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    • WHO chief expresses alarm over COVID-19 infection rate

      WHO chief expresses alarm over COVID-19 infection rate

      The number of new coronavirus cases per week has nearly doubled globally over the past two months, approaching the highest rate seen so far during the pandemic.

      'Situation is extremely challenging' »
      • FedEx: Shooter was former employee of the company

        FedEx: Shooter was former employee of the company

      • No response as divers knock on capsized ship hull off La.

        No response as divers knock on capsized ship hull off La.

      • Chauvin trial leaves police officers feeling disillusioned

        Chauvin trial leaves police officers feeling disillusioned

      • COVID-19 hearing turns ugly between Waters and Jordan

        COVID-19 hearing turns ugly between Waters and Jordan

      • Liberty seeks millions from disgraced former president

        Liberty seeks millions from disgraced former president

    • Daunte Wright's mother: 'There's never going to be justice for us'
      U.S.
      Yahoo News

      Daunte Wright's mother: 'There's never going to be justice for us'

      The family of Daunte Wright says it is not looking for “justice” after the Minnesota police officer who fatally shot the 20-year-old Black man during a traffic stop was charged in his killing — just accountability. “The last few days everybody has asked me what we want, what do we want to see happen,” Katie Wright, Daunte's mother, said Thursday during a press conference. “I do want accountability — 100 percent accountability,” she added.

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        16 Amazing Photos You Missed This Week
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      • Cop charged for killing Black man after traffic stop
        Cop charged for killing Black man after traffic stop
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    • Israel says it will 'definitely' stop Iran from getting bomb
      World
      Associated Press

      Israel says it will 'definitely' stop Iran from getting bomb

      Israel's foreign minister said Friday that his country was determined to stop Iran from building a nuclear weapon, after Tehran promised to step up its uranium enrichment process. “We will do whatever it takes to prevent the extremists (in Iran) from succeeding, and definitely will prevent this regime from having a nuclear weapon,” Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi told reporters on a visit to Cyprus. Iranian officials say the country will begin enriching uranium up to 60% purity following an attack on its nuclear facility at Natanz, in central Iran, on Sunday, that it blamed on Israel.

      • Iran starts enriching uranium to 60%, its highest level ever
        Iran starts enriching uranium to 60%, its highest level ever
        Associated Press
      • Iran, world powers resume nuclear talks amid strains over enrichment, Natanz attack
        Iran, world powers resume nuclear talks amid strains over enrichment, Natanz attack
        Reuters
    • Biden Reverses Course, Declines to Raise Trump-Era Refugee Cap
      Politics
      National Review

      Biden Reverses Course, Declines to Raise Trump-Era Refugee Cap

      President Biden on Friday signed an emergency determination to speed the processing of prospective refugees, but will retain the Trump administration's refugee cap of 15,000-per-year, backtracking on an earlier pledge to raise the cap and allow for additional refugee resettlement. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Congress on February 12 that the Biden administration planned to raise the cap to allow up to 62,500 refugees to settle in the U.S. by the end of the current fiscal year. The Biden administration was concerned that raising the refugee cap would put undue pressure on the Department of Health and Human Services while the agency attempts to house migrant children at the southern border, a senior administration official told the New York Times.

      • Democrats Criticize Joe Biden Over Low Refugee Admissions Announcement
        Democrats Criticize Joe Biden Over Low Refugee Admissions Announcement
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      • Dozens Of House Democrats Urge Joe Biden To Lift Cap On Refugee Admissions
        Dozens Of House Democrats Urge Joe Biden To Lift Cap On Refugee Admissions
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    • Spain acquits man of sexually abusing 14-year-old stepdaughter who gave birth to his child
      World
      The Telegraph

      Spain acquits man of sexually abusing 14-year-old stepdaughter who gave birth to his child

      A Spanish court has provoked outrage by acquitting a man of sexually abusing his 14-year-old stepdaughter despite the fact she gave birth to his child. The Pamplona court accepted the defendant's claim that the teenager had sat astride him while he was asleep on the sofa and engaged in penetrative sex. The girl's mother reported the father for alleged sexual abuse of her daughter, who initially said she had been raped in the street before changing her story to corroborate her stepfather's claim that he had not been conscious when they had sex.

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      WABC – NY

      Woman shot and killed on street, boyfriend hits suspect with car

      A 52-year-old woman walking with her boyfriend in the Bronx was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon, and her boyfriend then ran down the suspect with his car.

    • The 9 Best Wireless Headphones for Every Kind of Use
      Lifestyle
      Architectural Digest

      The 9 Best Wireless Headphones for Every Kind of Use

      From the most comfortable pair to the best value buy, these headphones will carry you through the spring, summer, and beyond Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

    • Politics
      Associated Press

      Biden to name Asian American-Pacific Islander liaison

      President Joe Biden on Wednesday named Erika Moritsugu, a Capitol Hill veteran and vice president of a women's rights advocacy group, as his liaison to the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. In a statement announcing her appointment, the White House said Moritsugu will “be a vital voice to advance the president and the administration's priorities.” Biden committed to creating a senior-level role focused on the AAPI community after he received criticism from Democratic Sens.

    • Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong's rebel mogul and pro-democracy voice
      World
      BBC

      Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong's rebel mogul and pro-democracy voice

      The billionaire media mogul Jimmy Lai is one of the most prominent supporters of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement. Mr Lai was 12 years old when he fled his village in mainland China, arriving in Hong Kong as a stowaway on a fishing boat. Like a number of the city's famed tycoons, he went from a menial role, toiling in a Hong Kong sweatshop, to founding a multi-million dollar empire.

      • Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai gets 14 months in prison for unauthorised assembly
        Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai gets 14 months in prison for unauthorised assembly
        Reuters
      • Outspoken Hong Kong billionaire Jimmy Lai sentenced to 14 months in prison for taking part in pro-democracy protests
        Outspoken Hong Kong billionaire Jimmy Lai sentenced to 14 months in prison for taking part in pro-democracy protests
        Business Insider
    • Can Democrats really pack the Supreme Court?
      Politics
      LA Times

      Can Democrats really pack the Supreme Court?

      Democrats have introduced a bill to expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court from nine to 13. Such a move could allow President Biden to swing the current 6-3 conservative majority in favor of liberals. The effort, condemned by Republicans, faces long odds and has raised questions about why the issue is being raised now and what Congress can actually do.

      • Democrats Introduce Bill To Expand The Supreme Court
        Democrats Introduce Bill To Expand The Supreme Court
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      • Cool reception for Democratic proposal to expand U.S. Supreme Court
        Cool reception for Democratic proposal to expand U.S. Supreme Court
        Reuters
    • Public comment period extended for border surveillance plan
      U.S.
      Associated Press

      Public comment period extended for border surveillance plan

      The Department of Homeland Security has agreed to reopen the public comment period on plans to build a number of high-powered surveillance towers along Vermont's border with the Canadian province of Quebec, Vermont's congressional delegation said Friday. U.S. Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders and U.S. Rep. Peter Welch said in a statement that they have heard from many Vermonters in border communities with privacy concerns about the towers proposed by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

    • France urges citizens to leave Pakistan amid anti-French protests
      World
      BBC

      France urges citizens to leave Pakistan amid anti-French protests

      France has urged all its citizens in Pakistan to leave the country temporarily amid violent anti-French protests across the country. The country's embassy in Pakistan warned of "serious threats to French interests in Pakistan", saying protests were increasing nationwide. The protests were sparked months ago after France defended the right to show cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

      • France asks citizens to leave Pakistan amid violent protests
        France asks citizens to leave Pakistan amid violent protests
        Associated Press
      • Pakistan briefly blocks social media amid anti-France rally
        Pakistan briefly blocks social media amid anti-France rally
        Associated Press
    • A week after she was found in a Florida Keys swimming pool, Georgia toddler dies
      U.S.
      The State

      A week after she was found in a Florida Keys swimming pool, Georgia toddler dies

      A 2-year-old Georgia girl died Thursday, almost a week after she was found unresponsive in the swimming pool of the Florida Keys vacation rental home in which she and her family were staying. Leland Rudeen's family released a statement on Facebook Thursday saying that she had died a day after undergoing an MRI at Nicklaus Children's Hospital near South Miami. “Shortly after the devastating MRI results, as we were trying to wrap our head around some hard decisions ahead of us, Leland took the choice out of our hands and started her painless decline,” the statement reads.

    • Moderna expects vaccine shipments to Britain, Canada to be delayed, EU, Swiss roll-out on track
      Business
      Reuters

      Moderna expects vaccine shipments to Britain, Canada to be delayed, EU, Swiss roll-out on track

      The drugmaker will deliver about 650,000 doses by the end of April, not the expected 1.2 million, Canada's Procurement Minister Anita Anand said. Moreover, one million to two million Moderna doses of the 12.3 million doses slated for the second quarter would be delayed until the third. These delivery woes further complicate European vaccine issues already being exacerbated by rare side effects linked to AstraZeneca's and Johnson & Johnson's vaccines, with Britain advising pregnant women now to get Moderna or Pfizer shots.

      • What Happens If You Get COVID-19 In Between Vaccine Doses?
        What Happens If You Get COVID-19 In Between Vaccine Doses?
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      • Pfizer CEO says a third vaccine dose is likely, Moderna updates booster shot timeline
        Pfizer CEO says a third vaccine dose is likely, Moderna updates booster shot timeline
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    • ‘Alarm is growing’: Michigan governor faces shutdown dilemma as Covid cases rise
      Politics
      The Guardian

      ‘Alarm is growing’: Michigan governor faces shutdown dilemma as Covid cases rise

      The coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions that Michigan's governor, Gretchen Whitmer, enacted in March last year were among the nation's toughest, and the governor's leadership is thought to have saved lives. Now, as Michigan faces another surge of cases and hospitalizations, its worst yet, Whitmer has changed tack. Despite past success and growing calls for another lockdown from public health experts, and doctors managing hospitals with Covid patients, the governor is resisting further restrictions, and is instead largely relying on a vaccination rollout and a voluntary suspension of in-person dining services.

      • Michigan governor talks about spring surge of COVID cases in her state
        Michigan governor talks about spring surge of COVID cases in her state
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      • Gretchen Whitmer Resists Biden Administration on Coronavirus Lockdowns
        Gretchen Whitmer Resists Biden Administration on Coronavirus Lockdowns
        National Review
    • U.S.
      Raleigh News and Observer

      Durham man pleads guilty to shooting grandfather in the head at 16. Why did he do it?

      Nearly six years after William Evans was found shot and cold in a Durham parking lot, his grandson pleaded guilty to shooting the 65-year-old man with his own gun. Under a plea agreement, Dominick Jackson pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to up to nearly 10 years in prison, with credit for the more than five years he spent in jail awaiting trial. Under North Carolina sentencing laws, courts must consider mitigating and aggravating factors that could decrease or increase the sentence.

    • Wall Street closes with weekly gains, S&P 500, Dow hit record highs
      Business
      Reuters

      Wall Street closes with weekly gains, S&P 500, Dow hit record highs

      The three main Wall Street indexes ended Friday higher for the day and week, with the S&P 500 and the Dow breaking closing records, as investors took strong economic data and bank earnings as signs of momentum in the U.S. pandemic rebound. Most of the 11 S&P sub-sectors rose on Friday. The S&P 500 and the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average recorded their fourth straight week of gains, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq finished less than one percent below its own all-time closing high achieved on Feb. 12.

      • Stock market news live updates: Stocks jump, S&P 500 and Dow hit record highs after retail sales, jobless claims top estimates
        Stock market news live updates: Stocks jump, S&P 500 and Dow hit record highs after retail sales, jobless claims top estimates
        Yahoo Finance
      • S&P 500, Dow hit record highs on bank earnings boost
        S&P 500, Dow hit record highs on bank earnings boost
        Reuters
    • Antony Blinken makes surprise stop in Afghanistan to sell Biden troop withdrawal
      World
      USA TODAY

      Antony Blinken makes surprise stop in Afghanistan to sell Biden troop withdrawal

      U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Thursday to sell Afghan leaders and a wary public on President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw all American troops from the country and end America's longest war. Blinken sought to assure senior Afghan politicians that the United States remains committed to the country despite Biden's announcement a day earlier that the 2,500 U.S. soldiers remaining in the country would be coming home by the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that led to the U.S. invasion in 2001.

      • Blinken in Afghanistan to sell Biden troop withdrawal
        Blinken in Afghanistan to sell Biden troop withdrawal
        Associated Press
      • Blinken visits Afghanistan in show of support after Biden announces withdrawal
        Blinken visits Afghanistan in show of support after Biden announces withdrawal
        Reuters
    • George Floyd: Timeline of black deaths and protests
      U.S.
      BBC

      George Floyd: Timeline of black deaths and protests

      Here's a timeline of major incidents since 2014 involving police officers which resulted in the deaths of black Americans. Eric Garner died after he was wrestled to the ground by a New York police officer on suspicion of illegally selling cigarettes. While in a choke hold, Mr Garner uttered the words "I can't breathe" 11 times.

    • Princes William and Harry to be reunited before Prince Philip's funeral
      Celebrity
      The Telegraph

      Princes William and Harry to be reunited before Prince Philip's funeral

      The Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex will be reunited behind closed doors at Windsor Castle on Saturday before laying their beloved grandfather to rest. Members of the Royal family including Prince William and Prince Harry will gather in the State Entrance Hall before the Duke of Edinburgh's coffin emerges from the State Entrance at 2.41pm. In an apparent sign of ongoing tensions between the brothers, they will not walk shoulder to shoulder in the funeral procession but will be separated by their cousin Peter Phillips, the Queen's eldest grandchild.

      • Prince Philip's funeral: How the day will unfold
        Prince Philip's funeral: How the day will unfold
        Yahoo News UK
      • The last royal funeral: Pictures show how different Prince Philip's ceremony will be
        The last royal funeral: Pictures show how different Prince Philip's ceremony will be
        Yahoo News UK
    • Blood type not a COVID-19 risk factor in U.S.; inhaled asthma drug may keep mild illness from worsening
      Health
      Reuters

      Blood type not a COVID-19 risk factor in U.S.; inhaled asthma drug may keep mild illness from worsening

      The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Blood type not a factor in COVID-19 risks in U.S. patients Blood type does not affect susceptibility to COVID-19 in U.S. patients, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed data on nearly 108,000 people from Utah, Idaho, and Nevada who were tested for COVID-19 and whose blood type was listed in their medical records.

    • Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney, and other GOP lawmakers who criticized Trump or voted to impeach him have spent tens of thousands of dollars on private security
      Politics
      Business Insider

      Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney, and other GOP lawmakers who criticized Trump or voted to impeach him have spent tens of thousands of dollars on private security

      Lawmakers who criticized Trump or voted to impeach him spent thousands to improve personal security after the Capitol attack. Republicans including Mitt Romney and Liz Cheney beefed up their security, per Punchbowl News. Prominent lawmakers spent tens of thousands of dollars on private security guards and other protection following the Capitol riots, a Punchbowl News analysis of campaign finance records shows.

      • Liz Cheney's Answer On If She'd Ever Vote For Trump Stumps Fox News Anchor
        Liz Cheney's Answer On If She'd Ever Vote For Trump Stumps Fox News Anchor
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      • Romney, Cheney, and other Trump critics spend 'tens of thousands' on security after Capitol riot
        Romney, Cheney, and other Trump critics spend 'tens of thousands' on security after Capitol riot
        The Week
    • Shop Troye Sivan’s Eclectic Home Style
      Entertainment
      Architectural Digest

      Shop Troye Sivan’s Eclectic Home Style

      Take a page out of the stylish young star's book, from must-have splurges to affordable accessories Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

    • Derek Chauvin invokes his Fifth Amendment right not to testify in his murder trial
      U.S.
      INSIDER

      Derek Chauvin invokes his Fifth Amendment right not to testify in his murder trial

      Derek Chauvin's defense rested its case Thursday after the ex-cop declined to testify. The defense theory is that George Floyd's heart condition and drug use caused his death. Fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin invoked his Fifth Amendment right not to testify before the defense rested its case on Thursday.

      • Derek Chauvin Invokes 5th Amendment Right, Won't Testify In Murder Trial
        Derek Chauvin Invokes 5th Amendment Right, Won't Testify In Murder Trial
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      • The trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, continues
        The trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, continues
        Yahoo News Video
    • World
      INSIDER Video

      VIDEO: Bodycam footage shows 13-year-old boy was raising his hands before he was shot and killed by Chicago police

      Chicago released multiple body-cam videos of a police officer shooting and killing 13-year old Adam Toledo. The footage appears to show that Toledo was unarmed as he tried to surrender with his hands up.

    • S&P 500 hits another record, marks 4th weekly gain in a row
      Business
      Associated Press

      S&P 500 hits another record, marks 4th weekly gain in a row

      Stocks continued to march higher on Wall Street Friday, giving the S&P 500 its latest record high and its fourth straight weekly gain. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also closed at an all-time high. Higher bond yields helped lift bank stocks, and health care companies and those that rely on consumer spending also did well.

      • Stock market news live updates: Stocks jump, S&P 500 and Dow hit record highs after retail sales, jobless claims top estimates
        Stock market news live updates: Stocks jump, S&P 500 and Dow hit record highs after retail sales, jobless claims top estimates
        Yahoo Finance
      • Wall Street closes with weekly gains, S&P 500, Dow hit record highs
        Wall Street closes with weekly gains, S&P 500, Dow hit record highs
        Reuters
    Companies speak out on voting rights
    • “There’s no ‘both sides of the debate’ when it comes to active voter suppression.”

    • “Companies that do this ooze contempt for their own customers and employees who are not in the leftmost quarter of opinion.”

    • “The truth is that Fortune 500 companies were never taking moral stances from the goodness of their corporate hearts.”

    • “The truth is, the companies hold the cards…If companies stick to their guns, Georgia is likely to back down as well.”

    • “When a company folds to the unfounded outrage of a few misinformed nuts, they are forever at the mob’s beck-and-call.”

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