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    • 13 dead, more injured after SUV, semitruck collide

      13 dead, more injured after SUV, semitruck collide

      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 »
      • Officials: 'Very lethal' explosives found at school

        Officials: 'Very lethal' explosives found at school

      • Asian American dad, 2 kids survive stabbing attack

        Asian American dad, 2 kids survive stabbing attack

      • Texas lifts mask mandate, eases other restrictions

        Texas lifts mask mandate, eases other restrictions

      • Scientists unearth record-setting dinosaur fossils

        Scientists unearth record-setting dinosaur fossils

      • How the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine works

        How the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine works

    • Why stop at $1,400? These Democratic senators want Biden to back recurring stimulus checks
      Politics
      Fort Worth Star-Telegram

      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
        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
    • GOP Senators Grill FBI Director over Use of Geolocation Data to Track Capitol Rioters
      U.S.
      National Review

      GOP Senators Grill FBI Director over Use of Geolocation Data to Track Capitol Rioters

      Senators Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) and Mike Lee (R., Utah) on Tuesday pressed FBI Director Christopher Wray on the procedures federal law enforcement officials have used to track down those who participated in the January 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol. “I'm anxious to see those who committed unlawful, violent acts on January 6 brought to justice,” Lee said during a Senate Judiciary Hearing on Tuesday. The Utah Republican explained that he had “heard a number of accounts” of people who were in Washington, D.C. on January 6 who never went near the Capitol but were “inexplicably” contacted by FBI agents who knew of their presence in the district that day “with no other explanation, perhaps, other than the use of geolocation data.”

      • FBI Director Christopher Wray pressed on lack of warning before Capitol attack
        FBI Director Christopher Wray pressed on lack of warning before Capitol attack
        Yahoo News
      • Wray says FBI field office report was passed to law enforcement partners ahead of Jan. 6 attack
        Wray says FBI field office report was passed to law enforcement partners ahead of Jan. 6 attack
        Yahoo News Video
    • NBC Asian America Piece Has Readers Split Over 'Hate Crime' Statement
      U.S.
      NextShark

      NBC Asian America Piece Has Readers Split Over 'Hate Crime' Statement

      No hate crimes were reported this year so far. According to Yam, the 2,800 hate incidents collected by watchdog Stop AAPI Hate over five months last year “weren't necessarily hate crimes” as they included “less severe, yet insidious, forms of discrimination. Citing experts, the piece acknowledged the rise in “anti-Asian sentiment during the COVID-19 pandemic but warns against labeling incidents without evaluating individually.

      • Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Rose 150% In Major U.S. Cities, Study Finds
        Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Rose 150% In Major U.S. Cities, Study Finds
        HuffPost
      • Woman Creates Booklets in 7 Languages on How to Report Anti-Asian Hate Crimes
        Woman Creates Booklets in 7 Languages on How to Report Anti-Asian Hate Crimes
        NextShark
    • The Trump administration reportedly quietly funded Operation Warp Speed with money set aside for hospitals
      Politics
      The Week

      The Trump administration reportedly quietly funded Operation Warp Speed with money set aside for hospitals

      Congress granted the HHS permission to move pandemic-related money between accounts, though the agreement stipulated the agency had to give lawmakers a heads up. Former Office of Management and Director Russ Vought defended the decision and said "we would do it again," telling Stat that not only did the administration have the authority, it was also "the right thing to do in order to move as quickly as possible because lives were on the line." Other Trump officials seemed to agree, per Stat, arguing that successful vaccines would reduce hospitalizations, making Warp Speed the more consequential outlet.

      • Trump took $10bn from hospital funds to pay for Warp Speed instead of asking Congress for cash
        Trump took $10bn from hospital funds to pay for Warp Speed instead of asking Congress for cash
        The Independent
      • Giroir accuses Biden administration of lies about Operation Warp Speed
        Giroir accuses Biden administration of lies about Operation Warp Speed
        FOX News Videos
    • MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has mic muted at CPAC for spouting vaccine and election conspiracies
      Politics
      The Independent

      MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has mic muted at CPAC for spouting vaccine and election conspiracies

      MyPillow's outspoken Trump-supporting chief executive was censored during an interview at CPAC – an event branded “America Uncanceled” – after he launched into conspiracy theories linking the coronavirus vaccine with the devil. Mike Lindell was speaking on Sunday to Liz Willis, the host of conservative YouTube channel Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN), when he delivered a somewhat meandering set of conspiracy theories relating to the pandemic, the presidential election and Israel. “In Israel right now, from the prime minister on down, we don't know what happened, but obviously, he congratulated Biden, but after that, we got a little suspect,” Mr Lindell said during the segment that was edited out by RSBN on their YouTube channel.

    • Canada vaccine committee advises against use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots for 65 years and above
      World
      Reuters

      Canada vaccine committee advises against use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots for 65 years and above

      Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization released new guidelines on Monday that advise against vaccinating people who are 65 years and older with AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, citing lack of information about efficacy in that age group. The vaccine was authorized for people who are 18 and older by drug regulator Health Canada on Friday. Health Canada's decision noted that available clinical trial data was too limited to reliably estimate how well the vaccine worked in people 65 and older.

      • 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
      • UK rollout data on AstraZeneca shot should guide other countries - vaccine chief
        UK rollout data on AstraZeneca shot should guide other countries - vaccine chief
        Reuters
    • Schumer says "we'll have the votes" to pass COVID relief bill
      Politics
      CBS News

      Schumer says "we'll have the votes" to pass COVID relief bill

      Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer expressed confidence on Tuesday that President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill will pass in the Senate this week, saying the Senate will take up the legislation as early as Wednesday. The Senate is using the budget reconciliation process to pass the bill, which limits time for debate and allows legislation to pass with a simple majority. Schumer spoke to reporters after Mr. Biden addressed Democratic senators virtually during their caucus lunch.

      • 'Hardy debate' on COVID bill could start Wednesday -Schumer
        'Hardy debate' on COVID bill could start Wednesday -Schumer
        Reuters Videos
      • Senate to debate COVID-19 bill this week after Democrats retreat on minimum wage
        Senate to debate COVID-19 bill this week after Democrats retreat on minimum wage
        Reuters
    • 'If the others go I'll go': Inside China's scheme to transfer Uighurs into work
      World
      BBC

      'If the others go I'll go': Inside China's scheme to transfer Uighurs into work

      China's policy of transferring hundreds of thousands of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang to new jobs often far from home is leading to a thinning out of their populations, according to a high-level Chinese study seen by the BBC. The government denies that it is attempting to alter the demographics of its far-western region and says the job transfers are designed to raise incomes and alleviate chronic rural unemployment and poverty. But our evidence suggests that - alongside the re-education camps built across Xinjiang in recent years - the policy involves a high risk of coercion and is similarly designed to assimilate minorities by changing their lifestyles and thinking.

      • China pushes back against Uighur criticism
        China pushes back against Uighur criticism
        Yahoo News Video
      • China counters Uighur criticism with explicit attacks on women witnesses
        China counters Uighur criticism with explicit attacks on women witnesses
        Reuters
    • 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

    • Mitt Romney knocked unconscious and needed stitches after weekend fall
      U.S.
      The Independent

      Mitt Romney knocked unconscious and needed stitches after weekend fall

      Utah senator Mitt Romney says he “took a fall” while visiting his grandkids in Boston over the weekend, knocking him unconscious and sending him to the hospital. Sen @MittRomney has a black eye and stitches, says he took a fall while visiting his son in Boston, “I took a fall, knocked me unconscious but I'm doing better.” Joked: “I went to CPAC, that was a problem...”

      • Sen. Romney knocked unconscious in fall but 'doing better'
        Sen. Romney knocked unconscious in fall but 'doing better'
        Yahoo News Video
      • Romney "doing better" after fall knocked him unconscious
        Romney "doing better" after fall knocked him unconscious
        CBS News
    • Supreme Court leans toward approving Arizona GOP voting rules challenged by Democrats
      Politics
      LA Times

      Supreme Court leans toward approving Arizona GOP voting rules challenged by Democrats

      The Supreme Court confronted the growing partisan divide over voting rights Tuesday in an Arizona case in which Democrats are challenging two Republican-sponsored rules that appeared likely to win approval from the justices. One rule calls for throwing out ballots cast by voters who arrive at the wrong precinct on election day but insist on voting there anyway. Both of Arizona's rules were in effect during last year's election, when President Biden narrowly defeated then-President Trump and when the previously Republican-leaning state elected two Democrats to the Senate.

      • Voting Rights Act Faces Renewed Challenge In Supreme Court
        Voting Rights Act Faces Renewed Challenge In Supreme Court
        HuffPost
      • Supreme Court likely to uphold Arizona voting restrictions
        Supreme Court likely to uphold Arizona voting restrictions
        Associated Press
    • Biden refused to sanction MBS over Khashoggi's murder because he doesn't want his relationship with Saudi Arabia to get worse, officials say
      World
      Business Insider

      Biden refused to sanction MBS over Khashoggi's murder because he doesn't want his relationship with Saudi Arabia to get worse, officials say

      A newly declassified US intel report said the Saudi crown prince approved Jamal Khashoggi's killing. Joe Biden announced new sanctions over the murder but has declined to punish the crown prince. A US official told The Washington Post it's because Biden wanted to heal the US-Saudi relationship.

      • Activists Say Joe Biden Could Still Deliver Justice For Jamal Khashoggi
        Activists Say Joe Biden Could Still Deliver Justice For Jamal Khashoggi
        HuffPost
      • U.S. faces growing pressure to punish Saudi prince
        U.S. faces growing pressure to punish Saudi prince
        Reuters Videos
    • FBI investigating if Capitol officer Brian Sicknick was sprayed with chemical irritant
      U.S.
      The Independent

      FBI investigating if Capitol officer Brian Sicknick was sprayed with chemical irritant

      Investigators are scrutinising new video evidence that appears to show chemical irritants sprayed at officer Brian Sicknick during the US Capitol riot as they work to determine his cause of death. Quoting law enforcement sources and people familiar with the matter, multiple outlets report that investigators are looking at whether there are any connections between a possible chemical assault on Officer Sicknick during the riot and the medical distress that led to his death. It comes as anonymous sources told The Washington Post that Officer Sicknick's death was not believed to be from blunt force trauma, despite early reports he was struck in the head by a fire extinguisher.

    • Health
      Yahoo News Video

      CDC's Walensky concerned about decline in COVID-19 cases and deaths stalling

      At the White House COVID-19 response team briefing on Monday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky expressed concern about a leveling off of the decline in weekly coronavirus cases.

    • Marcus Flowers to run for Congress against Marjorie Taylor Greene
      Politics
      TheGrio

      Marcus Flowers to run for Congress against Marjorie Taylor Greene

      The military veteran announced his campaign on social media as Georgia Democrats aim to oust the freshman representative. Sgt. Marcus Flowers has announced his official campaign against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for her seat in Georgia's 14th Congressional district. In his newly released campaign video shared on social media, the military veteran laid out his case as a Democratic candidate.

      • CrossFit condemns Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for 'loathsome and dangerous lies'
        CrossFit condemns Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for 'loathsome and dangerous lies'
        INSIDER
      • Marjorie Taylor Greene claims ‘real’ voter suppression is her having to wait to go through metal detectors at Congress
        Marjorie Taylor Greene claims ‘real’ voter suppression is her having to wait to go through metal detectors at Congress
        The Independent
    • ‘Morally compromised.’ Why one archdiocese urges Catholics to avoid newest COVID vaccine
      U.S.
      Fort Worth Star-Telegram

      ‘Morally compromised.’ Why one archdiocese urges Catholics to avoid newest COVID vaccine

      The Archdiocese of New Orleans has advised Catholics against receiving the new Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, calling the one-dose shot “morally compromised. In a statement Friday, the religious organization said the new vaccine should be avoided due to its link to an “abortion-derived cell line” used in the vaccine's development and production phases. But the available vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are “morally acceptable,” the archdiocese wrote, because only some lab testing utilized stem cells from aborted fetuses, making their connection to abortion “extremely remote.

      • Catholics Urged To Shun Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Over Abortion Link
        Catholics Urged To Shun Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Over Abortion Link
        HuffPost
      • New Orleans Catholics urged by archdiocese to avoid Johnson & Johnson vaccine
        New Orleans Catholics urged by archdiocese to avoid Johnson & Johnson vaccine
        NBC News
    • Feds Arrest White Supremacist Livestreamer in Dawn Raid, Rattling Supporters
      U.S.
      The Daily Beast

      Feds Arrest White Supremacist Livestreamer in Dawn Raid, Rattling Supporters

      The FBI arrested a notorious white supremacist livestreamer in an early morning raid in Florida on Tuesday. FBI agents, working with Fort Lauderdale police and the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force, arrested Paul N. Miller, 32, on one charge of being a “convicted felon in possession of a firearm.” The FBI said in a press release that Miller was arrested without incident.

    • Merrick Garland could be confirmed as Biden’s attorney general this week
      Politics
      The Independent

      Merrick Garland could be confirmed as Biden’s attorney general this week

      Merrick Garland could be confirmed as the next US attorney general as early as this week, after the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced his nomination for consideration before the full chamber by a bipartisan 15-7 vote. Mr Garland has breezed through his nomination process with the Senate Democratic majority controlling committee gavels. The longtime DC Circuit Court judge's ascent to the top spot in Justice Department leadership has been welcomed by Democrats and even some Republicans as a welcome change from the tumult of the Donald Trump years.

    • 10 hours in Cancún hurt Ted Cruz's job approval more than when he tried to flip the presidential election
      Politics
      Business Insider

      10 hours in Cancún hurt Ted Cruz's job approval more than when he tried to flip the presidential election

      GOP Sen. Ted Cruz drew national ire after he attempted to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election, but according to a new poll from Morning Consult, his overall job approval from Texans was hurt far more when he vacationed in Cancún during a winter storm that left much of Texas without power or water for days. According to polling conducted between February 18-28, Cruz's net approval rating dropped from +6 to -5 in the weeks following his Cancún excursion. A net approval rating is calculated by subtracting the share of disapproving Texan voters from the share of voters that approve of Cruz.

      • Seth Meyers Scorches Ted Cruz For Joking About Cancun At CPAC
        Seth Meyers Scorches Ted Cruz For Joking About Cancun At CPAC
        HuffPost
      • Ted Cruz now blames ‘Trump withdrawal’ for Cancun trip criticism
        Ted Cruz now blames ‘Trump withdrawal’ for Cancun trip criticism
        The Independent
    • Duchess of Sussex accused of 'bullying Palace staff to tears'
      World
      The Telegraph

      Duchess of Sussex accused of 'bullying Palace staff to tears'

      The Duchess of Sussex faced several bullying complaints from members of her staff during her time as working royal, it was claimed on Tuesday night, as tensions between the couple and Buckingham Palace deepened. Jason Knauf, the couple's communications secretary at the time, submitted a formal complaint about the claims in October 2018 in an apparent bid to protect his staff. Royal aides are said to have approached The Times ahead of Meghan and Harry's Oprah Winfrey interview, due to be broadcast in the US on Sunday evening, because they felt only "a partial version" had emerged of the Duchess's two years as a working member of the Royal family.

      • Meghan Markle's Reps Shut Down Bullying Claims as a "Defamatory Portrayal" of the Duchess
        Meghan Markle's Reps Shut Down Bullying Claims as a "Defamatory Portrayal" of the Duchess
        Harper's Bazaar
      • Duchess Meghan faces report of bullying claims ahead of highly anticipated Oprah interview
        Duchess Meghan faces report of bullying claims ahead of highly anticipated Oprah interview
        Good Morning America
    • Catholics in New Orleans and St Louis told to avoid Johnson & Johnson vaccine
      U.S.
      The Guardian

      Catholics in New Orleans and St Louis told to avoid Johnson & Johnson vaccine

      The archdiocese of New Orleans, as well as Roman Catholic leaders in St Louis, Missouri, have told local Catholics to avoid the Johnson & Johnson's single-shot Covid-19 vaccine, because its early development used “morally compromised cell lines created from two abortions”. The leadership in New Orleans said two other vaccines in use in the US, made by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, were acceptable despite having been developed with “some lab testing that utilised the abortion-derived cell line”. The archdiocese made the announcement on Friday.

      • Catholics Urged To Shun Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Over Abortion Link
        Catholics Urged To Shun Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Over Abortion Link
        HuffPost
      • ‘Morally compromised.’ Why one archdiocese urges Catholics to avoid newest COVID vaccine
        ‘Morally compromised.’ Why one archdiocese urges Catholics to avoid newest COVID vaccine
        Fort Worth Star-Telegram
    • ‘It’s really sad, who says that?’: Lindsey Graham mocked for thanking Trump for ‘allowing me to be in his world’
      Politics
      The Independent

      ‘It’s really sad, who says that?’: Lindsey Graham mocked for thanking Trump for ‘allowing me to be in his world’

      South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham was roundly mocked for grovelling comments he made about Donald Trump in a TV interview. Mr Graham told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday evening that the former president was “very nice” because “he's allowed me to be in his world”. On MSNBC's Morning Joe the following day, the co-hosts laughed at the senator's subservient tone in praising his master.

    • Republicans and majority of Democrats vote to keep incarcerated people from participating in elections
      Politics
      Business Insider

      Republicans and majority of Democrats vote to keep incarcerated people from participating in elections

      Progressive Democrats introduced a measure Tuesday to give incarcerated people the right to vote. The amendment, to major voting rights legislation, failed by a 93-278 vote. A majority of Democrats also voted against it.

    • 'What any good human would do': Louisiana man helped save infant abandoned along highway
      U.S.
      USA TODAY

      'What any good human would do': Louisiana man helped save infant abandoned along highway

      Luke Dufrene said he saw something disturbing as he was driving to work Thursday evening. The 23-year-old Lockport, Louisiana, man said he was on his commute when he saw the driver of a vehicle "dropping a baby off" on the median of a highway. "I looked back and he took off leaving the child there, so I flipped a U-turn in the grass to get to the baby,” Dufrene said.

    • CrossFit condemns Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for 'loathsome and dangerous lies'
      Politics
      INSIDER

      CrossFit condemns Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for 'loathsome and dangerous lies'

      Fitness brand CrossFit, a staple of Marjorie Taylor Greene's political brand, is distancing from the Republican. A spokesperson told BuzzFeed News that the company is against Greene's conspiracy theories. CrossFit's statement comes after the House voted to strip Greene of her committee assignments.

      • Nobull Is Now the Title Sponsor of the CrossFit Games
        Nobull Is Now the Title Sponsor of the CrossFit Games
        Footwear News
      • Marcus Flowers to run for Congress against Marjorie Taylor Greene
        Marcus Flowers to run for Congress against Marjorie Taylor Greene
        TheGrio
    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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