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    • GOP lawmaker punished for spreading misinformation

      GOP lawmaker punished for spreading misinformation

      Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who supported President Trump's efforts to overturn the election, recently tweeted a slew of false claims about voter fraud in Georgia.

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      • Question asked by MLK is one we're asking again now

        Question asked by MLK is one we're asking again now

      • Man allegedly lived at airport for 3 months before arrest

        Man allegedly lived at airport for 3 months before arrest

      • Why Biden will likely keep Trump's top military adviser

        Why Biden will likely keep Trump's top military adviser

      • Biden camp responds to op-ed on telling Trump secrets

        Biden camp responds to op-ed on telling Trump secrets

      • Report: Trump allies behind rally that ignited Capitol riot

        Report: Trump allies behind rally that ignited Capitol riot

    • New Yorker publishes stunning video of Capitol riot
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      Yahoo News

      New Yorker publishes stunning video of Capitol riot

      The New Yorker on Sunday published 12 minutes of new, surreal footage from inside the Capitol during the mob rampage that left five people dead earlier this month. The video, recorded by veteran war correspondent Luke Mogelson, captures the mob breaking into the building, walking through hallways and taking over the Senate chamber. “If you will not stand down, you are outnumbered,” a man tells a Capitol Police officer after the rioters broke inside.

    • Man arrested at inauguration checkpoint with gun and ammo says he was lost and did not mean to bring weapon to DC
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      The Independent

      Man arrested at inauguration checkpoint with gun and ammo says he was lost and did not mean to bring weapon to DC

      A Virginia man arrested by law enforcement in Washington DC after trying to pass through an inauguration security checkpoint carrying an unregistered pistol and ammunition said he had gotten lost and did not mean to be in the capital. Wesley Allen Beeler, 31, drove into the heavily locked down portion of Washington DC surrounding the White House and the US Capitol. When he was intercepted by the Capitol Police, Me Beeler was arrested for possessing an unregistered firearm, unregistered ammunition and for carrying a pistol without a license, according to The Washington Post.

      • Virginia Man Arrested At D.C. Checkpoint With Gun, 500 Rounds Of Ammo: Reports
        Virginia Man Arrested At D.C. Checkpoint With Gun, 500 Rounds Of Ammo: Reports
        HuffPost
      • The Latest: Man arrested with handgun, ammo at DC checkpoint
        The Latest: Man arrested with handgun, ammo at DC checkpoint
        Associated Press
    • Congresswoman's spokesman quits less than 2 weeks into term
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      Associated Press

      Congresswoman's spokesman quits less than 2 weeks into term

      The spokesman for Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert has quit less than two weeks after she was sworn into office, saying he was prompted to by the insurrection at the nation's Capitol. Ben Goldey confirmed his departure to The Colorado Sun after it was first reported on Saturday by Axios. The Sun reported that Goldey did not respond to additional questions, but he told Axios he was leaving in the wake of a deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

      • Communications director for gun-toting congresswoman quits
        Communications director for gun-toting congresswoman quits
        Axios
      • Aide to Lauren Boebert resigns following Capitol riots
        Aide to Lauren Boebert resigns following Capitol riots
        The Independent
    • Russian prosecutors want Kremlin foe Navalny jailed for 30 days, Moscow tells West to butt out
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      Reuters

      Russian prosecutors want Kremlin foe Navalny jailed for 30 days, Moscow tells West to butt out

      State prosecutors in Russia asked a judge on Monday to jail Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny for 30 days, after he was detained the previous evening at a Moscow airport when flying home for the first time since he was poisoned last summer. The United Nations and Western nations told Russia to immediately free the opposition politician and some countries called for new sanctions. Moscow told them to mind their own business.

    • Israel may be starting to show 'herd effects' of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, expert suggests
      Health
      The Week

      Israel may be starting to show 'herd effects' of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, expert suggests

      Israel has vaccinated at least 25 percent of its population against the coronavirus so far, which leads the world and makes it "the country to watch for herd effects from" the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, says infectious disease expert David Fishman. Recently, the case rate in Israel appears to have declined sharply, and while there could be a few reasons for that, it's possible the vaccination effort is beginning to play a role. One study from Clalit that was published last week reports that 14 days after receiving the first Pfizer-BioNTech shot, infection rates among 200,000 Israelis older than 60 fell 33 percent among those vaccinated compared to 200,000 from the same demographic who...

    • Tens of thousands evacuated amid Indonesia floods
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      Tens of thousands evacuated amid Indonesia floods

      Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated and more than a dozen have been killed in recent days in flooding on Indonesia's Borneo island, officials said Sunday. National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesperson Raditya Jati said floods brought by intense rains caused floodwaters as high as 3 meters (10 feet). As of Sunday, 39,549 people had been evacuated and at least 15 had been killed due to floods that affected 10 districts and cities in South Kalimantan province on Borneo island.

    • Adam Schiff says ‘massive intelligence and security failure’ at US Capitol being investigated by the House
      Politics
      The Independent

      Adam Schiff says ‘massive intelligence and security failure’ at US Capitol being investigated by the House

      Rep. Adam Schiff, the House Intelligence Committee Chairman, said a "massive intelligence and security failure" was being investigated in connection with the US Capitol insurrection by Donald Trump's supporters on 6 January. Mr Schiff made the comments while appearing on CBS's Face the Nation. "Along with my fellow chairs, we are beginning an investigation into what went wrong," Mr Schiff said.

    • Venezuela dispatches oxygen for Brazil's Amazonas, reeling from COVID-19
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      Reuters

      Venezuela dispatches oxygen for Brazil's Amazonas, reeling from COVID-19

      Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday that a convoy of trucks carrying emergency oxygen supplies for Brazil's northern Amazonas state, where a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has hit hard, has departed and is set to arrive at the border by Monday morning. Reading from a message sent by Justo Noguera, governor of Venezuela's southern Bolivar state, Maduro said during a state television appearance that the six trucks would arrive at the Santa Elena de Uairen border crossing by morning, where they would be handed over to Brazilian health authorities.

    • Guatemala tries blocking caravan of 9,000 Honduran migrants
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      Associated Press

      Guatemala tries blocking caravan of 9,000 Honduran migrants

      Guatemalan soldiers blocked part of a caravan of as many as 9,000 Honduran migrants Saturday at a point not far from where they entered the country seeking to reach the U.S. border. The soldiers, many wearing helmets and wielding shields and sticks, formed ranks across a highway in Chiquimula, near the Honduras border, to block the procession of migrants. Guatemala's immigration agency distributed a video showing a couple of hundred men scuffling with soldiers, pushing and running through their lines, even as troops held hundreds more back.

      • Guatemala forces stall migrant caravan with tear gas, batons
        Guatemala forces stall migrant caravan with tear gas, batons
        Associated Press
      • 'There's no food': U.S.-bound migrant caravan hunkers down after Guatemala crackdown
        'There's no food': U.S.-bound migrant caravan hunkers down after Guatemala crackdown
        Reuters
    • 'Extreme urgent need': Starvation haunts Ethiopia's Tigray
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      Associated Press

      'Extreme urgent need': Starvation haunts Ethiopia's Tigray

      From “emaciated” refugees to crops burned on the brink of harvest, starvation threatens the survivors of more than two months of fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region. The first humanitarian workers to arrive after pleading with the Ethiopian government for access describe weakened children dying from diarrhea after drinking from rivers. A local official told a Jan. 1 crisis meeting of government and aid workers that hungry people had asked for “a single biscuit.”

    • A Biden presidency could bring a wave of policy shifts. Here are the ones you likely care about.
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      USA TODAY

      A Biden presidency could bring a wave of policy shifts. Here are the ones you likely care about.

      For the first time in a decade, Democrats will control both chambers of Congress, as well as the White House. President-elect Joe Biden, who will be sworn in to office Wednesday, has made clear his top priorities will be to not only reverse some of those implemented by President Donald Trump's administration, but also to implement aggressive relief toward COVID-19, and several areas of progressive legislation. Any of Biden's legislative priorities will have to pass through the Senate, which is narrowly Democratic-controlled but still requires at least 10 Republican votes to advance legislation and break a filibuster.

      • President-elect Biden plans to reverse several Trump administration policies in first 10 days
        President-elect Biden plans to reverse several Trump administration policies in first 10 days
        CBS News Videos
      • Joe Biden executive orders will reverse Trump on climate, Iran, Covid and more
        Joe Biden executive orders will reverse Trump on climate, Iran, Covid and more
        The Guardian
    • Israel OKs hundreds of settlement homes in last-minute push
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      Associated Press

      Israel OKs hundreds of settlement homes in last-minute push

      Israeli authorities on Sunday advanced plans to build nearly 800 homes in West Bank settlements, in a last-minute surge of approvals before the friendly Trump administration leaves office later this week. COGAT, the Israeli defense body that authorizes settlement construction, confirmed the approvals, which drew swift condemnations from the Palestinians. The anti-settlement monitoring group Peace Now said that over 90% of the homes lay deep inside the West Bank, which the Palestinians seek as the heartland of a future independent state, and over 200 homes were located in unauthorized outposts that the government had decided to legalize.

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      Associated Press

      Israeli jets hit Hamas targets in Gaza after rockets fired

      Israeli military aircraft struck targets in the Gaza Strip early on Monday in response to two rockets fired from the Palestinian territory, the military said. In a statement, the military said fighter jets hit Hamas military targets, including sites for digging underground tunnels, some of which stretch into Israel. There were also no reports of damage or injury from the rockets launched.

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      Reuters Videos

      Biden to end Keystone XL pipeline early on

      U.S. President-elect Joe Biden may end the Keystone XL pipeline project as one of his first acts in office, a source familiar with his thinking told Reuters it could happen as early as day one. Biden, who will be inaugurated on Wednesday, was vice president when Barack Obama rejected the $9 billion project in 2015. Then two years later, Donald Trump issued a presidential permit that allowed the line to move forward.

    • How 'bewildered' Trump campaign aides would reportedly discreetly escape election challenge meetings
      Politics
      The Week

      How 'bewildered' Trump campaign aides would reportedly discreetly escape election challenge meetings

      In the immediate aftermath of President-elect Joe Biden's victory in November, the leaders of President Trump's re-election campaign told him he had about a five to 10 percent chance of picking up enough outstanding votes in Georgia and Arizona and win a legal challenge against election practices in Wisconsin, which would overturn the results, Axios' Jonathan Swan reports in part of his series on the final two months of Trump's presidency. Trump initially told his campaign aides — including campaign manager Bill Stepien, senior adviser Jason Miller, and deputy campaign manager Justin Clark — that it was worth a shot, but he was simultaneously listening to another plan presented by attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell that was steeped in conspiracy theories.

    • The pandemic devastated airlines in 2020 and forced many out of business - here's the most notable that didn't make it to 2021
      Business
      Business Insider

      The pandemic devastated airlines in 2020 and forced many out of business - here's the most notable that didn't make it to 2021

      All 11 major US airlines remained intact but smaller regional carriers were forced to close or merge due to the drop in travel demand. A surprise announcement in February that the promising Qatar Airways-backed Air Italy would be liquidated set the stage for a year of losses even before lockdowns grounded the world's airlines. In the US, all 11 major airlines remained intact but smaller regional carriers folded amid an unprecedented drop in passengers that remains low even into the new year.

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      Associated Press

      Pakistani raid kills Taliban suspected of slaying of troops

      Pakistani security forces raided a hideout Monday in a former insurgent stronghold in the country's northwest and killed two Taliban fighters, including one suspected of involvement in an October attack that killed six soldiers, the military said. A third suspect was arrested in the raid in the South Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Pakistani militants have in recent months stepped up attacks on troops in the former tribal regions bordering Afghanistan, citing concerns that insurgents are regrouping there.

    • Israel moves to rein in rights group over 'apartheid' use
      World
      Associated Press

      Israel moves to rein in rights group over 'apartheid' use

      Israel's education minister says he is banning groups that call Israel an “apartheid state” from lecturing at schools — a move that targets one of the country's leading human rights groups after it began describing both Israel and its control of the Palestinian territories as a single apartheid system. The explosive term, long seen as taboo and mostly used by the country's harshest critics, is vehemently rejected by Israel's leaders and many ordinary Israelis. Education Minister Yoav Galant tweeted late on Sunday that he had instructed the ministry's director general to “prevent the entry of organizations calling Israel 'an apartheid state' or demeaning Israeli soldiers from lecturing at schools.”

    • Running on empty: Senate Republicans ponder barring Donald Trump from seeking office again
      Politics
      USA TODAY

      Running on empty: Senate Republicans ponder barring Donald Trump from seeking office again

      Several senators, including Republicans, have noted that if they vote to convict Trump of inciting last week's attack on Congress, they could then vote to bar him from future public office, effectively nixing another presidential campaign. "If the president is convicted, there will be a vote on barring him from running again," said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., soon to be the new Senate majority leader. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the chamber's top Republican, made clear he is considering conviction, opening the door to an effective ban on Trump within the Republican Party.

    • Ted Cruz's former staffers say they are 'disgusted' by his role in the US Capitol insurrection and his unflinching support of Trump, report says
      Politics
      Business Insider

      Ted Cruz's former staffers say they are 'disgusted' by his role in the US Capitol insurrection and his unflinching support of Trump, report says

      At least six of Sen. Ted Cruz's former aides have expressed their disgust at the recent actions of their former boss, according to New York Magazine's Intelligencer. Ted Cruz is under fire for spreading election misinformation, objecting to the results of the 2020 election being certified, and having fundraised during the US Capitol insurrection. Democratic lawmakers have called for Cruz to resign or to be removed from office.

      • Ted Cruz responds to DC rioter saying Cruz 'wants us to do this'
        Ted Cruz responds to DC rioter saying Cruz 'wants us to do this'
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      • Group calls for Sen Ted Cruz's resignation at protest
        Group calls for Sen Ted Cruz's resignation at protest
        KTRK – Houston
    • U.S. team sure of continuing in America's Cup after capsize
      Sports
      Associated Press

      U.S. team sure of continuing in America's Cup after capsize

      U.S. challenger American Magic is assessing the extent of damage to its racing yacht Patriot, which capsized and came close to sinking during racing Sunday in the America's Cup challenger series. Skipper Terry Hutchinson said American Magic is confident of making repairs and being able to continue in the Prada Cup series, which resumes in Auckland on Friday. Patriot, which lost its first three races in the challengers series, was leading Italian challenger Luna Rossa when it capsized rounding the final mark.

      • Americans suffer horror capsize while Ainslie's winning run continues at America's Cup
        Americans suffer horror capsize while Ainslie's winning run continues at America's Cup
        Yahoo Sport UK
      • British Olympic champion Goodison involved in dramatic America's Cup capsize
        British Olympic champion Goodison involved in dramatic America's Cup capsize
        Yahoo Sport UK
    • Twitter suspends US congresswoman over election fraud claims
      Politics
      Associated Press

      Twitter suspends US congresswoman over election fraud claims

      Twitter on Sunday temporarily suspended the account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican U.S. Congresswoman from Georgia who has expressed racist views and support for QAnon conspiracy theories online. Greene's account was suspended “without explanation," she said in a statement, while also condemning big tech companies for “silencing” conservative views. Before noon Sunday, Greene posted a clip from an interview with a local news outlet in which she condemned Georgia election officials and expressed support for debunked theories claiming that voting machines, absentee ballots and other issues led to widespread fraud in the state during the presidential election.

      • Twitter Temporarily Suspends QAnon Rep. For Election Disinformation, Inciting Violence
        Twitter Temporarily Suspends QAnon Rep. For Election Disinformation, Inciting Violence
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      • Twitter locks account of Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican who promoted QAnon
        Twitter locks account of Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican who promoted QAnon
        Reuters
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      Reuters Videos

      Police use water cannon on anti-lockdown protest

      The protesters had gathered on a square in front of the Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum art galleries, carrying signs reading "Freedom: stop this siege" and chanting "What do we want? Freedom!" None wore masks, which are not mandatory, and few respected social distancing rules.

    • Norwegian health officials have adjusted their advice on who gets a COVID-19 vaccine as 29 frail elderly people die
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      Business Insider

      Norwegian health officials have adjusted their advice on who gets a COVID-19 vaccine as 29 frail elderly people die

      Watch: Norway adjusts advice for elderly and frail people after COVID-19 vaccine deaths Norwegian health officials have changed their advice on who gets a COVID-19 vaccine after more than 25 elderly people with underlying health conditions died. According to the agency, "all deaths" are linked to the Pfizer vaccine, which was the only one available in the country until Friday. However, Norwegian officials maintain they are not alarmed and have advised individual doctors to decide who should receive a vaccine.

    • History-making woman kicker invited to Biden inauguration
      Sports
      Associated Press

      History-making woman kicker invited to Biden inauguration

      Sarah Fuller, the first woman to score in a Power Five conference football game, says she's been invited to attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday. Attendance at the inauguration will be strictly curtailed because of the COVID-19 pandemic and security measures put in place after a violent mob supporting President Donald Trump invaded the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 as Congress was certifying Biden's victory.

      • Vanderbilt’s Sarah Fuller to take part in Joe Biden's presidential inauguration
        Vanderbilt’s Sarah Fuller to take part in Joe Biden's presidential inauguration
        Yahoo Sports
      • Investors eye Inauguration Day, Netflix earnings: What to know in the week ahead
        Investors eye Inauguration Day, Netflix earnings: What to know in the week ahead
        Yahoo Finance
    Why Democrats won in Georgia
    • “If you’re looking to win elections, it is probably best not to urge your supporters not to vote.”

    • “Warnock’s portrayal of himself as a dog lover, a means of overcoming white suspicions of Black men, smacked of pure genius.”

    • “Trump has done damage to the Republican brand among suburban voters that goes well beyond just races where he is on the ballot.”

    • “Once more, Democrats must profusely thank activist Stacey Abrams.”

    • “Overall, demographic trends show that the state’s electorate is becoming younger and more diverse each year.”

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