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    • 'Example of the American Dream' dies of virus at age 40

      'Example of the American Dream' dies of virus at age 40

      Juan Ordoñez, 40, of North Arlington, N.J., is among the more than 500,000 Americans who have lost their lives to COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic.

      This is his story »
      • This drug gets you high and is legal ... maybe

        This drug gets you high and is legal ... maybe

      • Ex-classmates accuse rising GOP star of harassment

        Ex-classmates accuse rising GOP star of harassment

      • 2nd ex-aide accuses Cuomo of sexual harassment

        2nd ex-aide accuses Cuomo of sexual harassment

      • Cuomo changes course on sex harassment allegations

        Cuomo changes course on sex harassment allegations

      • It's not just Britney: Monica, Lindsay, Paris, Whitney

        It's not just Britney: Monica, Lindsay, Paris, Whitney

    • Op-Ed: The U.S.-Taliban peace deal only whetted the insurgents' appetite for more violence
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      LA Times

      Op-Ed: The U.S.-Taliban peace deal only whetted the insurgents' appetite for more violence

      Since signing a much-vaunted U.S.-Taliban peace agreement on Feb. 29, 2020, the United States has put enormous pressure on the Afghan government to make concessions to fulfill the Taliban's preconditions for intra-Afghan negotiations — the talks that most matter to Afghans, for they will determine the shape of the country to come. At the price of numerous painful concessions wrested from a reluctant Kabul by the special representative for Afghan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad — such as allowing the Taliban to bar almost all Afghan government officials from participation — those negotiations finally began in September in Doha, Qatar.

    • 10 death row inmates in Oklahoma could get new trials
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      Associated Press

      10 death row inmates in Oklahoma could get new trials

      As many as 10 death row inmates in Oklahoma, more than one-fifth of the state's prisoners condemned to die, could escape execution because of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling concerning criminal jurisdiction in Indian Country. The inmates have challenged their convictions in state court following the high court's ruling last year, dubbed the McGirt decision, that determined a large swath of eastern Oklahoma remains an American Indian reservation. The decision means that Oklahoma prosecutors lack the authority to pursue criminal charges in cases in which the defendants, or the victims, are tribal citizens.

    • Israel says initial assessment is Iran behind explosion on Israeli-owned ship
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      Reuters

      Israel says initial assessment is Iran behind explosion on Israeli-owned ship

      Israeli defence minister Benny Gantz said on Saturday his "initial assessment" was that Iran was responsible for an explosion on an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman. The ship, a vehicle-carrier named MV Helios Ray, suffered an explosion between Thursday and Friday morning. A U.S. defence official in Washington said the blast left holes above the waterline in both sides of the hull.

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      AP Explains: Saudi prince approved Khashoggi murder

      Saudi Arabia's crown prince likely approved the killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, according to a newly declassified U.S. intelligence report released Friday. (Feb 26)

    • LA police probe fire, vandalism at Japanese Buddhist temple
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      Associated Press

      LA police probe fire, vandalism at Japanese Buddhist temple

      Authorities are investigating a vandalism and fire at a Buddhist temple in the Little Tokyo section of downtown Los Angeles. Surveillance video caught a man jumping the security fences at the Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple on Thursday night, smashing a 12-foot-high glass window with a rock, yanking a pair of metallic lanterns off their concrete bases and lighting two wooden lantern stands on fire, the temple's head priest told the Los Angeles Times. Your first feelings are those of disappointment and sadness to see what happened,” said the Rev.

    • Ben Sasse on Matt Gaetz: 'That guy is not an adult'
      Politics
      The Week

      Ben Sasse on Matt Gaetz: 'That guy is not an adult'

      Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) didn't exactly pull punches in an interview with Politico, going after congressional Republicans, Democrats, former President Donald Trump, and the Biden administration all in one go. Sasse, who is facing imminent censure from the Nebraska GOP for voting to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial, stands by that vote and says he's not bothered by the action his home state's Republican Party is taking against him, though he did say he thinks it's not "healthy." At one point, when asked about Trump loyalist Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Sasse simply said "that guy is not an adult," and described Congress, generally, as "a bunch of yokels screaming."

      • Republican Sen. Sasse slams Nebraska GOP for "weird worship" of Trump after state party rebuke
        Republican Sen. Sasse slams Nebraska GOP for "weird worship" of Trump after state party rebuke
        Axios
      • GOP Sen. Ben Sasse says politics shouldn't be about the 'weird worship of one dude,' after rebuke for opposing Trump
        GOP Sen. Ben Sasse says politics shouldn't be about the 'weird worship of one dude,' after rebuke for opposing Trump
        Business Insider
    • Dollars flood Venezuela as Maduro abandons 'socialismo' in favour of Chinese system
      World
      The Telegraph

      Dollars flood Venezuela as Maduro abandons 'socialismo' in favour of Chinese system

      Now, the hotel is open again as a symbol of an impending economic recovery and tourism boom in a country that has suffered the worst economic crisis in modern Latin American history. But the so-called Socialist president's touting of the luxurious, $300 per night hotel in a country where most live in poverty represents something else to others - an abandonment of a political project promising a socialist utopia in favor of an 'anything goes', capitalist kleptocracy. Since the dark days of mid-2019, when inflation hit 10 million per cent and Venezuela's weaved baskets out of useless Bolivar notes, the economy has shown signs of recovery.

    • Rooster kills Indian man during banned cockfight
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      Associated Press

      Rooster kills Indian man during banned cockfight

      A man was killed by a rooster with a blade tied to its leg during an illegal cockfight in southern India, police said, bringing focus on a practice that continues in some Indian states despite a decades-old ban. The rooster, with a 3-inch knife tied to its leg, fluttered in panic and slashed its owner, 45-year-old Thangulla Satish, in his groin last week, police inspector B. Jeevan said Sunday. Jeevan said police filed a case and were looking for over a dozen people involved in organizing the cockfight.

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      Associated Press

      Russian helicopter crash-lands in northern Syria, casualties

      A Russian military helicopter made an emergency landing for technical reasons in northeast Syria on Sunday, Russia's Defense Ministry said. Syria's state media said there were casualties among the crew. Russia joined Syria's war in September 2015 and has since helped tip the balance of power in favor of President Bashar Assad's forces.

    • Up to six cases of Manaus variant of coronavirus detected in UK
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      Reuters

      Up to six cases of Manaus variant of coronavirus detected in UK

      Up to six cases of the variant of coronavirus first identified in the Brazilian city of Manaus have been detected in Britain for the first time, English health officials said on Sunday. Three cases were found in England and another three in Scotland. The risk to the wider community was considered low but as a precaution officials investigating the English cases were moving quickly to deploy testing and increasing the sequencing of positive coronavirus samples from the area, Public Health England said.

      • First six cases of ‘concerning’ Brazil Covid variant detected in UK
        First six cases of ‘concerning’ Brazil Covid variant detected in UK
        The Independent
      • Coronavirus latest news: Six cases of Brazilian variant found in UK for first time
        Coronavirus latest news: Six cases of Brazilian variant found in UK for first time
        The Telegraph
    • UN warns of mass famine in Yemen ahead of donor conference
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      Associated Press

      UN warns of mass famine in Yemen ahead of donor conference

      A U.N. humanitarian agency on Sunday warned that more than 16 million people in Yemen would go hungry this year, with already some half a million people in the war-torn country living in famine-like conditions. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA, said the risk of large-scale famine in the Arab world's poorest country “has never been more acute,” adding that the years-long conflict, economic decline, and institutional collapse created enormous humanitarian needs in all sectors. The stark warning comes a day before a pledging conference co-hosted by Sweden and Switzerland.

    • Mike Pompeo attacks Biden's policies heightening speculation of 2024 presidential run
      Politics
      The Telegraph

      Mike Pompeo attacks Biden's policies heightening speculation of 2024 presidential run

      Mike Pompeo, the former US Secretary of State, touted the Trump administration's America-first foreign policy and attacked Joe Biden's agenda in a pitch to conservative voters on Saturday. Mr Pompeo said that while working under Donald Trump, "I sent messages repeatedly to bad guys around the world that if you touch an American, you'll pay dearly", in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida. Mr Pompeo's speech at CPAC, the annual conservative jamboree, has heightened speculation that the former top US diplomat is considering a 2024 presidential run.

    • Fauci urges Americans to get any of the three COVID-19 vaccines available
      World
      Reuters

      Fauci urges Americans to get any of the three COVID-19 vaccines available

      Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease official, said on Sunday he would take the newly approved Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, as he encouraged Americans to accept any of the three approved shots. The U.S. government authorized Johnson & Johnson's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday, making it the third to be available in the country following ones from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna. Both of those vaccines require two doses and need to be shipped frozen.

      • FDA Approves Johnson & Johnson Single-Dose Vaccine For COVID-19
        FDA Approves Johnson & Johnson Single-Dose Vaccine For COVID-19
        HuffPost
      • FDA Panel Recommends Johnson & Johnson Vaccine For COVID-19
        FDA Panel Recommends Johnson & Johnson Vaccine For COVID-19
        HuffPost
    • Minneapolis approved funding to hire social media influencers to spread information about ex cop Derek Chauvin's trial
      U.S.
      INSIDER

      Minneapolis approved funding to hire social media influencers to spread information about ex cop Derek Chauvin's trial

      Minneapolis city council approved funding to hire social media influencers for Derek Chauvin's trial, WCCO-TV reported. The influencers will be paid to provide the local community with information about the trial. Chauvin was charged in Floyd's death, and his trial is set to begin on March 8.

    • Philippines receives COVID-19 vaccine after delays
      World
      Associated Press

      Philippines receives COVID-19 vaccine after delays

      The Philippines received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccine Sunday, among the last in Southeast Asia to secure the critical doses despite having the second-highest number of coronavirus infections and deaths in the hard-hit region. A Chinese military transport aircraft carrying 600,000 doses of vaccine donated by China arrived in an air base in the capital. President Rodrigo Duterte and top Cabinet officials expressed relief and thanked Beijing for the the vaccine from China-based Sinovac Biotech Ltd. in a televised ceremony.

      • Philippines receives Chinese vaccine, but Duterte prefers another brand
        Philippines receives Chinese vaccine, but Duterte prefers another brand
        Reuters
      • Thailand starts COVID-19 vaccination campaign
        Thailand starts COVID-19 vaccination campaign
        Reuters
    • Saudi Arabia says it intercepts missile attack over capital
      World
      Associated Press

      Saudi Arabia says it intercepts missile attack over capital

      Saudi Arabia said Saturday it intercepted a missile attack over its capital and bomb-laden drones targeting a southern province, the latest in a series of airborne assaults it has blamed on Yemen's rebel Houthis. The Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen's yearslong war announced the Iran-allied Houthis had launched a ballistic missile toward Riyadh and three booby-trapped drones toward the province of Jizan, with a fourth toward another southwestern city and other drones being monitored. No casualties or damage were initially reported.

    • The mystery of India’s ‘lake of skeletons’
      World
      BBC

      The mystery of India’s ‘lake of skeletons’

      High in the Indian Himalayas, a remote lake nestled in a snowy valley is strewn with hundreds of human skeletons. Roopkund Lake is located 5,029 metres (16,500ft) above sea level at the bottom of a steep slope on Trisul, one of India's highest mountains, in the state of Uttarakhand. The remains are strewn around and beneath the ice at the "lake of skeletons", discovered by a patrolling British forest ranger in 1942.

    • 317 schoolgirls have been abducted by 'bandits' in an attack on a boarding school in Nigeria
      World
      INSIDER

      317 schoolgirls have been abducted by 'bandits' in an attack on a boarding school in Nigeria

      Over 300 schoolgirls have been kidnapped from a boarding school in Northern Nigeria. Gunmen attacked the school and a nearby military checkpoint, according to Associated Press. A joint rescue operation between the military and police is now said to be underway.

      • Nigerian families await news of 300 kidnapped schoolgirls
        Nigerian families await news of 300 kidnapped schoolgirls
        Associated Press
      • Nigerian schoolboys freed as forces search for 300 abducted girls
        Nigerian schoolboys freed as forces search for 300 abducted girls
        Reuters
    • Supreme Court could put new limits on voting rights lawsuits
      Politics
      Associated Press

      Supreme Court could put new limits on voting rights lawsuits

      Eight years after carving the heart out of a landmark voting rights law, the Supreme Court is looking at putting new limits on efforts to combat racial discrimination in voting. The justices are taking up a case about Arizona restrictions on ballot collection and another policy that penalizes voters who cast ballots in the wrong precinct. The high court's consideration comes as Republican officials in the state and around the country have proposed more than 150 measures, following last year's elections, to restrict voting access that civil rights groups say would disproportionately affect Black and Hispanic voters.

    • Far-right Proud Boys leader condemns Capitol rioters but says he 'won't cry' about politicians
      World
      The Independent

      Far-right Proud Boys leader condemns Capitol rioters but says he 'won't cry' about politicians

      Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio has condemned the rioters who besieged the US Capitol, but will not “cry” about lawmakers who came under attack on the day. Mr Tarrio, who was arrested two days before some members of the Proud Boys – and other Trump supporters – rioted at the US Capitol, told CNN that lawmakers did not need sympathy after the attack. The remarks come despite concerns among members of Congress that they were targets of those who broke into the complex on 6 January, citing baseless claims the 2020 election was “stolen”.

    • Brunt Ice Shelf: Big iceberg calves near UK Antarctic base
      Science
      BBC

      Brunt Ice Shelf: Big iceberg calves near UK Antarctic base

      "Although the breaking off of large parts of Antarctic ice shelves is an entirely normal part of how they work, large calving events such as the one detected at the Brunt Ice Shelf on Friday remain quite rare and exciting," the Swansea University remote-sensing expert said. "With three long rifts actively developing on the Brunt Ice Shelf system over the last five years, we have all been anticipating that something spectacular was going to happen. "Time will tell whether this calving will trigger more pieces to break off in the coming days and weeks.

      • Iceberg breaks in Antarctica
        Iceberg breaks in Antarctica
        Reuters Videos
      • Block of Ice Larger Than New York City Breaks Off In Antarctica
        Block of Ice Larger Than New York City Breaks Off In Antarctica
        Complex
    • Texas jail inmates hungry, shivering during unusual freeze
      U.S.
      Associated Press

      Texas jail inmates hungry, shivering during unusual freeze

      When an unusually heavy winter storm blanketed much of Texas with snow, knocking out electricity to millions of homes and leaving many struggling to find clean water, one sector of the population was particularly vulnerable: inmates at the state's largest county jail. Raul Carreon, a pretrial inmate at the Harris County Jail, said it became freezing cold and “pitch black” when the power went out at the lockup late on Feb. 14. Then, he said, they lost water pressure, so toilets wouldn't flush, leading to “feces and urine backing up in the commodes.”

    • CPAC 2021: Kevin McCarthy says he would bet his own home that Republicans take back the House in 2022
      Politics
      The Independent

      CPAC 2021: Kevin McCarthy says he would bet his own home that Republicans take back the House in 2022

      Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has said that he would bet his own home that Republicans take back the House of Representatives in the 2022 midterms. During a panel discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida Mr McCarthy said to a cheering crowd: "We're going to get the majority back, we're five seats away! I would bet my house ...

    • In oil-rich Iraq, a few women buck norms, take rig site jobs
      World
      Associated Press

      In oil-rich Iraq, a few women buck norms, take rig site jobs

      It's nearly dawn and Zainab Amjad has been up all night working on an oil rig in southern Iraq. Elsewhere in the oil-rich province of Basra, Ayat Rawthan is supervising the assembly of large drill pipes. The women, both 24, are among just a handful who have eschewed the dreary office jobs typically handed to female petroleum engineers in Iraq.

    • 'We're done with that lifestyle': Jessica Watkins, Ohio woman charged in Capitol riot, renounces Oath Keepers
      U.S.
      USA TODAY

      'We're done with that lifestyle': Jessica Watkins, Ohio woman charged in Capitol riot, renounces Oath Keepers

      An Ohio woman ordered held in jail pending trial on charges in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol told a federal judge late Friday that she has disbanded her armed group in Ohio and plans to cancel her membership in the Oath Keepers. Jessica Watkins, 38, of Champaign County, told U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta in the District of Columbus that she was appalled and humiliated by the events of Jan. 6. "As soon as I'm out, whether acquittal or release, I'm canceling my Oath Keepers membership," she said.

      • U.S. Capitol riot suspect disavows far-right group, but loses bid for release
        U.S. Capitol riot suspect disavows far-right group, but loses bid for release
        Reuters
      • 'Oath Keeper' Jessica Watkins denounced the extremist group but will stay in jail before her trial, judge says
        'Oath Keeper' Jessica Watkins denounced the extremist group but will stay in jail before her trial, judge says
        Business Insider
    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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