Millions of people are still without electricity, hundreds of flights were canceled and the death toll rose due to a major winter storm spanning from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic that produced deep snow record-breaking cold temperatures. The storm hit Texas hard, a state which rarely sees extreme cold and snow, resulting in more than …
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Millions in Texas still without power as death toll rises after major snowfall and record cold
Millions of people are still without electricity, hundreds of flights were canceled and the death toll rose due to a major winter storm spanning from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic that produced deep snow record-breaking cold temperatures. The storm hit Texas hard, a state which rarely sees extreme cold and snow, resulting in more than …
Millions in Texas still without power as death toll rises after major snowfall and record cold
Millions of people are still without electricity, hundreds of flights were canceled and the death toll rose due to a major winter storm spanning from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic that produced deep snow record-breaking cold temperatures. The storm hit Texas hard, a state which rarely sees extreme cold and snow, resulting in more than …
NAACP and multiple congressmen sue Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani over Capitol riot
The NAACP and a Washington, D.C. civil rights law firm filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against former President Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani and two right-wing groups for violating the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act. Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi filed a 32-page lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., saying Trump conspired with …
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President Biden calls for gun law reforms on third anniversary of Parkland, FL school shooting
President Joe Biden called for gun legislation on Sunday, on the third anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fl. In a statement remembering the 17 lives lost– including 14 students and three staff -in the Feb. 14, 2018 shooting, Biden called on Congress to pass “commonsense gun law …
Suspect arrested after 2 dead, 2 wounded in series of stabbings on New York City subway line
The New York City police department said on Sunday that they have arrested a man in connection with a series of subway stabbing attacks that killed two people and injured two others. Rigoberto Lopez, 21, faces two charges of second-degree murder, two counts of attempted second-degree murder and a single count of first-degree murder, police …
Biden administration announces acquisition of 200M additional vaccine doses
On Thursday, President Joe Biden said his administration has finalized a deal for 200 million additional COVID-19 vaccine doses. Biden said the acquisition will give the United States a total of 600 million doses, enough to inoculate 300 million people by the end of July. Biden also announced that federally run community health centers will …
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Democrats rest their case in impeachment trial of Donald Trump
U.S. House impeachment managers rested their case on Thursday in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. In their third day of presentations, the Democrats presented video clips and other evidence showing participants saying they attacked the Capitol at the behest of Trump. The House team also relied heavily on video footage during the …
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President Biden announces executive order for new sanctions on those responsible for the military coup in Myanmar
President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday he had approved an executive order for new sanctions on those responsible for the military coup in Myanmar, repeating demands for the generals to give up power and free civilian leaders. Biden said the order enables his administration “to immediately sanction the military leaders who directed the coup, their …
Trump impeachment trial opens with graphic video of Capitol riot
A graphic video was shown to members of the Senate at the start of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Tuesday, containing the violence and obscenities shouted by the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol building on Jan. 6. The Democratic House impeachment managers presented the footage as a way of walking through the …
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