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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 tipped off FBI, dad charged in Capitol riot

        Son tipped off FBI, dad charged in Capitol riot

      • Call center operator rescues woman from violence

        Call center operator rescues woman from violence

      • 2 masks are the new masks

        2 masks are the new masks

      • 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

    • Why Black Americans aren't being vaccinated for COVID-19 at the same rate as whites
      Health
      Yahoo News

      Why Black Americans aren't being vaccinated for COVID-19 at the same rate as whites

      Early data on the rollout of the vaccines for COVID-19 shows that minority populations in the United States already disproportionately affected by the pandemic are not being immunized at the same rate as white Americans. Yahoo News Medical Contributor Dr. Uché Blackstock believes there are multiple factors contributing to this disparity. “One of the problems that I saw very early on is that if you're going to have mostly hospitals and pharmacies dispensing the vaccine, we're going to miss a lot of people,” Blackstock said.

    • Joe Biden: America's second Catholic president
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      BBC

      Joe Biden: America's second Catholic president

      Joe Biden has been back in Washington for six days, and already he has attended Catholic Mass twice. Then, on the first Sunday of his presidency, he took in morning services at Holy Trinity Church, in the Georgetown neighbourhood of northwest DC. The Jesuit-affiliated Holy Trinity is the same church to which John F Kennedy, the nation's first Catholic president, belonged.

      • Biden attends Mass at DC church where he worshipped as VP
        Biden attends Mass at DC church where he worshipped as VP
        Associated Press
      • Biden attends Mass at DC church he went to as VP
        Biden attends Mass at DC church he went to as VP
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    • The Senate is effectively deadlocked over McConnell's filibuster demand
      Politics
      The Week

      The Senate is effectively deadlocked over McConnell's filibuster demand

      Senate Democrats are drawing a line at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) demand that a power-sharing agreement in the 50-50 Senate include a pledge to retain the legislative filibuster. "If we gave him that, then the filibuster would be on everything, every day," Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) told NBC's Chuck Todd on Sunday's Meet the Press.

      • Mitch McConnell Backs Down In Fight Over Filibuster
        Mitch McConnell Backs Down In Fight Over Filibuster
        HuffPost
      • McConnell backs off Senate filibuster fight with Schumer
        McConnell backs off Senate filibuster fight with Schumer
        Associated Press
    • China says U.S. military in South China Sea not good for peace
      World
      Reuters

      China says U.S. military in South China Sea not good for peace

      The United States often sends ships and aircraft into the South China Sea to "flex its muscles" and this is not good for peace, China's Foreign Ministry said on Monday, after a U.S. aircraft carrier group sailed into the disputed waterway. The strategic South China Sea, through which trillions of dollars in trade flows each year, has long been a focus of contention between Beijing and Washington, with China particularly angered by U.S. military activity there. The U.S. carrier group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt and accompanied by three warships, entered the waterway on Saturday to promote "freedom of the seas", the U.S. military said, just days after Joe Biden became U.S. president..

      • U.S. military 'flexing' won't help: China
        U.S. military 'flexing' won't help: China
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      • China to conduct military drills in South China Sea amid tensions with U.S.
        China to conduct military drills in South China Sea amid tensions with U.S.
        Reuters
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      'Proud to be back' in climate fight: John Kerry

      World leaders are holding a high-level and largely virtual summit on climate change -- with a return appearance by the United States. The event, called the Climate Adaptation Summit, comes only days since President Biden's order last week to rejoin the Paris climate agreement. John Kerry, the former secretary of state and presidential candidate, is Biden's new climate change envoy: "President Biden knows that we have to mobilize in unprecedented ways to meet a challenge that is fast accelerating.

    • Biden replaces White House doctor with longtime physician
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      Associated Press

      Biden replaces White House doctor with longtime physician

      President Joe Biden has brought back Dr. Kevin O'Connor as his physician, replacing President Donald Trump's doctor with the one who oversaw his care when he was vice president. The White House confirmed that Dr. Sean Conley, the Navy commander who served as the head of the White House Medical Unit under Trump and oversaw his treatment when he was hospitalized with COVID-19, will assume a teaching role at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. O'Connor, a retired Army colonel, was Biden's doctor during his entire tenure as vice president, having remained in the role at Biden's request.

    • Nicola Sturgeon's husband 'should be investigated for possible perjury', Scottish Labour claims
      World
      The Telegraph

      Nicola Sturgeon's husband 'should be investigated for possible perjury', Scottish Labour claims

      Nicola Sturgeon's husband should be investigated for possible perjury over sworn evidence he gave to the Alex Salmond inquiry, the interim Scottish Labour leader has said. Peter Murrell, who is also the SNP's chief executive, is facing questions over the existence of messages to other party officials related to the criminal probe that Mr Salmond faced. When he gave evidence to the Holyrood inquiry under oath last month, Mr Murrell said there were no other messages between himself and party officials about Mr Salmond, other than an exchange in which he spoke about pressure being applied to police to investigate the former party leader.

      • Nicola Sturgeon insists ‘I did not mislead parliament’ as investigation into Alex Salmond affair stepped up
        Nicola Sturgeon insists ‘I did not mislead parliament’ as investigation into Alex Salmond affair stepped up
        The Independent
      • Nicola Sturgeon taunts Boris Johnson as row blows up over SNP ‘roadmap’ to new Scottish independence vote
        Nicola Sturgeon taunts Boris Johnson as row blows up over SNP ‘roadmap’ to new Scottish independence vote
        Evening Standard
    • EU states no longer recognise Guaido as Venezuela's interim president
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      Reuters

      EU states no longer recognise Guaido as Venezuela's interim president

      Venezuela's Juan Guaido is a "privileged interlocutor" but no longer considered interim president, European Union states said in a statement on Monday, sticking by their decision to downgrade his status. The EU's 27 states had said on Jan. 6 they could no longer legally recognise Guaido as after he lost his position as head of parliament following legislative elections in Venezuela in December, despite the EU not recognising that vote. Following the disputed re-election of President Nicolas Maduro in 2018, Guaido, as head of parliament, became interim president.

    • Pets are back: Biden's 2 dogs settle in at White House
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      Associated Press

      Pets are back: Biden's 2 dogs settle in at White House

      The patter of paws is being heard in the White House again following the arrival of President Joe Biden's dogs Champ and Major. The two German shepherds are the first pets to live at the executive mansion since the Obama administration. Major burst onto the national scene last year after Biden, then president-elect, broke his right foot while playing with the dog at their home in Wilmington, Delaware.

      • White House Welcomes 2 Very Good Boys As Biden's Dogs Move In
        White House Welcomes 2 Very Good Boys As Biden's Dogs Move In
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      • First dogs Champ and Major move into at White House
        First dogs Champ and Major move into at White House
        Associated Press Videos
    • Indian and Chinese troops involved in new border clash in eastern Himalayas
      World
      The Telegraph

      Indian and Chinese troops involved in new border clash in eastern Himalayas

      Indian and Chinese soldiers armed with sticks and stones have brawled again along their disputed frontier, Delhi said, as the neighbours' months-long border stand-off continued. Indian security officials said there were clashes after at least 18 Chinese soldiers tried to cross into Indian-claimed territory at Naku La in Sikkim on January 20. A senior Indian Army official told the Telegraph that four Indian soldiers were wounded after they challenged the Chinese PLA soldiers.

      • India, China soldiers brawl again along disputed frontier
        India, China soldiers brawl again along disputed frontier
        Associated Press
      • India says troops had 'minor face-off' with China in Sikkim border area
        India says troops had 'minor face-off' with China in Sikkim border area
        Reuters
    • Trump’s clemency freed Esformes, but he still faces pending Medicare fraud charges
      U.S.
      Miami Herald

      Trump’s clemency freed Esformes, but he still faces pending Medicare fraud charges

      At his federal trial in Miami, one of the nation's biggest Medicare fraud cases, Esformes was found guilty of 20 counts of bribery, money laundering and obstruction of justice, resulting in a 20-year prison sentence that was commuted by Trump. But the jury also deadlocked on six counts, including the main charge of conspiring to commit healthcare fraud, in the $1 billion case against Esformes, who owned a chain of skilled-nursing and assisted-living facilities in Miami-Dade.

    • Boycott 'wildcat' Scottish independence vote, says Scottish Conservative leader
      World
      Reuters

      Boycott 'wildcat' Scottish independence vote, says Scottish Conservative leader

      Backers of the union of the United Kingdom's four nations should boycott any "wildcat" independence referendum for Scotland, the leader of the Scottish Conservative Party said on Monday, after the nation's first minister pressed ahead with plans for a vote. Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said on Sunday she was hoping a strong performance by her Scottish National Party (SNP) in an election in May would give her the mandate to hold a second referendum. To get a legal referendum, any such vote must be approved by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has ruled out doing so.

      • Nicola Sturgeon should focus on COVID rather than Scottish independence, says Boris Johnson
        Nicola Sturgeon should focus on COVID rather than Scottish independence, says Boris Johnson
        Yahoo News UK
      • Scottish leader says PM Johnson fears democracy over independence issue
        Scottish leader says PM Johnson fears democracy over independence issue
        Reuters
    • California reveals data used to lift stay-at-home order
      U.S.
      Associated Press

      California reveals data used to lift stay-at-home order

      California's health department on Monday released to the public previously secret data points used to determine future hospital intensive care unit capacity, the key metric for lifting the state's coronavirus stay-at-home order. Last week, state health officials told The Associated Press they were keeping all the data secret because it is complicated and might mislead the public. The release of the data points came after coronavirus experts, joined by a public access organization and a business group, said the information should be public, and as Gov. Gavin Newsom's political opponents decried the secrecy.

      • California lifts stay-at-home orders on Monday
        California lifts stay-at-home orders on Monday
        Yahoo News Video
      • California lifts virus stay-at-home order and curfew
        California lifts virus stay-at-home order and curfew
        Associated Press
    • Democrats may try to pass Biden's COVID bill with majority vote: Schumer
      Politics
      Reuters

      Democrats may try to pass Biden's COVID bill with majority vote: Schumer

      U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday that Democrats may try to pass much of President Joe Biden's coronavirus relief bill using a process that would bypass a Republican filibuster and could pass with a majority vote. Biden wants Congress to pass a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief proposal, but many Republicans have balked at the price tag. The Senate is split 50-50 between Democrats and Republicans, with Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris holding the tie-breaking vote.

      • Schumer sees next big U.S. COVID-19 relief bill passing in 4-6 weeks
        Schumer sees next big U.S. COVID-19 relief bill passing in 4-6 weeks
        Reuters
      • 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
    • Sarah Sanders announces pro-Trump bid for Governor of Arkansas
      Politics
      The Telegraph

      Sarah Sanders announces pro-Trump bid for Governor of Arkansas

      Sarah Sanders, Donald Trump's former press secretary, announced on Monday that she is running to be governor of Arkansas, setting up a potential Republican primary battle centered around Mr Trump and his legacy. Ms Sanders left the White House in 2019 to return to her home state and is still a strong supporter of the former president. She launched her campaign for governor less than a week after the end of Mr Trump's time in office and as he faces an impending impeachment trial.

      • Sarah Sanders announces bid for Arkansas governor
        Sarah Sanders announces bid for Arkansas governor
        Yahoo News Video
      • AP Source: Sarah Sanders running for Arkansas governor
        AP Source: Sarah Sanders running for Arkansas governor
        Associated Press
    • Five arrested as Australia Day protests draw thousands
      World
      Reuters

      Five arrested as Australia Day protests draw thousands

      Five people were arrested in Sydney in largely peaceful Australia Day protests on Tuesday with thousands defying public health concerns and rallying across the nation against the mistreatment of the Indigenous people. The Jan. 26 public holiday marks the date the British fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour in 1788 to start a penal colony, viewing the land as unoccupied despite encountering settlements. But for many Indigenous Australians, who trace their lineage on the continent back 50,000 years, it is "Invasion Day".

      • Stolen but not silent: Indigenous Australians protest national celebrations
        Stolen but not silent: Indigenous Australians protest national celebrations
        Reuters
      • Indigenous women protest against Australia Day
        Indigenous women protest against Australia Day
        Reuters Videos
    • China tackles pandemic with mass construction once again
      World
      Associated Press

      China tackles pandemic with mass construction once again

      A sprawling quarantine center with more than 4,000 rooms is being thrown up in northern China in response to a COVID-19 outbreak in Shijiazhuang, a city of more than 10 million people in Hebei province. Satellite images from the European Space Agency show dramatic changes over 10 days in an area where there had been only flat land before construction started on Jan. 13. It's common practice for China to mobilize resources nationwide to tackle natural disasters and other crises.

    • Trump lawyer Giuliani faces $1.3 billion lawsuit over 'big lie' election fraud claims
      U.S.
      Reuters

      Trump lawyer Giuliani faces $1.3 billion lawsuit over 'big lie' election fraud claims

      A U.S. voting machine company filed a $1.3 billion lawsuit against former President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani, accusing him of defamation in what it called his "big lie" campaign about widespread fraud in the presidential election, court documents on Monday showed. The Denver-based company, Dominion Voting Systems Inc, filed an earlier lawsuit against pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, whom the company also accused of spreading false conspiracy theories about the election that Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden. A senior Dominion employee, Eric Coomer, also filed a defamation lawsuit against the Trump campaign, saying he had been driven into hiding because of death threats from Trump supporters.

      • 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
      • 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
    • Mexico passes 150,000 deaths from the coronavirus as pandemic deepens
      World
      Reuters

      Mexico passes 150,000 deaths from the coronavirus as pandemic deepens

      Mexico's official death toll from the coronavirus passed 150,000 on Monday following a surge in infections in recent weeks that has stretched the health system in the capital to the limit and led to the president contracting COVID-19. The Health Ministry on Monday reported 659 new deaths, bringing the total death toll to 150,273. The government says the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases.

    • Janet Yellen wins Senate approval as treasury secretary
      Politics
      Associated Press

      Janet Yellen wins Senate approval as treasury secretary

      The Senate on Monday approved President Joe Biden's nomination of Janet Yellen to be the nation's 78th treasury secretary, making her the first woman to hold the job in the department's 232-year history. Yellen, a former chair of the Federal Reserve, was approved by the Senate on a 84-15 vote, becoming the third member of Biden's Cabinet to win confirmation. The 15 votes against her all came from Republicans.

      • Janet Yellen confirmed as Treasury Secretary — first woman to hold the position
        Janet Yellen confirmed as Treasury Secretary — first woman to hold the position
        Yahoo Finance
      • Yellen nomination passes through Senate panel
        Yellen nomination passes through Senate panel
        Yahoo Finance Video
    • 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.

    • Cindy McCain says censure by Arizona GOP is ‘badge of honour’
      Politics
      The Independent

      Cindy McCain says censure by Arizona GOP is ‘badge of honour’

      The wife of the late Republican Senator John McCain has said she counts being censured by the Arizona GOP as a “badge of honour”. Cindy McCain was among three people censured by the state party for openly disparaging former president Donald Trump. Former Sen. Jeff Flake and Gov. Doug Ducey were also censured following a vote by the Arizona GOP, although their censure is largely symbolic.

      • Arizona Republicans censure Cindy McCain and GOP governor
        Arizona Republicans censure Cindy McCain and GOP governor
        Yahoo News Video
      • The Arizona GOP Censured Cindy McCain, Jeff Flake, and Gov. Ducey
        The Arizona GOP Censured Cindy McCain, Jeff Flake, and Gov. Ducey
        Esquire
    • Tokyo revises contact tracing strategy, narrows to higher-risk cases
      Health
      Reuters

      Tokyo revises contact tracing strategy, narrows to higher-risk cases

      Tokyo has revised its contact-tracing strategy to prioritise outreach to higher-risk individuals affected by coronavirus, according to a letter sent by the metropolitan government to public health authorities last week. The change comes as a third wave of the pandemic overwhelms Japan's public health centres, which handle everything from tests and tracing to finding hospital beds. Despite its early success, experts have warned that the country's strategy to trace clusters of cases rather than conduct mass tests could face limits as virus cases surge nationwide.

    • Fact check: National Guard members didn't turn away from Biden's Inauguration Day motorcade in dissent
      Politics
      USA TODAY

      Fact check: National Guard members didn't turn away from Biden's Inauguration Day motorcade in dissent

      The claim: Video shows National Guard members turned away from Biden's motorcade History will remember President Joe Biden's inauguration for its many irregularities, including the 26,000 National Guard members who descended upon Washington to provide additional security after pro-Trump rioters breached the U.S. Capitol two weeks earlier. While tensions were high on Inauguration Day, a viral video does not show guard members insulting Biden, as online opponents claim. A 21-second video titled “Troops Turn Backs on Biden as Motorcade Drives By” shows guard members standing along a road, with some backs turned from the presidential motorcade.

      • Fact check: Meme uses debunked image to draw misleading Trump-Biden comparison
        Fact check: Meme uses debunked image to draw misleading Trump-Biden comparison
        USA TODAY
      • More Than 150 National Guard Members Test Positive For COVID Since Inauguration
        More Than 150 National Guard Members Test Positive For COVID Since Inauguration
        Scary Mommy
    • EU to hold off on new Russia sanctions if Navalny released
      World
      Reuters

      EU to hold off on new Russia sanctions if Navalny released

      The European Union will hold off from imposing fresh sanctions on Russian individuals if the Kremlin releases pro-democracy campaigner Alexei Navalny, EU foreign ministers said on Monday, sending the bloc's top diplomat to Moscow next week. Despite calls from Baltic countries, Italy and Romania for sanctions on Russian officials in response to Navalny's detention as he returned to Russia from Germany on Jan. 17, Germany pushed to give the Kremlin more time. "We have agreed today to wait for the court's decision, to wait to see ...

    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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