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Month: January 2021

Leahy, not Roberts, expected to preside over impeachment trial as House to send article to Senate on Monday

The contours of former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial are starting to take shape, with the Senate’s longest-serving Democrat expected to preside over the trial and Democrats still weighing whether to pursue witnesses during proceedings that could take up a chunk of February. Chief Justice John Roberts will not be presiding like he did

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Facebook suspends Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu-linked chatbot for breaking its privacy rules

Facebook has deleted a post by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and suspended a chatbot linked to his account for violating the company’s privacy policy. Visitors to the Prime Minister’s Facebook page, who clicked on a link about the coronavirus, received an automatic message, purporting to come from Netanyahu. “If you have friends or family

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At least 20 people tested positive for Covid-19 after attending a high school wrestling tournament

More than 20 student athletes, staff and spectators who attended a wrestling tournament in Louisiana have tested positive for Covid-19. Now, the state health department is advising everyone who attended to get tested for the virus. The Louisiana Classic Wrestling Tournament took place earlier this month at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, a

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Volatility hits Wall Street

It’s a volatile day on Wall Street, where stocks suddenly tumbled mid-morning before bouncing back. Investors have a lot on their minds: President Joe Biden’s stimulus plan is facing criticism from lawmakers concerned about the deficit, a deluge of corporate earnings is on tap and drug maker Merck pulled its Covid-19 vaccine plans. Meanwhile, various

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Los CDC revisan nuevos datos que sugieren que la variante del coronavirus identificada en el Reino Unido podría ser más mortal

(CNN) — Los científicos de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. dialogan con funcionarios de salud del Reino Unido para obtener más información sobre los datos británicos que sugieren que una nueva variante del coronavirus podría ser más mortal. «Los CDC se han comunicado con los funcionarios del Reino

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FARC: el fin de un nombre que simbolizó más de 50 años de terror y muerte en Colombia

(CNN Español) — El partido FARC decidió cambiar su nombre por «Comunes». Así lo acordaron sus delegados durante la segunda asamblea general extraordinaria realizada este fin de semana en Medellín. El anuncio fue hecho por Rodrigo Londoño, alias “Timochenko”, a través de su cuenta en Twitter. «Quiero informarle a Colombia y a la comunidad internacional que

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A pandemic playbook for a new year

It has been more than one year since the first reported case of Covid-19 in the United States — a day that changed our country forever. The arrival of the novel coronavirus on our doorstep continues to challenge our public health officials, scientists, health care workers and, frankly, the American public, to go above and

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Health officials speak on what lifting stay-at-home orders means for hospitals

Stay-at-home orders began in December for several counties in Southern California when coronavirus cases worsened. Most businesses had to shut down with people urged to stay home until the ICU capacity dropped below 15%.  California lifted regional stay-at-home orders across the state Monday in response to improving coronavirus conditions, returning the state to a system

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Biden set to reinstate coronavirus-related travel restrictions that Trump lifted

President Joe Biden on Monday will sign a presidential proclamation reinstating the travel restrictions imposed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed during her daily briefing. This move will reinstate the restrictions that former President Donald Trump lifted last week, and includes non-US citizens who have been in Brazil, Ireland,

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Biden lifts transgender military ban

President Joe Biden signed an executive order to repeal a Trump-era ban on most transgender Americans joining the military on Monday alongside Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. “This is reinstating a position that the previous commanders and, as well as the secretaries, have supported. And what I’m doing is enabling all qualified Americans to serve their country in

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Moderna expects vaccine will be protective against variants, but will test boosters to improve immunity

The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine created antibodies that neutralized coronavirus variants first found in the United Kingdom and South Africa, the company said in a news release on Monday. But there are concerns that the vaccine may have a somewhat decreased efficacy against the strain first spotted in South Africa, and Moderna is working on a

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Watch: Gov. Newsom discusses lifting regional stay-at-home orders

Governor Gavin Newsom is speaking at noon Monday on the sudden lifting of the regional stay-at-home orders. This leaves Coachella Valley and Riverside County back into the ‘Purple Tier.’ You can watch the full briefing below: SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lifted regional stay-at-home orders across the state Monday in response to improving coronavirus conditions,

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