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    • At least 13 dead after SUV collides with semitruck

      At least 13 dead after SUV collides with semitruck

      Authorities said it's not clear what caused the crash between the SUV and a tractor-trailer full of gravel on a highway through fields in the agricultural southeastern corner of California.

      SUV was carrying 25 people »
      • Despite experts' warnings, Texas lifts mask mandate

        Despite experts' warnings, Texas lifts mask mandate

      • Biden reveals accelerated vaccine delivery timeline

        Biden reveals accelerated vaccine delivery timeline

      • Asian American dad, 2 kids survive stabbing attack

        Asian American dad, 2 kids survive stabbing attack

      • Scientists unearth record-setting dinosaur fossils

        Scientists unearth record-setting dinosaur fossils

      • 'I'm making no assumptions': Johnson explains his position

        'I'm making no assumptions': Johnson explains his position

    • 75 ex-top prosecutors endorse Biden’s pick for associate AG
      Politics
      Associated Press

      75 ex-top prosecutors endorse Biden’s pick for associate AG

      More than 75 former U.S. attorneys are throwing their support behind President Joe Biden's nominee for associate attorney general and urging congressional leaders to quickly confirm her to the post. Vanita Gupta has been nominated for the No. 3 position in the Justice Department, a position in which she would be responsible for overseeing the department's civil, antitrust and civil rights litigation, but also for helping to implement policy decisions on a host of nationwide issues. The Senate has scheduled the confirmation hearing for Gupta and Lisa Monaco, Biden's nominee for deputy attorney general, for March 9.

    • Taiwan opposition chief in no rush for China meeting
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      Reuters

      Taiwan opposition chief in no rush for China meeting

      The leader of Taiwan's main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT) said on Tuesday he is in no rush to travel to China to meet President Xi Jinping, and that Beijing's proposals to get Taiwan to accept Communist rule had "no market" on the island. The KMT ruled China before retreating to Taiwan at the end of a civil war with the Communists in 1949. While ties across the Taiwan Strait have improved dramatically in the last three decades, Beijing continues to claim Taiwan as its own territory.

    • Calif. doctor calls into virtual traffic court during surgery; medical board investigating
      U.S.
      TheGrio

      Calif. doctor calls into virtual traffic court during surgery; medical board investigating

      Using Zoom to connect online for meetings or virtual catch-ups during the pandemic has gone next level in a California court. The phenomenon of utilizing Zoom to connect online for business meetings or family catch-ups amid the coronavirus pandemic has gone next level in California: A Sacramento plastic surgeon showed up for his virtual traffic court hearing from the operating room — while apparently operating. Dr. Scott Green was scheduled to appear in front of Sacramento Superior Court Commissioner Gary Link on Thursday, and he arrived on time, albeit from the operating room, donning surgical scrubs.

      • Calif. Doctor Appears in Virtual Traffic Court While Performing Surgery; State Will Investigate
        Calif. Doctor Appears in Virtual Traffic Court While Performing Surgery; State Will Investigate
        People
      • Doctor under fire for attending virtual court from operating room
        Doctor under fire for attending virtual court from operating room
        ABC News Videos
    • First COVAX vaccines arrive in Cambodia from India
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      Associated Press

      First COVAX vaccines arrive in Cambodia from India

      Cambodia on Tuesday received its first batch of 324,000 coronavirus vaccine doses from India that are part of the World Health Organization's COVAX initiative, as the country expands its immunization program with the goal of inoculating a majority of its population this year. Health Minister Mam Bunheng was at the airport to receive the shipment of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covishield vaccine. Prime Minister Hun Sen will be given the first dose on Thursday.

      • COVID-19 vaccine doses will be administered 16 weeks apart in B.C.
        COVID-19 vaccine doses will be administered 16 weeks apart in B.C.
        Yahoo News Canada
      • UK to receive 10 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses from India's Serum Institute
        UK to receive 10 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses from India's Serum Institute
        Reuters
    • Myanmar authorities charge Associated Press journalist
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      Associated Press

      Myanmar authorities charge Associated Press journalist

      Authorities in Myanmar have charged Associated Press journalist Thein Zaw and five other members of the media with violating a public order law that could see them imprisoned for up to three years, a lawyer said Tuesday. The six were arrested while covering protests against the Feb. 1 military coup in Myanmar that ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. The group includes journalists for Myanmar Now, Myanmar Photo Agency, 7Day News, Zee Kwet online news and a freelancer.

      • Myanmar's neighbours press junta for Suu Kyi's release, restoration of democracy
        Myanmar's neighbours press junta for Suu Kyi's release, restoration of democracy
        Reuters
      • Children join anti-coup protests in Myanmar
        Children join anti-coup protests in Myanmar
        Reuters Videos
    • House Call: Cue the Waterworks and Welcome to March
      Politics
      Architectural Digest

      House Call: Cue the Waterworks and Welcome to March

      Zoë's newsletter comes to a web page near you, and the theme of the day is damp Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

    • Ukraine throws away unused COVID-19 shots as doctors skip their own vaccinations
      World
      Reuters

      Ukraine throws away unused COVID-19 shots as doctors skip their own vaccinations

      Ukrainian medical facilities have thrown away some unused COVID-19 vaccines after doctors failed to show up for their own appointments to be vaccinated, ruling party lawmakers said on Monday. Ukraine has just begun vaccinating its 41 million people against COVID-19 after receiving a first batch of 500,000 doses of Indian-made AstraZeneca shots last week, but faces a battle against vaccine scepticism that predates the pandemic. "It is important for us to understand how all the processes are set up, why doctors refuse to be vaccinated," Oleksandr Korniyenko, the head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's Servant of the People party, told a televised meeting.

    • Nigeria's school abductions: Why children are being targeted
      World
      BBC

      Nigeria's school abductions: Why children are being targeted

      Since December, more than 600 students have been abducted from schools in north-west Nigeria, highlighting a worrying development in the country's kidnap-for-ransom crisis. Friday's kidnapping of nearly 300 students from the Government Girls Science Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara state, which ended with their release, was the second mass kidnap from schools in less than 10 days. The authorities say recent attacks on schools in the north-west have been carried out by "bandits", a loose term for kidnappers, armed robbers, cattle rustlers, Fulani herdsmen and other armed militia operating in the region who are largely motivated by money.

      • Zamfara state govt in talks with kidnappers of 317 Nigerian schoolgirls: officials
        Zamfara state govt in talks with kidnappers of 317 Nigerian schoolgirls: officials
        Reuters
      • Nigerian governor says 279 kidnapped schoolgirls are freed
        Nigerian governor says 279 kidnapped schoolgirls are freed
        Associated Press
    • Lord Hague tells Tories to prepare for tax rises
      World
      The Telegraph

      Lord Hague tells Tories to prepare for tax rises

      Some business and personal taxes “have to go up”, Lord Hague, the former Conservative leader and close ally of Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor, has warned. In a new article for The Telegraph, Lord Hague writes that people who oppose some form of tax rises in the current climate are buying into “dangerous illusions”. The intervention the day before Mr Sunak stands up to deliver his Budget will raise eyebrows, given the fierce debate about tax rises in the party and the pair's close relationship.

    • US men accused of helping Ghosn flee arrive in Japan
      World
      Associated Press

      US men accused of helping Ghosn flee arrive in Japan

      Two Americans suspected of helping former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn skip bail in Japan and flee to Lebanon in December 2019 were extradited from the U.S. and arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday. Michael Taylor and his son, Peter, who had been detained in a Boston jail since last May, were handed over to Japanese custody on Monday. Tokyo Deputy Prosecutor Hiroshi Yamamoto said the Taylors arrived at Tokyo's Narita International Airport, and were arrested on suspicion of aiding a criminal.

      • EXPLAINER: Japan to try US men accused of helping Ghosn flee
        EXPLAINER: Japan to try US men accused of helping Ghosn flee
        Associated Press
      • Two accused of helping Ghosn escape land in Japan
        Two accused of helping Ghosn escape land in Japan
        Reuters Videos
    • U.S., EU impose sanctions on Russia for Navalny poisoning, jailing
      World
      Reuters

      U.S., EU impose sanctions on Russia for Navalny poisoning, jailing

      The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions to punish Russia for what it described as Moscow's attempt to poison opposition leader Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent last year, in President Joe Biden's most direct challenge yet to the Kremlin. The sanctions against seven senior Russian officials, among them the head of its FSB security service, and on 14 entities marked a sharp departure from former President Donald Trump's reluctance to confront Russian President Vladimir Putin. Biden stopped short, however, of putting sanctions on Putin himself.

      • U.S. imposes sanctions on Russia over opposition leader Alexei Navalny's poisoning
        U.S. imposes sanctions on Russia over opposition leader Alexei Navalny's poisoning
        Yahoo News Video
      • U.S. sanctions Russia over alleged Navalny poisoning
        U.S. sanctions Russia over alleged Navalny poisoning
        Yahoo Finance Video
    • Chinese vaccines sweep much of the world, despite concerns
      World
      Associated Press

      Chinese vaccines sweep much of the world, despite concerns

      The plane laden with vaccines had just rolled to a stop at Santiago's airport in late January, and Chile's president, Sebastián Piñera, was beaming. The source of that hope: China – a country that Chile and dozens of other nations are depending on to help rescue them from the COVID-19 pandemic. China's vaccine diplomacy campaign has been a surprising success: It has pledged roughly half a billion doses of its vaccine to more than 45 countries, according to a country-by-country tally by The Associated Press.

      • China has pledged half a billion doses of its vaccine to more than 45 countries as experts raise concerns
        China has pledged half a billion doses of its vaccine to more than 45 countries as experts raise concerns
        Yahoo News Video
      • Chinese vaccines sweep world, despite concerns
        Chinese vaccines sweep world, despite concerns
        Associated Press Videos
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      Hundreds claim decades of abuse by N.H. youth center staffers

      Abuse allegations against New Hampshire's state-run youth detention center now span six decades, with 150 staffers during that time accused of physically or sexually harming 230 children at a facility the victims' attorney calls a “magnet for predators.

    • UK rollout data on AstraZeneca shot should guide other countries - vaccine chief
      World
      Reuters

      UK rollout data on AstraZeneca shot should guide other countries - vaccine chief

      Data from Britain's vaccine rollout on the effectiveness of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University COVID-19 shot in older people should help other countries reassess their use of it, the head of the university's vaccine research group said on Tuesday. Britain has been rolling out the vaccine since January, beginning with the elderly and health workers, after approving its use for all adults. Many European countries have advised that the vaccine should not be given to over-65s due to a lack of clinical trial data on its efficacy in that age group, and a significant proportion of doses of the vaccine that they have acquired have gone unused.

      • Canada vaccine committee advises against use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots for 65 years and above
        Canada vaccine committee advises against use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots for 65 years and above
        Reuters
      • France changes tack and approves AstraZeneca shots for under-75s
        France changes tack and approves AstraZeneca shots for under-75s
        Reuters
    • A year in, coronavirus rages in vaccine-needy West Bank
      World
      Associated Press

      A year in, coronavirus rages in vaccine-needy West Bank

      The Palestinian Authority has acquired only a few thousand doses — not even enough for front-line health workers — and reported nearly 2,000 new cases on Tuesday alone. It's a stark illustration of the disparity at the heart of the Middle East conflict — one of the few aspects of life here that haven't changed over the past year. Israel cites past agreements that say the PA is responsible for health care in areas it administers.

    • ‘It’s really sad, who says that?’: Lindsey Graham mocked for thanking Trump for ‘allowing me to be in his world’
      Politics
      The Independent

      ‘It’s really sad, who says that?’: Lindsey Graham mocked for thanking Trump for ‘allowing me to be in his world’

      South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham was roundly mocked for grovelling comments he made about Donald Trump in a TV interview. Mr Graham told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday evening that the former president was “very nice” because “he's allowed me to be in his world”. On MSNBC's Morning Joe the following day, the co-hosts laughed at the senator's subservient tone in praising his master.

    • Girl dies after being caned during 'exorcism' in Sri Lanka
      World
      Associated Press

      Girl dies after being caned during 'exorcism' in Sri Lanka

      Police in Sri Lanka said Monday they have arrested two people in connection with the death of a 9-year-old girl who was repeatedly beaten during a ritual they believed would drive away an evil spirit. The two suspects — the woman performing the exorcism and the girl's mother — appeared in court on Monday to hear charges over the girl's death, which occurred over the weekend in Delgoda, a small town about 40 kilometers (25 miles) northeast of the capital, Colombo. According to police spokesperson Ajith Rohana, the mother believed her daughter had been possessed by a demon and took her to the home of the exorcist so a ritual could be performed to drive the spirit away.

    • China, U.S. should lift COVID-19 travel bans if herd immunity reached, Chinese epidemiologist says
      World
      Reuters

      China, U.S. should lift COVID-19 travel bans if herd immunity reached, Chinese epidemiologist says

      China and the United States should remove all barriers to travel between the two countries if the United States achieves herd immunity for COVID-19 with 90% of its population vaccinated, potentially by August, a Chinese epidemiologist has said. The United States is the worst-hit nation in the world by case count, with nearly 30 million infections so far, though new cases have been declining. China has COVID-19 largely under control, with relatively small clusters of new local infections in recent months.

    • Philippine president fires ambassador seen assaulting staff
      World
      Associated Press

      Philippine president fires ambassador seen assaulting staff

      Duterte, whose six-year term ends next year, has been reading the names of government employees and officers implicated in graft and corruption in his TV appearances to highlight his campaign against abuses and irregularities. But Duterte, a former government prosecutor who has threatened drug suspects with death and is known for his expletives-laden outbursts, has faced criticisms for abusive behavior himself. In his televised remarks Monday night, Duterte lashed out at Vice President Leni Robredo for criticizing the government's handling of the coronavirus outbreak and vaccination campaign.

    • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shoots back at Ted Cruz, saying he treated storm-hit Texas as a 'layover' between trips to Cancun and CPAC
      U.S.
      Business Insider

      Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shoots back at Ted Cruz, saying he treated storm-hit Texas as a 'layover' between trips to Cancun and CPAC

      Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit back at Sen. Ted Cruz after he mocked her during his CPAC speech. Ocasio-Cortez again criticized Cruz for fleeing Texas during the recent electrical-grid collapse. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit back at Sen. Ted Cruz after the Texas Republican mocked her in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, on Friday.

      • Seth Meyers Scorches Ted Cruz For Joking About Cancun At CPAC
        Seth Meyers Scorches Ted Cruz For Joking About Cancun At CPAC
        HuffPost
      • Ted Cruz now blames ‘Trump withdrawal’ for Cancun trip criticism
        Ted Cruz now blames ‘Trump withdrawal’ for Cancun trip criticism
        The Independent
    • David Cameron criticises successor Theresa May over her management of Whitehall
      World
      The Telegraph

      David Cameron criticises successor Theresa May over her management of Whitehall

      David Cameron has accused Theresa May of making a “very bad mistake” by combining the role of National Security Adviser and Cabinet Secretary during her tenure. The former prime minister heaped criticism on his successor, saying her decision in 2018 to hand both roles to one person, Sir Mark Sedwill, “temporarily weakened” Whitehall's national security infrastructure. “They are two jobs,” Mr Cameron said on Monday.

    • Georgia House passes GOP bill rolling back voting access
      Politics
      Associated Press

      Georgia House passes GOP bill rolling back voting access

      Republican lawmakers in Georgia muscled legislation through the state House on Monday that would roll back voting access, over the objection of Democrats and civil rights groups gathered at the Capitol to protest. The bill comes after record turnout led to Democratic wins in Georgia's presidential election and two U.S. Senate runoffs. House Bill 531 passed the lower legislative chamber by a vote of 97-72.

      • Georgia House Approves New Restrictions As GOP War On Voting Rights Intensifies
        Georgia House Approves New Restrictions As GOP War On Voting Rights Intensifies
        HuffPost
      • Georgians protest GOP bill limiting voting access
        Georgians protest GOP bill limiting voting access
        Associated Press Videos
    • Israel moving to protect hundreds of personnel against ICC probe
      World
      Reuters

      Israel moving to protect hundreds of personnel against ICC probe

      Israel estimates that hundreds of its citizens might be subject to war crimes probes by the International Criminal Court, whose jurisdiction it rejects, and is working on how to protect them, the Defence Minister said on Tuesday. Including himself among Israelis who could be threatened with arrest, Benny Gantz told Reuters: "I was never afraid to go across enemy lines, I will continue to stand wherever I have to." The ruling could lead to criminal investigations of Israel and of Palestinian militant groups including Hamas.

    • 'We turn a blind eye': Boston's police remain largely white
      U.S.
      Associated Press

      'We turn a blind eye': Boston's police remain largely white

      For years, Boston city leaders have vowed to diversify the police department so it looks more like the community it serves. The percentage of officers of color is up slightly compared to 2018, but the racial makeup of the overall force is largely the same as 10 years ago and only slightly more diverse than 20 years ago, according to data compiled in a 2015 audit of the department.

    • Supreme Court likely to uphold Arizona voting restrictions
      Politics
      Associated Press

      Supreme Court likely to uphold Arizona voting restrictions

      The Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to uphold voting restrictions in Arizona in a key case that could make it harder to challenge a raft of other voting measures Republicans have proposed following last year's elections. All six conservative justices, appointed by Republican presidents, suggested they would throw out an appellate ruling that struck down the restrictions as racially discriminatory under the landmark Voting Rights Act. Less clear is what standard the court might set for how to prove discrimination under the law, first enacted in 1965.

      • Voting Rights Act Faces Renewed Challenge In Supreme Court
        Voting Rights Act Faces Renewed Challenge In Supreme Court
        HuffPost
      • U.S. Supreme Court signals more leeway for voting restrictions
        U.S. Supreme Court signals more leeway for voting restrictions
        Reuters
    If Trump runs again, can he win?
    • “How about we skip ‘he won’t win’ cycle and not do 2016 all over again. Trump can absolutely win another presidential election.”

    • “With independents deserting him, there is simply no path for Trump to get back into the White House — except as a tourist.”

    • “They might as well cancel the 2024 primaries...because there is no way he can lose.”

    • “The next Republican presidential primary will be heavily shaped by Trump — whether or not he decides to run again.”

    • “Donald Trump will not be running for president again. He will, however, continue to tease the possibility of a 2024 run.”

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