
        Distraught families of Sriwijaya Air victims visit Java Sea crash site
        Reuters
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      Reuters

      China authorises coast guard to fire on foreign vessels if needed

      China passed a law on Friday that for the first time explicitly allows its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels, a move that could make the contested waters around China more choppy. China has maritime sovereignty disputes with Japan in the East China Sea and with several Southeast Asian countries in the South China Sea. It has sent its coast guard to chase away fishing vessels from other countries, sometimes resulting in the sinking of these vessels.

    • EXPLAINER: Why Navalny is a thorn in the Kremlin's side
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      Associated Press

      EXPLAINER: Why Navalny is a thorn in the Kremlin's side

      The return to Russia from Germany by opposition leader Alexei Navalny was marked by chaos and popular outrage, and it ended, almost predictably, with his arrest. The Jan. 17 flight from Berlin, where Navalny spent nearly five months recovering from a nerve agent poisoning, carried him and his wife, along with a group of journalists documenting the journey. Navalny had prepared his own surprise for his return: A video expose alleging that a lavish โ€œpalaceโ€ was built for President Vladimir Putin on the Black Sea through an elaborate corruption scheme.

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      Rep. Crenshaw: 'I'd be frustrated if I were' Trump, watching the press 'go right back to the Obama-era'

      Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw argues Republicans need to unify and show voters that Democrats 'mean what they say' and 'will change your life fundamentally.

    • Voting to convict Trump would cost McConnell his Senate leadership, GOP faction warns
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      The Week

      Voting to convict Trump would cost McConnell his Senate leadership, GOP faction warns

      Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is genuinely undecided on how he will vote in former President Donald Trump's second Senate impeachment trial, his close allies say, but a faction of Senate Republicans are warning him if he votes to convict, the backlash will be swift and severe, CNN reports. "If he does, I don't know if he can stay as leader," one senior GOP senator told CNN, portraying that as a sentiment shared by several of his colleagues. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said he could not support McConnell if he voted against Trump.

      • McConnell looks to push impeachment trial to February
        McConnell looks to push impeachment trial to February
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      • Democrats Oppose McConnell Demand To Preserve The Filibuster
        Democrats Oppose McConnell Demand To Preserve The Filibuster
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    • Strong earthquake shakes southern Philippines; no tsunami
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      Associated Press

      Strong earthquake shakes southern Philippines; no tsunami

      A powerful earthquake shook parts of the southern Philippines on Thursday night, but authorities said it was too deep to cause major damage and no tsunami warning was issued. The quake measured magnitude 7.0 and was located 95.8 kilometers (60 miles) below the sea and about 210 kilometers (130 miles) southeast of Pondaguitan in Davao Occidental province, the U.S. Geological Survey said. In Davao city, President Rodrigo Duterte's hometown, some residents ran out of their houses as the ground shook and power cables and business signs swayed, but there were no reports of damage or injuries.

    • Trump spends first night as a private citizen 'looking for lawyers for his impeachment trial'
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      The Telegraph

      Trump spends first night as a private citizen 'looking for lawyers for his impeachment trial'

      Donald Trump spent his first hours as a private citizen scrambling to find lawyers to represent him in his upcoming impeachment trial, as he settled into his new home at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. One of Mr Trump's first calls after leaving office was to Lindsey Graham, South Carolina senator and staunch ally, telling him he was now โ€œlooking for some lawyersโ€ for the imminent Senate hearing. Mr Trump will not be drawing on his usual litigators: Rudy Giuliani, his longtime personal lawyer, is likely to step aside as he could be called as a witness, while attorneys who represented him at the first impeachment hearing have declined.

      • Butch Bowers named as Trump impeachment lawyer, Lindsey Graham tells GOP senators
        Butch Bowers named as Trump impeachment lawyer, Lindsey Graham tells GOP senators
        The Independent
      • Trump names first lawyer for impeachment hearing as McConnell seeks delay in trial
        Trump names first lawyer for impeachment hearing as McConnell seeks delay in trial
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    • Kamala Harris: What the vice-president did on her first day
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      BBC

      Kamala Harris: What the vice-president did on her first day

      Kamala Harris has made history, becoming the first woman and first black and South Asian American to serve as US vice-president. "The role of the vice-president was, frankly, to just be that heartbeat away from the president," said Barbara Perry, the director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Centre. "One of the vice-presidents in the early 20th Century said, 'Every day I ring the doorbell at the White House and hope the president will answer,'" Ms Perry said.

      • Vice President Kamala Harris now lives in this house
        Vice President Kamala Harris now lives in this house
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      • Kamala Harris sworn in as 49th Vice President of the United States
        Kamala Harris sworn in as 49th Vice President of the United States
        Yahoo Finance Video
    • German virus death toll tops 50,000 even as infections sink
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      German virus death toll tops 50,000 even as infections sink

      The death toll from the coronavirus in Germany has passed 50,000, a number that has risen swiftly over recent weeks even as infection figures are finally declining. The country's disease control center, the Robert Koch Institute, said Friday that another 859 deaths were reported over the past 24 hours, taking the total so far to 50,642. Germany had a comparatively small number of deaths in the pandemic's first phase and was able to lift many restrictions quickly.

    • Democrats formalize Jaime Harrison as national party chair
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      Associated Press

      Democrats formalize Jaime Harrison as national party chair

      The Democratic National Committee elected Jaime Harrison of South Carolina as chair on Thursday, signifying an early alignment between newly inaugurated President Joe Biden and state party leaders around the country. Vice chairs on the roster include Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth and U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela Jr. of Texas. Harrison โ€” a former chair of South Carolina's Democrats who proved his mettle as a fundraising powerhouse in his 2020 challenge to Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham โ€” already has been anointed by Biden, continuing the tradition of sitting presidents choosing their own party's chair.

    • Wuhan lockdown: A year of China's fight against the Covid pandemic
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      BBC

      Wuhan lockdown: A year of China's fight against the Covid pandemic

      A year ago on 23 January 2020 the world saw its first coronavirus lockdown come into force in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the pandemic is believed to have started. One year on, China is often held up as one of the virus success stories - not least by Beijing itself. How did China tackle the outbreak?

      • COVID-19 pandemic pushes Pets at Home sales to ยฃ302m
        COVID-19 pandemic pushes Pets at Home sales to ยฃ302m
        Yahoo Finance UK
      • Timeline: China's COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown of Wuhan
        Timeline: China's COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown of Wuhan
        Associated Press
    • Tens of thousands protest against Nepal's prime minister
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      Associated Press

      Tens of thousands protest against Nepal's prime minister

      Tens of thousands of people protested in Nepal's capital on Friday against the prime minister for dissolving Parliament and ordering new elections in an escalating feud within the governing party. The supporters of a splinter group in the Nepal Communist Party marched peacefully in the center of Kathmandu as they demanded that Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli reinstate Parliament. Security was tight in the capital, with barbed wire barriers and police in riot gear blocking the area around the main government offices.

    • Mount Sinai cancels all scheduled first-dose COVID vaccines. Second doses not affected
      U.S.
      Miami Herald

      Mount Sinai cancels all scheduled first-dose COVID vaccines. Second doses not affected

      Days after Baptist Health, South Florida's largest nonprofit hospital system, abruptly canceled COVID vaccine appointments for hundreds, Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach is taking a similar action. Due to restraints on the COVID-19 vaccine supply, all first-dose vaccinations booked for Jan. 23 and later are canceled. No new appointments will be taken.

      • Vaccine shortage in NYC forces cancellations
        Vaccine shortage in NYC forces cancellations
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      • Cuomo: NY 1st dose vaccines to run out in 2-3 days
        Cuomo: NY 1st dose vaccines to run out in 2-3 days
        Associated Press Videos
    • China hits Trump officials with sanctions on their way out
      Politics
      Associated Press

      China hits Trump officials with sanctions on their way out

      China imposed sanctions on nearly 30 former Trump administration officials moments after they left office on Wednesday. In a statement released just minutes after President Joe Biden was inaugurated, Beijing slapped travel bans and business restrictions on Trump's secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, national security adviser Robert O'Brien and U.N. ambassador, Kelly Craft. Others covered by the sanctions include Trump's economic adviser Peter Navarro; his top diplomat for Asia, David Stilwell; health and human services secretary, Alex Azar; along with former national security adviser John Bolton and strategist Stephen Bannon.

      • China sanctions Pompeo, 27 other Trump officials
        China sanctions Pompeo, 27 other Trump officials
        Reuters Videos
      • Biden administration calls China sanctions on Trump officials 'unproductive and cynical'
        Biden administration calls China sanctions on Trump officials 'unproductive and cynical'
        Reuters
    • AD100 Designer Monique Gibson Designs a Tribeca Aerie with High-Impact Views
      Lifestyle
      Architectural Digest

      AD100 Designer Monique Gibson Designs a Tribeca Aerie with High-Impact Views

      800 feet up in the sky, the Dreamy 6,000 square foot space offers panoramic views from the East River to the Hudson Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

    • U.S. Congress moves toward approving Biden's defense secretary pick
      Politics
      Reuters

      U.S. Congress moves toward approving Biden's defense secretary pick

      The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate backed a waiver on Thursday that paved the way for President Joe Biden's nominee, Lloyd Austin, to lead the Pentagon even though he has not cleared the required seven-year waiting period since leaving the military. Austin, who retired as an army general in 2016, would be the first Black U.S. Secretary of Defense. The House of Representatives approved the waiver by 326 to 78, far more than the simple majority necessary.

      • Congress poised for quick action on Biden's Pentagon nominee
        Congress poised for quick action on Biden's Pentagon nominee
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      • Congress set for quick action on defense nominee
        Congress set for quick action on defense nominee
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    • World
      Associated Press

      Israeli warplanes strike Syria, kill 4 - including children

      Israeli warplanes fired several missiles toward central Syria early Friday, killing a family of four - including two children - and wounding four others, state media reported. State-news agency SANA quoted an unnamed military official as saying the attack took place shortly before dawn when Israeli warplanes flew over neighboring Lebanon. The Israeli prime minister's office on Friday declined to comment on the reports.

    • Jon Ossoff was sworn in using a Hebrew Bible from a rabbi who was an ally to MLK and had his synagogue bombed by white supremacists
      U.S.
      Business Insider

      Jon Ossoff was sworn in using a Hebrew Bible from a rabbi who was an ally to MLK and had his synagogue bombed by white supremacists

      Newly elected Sen. Jon Ossoff was sworn in to Congress on Wednesday using a Hebrew Bible that was once owned by a Georgia rabbi whose synagogue was bombed by white supremacists, and who was an ally to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ossoff, Georgia's first Jewish senator, was sworn in to the Senate by Vice President Kamala Harris, alongside the Rev. Raphael Warnock, Georgia's first Black senator, and Alex Padilla, who's filling Harris' seat. As Ossoff was sworn in, he clutched the Hebrew Bible that once belonged to Rabbi Jacob Rothschild, the former leader of Atlanta's Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple.

      • Georgia Democrats Ossoff And Warnock Sworn In, Senate Officially Flips Blue
        Georgia Democrats Ossoff And Warnock Sworn In, Senate Officially Flips Blue
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      • Kamala Harris sworn in as vice president
        Kamala Harris sworn in as vice president
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    • โ€˜Maskless idiotsโ€™: Real Housewives star Luann de Lesseps blasted for partying in Miami
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      Miami Herald

      โ€˜Maskless idiotsโ€™: Real Housewives star Luann de Lesseps blasted for partying in Miami

      The latest COVID-related kerfuffle involves former Countess Luann De Lesseps, who was just in South Florida to party with pals. Earlier this week, the โ€œReal Housewives of NYCโ€ star posted a video splashing around in a bikini under an outdoor shower somewhere in Miami. The cabaret singer was also seen Tuesday with former โ€œReal Housewives of Miami'sโ€ Marysol Patton and Alexia Echevarria and a handful of others enjoying a meal at Portosole Miami restaurant in Coral Gables.

    • 9 Products That Make for a More Sustainable Home in 2021
      Lifestyle
      Architectural Digest

      9 Products That Make for a More Sustainable Home in 2021

      Set yourself up for success with all the right stuff Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

    • Archaeologists unearthed 210 sarcophagi in an Egyptian city of the dead. They'd remained undisturbed for at least 2,500 years.
      World
      Business Insider

      Archaeologists unearthed 210 sarcophagi in an Egyptian city of the dead. They'd remained undisturbed for at least 2,500 years.

      KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/GETTY Decorated wooden sarcophagi from Saqqara on display during the official announcement of the discovery on January 17, 2021. KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/GETTY The underside of a wooden sarcophagus discovered at Saqqara. KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/GETTY Colored coffins from Saqqara on display October 3, 2020.

    • Appealing to 'kind angels' China strikes optimistic tone with Biden administration
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      Reuters

      Appealing to 'kind angels' China strikes optimistic tone with Biden administration

      China struck an optimistic tone toward President Joe Biden's new administration on Thursday, saying "kind angels can triumph over evil forces" and playing down early irritants as the result of an atmosphere poisoned by Donald Trump's term in office. Bilateral relations worsened dramatically during Trump's tenure. Biden, who took office on Wednesday, is expected to maintain pressure on Beijing but with a more traditional and multilateral approach.

    • Dermatologists debunk 9 skincare myths and reveal how to get and keep healthy-looking skin
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      Dermatologists debunk 9 skincare myths and reveal how to get and keep healthy-looking skin

      Dermatologists debunk nine skincare myths and offer advice on how to have healthy skin without falling for trendy, pseudoscience. It's important to remember that genetics play a large role in your skin's overall texture and appearance. The same skincare routine isn't for everyone, and it may take some trial and error to determine what's right for you.

    • Sen. Bernie Sanders says Democrats don't need GOP support to approve $2,000 stimulus checks and cancel student debt
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      Business Insider

      Sen. Bernie Sanders says Democrats don't need GOP support to approve $2,000 stimulus checks and cancel student debt

      Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont wrote an opinion column this week pushing for Democrats to implement a bold economic agenda. Now that the Democratic Party has full control over Congress, Sanders argues they can use a tool called reconciliation, which requires only a simple majority in the Senate to pass bills. Among the key measures Sanders urges the Senate to pass are $2,000 direct payments to Americans and raising the minimum wage to $15.

      • Sen. Bernie Sanders on the inauguration
        Sen. Bernie Sanders on the inauguration
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      • Bring Bernie To PTL
        Bring Bernie To PTL
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    Why Democrats won in Georgia
    • โ€œIf youโ€™re looking to win elections, it is probably best not to urge your supporters not to vote.โ€

    • โ€œWarnockโ€™s portrayal of himself as a dog lover, a means of overcoming white suspicions of Black men, smacked of pure genius.โ€

    • โ€œTrump has done damage to the Republican brand among suburban voters that goes well beyond just races where he is on the ballot.โ€

    • โ€œOnce more, Democrats must profusely thank activist Stacey Abrams.โ€

    • โ€œOverall, demographic trends show that the stateโ€™s electorate is becoming younger and more diverse each year.โ€

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