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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 »
      • Texas lifts mask mandate, eases other restrictions

        Texas lifts mask mandate, eases other restrictions

      • Biden reveals accelerated vaccine delivery timeline

        Biden reveals accelerated vaccine delivery timeline

      • Physical, emotional scars linger after racist attacks

        Physical, emotional scars linger after racist attacks

      • Scientists unearth record-setting dinosaur fossils

        Scientists unearth record-setting dinosaur fossils

      • GOP senator: Capitol riot was not 'armed insurrection'

        GOP senator: Capitol riot was not 'armed insurrection'

    • White House responds to Cuomo allegations: 'Every woman coming forward should be heard'
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      Yahoo News

      White House responds to Cuomo allegations: 'Every woman coming forward should be heard'

      White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday addressed the multiple allegations of sexual harassment made against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, saying the Biden administration supports an investigation of him and believes the three women making the accusations should be heard. The benefit of doing a briefing every day is that I can certainly speak on behalf of the president and the vice president. And so let me reiterate that they both believe that every woman coming forward should be heard, should be treated with dignity and treated with respect,” Psaki said during a briefing with reporters.

      • Chris Cuomo addresses brother's scandal: 'I cannot cover it because he's my brother'
        Chris Cuomo addresses brother's scandal: 'I cannot cover it because he's my brother'
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      • CNN's Chris Cuomo: ‘Obviously’ I Can’t Cover My Brother, Gov. Andrew Cuomo
        CNN's Chris Cuomo: ‘Obviously’ I Can’t Cover My Brother, Gov. Andrew Cuomo
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    • Philippine president fires ambassador seen assaulting staff
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      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.

    • Iraq receives first batch of COVID-19 vaccines from China
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      Reuters

      Iraq receives first batch of COVID-19 vaccines from China

      Iraq received its first 50,000 doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine donated by China as the country is struggling to cope with a new surge of the disease. An Iraqi military transport plane carrying the first batch of the vaccines from China landed at Baghdad International Airport late on Monday. Hassan said Iraq has an agreement with Sinopharm Group to supply around 2 million doses of the vaccine that would be sent in stages.

      • Iraq launches vaccine program after arrival of China doses
        Iraq launches vaccine program after arrival of China doses
        Associated Press
      • First COVAX vaccines arrive in Cambodia from India
        First COVAX vaccines arrive in Cambodia from India
        Associated Press
    • Why stop at $1,400? These Democratic senators want Biden to back recurring stimulus checks
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      The State

      Why stop at $1,400? These Democratic senators want Biden to back recurring stimulus checks

      A group of Democratic senators is urging President Joe Biden to support recurring direct payments to lower-income Americans, arguing that regular, additional cash assistance is necessary until the economy fully recovers from the pandemic-induced downturn. The proposal — which likely would face an uphill climb to become law even if gained wide support within the Democratic Party — would build on the means-tested, one-time $1,400 stimulus check included in Biden's coronavirus relief bill, which passed the House last week and is now under consideration in the Senate. The senators, who also requested Biden support automatic unemployment insurance extensions, said they would like the president to include the ideas in a future economic recovery bill.

      • Democrats Push Biden To Avoid Major Mistake Of Last Economic Recovery
        Democrats Push Biden To Avoid Major Mistake Of Last Economic Recovery
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      • Senate Democrats call for automatic stimulus checks and extra unemployment benefits
        Senate Democrats call for automatic stimulus checks and extra unemployment benefits
        Yahoo Money
    • Girl dies after being caned during 'exorcism' in Sri Lanka
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      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.

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

    • 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.

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

    • China's electoral reform 'earthquake' set to upend Hong Kong politics
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      Reuters

      China's electoral reform 'earthquake' set to upend Hong Kong politics

      China's plan to dramatically reform Hong Kong's electoral system, expected to be unveiled in a parliamentary session in Beijing starting this week, will upend the territory's political scene, according to more than a dozen politicians from across the spectrum. The proposed reform will put further pressure on pro-democracy activists, who are already the subject of a crackdown on dissent, and has ruffled the feathers of some pro-Beijing loyalists, some of whom may find themselves swept aside by a new and ambitious crop of loyalists, the people said. The measures will be introduced at the annual meeting of the National People's Congress, China's rubber-stamp parliament, which starts on Friday, according to media reports.

    • Giuliani suspended from YouTube over election conspiracies again, days after returning to platform
      Politics
      The Independent

      Giuliani suspended from YouTube over election conspiracies again, days after returning to platform

      Rudy Giuliani, who was Donald Trump's personal lawyer, has been suspended from YouTube again for spreading election misinformation. After the November 2020 elections, the former mayor of New York was one of the high profile allies of Mr Trump who made unsubstantiated voter fraud claims. Mr Giuliani handled the legal challenge to election results with several cases across the US but remained unsuccessful.

      • Rudy Giuliani’s YouTube Account Suspended for False Claims of Election Fraud
        Rudy Giuliani’s YouTube Account Suspended for False Claims of Election Fraud
        The Wrap
      • Rudy Giuliani's YouTube account just got hit with a 2-week suspension. One more strike, and his channel could get booted for good.
        Rudy Giuliani's YouTube account just got hit with a 2-week suspension. One more strike, and his channel could get booted for good.
        Business Insider
    • 'We turn a blind eye': Boston's police remain largely white
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      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.

    • UK to receive 10 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses from India's Serum Institute
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      Reuters

      UK to receive 10 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses from India's Serum Institute

      The UK will receive 10 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses made by the Serum Institute of India (SII), the UK government said in a statement on Tuesday. SII, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, is mass producing the AstraZeneca vaccine, developed with Oxford University, for dozens of poor and middle-income countries. "The UK has ordered 100 million doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, of which 10 million doses will come from the Serum Institute of India," a UK government spokesperson told Reuters.

      • 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
      • AP Interview: Nepal worried about supply of COVID-19 vaccine
        AP Interview: Nepal worried about supply of COVID-19 vaccine
        Associated Press
    • Huawei daughter back in Canada court in US extradition case
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      Associated Press

      Huawei daughter back in Canada court in US extradition case

      Lawyers for a senior executive for Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies were in court Monday arguing evidence should be introduced which would undermine the case to have their client extradited to the U.S. Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of Huawei's founder and the company's chief financial officer, at Vancouver's airport in late 2018. The U.S. wants her extradited to face fraud charges. Her arrest infuriated Beijing, which sees her case as a political move designed to prevent China's rise.

    • SC expands COVID vaccine eligibility. Here’s who can get the shot starting next week
      U.S.
      Raleigh News and Observer

      SC expands COVID vaccine eligibility. Here’s who can get the shot starting next week

      Beginning March 8, the state will transition into Phase 1b of its vaccine rollout, which has been expanded to include all people age 55 and older; teachers, correctional officers and other frontline workers with occupational risk; and people age 16 to 64 with preexisting conditions, Gov. Henry McMaster said at a joint press conference with the state health director and state schools chief. The expansion comes as South Carolina receives its first allotment of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization Saturday. The state received roughly 41,000 doses of the new vaccine this week to bring its total weekly vaccine haul to nearly 150,000 doses, nearly 40% more than last week.

      • Johnson & Johnson official on vaccine distribution
        Johnson & Johnson official on vaccine distribution
        Associated Press Videos
      • India giving COVID-19 vaccines to more people as cases rise
        India giving COVID-19 vaccines to more people as cases rise
        Associated Press
    • 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
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      • U.S. sanctions Russia over alleged Navalny poisoning
        U.S. sanctions Russia over alleged Navalny poisoning
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    • 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

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      China has pledged half a billion doses of its vaccine to more than 45 countries as experts raise concerns

      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. With just four of China's many vaccine makers able to produce at least 2.6 billion doses this year, a large part of the world's population will end up inoculated not with the fancy Western vaccines boasting headline-grabbing efficacy rates, but with China's humble, traditionally made shots.

    • Myanmar coup crisis grows after years of US neglect
      Politics
      Associated Press

      Myanmar coup crisis grows after years of US neglect

      After years of robust diplomacy with Myanmar under President Barack Obama focused mainly on then-opposition leader and now jailed State Councilor Aung San Suu Kyi, the Trump administration adopted a largely hands-off policy. It focused primarily on Myanmar's strategic importance in the competition between the United States and China for influence in the region. Myanmar has become a reminder that, for all the hopefulness and anticipation of Obama administration officials – many of whom now serve in the Biden administration – there are limits to America's ability to shape developments in another nation, particularly one so reclusive and far away.

      • Children join anti-coup protests in Myanmar
        Children join anti-coup protests in Myanmar
        Reuters Videos
      • AP PHOTOS:  1 month in Myanmar under military control
        AP PHOTOS: 1 month in Myanmar under military control
        Associated Press
    • Turkey plans to shut down pro-Kurdish opposition party: ruling party official
      World
      Reuters

      Turkey plans to shut down pro-Kurdish opposition party: ruling party official

      Turkey's government plans to shut down the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), the ruling AK Party's deputy parliament chairman was quoted as saying on Tuesday, the most senior official to endorse nationalist demands for its closure. President Tayyip Erdogan's government and its nationalist MHP allies accuse the HDP of links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), accusations that escalated after Ankara said Turkish captives were killed by the PKK in Iraq last month. The MHP have repeatedly called for the HDP's closure over links to the PKK, which Turkey, the European Union, and United States designate a terrorist organisation.

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

    • 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.

    • Georgia House passes GOP bill rolling back voting access
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      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
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      • Georgians protest GOP bill limiting voting access
        Georgians protest GOP bill limiting voting access
        Associated Press Videos
    • 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
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      • Ted Cruz now blames ‘Trump withdrawal’ for Cancun trip criticism
        Ted Cruz now blames ‘Trump withdrawal’ for Cancun trip criticism
        The Independent
    • Israel's high court says non-Orthodox converts are Jews
      World
      Associated Press

      Israel's high court says non-Orthodox converts are Jews

      Israel's Supreme Court on Monday dealt a major blow to the country's powerful Orthodox establishment, ruling that people who convert to Judaism through the Reform and Conservative movements in Israel are also Jewish and entitled to become citizens. The landmark ruling, 15 years in the making, centered around the combustible question of who is Jewish and marked an important victory for the Reform and Conservative movements. These liberal streams of Judaism, which represent the vast majority of affiliated American Jews, have long been marginalized in Israel.

      • Israel's High Court Recognizes Religious Conversions Of Liberal-Leaning Groups
        Israel's High Court Recognizes Religious Conversions Of Liberal-Leaning Groups
        HuffPost
      • Israel Supreme Court: more non-Orthodox Jewish converts can become citizens
        Israel Supreme Court: more non-Orthodox Jewish converts can become citizens
        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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