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Will Biden’s Stimulus Package Help Reverse the ‘Shecession’?

Experts say the $1.9 trillion package will help women get back to work. Here’s how.

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Will Trump maintain longstanding tradition of U.S. presidential depart...

President Donald Trump's refusal to accept the results of November's election makes it doubtful Trump will leave behind any handwritten, friendly advice for Biden.

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Biden virtual inaugural event to celebrate resiliency, heroism of Blac...

The event will pay homage to the rich history of the nation's historically Black colleges and universities, as well as Black sororities and fraternities.

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U.S. coronavirus death toll nears 400,000 as officials try to curtail ...

As Americans observed a national holiday Monday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pleaded with federal authorities to curtail travel from countries where new variants are spreading.

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Alberta premier urges Biden to show Canada ‘respect’ on Keystone XL fi...

Jason Kenney says halting construction on the controversial project will be disastrous for both the Canadian and U.S. economies and their relationship.

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Israel shares coronavirus vaccine data with Pfizer to help fine-tune r...

Israelis began receiving first shots of the vaccine developed by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech on Dec. 19 in one of the world's fastest vaccination rollouts.

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Norway changes Pfizer coronavirus vaccine use policy to consider exclu...

The Norwegian Medicines Agency said that"common adverse reactions may have contributed to a severe course in elderly people who are frail."

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Man caught living at O’Hare airport for 3 months was ‘scared’ of COVID...

Prosecutors say the man stole an ID badge and lived in the security zone at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

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EU mulls coronavirus vaccination certificates for upcoming tourism sea...

Vaccinations have started across the 27-nation EU, but it is unclear what proportion of the population will be vaccinated in time for the summer holiday season.

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Amazon's 'Tandav' Show Angers India's Hindu Nationalists

Artists say officials tied to the country’s ruling party use pressure to stem criticism. Streaming services hoping to tap the Indian market’s potential have been caught in the middle.

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‘On our own’: Police recall how fast command structure crumbled during...

Several officers said they were given next to no warning by leadership on the morning of Jan. 6 about what would become a growing force of thousands of rioters.

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Investors Push Home Depot and Omnicom to Steer Ads From Misinformation...

Companies have struggled to keep their ad dollars from going to online outlets that promoted fraudulent theories about the 2020 election.

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U.S. Capitol briefly shut down after fire breaks out nearby

Dark smoke began to drift over the building shortly after 10 a.m. Monday as a rehearsal for President-Elect Joe Biden's inauguration was underway.

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Giuliani says he’s a ‘witness,’ can’t defend Trump at impeachment tria...

U.S. President Donald Trump has been impeached twice due to events involving Rudy Giuliani.

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Meet Marie-Soleil Beaudoin, the first Nova Scotia woman to referee at ...

Every game is a new challenge and we never know what’s going to happen in the game, so it makes it kind of exciting, says Marie-Soleil Beaudoin.

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World on brink of ‘catastrophic moral failure’ with vaccine nationalis...

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the prospects for equitable distribution were at "serious risk."

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What Martin Luther King Jr. Taught His Son About Protest

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Martin Luther King III shares what he learned about life and protest from his father, the iconic civil rights leader.

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U.K. vaccinating 140 people per minute on average, minister says

The United Kingdom, which has the world's fifth-worst official COVID-19 death toll, is racing to be among the first major countries to vaccinate its population.

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Arrest of Alexei Navalny adds layer of tension to Russia, West relatio...

Calls for his immediate release have come from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and top officials of other EU nations.

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Gary Gensler Is Picked to Lead S.E.C.

The Biden administration also named Rohit Chopra as the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in moves that would bring Obama-era regulators to oversee key financial agencies.

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Jay Y. Lee, Chief of South Korea's Samsung Empire, Is Sent to Prison

Lee Jae-yong was convicted of bribing Park Geun-hye, the former president of South Korea who was impeached in 2017.

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Samsung Chief Will Return to Prison for Bribery

Lee Jae-yong was convicted of bribing Park Geun-hye, the former president of South Korea who was impeached in 2017.

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Trump preparing to issue over 100 pardons, commutations on Tuesday: so...

The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said so far Trump does not plan to pardon himself and also does not plan to issue preemptive pardons for members of his family.

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Biden inauguration: FBI vetting national guard members amid fears of i...

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said officials are conscious of the potential threat, and he warned commanders to be on the lookout for any problems within their ranks.

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Behind a Secret Deal Between Google and Facebook

Facebook was going to compete with Google for some advertising sales but backed away from the plan after the companies cut a preferential deal, according to court documents.

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Guatemalan police block Honduran migrant caravan with tear gas, batons...

Honduras has been ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic and the hurricanes that hit the country in November leaving its most productive northern regions in tatters.

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Most Major Economies Are Shrinking. Not China’s.

The Chinese economy grew 2.3 percent last year, the country’s National Bureau of Statistics announced on Monday in Beijing.

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Gary Gensler Set to Lead S.E.C.

The Biden administration is also expected to name Rohit Chopra as the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in moves that would bring Obama-era regulators to oversee key financial agencies.

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Fox Settled a Lawsuit Over Its Lies. But It Insisted on One Unusual Co...

Why did the network insist an agreement with the family of a murdered young man remain undisclosed until after the election?

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Fox Agreed to Pay for Telling Lies. But It Insisted on One Unusual Con...

Why did the network insist its hyping of a conspiracy theory stay secret until after the election?

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Gary Gensler to Be Named Head of S.E.C.

Mr. Gensler led the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, reinvigorating a regulator that at times overshadowed the agency he’s now been tapped to lead.

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Close Trump allies behind rally that sparked U.S. Capitol riot: record...

The riot at the Capitol, incited by Trump's comments before and during his speech at the rally, has led to a reckoning unprecedented in American history.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican QAnon supporter, suspended f...

Greene is a businesswoman and political newcomer who’s gained large followings on social media in part by posting incendiary videos and comments.

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How to Get the Coronavirus Vaccine in N.Y.C.

There are multiple websites, disappearing slots and even attempts to game the system. Here’s our guide to what you have to do to get a dose in your arm.

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Twitter and Facebook Barred Trump. China Is on His Side.

Blurring the distinction between companies and government, official propaganda outlets use President Trump’s ouster from Twitter and Facebook to argue that nobody in the world enjoys free speech.

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‘Most dangerous crime’: Democrats build impeachment case against Trump...

The House voted to impeach Trump last Wednesday, one week after the violent insurrection that ransacked the Capitol and has left Congress deeply shaken.

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Biden to await advice on sharing secrets with Trump

Gordon, who resigned in 2019, said any former president was a foreign intelligence target but Trump "might be unusually vulnerable to bad actors with ill intent."

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Fauci says 100M coronavirus vaccinations in 100 days ‘absolutely a doa...

He said more vaccinations - coupled with mask-wearing and avoiding crowds - would be the best way for the United States to tackle a new, more infectious strain of the coronavirus.

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U.S. military completes removal of troops from Somalia

The U.S. personnel trained and supported Somali forces, including its elite special forces, in counter-terror operations.

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Phil Spector, convicted murderer, famed music producer, dies at 81

Spector was convicted of murdering actress Lana Clarkson in 2003 at his castle-like mansion on the edge of Los Angeles.

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Feds laying groundwork to ensure Biden hears Canada’s priorities, amba...

'We have been spending months getting ready for that,' Canada's Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman told 'The West Block''s Mercedes Stephenson.

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The U.K. has vaccinated more people than it has confirmed COVID-19 cas...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Jan. 2 ordered England into its third national lockdown in an effort to slow the spread of the virus.

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Some Hot Pockets Recalled Over Possible Glass or Plastic

Nestlé Prepared Foods said the product might be contaminated with “extraneous materials,” including glass and hard plastic.

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Canada unlikely to see election violence akin to U.S. unrest: Vance

"We're a different country that doesn't generate that sort of response," said former chief of defence staff and retired Gen. Jonathan Vance on the deadly U.S. Capitol siege.

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Iran asks UN watchdog to stop publishing ‘unnecessary’ details about n...

On Thursday, the IAEA said Iran had informed it that it had begun installing equipment for the production of uranium metal.

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A look at some of the false claims made by Trump, the ‘alternative fac...

Throughout his term, to go with Trump's flow was to suspend logic, to disdain arithmetic, to ignore that his latest statement contradicted what he said days before.

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Tens of thousands evacuated as Indonesia floods kill at least 15

National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesperson Raditya Jati said floods brought by intense rains caused floodwaters as high as 3 metres.

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Kamala Harris to resign her U.S. Senate seat Monday ahead of inaugurat...

Harris will give no farewell Senate floor speech. The Senate is not scheduled to reconvene until Tuesday, the eve of Inauguration Day.

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Former FBI official says Canada’s spy catching system caused delay, an...

The RCMP arrested Delisle, a junior navy officer, on Jan. 13, 2012, for violating the Security of Information Act.

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Biden outlines agenda of executive actions planned for 1st day in offi...

The opening salvo would herald a 10-day blitz of executive actions as Biden seeks to redirect the country in the wake of Trump’s presidency without waiting for Congress.

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