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    • Scientists confirm California has its own COVID strain

      Scientists confirm California has its own COVID strain

      Scientists suspect the homegrown strain is likely linked to the case surge in Los Angeles County since November.

      Several unknowns surround the variant »
      • Son tells FBI dad was planning 'something big'

        Son tells FBI dad was planning 'something big'

      • The double mask: A new fashion trend?

        The double mask: A new fashion trend?

      • Calif. governor cancels stay-at-home orders

        Calif. governor cancels stay-at-home orders

      • Birx says Trump offered misleading COVID-19 charts

        Birx says Trump offered misleading COVID-19 charts

      • Janet Yellen becomes 1st female treasury secretary

        Janet Yellen becomes 1st female treasury secretary

    • Giuliani slams ‘hate-filled left-wing’ as he responds to $1.3bn defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems
      Politics
      The Independent

      Giuliani slams ‘hate-filled left-wing’ as he responds to $1.3bn defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems

      Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has described a $1.3bn (£1.15bn) defamation lawsuit filed against him by Dominion Voting Systems as “intimidation by the hate-filled left-wing”. Dominion filed a defamation lawsuit against Mr Giuliani on Monday, following months of baseless claims from the former mayor of New York City that the company's systems were rigged in favour of the Democrats in 3 November's presidential election. The 107-page lawsuit, which was filed by the company in the Federal District Court in Washington, DC, on Monday, accused Mr Giuliani of carrying out “a viral disinformation campaign about Dominion” that was made up of “demonstrably false” allegations, according to The New York Times.

      • Dominion Voting Systems Sues Rudy Giuliani For Defamation, Seeks $1.3 Billion
        Dominion Voting Systems Sues Rudy Giuliani For Defamation, Seeks $1.3 Billion
        HuffPost
      • Rudy Giuliani faces $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit by voting machine company
        Rudy Giuliani faces $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit by voting machine company
        Yahoo News Video
    • Chinese fighter jets buzz Taiwan for second day as tensions rise days into Biden term
      World
      The Telegraph

      Chinese fighter jets buzz Taiwan for second day as tensions rise days into Biden term

      China ramped up its pressure on democratic Taiwan over the weekend, with an unusually large number of fighter jets approaching the island in a "test" for the new administration of US President Joe Biden. On Sunday, 12 Chinese fighter jets entered Taiwan's air defence identification zone, along with a reconnaissance aircraft and two anti-submarine aircraft, Taiwan's defence ministry said. A day earlier, China sent eight bomber planes capable of carrying nuclear weapons and four fighter jets to the same area to the southwest of the island, as well as one reconnaissance aircraft.

      • China-Taiwan tensions rise in Biden's first days
        China-Taiwan tensions rise in Biden's first days
        Reuters Videos
      • Chinese jets enter Taiwanese airspace for second day
        Chinese jets enter Taiwanese airspace for second day
        The Independent
    • China pushes conspiracy theories on COVID origin, vaccines
      World
      Associated Press

      China pushes conspiracy theories on COVID origin, vaccines

      Chinese state media have stoked concerns about Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, despite rigorous trials indicating it is safe. A government spokesperson has raised the unsubstantiated theory that the coronavirus could have emerged from a U.S. military lab, giving it more credence in China. As the ruling Communist Party faces growing questioning about China's vaccines and renewed criticism of its early COVID-19 response, it is hitting back by encouraging conspiracy theories that some experts say could cause harm.

    • Factbox: Latest on worldwide spread of the coronavirus
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      Reuters

      Factbox: Latest on worldwide spread of the coronavirus

      * British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was looking at toughening border quarantine rules because of the risk of "vaccine-busting" new variants. * China reported a fall in new COVID-19 infections as the number of cases in two of the provinces particularly hard hit by the latest coronavirus wave fell to single digits. * Indonesia is set to officially surpass one million coronavirus cases on Tuesday.

    • Capitol rioter apologises to AOC for assassination threat, says he attacked Congress on Trump’s orders
      U.S.
      The Independent

      Capitol rioter apologises to AOC for assassination threat, says he attacked Congress on Trump’s orders

      A Capitol rioter has apologised for threatening Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and says he was following ex-president Donald Trump's instructions when he stormed Congress. Garret Miller said he was “ashamed of his comments” after writing “Assassinate AOC” on Twitter and for also threatening to hang the Capitol Police officer who shot a female rioter Miller, 34, spoke as a federal judge in Dallas, Texas, detained him without bail after the US attorney for the Northern District of Texas labelled him a danger to the community and a flight risk.

      • Man Who Threatened Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Before Storming Capitol Arrested
        Man Who Threatened Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Before Storming Capitol Arrested
        Complex
      • Violent rioters of the US Capitol attack would be 'good candidates' for the federal no-fly list, expert says
        Violent rioters of the US Capitol attack would be 'good candidates' for the federal no-fly list, expert says
        INSIDER
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      Woman wanted on 74 charges of child sex abuse extradited to Australia

      Israeli authorities on Monday extradited a former teacher accused of sexually abusing her former students in Australia, capping a six-year legal battle that had strained relations between the two governments and antagonized Australia's Jewish community.

    • Asia Today: Taiwan quarantines 5,000 after hospital cluster
      Health
      Associated Press

      Asia Today: Taiwan quarantines 5,000 after hospital cluster

      Health authorities in Taiwan are quarantining 5,000 people while looking for the source of two new coronavirus cases linked to a hospital. Officials said on Monday that they have not been able to identify how the husband and wife became infected after a brief hospital stay in the Taoyuan General Hospital, located in the city of Taoyuan just outside Taiwan's capital city. The man had stayed at the hospital for three days for health problems unrelated to COVID-19, while his wife looked after him.

    • You want a COVID vaccine appointment today or tomorrow? Here’s where and when to check
      Lifestyle
      Miami Herald

      You want a COVID vaccine appointment today or tomorrow? Here’s where and when to check

      Jackson Health System doesn't know how many COVID-19 vaccine appointment slots it will have available each day. And it's common sense that Jackson's online sign-up system or any online sign-up system can be a well of vexation for some senior citizens. But if you're a Miami-Dade resident 65 or over and want to make a COVID vaccine appointment that's not a week or two in the future (and seems even longer), circling like a hawk on Jackson's appointments offers two advantages: You have a general idea of when the slots will open up and, if you get one, it will be for the same day or the next day.

      • Jackson opened COVID vaccine appointment slots on Monday. They were gone in 16 minutes
        Jackson opened COVID vaccine appointment slots on Monday. They were gone in 16 minutes
        Miami Herald
      • What we know about vaccine distribution today
        What we know about vaccine distribution today
        KTRK – Houston
    • Republican split widens as Donald Trump intervenes in party elections in Arizona
      Politics
      The Telegraph

      Republican split widens as Donald Trump intervenes in party elections in Arizona

      The acrimonious split within Republican ranks widened over the weekend as Donald Trump made his foray back into politics, backing the re-election of a hard-line supporter as chair of the party in Arizona. Underlining Mr Trump's grip on the Republican grassroots, the Arizona party also voted to censure John McCain's widow, Cindy, former senator Jeff Flake and governor Doug Ducey, who refused to back the former president's claims of election fraud. Mr Trump's intervention came amid reports that he is considering setting up a “Patriot Party” which would spearhead primary challenges to his opponents in the 2022 mid-term elections.

      • Arizona Republicans censure Cindy McCain and GOP governor
        Arizona Republicans censure Cindy McCain and GOP governor
        Yahoo News Video
      • No, Trumpism Isn’t Over. Look at What Just Happened in Arizona
        No, Trumpism Isn’t Over. Look at What Just Happened in Arizona
        Time
    • ‘In Wyoming men don’t wear make-up’: Cheney spokesperson hits out at Matt Gaetz amid GOP civil war
      Politics
      The Independent

      ‘In Wyoming men don’t wear make-up’: Cheney spokesperson hits out at Matt Gaetz amid GOP civil war

      The spokesperson was most likely referring to a clip from the HBO documentary The Swamp in which Mr Gaetz puts on makeup before TV interviews at the capitol. The spat comes after Rep Cheney, the House Republican Conference Chair and number 3 in the House Republican leadership, voted to impeach former President Donald Trump along with nine other Republicans and all 222 House Democrats.

      • Rep. Liz Cheney's Office Slams Rep. Matt Gaetz — For Wearing Makeup, Of All Things
        Rep. Liz Cheney's Office Slams Rep. Matt Gaetz — For Wearing Makeup, Of All Things
        HuffPost
      • Liz Cheney spokesperson tells Matt Gaetz to 'leave his beauty bag at home' as he heads to Wyoming
        Liz Cheney spokesperson tells Matt Gaetz to 'leave his beauty bag at home' as he heads to Wyoming
        The Week
    • Donald Trump sets up office to push his former administration's agenda
      Politics
      The Telegraph

      Donald Trump sets up office to push his former administration's agenda

      Donald Trump opened an office in Florida on Monday that will handle his duties as a former US president and seek to further his administration's agenda. "The Office will be responsible for managing President Trump's correspondence, public statements, appearances, and official activities to advance the interests of the United States and to carry on the agenda of the Trump Administration through advocacy, organising, and public activism," a statement said. The announcement came on the same day the House of Representatives delivered to the Senate an impeachment article charging MR Trump with inciting insurrection in a speech to supporters before the deadly attack on the Capitol on Ja.

      • House delivers article of impeachment against Trump
        House delivers article of impeachment against Trump
        Yahoo News Video
      • House delivers article of impeachment against Trump to Senate. Here's what happens next.
        House delivers article of impeachment against Trump to Senate. Here's what happens next.
        Yahoo News
    • Group: Pakistani Baloch dissident buried amid high security
      World
      Associated Press

      Group: Pakistani Baloch dissident buried amid high security

      A Pakistani dissident and civil rights activist who died in exile in Canada last month was returned to Pakistan and laid to rest in her home village in southwestern Baluchistan province under tight security, activists said Monday. Only immediate family members of 37-year-old Karima Baloch were allowed to attend her funeral Sunday in the village of Tump in Baluchistan. Her supporters claim that Pakistani troops had sealed off the village and prevented them from attending her burial.

    • What's the best way to prevent flooding?
      World
      BBC

      What's the best way to prevent flooding?

      The Environment Agency uses a range of temporary or "demountable" flood barriers to provide protection in flood-prone areas. Temporary barriers can also be added to permanent flood defences, such as raised embankments, increasing the level of protection. Natural flood management consists of small measures to reduce the flow of water before it reaches larger rivers.

    • Ivanka Trump stays silent on social media as Rubio warns she’ll have ‘tough’ fight if she goes for his seat
      Politics
      The Independent

      Ivanka Trump stays silent on social media as Rubio warns she’ll have ‘tough’ fight if she goes for his seat

      Over the weekend Republican senator for Florida Marco Rubio shrugged off rumours that Ms Trump could challenge him to a primary in the 2022 midterm elections. Ms Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, who was also an adviser to the 45th president, recently acquired a $30m (£22m) lot of land on Indian Creek Island in Miami. They are planning to build a new home for themselves there, indicating their intention to stay on in the Sunshine State, where Mr Trump himself now resides at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

    • McConnell agrees to allow Senate power-sharing to move forward
      Politics
      Politico

      McConnell agrees to allow Senate power-sharing to move forward

      Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell backed down from his demand that any Senate power-sharing agreement include protections for the legislative filibuster, after Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema reaffirmed their opposition Monday to scrapping the procedural tool. “Today, two Democratic Senators publicly confirmed they will not vote to end the legislative filibuster,” McConnell said in a statement.

      • McConnell backs off Senate filibuster fight with Schumer
        McConnell backs off Senate filibuster fight with Schumer
        Associated Press
      • Senate Republican leader McConnell drops objection to power-sharing deal with Democrats
        Senate Republican leader McConnell drops objection to power-sharing deal with Democrats
        Reuters
    • A New York Times editor lost her job after she tweeted about having 'chills' about Biden's inauguration
      U.S.
      Business Insider

      A New York Times editor lost her job after she tweeted about having 'chills' about Biden's inauguration

      New York Times editor Lauren Wolfe tweeted about having "chills" seeing Biden arrive for his inauguration. Many criticized her for appearing to show political bias, and The Times later fired Wolfe. A New York Times editor lost her job after receiving criticism for tweeting about her excitement for President Joe Biden's inauguration.

      • New York Times fires editor targeted by rightwing critics over Biden tweet
        New York Times fires editor targeted by rightwing critics over Biden tweet
        The Guardian
      • NY Times Under Fire for Terminating Editor Lauren Wolfe After Pro-Biden Tweets
        NY Times Under Fire for Terminating Editor Lauren Wolfe After Pro-Biden Tweets
        The Wrap
    • Watchdog probes if DOJ officials tried to overturn election
      Politics
      Associated Press

      Watchdog probes if DOJ officials tried to overturn election

      The Justice Department's inspector general is launching an investigation to examine whether any former or current department officials “engaged in an improper attempt” to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Inspector General Michael Horowitz said Monday that the investigation will investigate allegations concerning the conduct of former and current Justice Department officials but will not extend to other government officials. The Justice Department watchdog investigation follows a report in The New York Times that a former assistant attorney general, Jeffrey Clark, had been discussing a plan with then-President Donald Trump to oust the acting attorney general and try to challenge the results of the 2020 race by falsely saying there had been widespread election fraud.

      • Watchdog probes if Department of Justice officials tried to overturn election
        Watchdog probes if Department of Justice officials tried to overturn election
        Yahoo News Video
      • Probe begins into thwarted Justice Department 'coup' to keep Trump in power
        Probe begins into thwarted Justice Department 'coup' to keep Trump in power
        Yahoo News
    • Shyamala Gopalan: The woman who inspired Kamala Harris
      Celebrity
      BBC

      Shyamala Gopalan: The woman who inspired Kamala Harris

      What Kamala Harris did on her first day Howard students' joy as Kamala Harris makes history The oldest of the four children of a civil servant father and a homemaker mother, Ms Gopalan wanted to study biochemistry. But hard sciences were not on offer at Delhi's Lady Irwin College for women, founded by India's British colonial rulers, and she had to settle for an undergraduate degree in home science, where she would have studied subjects like nutrition and homemaking skills. "My father and I would tease her about it," Gopalan Balachandran, her brother, told the BBC.

    • Joe Biden says he is willing to adjust income thresholds for a fresh wave of stimulus payments in new relief package
      Politics
      Business Insider

      Joe Biden says he is willing to adjust income thresholds for a fresh wave of stimulus payments in new relief package

      Biden said he is willing to adjust the income thresholds for stimulus checks as part of negotiations over the latest coronavirus relief package. President Joe Biden said on Monday he is open to altering the income thresholds for a fresh wave of stimulus checks for Americans, a key demand among some moderate senators reluctant to back his rescue package.

      • Biden's COVID relief package faces opposition, less Republicans willing to 'stir the pot'
        Biden's COVID relief package faces opposition, less Republicans willing to 'stir the pot'
        Yahoo Finance Video
      • Congress Could Vote on Pandemic Relief and $1,400 Stimulus Check for Americans This Week
        Congress Could Vote on Pandemic Relief and $1,400 Stimulus Check for Americans This Week
        GOBankingRates
    • Coronavirus live updates: California investigates death hours after vaccination; Chicago teachers refuse to return to classrooms
      U.S.
      USA TODAY

      Coronavirus live updates: California investigates death hours after vaccination; Chicago teachers refuse to return to classrooms

      COVID-19 has killed more than 418,000 Americans in less than a year, and infections have continued to mount despite the introduction of a pair of vaccines late in 2020. The United States on Sunday surpassed 25 million cases of COVID-19, but an influential coronavirus model says the true number is likely much higher. About 17% of people in the U.S., or upward of 50 million people, have been infected with the coronavirus, researchers at the University of Washington estimate.

      • Here's the biggest news you missed this weekend
        Here's the biggest news you missed this weekend
        USA TODAY
      • Chicago teachers won't return to in-person classes without more vaccinations
        Chicago teachers won't return to in-person classes without more vaccinations
        NBC News
    • Trump reportedly furious he can't lash out at Dr Fauci on Twitter
      Politics
      The Independent

      Trump reportedly furious he can't lash out at Dr Fauci on Twitter

      Donald Trump, no longer in power and muzzled online, is reportedly furious that he can't use social media to lash out at Dr Anthony Fauci. Dr Fauci, the Director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the face of the White House health response to the coronavirus pandemic, has been appearing on cable news shows and holding press briefings during which he is not exactly shy about his time working for Mr Trump. On Friday, Dr Fauci said the former president "very likely" cost American lives by spreading lies and misinformation about the pandemic.

      • Anthony Fauci Finally Reveals What He Was Thinking When Trump Suggested Bleach
        Anthony Fauci Finally Reveals What He Was Thinking When Trump Suggested Bleach
        HuffPost
      • Dr. Anthony Fauci stars in the White House's new COVID-19 PSA: 'Wear a mask'
        Dr. Anthony Fauci stars in the White House's new COVID-19 PSA: 'Wear a mask'
        Yahoo Life
    • A former TSA agent who forced a passenger to show her breasts has been convicted of false imprisonment
      U.S.
      INSIDER

      A former TSA agent who forced a passenger to show her breasts has been convicted of false imprisonment

      Johnathon Lomeli told the woman traveling in June 2019 he had to look in her bra and down her pants. A former Transportation Security Administration agent who convinced a female traveler to show him her breasts at the Los Angeles International Airport has been convicted of false imprisonment, the California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced. In June 2019, Johnathon Lomeli was arrested and accused of carrying out the scheme outside the primary security screening area at LAX, according to a statement from the office.

    • Some senators oppose the direct-payment part of Biden's stimulus plan because they think it gives too much money to the wealthy, report says
      Politics
      Business Insider

      Some senators oppose the direct-payment part of Biden's stimulus plan because they think it gives too much money to the wealthy, report says

      President Joe Biden's stimulus plan is facing criticism that it'd give too much to the wealthy. A bipartisan group of 16 senators spoke with the Biden administration during a call Sunday. The group also expressed support for increasing funding for vaccine distribution.

      • Senate Republicans Won't Vote for Biden's Stimulus Plan. But a $1,400 Check Could Still be Possible
        Senate Republicans Won't Vote for Biden's Stimulus Plan. But a $1,400 Check Could Still be Possible
        Motley Fool
      • Bipartisan group of senators meet with White House on COVID plan
        Bipartisan group of senators meet with White House on COVID plan
        CBS News
    • Asia Argento accuses Fast and Furious director Rob Cohen of sexual assault
      Celebrity
      BBC

      Asia Argento accuses Fast and Furious director Rob Cohen of sexual assault

      Actress and director Asia Argento has accused The Fast and the Furious and xXx director Rob Cohen of sexual assault. She told Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera that Cohen abused her and made her drink GHB, a drug associated with sex attacks. A spokesperson for Cohen called Argento's claim "categorically false" and "bewildering".

      • Asia Argento accuses ‘Fast And the Furious’ director Rob Cohen of drugging and sexually assaulting her
        Asia Argento accuses ‘Fast And the Furious’ director Rob Cohen of drugging and sexually assaulting her
        Yahoo Entertainment
      • Asia Argento Alleges ‘Fast and the Furious’ Director Rob Cohen Sexually Assaulted, Drugged Her
        Asia Argento Alleges ‘Fast and the Furious’ Director Rob Cohen Sexually Assaulted, Drugged Her
        Indiewire
    • Navalny has boxed Putin into a 'humiliating' Catch-22, national-security officials say
      World
      Business Insider

      Navalny has boxed Putin into a 'humiliating' Catch-22, national-security officials say

      Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny has outmaneuvered Putin at every turn despite being in prison, national-security sources say. If Putin kills Navalny, it could exacerbate unrest among the public. A weekend of demonstrations against Russian President Vladimir Putin, sparked by the arrest of the opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, has boxed Putin into an odd corner, according to European diplomats and intelligence officials.

      • More than 3,000 Russians were arrested after taking to the streets to support jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in one of the biggest showdowns against Putin in years
        More than 3,000 Russians were arrested after taking to the streets to support jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in one of the biggest showdowns against Putin in years
        INSIDER
      • Putin says palace in Navalny report 'doesn't belong to me'
        Putin says palace in Navalny report 'doesn't belong to me'
        AFP Videographics
    What is Donald Trump’s legacy?
    • “By encouraging this act of terror on our capital, Trump’s legacy is destroyed.”

    • “Both backers and critics of Trump agreed that he remade the federal judiciary — a change that will impact America for decades.”

    • “He was largely responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans who did not need to die.”

    • “I do know what the future should hold for this country. That is to say, a policy of Trumpism without Trump.”

    • “It will be decades before the consequences of his tenure are fully known.”

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