Senate races to watch in 2020
The Fix’s Amber Phillips breaks down the most competitive Senate races to watch on election night and analyzes how the results could impact the balance of power in Congress.
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After almost 90 years of animated films, Disney has finally ventured into South East Asia.
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'The Walking Dead' made an unexpected choice concerning Daryl's romantic life after a decade
"TWD" is stirring the pot with Daryl's sexuality after 10 seasons. Fans have been vocal on who they have wanted to see Daryl paired with, if anyone.
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'It's a girl': Harry and Meghan reveal gender of second child in Oprah Winfrey interview
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have revealed they will be having a baby girl. The couple disclosed the gender of their second child during their interview with Oprah Winfrey. Asked whether it would be a boy or a girl, the Duke responded: "It's a girl." Ms Winfrey asked him how he felt when he saw the ultrasound scan, and he said: "Amazing." The Duke said: "[I'm] just grateful to have any child. Any, one or two, would have been amazing but to have a boy and then a girl what more can you ask for? "Now we've got our family, we got the four of us and our two dogs." The Duchess said the baby is due "in the summer". Asked if they were "done" with two children, the Duke said "done". The Duchess added: "Two is it."
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Gary Sánchez impressing Yankees after miserable 2020
Gary Sánchez has impressed the New York Yankees early on at spring training as the catcher strives to rebound from a disastrous 2020 season. Sánchez poked an opposite-field single to right in the second inning against Zack Wheeler and scored on Brett Gardner’s grand slam as the Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-0 on Sunday. “I think overall just a much more confident version of the Gary Sánchez that we saw in 2020,” Yankees catching coach Tanner Swanson said.
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Princess Diana's chief of staff says Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's royal rift echoes the past - and responsibility for reconciliation lies with 'senior palace management'
Ahead of bombshell Oprah interview, Patrick Jephson told CNN that previous tell-all interviews with the royal family "in all cases" has "backfired."
- Business Insider
A Trump appointee who was arrested after participating in the Capitol riot asked a judge if he could be transferred to a cell with no cockroaches
Federico Klein is believed to the first Trump appointee arrested in connection with the Capitol riot.
- BBC
Myanmar coup: Party official dies in custody after security raids
Activists say the worker for Aung San Suu Kyi's party was beaten after being arrested.
- USA TODAY
Video shows Rochester, New York, officer pepper-spraying mom with toddler
Rochester police again face questions over officers' use of pepper spray.
- The Independent
Harry and Meghan say concerns were raised by unnamed family member over how dark Archie’s skin would be
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- Reuters
French billionaire politician killed in helicopter crash
Olivier Dassault was killed on Sunday in a helicopter crash, a police source said, with President Emmanuel Macron paying tribute to the 69-year old conservative politician.
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Lindsey Graham said he deals with Trump's 'dark side' because he thinks he has a 'magic' other Republicans don't
Graham told "Axios on HBO" that Trump could make the party bigger, stronger, and more diverse, but that he "also could destroy it."
- The Independent
Lauren Boebert: Congresswoman linked to QAnon attacks Democrats for being ‘obsessed with conspiracies’
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- The Telegraph
Poll: Scots do not think Nicola Sturgeon has been totally honest about Alex Salmond scandal
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- BBC
What's causing vaccine delays in some Asian countries?
In Asia, some vaccination programmes are either yet to begin, or are at a very early stage.
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At Dubai airport, travelers' eyes become their passports
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A judge questioned the 'QAnon Shaman' about his '60 Minutes+' interview that was billed to the jail as a call with his lawyer
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Meghan Markle says Kate Middleton made her cry the week of her wedding over a flower girl dress - not the other way around
During the bombshell CBS interview, Meghan Markle said that a rumor she made Kate Middleton cry was the "beginning of a character assassination."
- Business Insider
Trump said he would travel the 5,000 miles from Mar-a-Lago to Alaska to bury the political career of GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski in revenge for her impeachment vote
Trump promised to back any 2022 challenger to the senator. Murkowski called on him to resign after the January 6 Capitol riot.
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Susan Rice is burning sage in her West Wing office, once occupied by anti-immigrant hardliner Stephen Miller, used to cleanse a space of negativity
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