Lawyers: Trump didn’t incite riot, trial unconstitutional
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers are denying that he played a role in inciting the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol and say that the Senate impeachment trial is unconstitutional. The lawyers filed their brief Tuesday ahead of next week’s trial on accusations that he provoked the siege of the Jan. 6 siege of…
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Capt. Tom Moore, UK veteran who walked for NHS, dies at 100
LONDON (AP) — The World War II veteran who walked into the hearts of a nation in lockdown as he shuffled up and down his garden to raise money for healthcare workers has died after testing positive for COVID-19. Capt. Tom Moore was 100. His family announced Moore’s death Tuesday in a tweet with his…
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Sprawling Winter Storm Hits more of Northeast, Dumping Snow
BOSTON (AP) — Parts of northern New England are waiting their turn to be pummeled by a heavy winter storm. Tuesday's snowfall comes as residents of the New York City region are digging out from under piles of snow that shut down public transport, canceled flights and closed coronavirus vaccination sites. The lumbering storm dropped…
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‘Saved by the Bell’ star Dustin Diamond dies of cancer at 44
“Saved by the Bell” star Dustin Diamond died Monday after a three-week fight with cancer. His spokesman confirmed Diamond's death. He was 44. Diamond, best known for playing Screech on the hit ’90s sitcom, was hospitalized last month in Florida and his team disclosed later he had cancer. “Saved by the Bell” aired from 1989…
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The Latest: Fauci pushes need for global vaccination effort
WASHINGTON — The virus that causes COVID-19 could gain a permanent place in the population without global vaccination, warns the U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci. “We’ve got to get the whole world vaccinated,” Fauci told reporters Monday during the International AIDS Society’s COVID-19 conference. “If we don’t get a global effort,…
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