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    • A COVID warning for the world from Brazil

      A COVID warning for the world from Brazil

      Studies suggest a coronavirus variant that swept through the city of Manaus is not only more contagious, but also might infect people who've already recovered from other versions.

      A few cases in U.S. ยป
      • Iowa reporter's trial sends 'a chilling message'

        Iowa reporter's trial sends 'a chilling message'

      • U.S. House passes landmark election bill

        U.S. House passes landmark election bill

      • Scientists may have found cause of COVID 'brain fog'

        Scientists may have found cause of COVID 'brain fog'

      • House cancels session after threat to Capitol

        House cancels session after threat to Capitol

      • Watchdog says Elaine Chao misused her position

        Watchdog says Elaine Chao misused her position

    • Joe Biden just yanked away stimulus checks from 17 million Americans
      Politics
      The Week

      Joe Biden just yanked away stimulus checks from 17 million Americans

      During the campaign for the two Georgia Senate races, Joe Biden repeatedly promised to pass $2,000 stimulus checks if the Democrats won. After they did, the administration argued that $2,000 really meant $1,400 in addition to the $600 that had already gone out in the December rescue package. Whether that is true or not, now Biden is inarguably breaking his promise.

      • Democrats Again Limit Who Will Receive A Stimulus Check
        Democrats Again Limit Who Will Receive A Stimulus Check
        HuffPost
      • Senate Democrats call for automatic stimulus checks and extra unemployment benefits
        Senate Democrats call for automatic stimulus checks and extra unemployment benefits
        Yahoo Money
    • Hardoi: India man arrested for beheading teenaged daughter
      World
      BBC

      Hardoi: India man arrested for beheading teenaged daughter

      Police in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have arrested a man for beheading his 17-year-old daughter. Sarvesh Kumar was arrested as he walked towards a police station carrying the severed head. In a video shot by the police, he is heard saying that he was angered by his daughter's alleged affair with a man he did not like.

    • Pence breaks silence to condemn Democrats' sweeping voting reform bill
      Politics
      Axios

      Pence breaks silence to condemn Democrats' sweeping voting reform bill

      In some of his most extensive remarks since Jan. 6, former Vice President Mike Pence wrote an op-ed Wednesday condemning House Democrats' sweeping election and anti-corruption proposal as an "unconstitutional power grab" by "leftists." Why it matters: Pence has largely stayed quiet since the Capitol insurrection, during which rioters were heard chanting "hang Mike Pence" after former President Trump promoted the claim that the vice president could block the certification of the Electoral College. The big picture: Writing in The Daily Signal, Pence repeated dubious claims that the 2020 election was "marked by significant voting irregularities."

      • Mike Pence Is Back And He's Lying About Election Security
        Mike Pence Is Back And He's Lying About Election Security
        HuffPost
      • Don Lemon Pulls No Punches With Pence: โ€˜Have You Not Debased Yourself Enoughโ€™ For Trump?
        Don Lemon Pulls No Punches With Pence: โ€˜Have You Not Debased Yourself Enoughโ€™ For Trump?
        HuffPost
    • SOS call to local paper saves 81 Rohingya at sea, but no country says welcome
      World
      Reuters

      SOS call to local paper saves 81 Rohingya at sea, but no country says welcome

      Siddiqui pleaded with Giles to spread the word of dozens of Rohingya Muslims fleeing Bangladesh for Malaysia aboard a crippled fishing boat in the Andaman Sea. Eight of the passengers had already died. "You can help me save lives," Siddiqui told Giles, who publishes the English-language Andaman Chronicle, which has been covering news in India's coral reef-fringed Andaman and Nicobar archipelago for more than 15 years.

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      Authorities investigate whether human smuggling involved in Calif. crash

      Barely a mile from where an SUV packed with 25 people struck a tractor-trailer โ€” killing 13 inside โ€” a cemetery with unmarked bricks is a burial ground for migrants who died crossing the border from Mexico to remote California desert.

    • Nicola Sturgeon chokes back tears as she rejects 'absurd' claims she was out to destroy Alex Salmond
      World
      The Telegraph

      Nicola Sturgeon chokes back tears as she rejects 'absurd' claims she was out to destroy Alex Salmond

      Nicola Sturgeon choked back tears and insisted "I would never have wanted to 'get' Alex Salmond" as she rejected as "absurd" his claims of a plot among senior SNP figures to destroy him. The First Minister told a Holyrood inquiry the "simple" truth was that several women made complaints about Mr Salmond's behaviour and "I refused to follow the usual pattern of allowing a powerful man to use his status and connections to get what he wants." In an appearance spanning more than eight hours, against the backdrop of calls for her resignation, Ms Sturgeon insisted she had seen "nothing that comes within a million miles" of backing Mr Salmond's conspiracy claims.

      • I did not want to โ€˜getโ€™ Salmond, insists Sturgeon as she rejects plot claim
        I did not want to โ€˜getโ€™ Salmond, insists Sturgeon as she rejects plot claim
        The Press Association
      • What time is Nicola Sturgeon speaking and why is she facing calls to quit?
        What time is Nicola Sturgeon speaking and why is she facing calls to quit?
        The Independent
    • South Korea economy shrank in 2020 for 1st time in 22 years
      Business
      Associated Press

      South Korea economy shrank in 2020 for 1st time in 22 years

      South Korea's central bank says the country's economy shrank for the first time in 22 years in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic destroyed service industry jobs and depressed consumer spending. Preliminary data released by the Bank of Korea on Thursday showed the country's gross domestic product last year contracted 1% from 2019. It was the first annual contraction since 1998, when South Korea was in the midst of a crippling financial crisis.

    • U.S. issues warning after Microsoft says China hacked its mail server program
      World
      NBC News

      U.S. issues warning after Microsoft says China hacked its mail server program

      The U.S. has issued an emergency warning after Microsoft said it caught China hacking into its mail and calendar server program, called Exchange. The perpetrator, Microsoft said in a blog post, is a hacker group that the company has "high confidence" is working for the Chinese government and spies primarily on American targets. The latest software update for Exchange blocks the hackers, prompting the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, to issue a rare emergency directive that requires all government networks do so.

      • Microsoft says China-backed hackers are exploiting Exchange zero-days
        Microsoft says China-backed hackers are exploiting Exchange zero-days
        TechCrunch
      • Microsoft: China-based hackers found bug to target US firms
        Microsoft: China-based hackers found bug to target US firms
        Associated Press
    • North Carolina mocked after prioritising anyone who has smoked 100 cigarettes in their lifetime for a vaccine
      U.S.
      The Telegraph

      North Carolina mocked after prioritising anyone who has smoked 100 cigarettes in their lifetime for a vaccine

      Governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat, said that all frontline essential workers can have their vaccine now while giving three weeks' notice for those who are obese, in jail, pregnant, homeless - or who have smoked just five packets of cigarettes in their life. The cohort including smokers will be called forwards on March 24, and is designed to include adults at higher risk of virus exposure or who are at an increased risk of having a severe illness Smokers are defined as โ€œcurrent or formerโ€ having โ€œsmoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime.โ€ Victor Ricchezza, a Geology Professor at Georgia State University added: โ€œI haven't smoked in years but was just joking with my wife that I could almost certainly smoke 100 cigarettes by the time we hit North Carolina in the car.โ€

    • 9 of the Best Outdoor Rugs That Literally Ground Any Space
      World
      Architectural Digest

      9 of the Best Outdoor Rugs That Literally Ground Any Space

      High-traffic areas are about to meet their match Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

    • Yemenโ€™s rebels say latest US sanctions will prolong the war
      World
      Associated Press

      Yemenโ€™s rebels say latest US sanctions will prolong the war

      Yemen's Iran-backed rebels Wednesday warned that the U.S. sanctions imposed the previous day on two of their military leaders would only prolong the conflict in the impoverished Arab country. President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday slapped sanctions on two Houthi leaders, citing their alleged roles in cross-border attacks on Saudi Arabia and shipping vessels in the Red Sea. Rebel leaders Monsour al-Saadi and Ahmed al-Hamzi were responsible for attacks โ€œimpacting Yemeni civilians, bordering nations, and commercial vessels in international waters,โ€ the departments of State and Treasury said.

    • Mom arrested after girl, 4, found alone on NYC sidewalk remained unclaimed for days
      U.S.
      TheGrio

      Mom arrested after girl, 4, found alone on NYC sidewalk remained unclaimed for days

      Over the weekend police officers were stunned to discover a four-year-old girl roaming the streets of New York City alone. Saturday, police noticed the child walking aloneย just after midnight at the corner of E. 156 St. and Prospect Ave. in the Bronx. Sunday, the NYPD shared surveillance video on its official Twitter page that showed a person who appears to be a woman walking ahead as the girl crosses the street alone.

    • Turkey's Erdogan pledges stronger rights and freedoms, critics unimpressed
      World
      Reuters

      Turkey's Erdogan pledges stronger rights and freedoms, critics unimpressed

      President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday his government would strengthen rights to a fair trial and freedom of expression in Turkey under an "action plan" that critics said failed to address real concerns about an erosion of human rights. Part of long-promised moves towards legal and economic reform, the plan would also improve the judicial system and form the first step towards a new constitution, he said. Erdogan, who has faced accusations at home and abroad of increasingly autocratic rule over his NATO member country, said no one could be deprived of freedom because of their thoughts.

    • Myanmar's Christian refugees hold anti-coup protest in India
      World
      Associated Press

      Myanmar's Christian refugees hold anti-coup protest in India

      About 300 refugees from a Christian minority community from Myanmar held a demonstration in India's capital on Wednesday against last month's military takeover in their country and demanded the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other Myanmar leaders. They chanted โ€œRestore democracy in Burmaโ€ and Shame on you dictatorโ€ and carried placards as they burned a coffin with photographs of Myanmar's coup leaders and Chinese President Xi Jinping, accusing him of supporting the military rulers. They also stomped their feet on the Chinese national flag.

      • Nearly 40 people killed in Myanmar's protests
        Nearly 40 people killed in Myanmar's protests
        Reuters Videos
      • 3 Myanmar policemen cross into India seeking refuge
        3 Myanmar policemen cross into India seeking refuge
        Associated Press
    • Covid: Biden says โ€˜Neanderthal thinkingโ€™ behind lifting of mask rules
      Health
      BBC

      Covid: Biden says โ€˜Neanderthal thinkingโ€™ behind lifting of mask rules

      President Joe Biden has criticised the lifting of mask requirements in the states of Texas and Mississippi, calling it "Neanderthal thinking". "I think it's a big mistake," he said. Masks, social distancing and other measures were still important, despite the role vaccines were playing in containing the pandemic, he said.

      • Biden Calls States Lifting Mask Mandates 'Neanderthal Thinking'
        Biden Calls States Lifting Mask Mandates 'Neanderthal Thinking'
        HuffPost
      • UPDATE 4-Biden says 'big mistake' for states to lift mask mandates given virus toll
        UPDATE 4-Biden says 'big mistake' for states to lift mask mandates given virus toll
        Reuters
    • โ€˜Textbook voter suppressionโ€™: How Trumpโ€™s stolen election lies are shaping the future of democracy
      Politics
      The Independent

      โ€˜Textbook voter suppressionโ€™: How Trumpโ€™s stolen election lies are shaping the future of democracy

      On the floor of Georgia's House of Representatives on 1 March, state Democratic Rep Bee Nguyen warned her colleagues that the bill in front of them โ€“ a 66-page, Republican-backed proposal to drastically roll back voting access across the state โ€“ followed a months-long campaign from Donald Trump and his GOP allies to undermine millions of voters with baseless claims of widespread voter fraud and a โ€œstolenโ€ election. โ€œMembers of this body aided and abetted a deliberate misinformation campaign to sow seeds of doubt among Georgia voters with absolutely no facts or evidence.โ€ The bill would, among other things, cut mail-in voting and early voting access, strip elections oversight from the state's Secretary of State, and limit voting access that would disproportionately target Black voters.

    • Canada vaccine panel recommends 4 months between COVID doses
      Health
      Associated Press

      Canada vaccine panel recommends 4 months between COVID doses

      A national panel of vaccine experts in Canada recommended Wednesday that provinces extend the interval between the two doses of a COVID-19 shot to four months to quickly inoculate more people amid a shortage of doses in Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also expressed optimism that vaccination timelines could be sped up. The current protocol is an interval of three to four weeks between doses for the Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines.

      • How much time between vaccines? Canada's top health officials say guidance is coming this week
        How much time between vaccines? Canada's top health officials say guidance is coming this week
        Yahoo News Canada
      • China has pledged half a billion doses of its vaccine to more than 45 countries as experts raise concerns
        China has pledged half a billion doses of its vaccine to more than 45 countries as experts raise concerns
        Yahoo News Video
    • Coronavirus latest news:ย Germany U-turns on AstraZeneca vaccine for over-65s
      World
      The Telegraph

      Coronavirus latest news:ย Germany U-turns on AstraZeneca vaccine for over-65s

      Vaccines tweaked for Covid variants will be fast-tracked, MHRA says UK's death toll fuelled by its obesity problem, say experts Economy 'will bounce back faster thanks to success of vaccinations' Rishi Sunak's five-year tax raid after Covid crisis Fears of 'mask apartheid' as schools threaten to segregate pupils Germany will authorise the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for people over the age of 65, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said. The country had previously approved it for under-65s only, citing insufficient data of its effects on older people. Now, in a significant U-turn, Mrs Merkel said recent studies had now provided enough evidence to approve it for all ages.

      • Germany seeks to extend AstraZeneca jabs to over 65s soon
        Germany seeks to extend AstraZeneca jabs to over 65s soon
        Reuters
      • European Officials Seek To Garner Support For AstraZeneca COVID-19 Shot: CNBC
        European Officials Seek To Garner Support For AstraZeneca COVID-19 Shot: CNBC
        Benzinga
    • Michelle Obama: Barack and I โ€˜canโ€™t get a word inโ€™ with Sasha, Malia
      Celebrity
      TheGrio

      Michelle Obama: Barack and I โ€˜canโ€™t get a word inโ€™ with Sasha, Malia

      During a recent interview on Good Morning America with host Robin Roberts, former First Lady Michelle Obama opened up about how she and her husband, former President Barack Obama, have open communications with their two young-adult daughters. I always have wanted them to start practicing the power of their voices very early on,โ€ Mrs. Obama shared of Sasha, 19, and Malia, 22. If you sit around the dinner table, me and Barack, we can't get a word in edgewise and we like it like that.

      • Michelle Obama Says She Wants Daughters Sasha and Malia to Know the "Power of Their Voices"
        Michelle Obama Says She Wants Daughters Sasha and Malia to Know the "Power of Their Voices"
        Harper's Bazaar
      • Michelle Obama has first interview on 'Good Morning America' since Biden's inauguration
        Michelle Obama has first interview on 'Good Morning America' since Biden's inauguration
        USA TODAY
    • Republicans โ€˜increasingly irritatedโ€™ by Marjorie Taylor Greeneโ€™s repeated efforts to disrupt work of Congress, report says
      Politics
      The Independent

      Republicans โ€˜increasingly irritatedโ€™ by Marjorie Taylor Greeneโ€™s repeated efforts to disrupt work of Congress, report says

      A growing number of Republicans are siding with Democrats against Marjorie Taylor Greene's repeated attempts to adjourn the US House of Representatives. For the third time in six days, the Georgia representative has forced members to return to the floor of the House to cast votes as to whether the lower chamber of Congress should adjourn. Ms Greene requested the adjournment in protest at the House taking up the Democrats' election and police reform bills this week.

    • Kuwait swears in new government amid mounting crises
      World
      Associated Press

      Kuwait swears in new government amid mounting crises

      Kuwait's new Cabinet was sworn in Wednesday, state-run media reported, weeks after the government quit amid a deepening deadlock with parliament that has blocked badly needed reforms in the tiny oil-rich Gulf Arab state. Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al Hamad Al Sabah swapped out four ministers whose selections had angered various lawmakers for less contentious, veteran politicians, an apparent gesture to appease parliament. The worsening rift between Kuwait's emir-appointed government and elected parliament presents the first significant challenge to Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, who ascended the throne last fall.

      • Kuwait reappoints oil, finance ministers in new Cabinet
        Kuwait reappoints oil, finance ministers in new Cabinet
        Reuters
      • Kuwait says its ruling emir flies to US for medical checks
        Kuwait says its ruling emir flies to US for medical checks
        Associated Press
    • Texas doctors respond to mask repeal: We have 'capacity' but not 'morale' for another surge
      Health
      NBC News

      Texas doctors respond to mask repeal: We have 'capacity' but not 'morale' for another surge

      Some of Texas' top doctors warned Wednesday that Gov. Greg Abbott's sudden decision to ditch the mask mandate and lift coronavirus restrictions could result in a new surge of Covid-19 infections and deaths. And while they now have enough masks, ventilators and emergency room space to treat a new wave of patients, they say there is an acute shortage of staffers who aren't already stressed out and exhausted from battling the pandemic for more than a year. We have the capacity to take care of more patients,โ€ Dr. James McDeavitt of the Baylor College of Medicine told NBC News.

      • Gregg Popovich slams Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's move to lift mask mandate: 'This is really ridiculous'
        Gregg Popovich slams Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's move to lift mask mandate: 'This is really ridiculous'
        Yahoo Sports
      • Texas gov lifts all coronavirus restrictions on businesses, rescinds mask mandate
        Texas gov lifts all coronavirus restrictions on businesses, rescinds mask mandate
        Yahoo News
    • SpaceX Starship lands upright, then explodes in latest test
      U.S.
      Associated Press

      SpaceX Starship lands upright, then explodes in latest test

      SpaceX's futuristic Starship looked like it aced a touchdown Wednesday, but then exploded on the landing pad with so much force that it was hurled into the air. The failure occurred just minutes after SpaceX declared success. The full-scale prototype of Elon Musk's envisioned Mars ship soared more than 6 miles (10 kilometers) after lifting off from the southern tip of Texas on Wednesday.

      • SpaceX's Starship prototype flies to 32,000 feet and sticks the landing in third flight test
        SpaceX's Starship prototype flies to 32,000 feet and sticks the landing in third flight test
        TechCrunch
      • SpaceX Starship rocket prototype nails landing... then blows up
        SpaceX Starship rocket prototype nails landing... then blows up
        Reuters
    • 5,000 National Guard troops remain in DC amid QAnon frenzy that Trump will be inaugurated again this week
      Politics
      The Independent

      5,000 National Guard troops remain in DC amid QAnon frenzy that Trump will be inaugurated again this week

      Nearly 5,000 National Guard troops are in Washington, DC this week for an inauguration that won't happen. According to Rep. Adam Smith, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, this has led to online chatter about storming the Capitol a second time. โ€œSome of these people have figured out that apparently 75 years ago, the president used to be inaugurated on 4 March,โ€ Smith said during a hearing last month with Department of Defense officials.

    • 'Neanderthal thinking': Biden lays into states lifting Covid restrictions
      Politics
      Politico

      'Neanderthal thinking': Biden lays into states lifting Covid restrictions

      President Joe Biden said Wednesday that moves by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and others to lift statewide Covid restrictions showed "Neanderthal thinking." The president's remark came after both Texas and Mississippi issued executive orders Tuesday to eliminate mask mandates and let all businesses open at 100 percent capacity, flying in the face of health officials who have urged continued Covid restrictions. Biden has signed an executive order requiring mask-wearing on federal property but has little authority to overrule governors and other state and local officials.

      • Texas gov lifts all coronavirus restrictions on businesses, rescinds mask mandate
        Texas gov lifts all coronavirus restrictions on businesses, rescinds mask mandate
        Yahoo News
      • Gregg Popovich slams Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's move to lift mask mandate: 'This is really ridiculous'
        Gregg Popovich slams Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's move to lift mask mandate: 'This is really ridiculous'
        Yahoo Sports
    Should humans be next to explore Mars?
    • โ€œTaking humans to Mars would require an investment astronomically out of kilter with the possible benefits.โ€

    • โ€œCan a Mars settlement be a freer society than we enjoy on Earth? Maybe.โ€

    • โ€œWhat we learn...may spark the next revolution that will make life in 2071 beyond anything we can imagine right now.โ€

    • โ€œOur presence on Mars could jeopardize one of our main reasons for being there โ€” the search for life.โ€

    • โ€œThe future of geologic investigation of other worlds lies with highly improved versions of our Mars rovers.โ€

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