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Saad scores twice, Avalanche rout Sharks 7-3
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The federal insurance marketplace, currently serving 36 states, concluded a successful annual sign-up season in December, with enrollment for 2021 growing by about 7%.
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The baseball Hall of Fame won’t have any new players in the class of 2021 after voters decided no one had the merits — on-the-field or off — for enshrinement in Cooperstown on this year’s ballot.
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The senators took oaths Tuesday to ensure “impartial justice” as jurors in the trial, proceedings that will test Republican loyalty to the former president for the first time after the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol.
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The fast-moving events on Capitol Hill come as Biden's team at the White House is meeting privately with lawmakers to develop a bipartisan package, in line with his “unity” agenda.
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Army leaders announced Tuesday that they are loosening restrictions on various grooming and hairstyle rules, as service leaders try to address longstanding complaints, particularly from women.
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A federal judge has ordered city officials in Denver to give seven-day notices before clearing out illegal homeless encampments in the city.
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Yogananda Pittman, in prepared testimony before Congress, said that the Capitol Police “failed to meet its own high standards as well as yours.”
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People posting on Twitter reported having issues connecting with various online services in a geographic area stretching from Washington to Boston.
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Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, Hall of Famer Chipper Jones and former Braves outfielder Marquis Grissom were among those who spoke at the ceremony.
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A federal judge on Tuesday barred the U.S. government from enforcing a 100-day deportation moratorium that is a key immigration priority of President Joe Biden.
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President Joe Biden has looked to establish a sharp break from the warm rhetoric often displayed toward Vladimir Putin by his predecessor, Donald Trump.
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There were early closures of several coronavirus testing sites on Monday in Nebraska and Iowa, and both states saw more than a foot of snow in places by Tuesday morning.
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Quarantine hotels have been used to limit virus transmissions in countries including Australia, New Zealand, China, India and Singapore but the practice has not been widely adopted in Europe.
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Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport had the most guns seized, 220, followed by 176 guns at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
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Throughout his campaign and transition, President Joe Biden promised that his administration would keep issues of equity in the shaping of all policy considerations.
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The Biden administration has emphasized the need to get its nominees approved quickly given the threats facing the country from a global pandemic and a slumping economy.
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U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration announced Tuesday it was restoring relations with the Palestinians and renewing aid to Palestinian refugees, a reversal of the Trump administration’s cutoff and a key element of its new support for a two-state solution to the decades-old conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
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The first private space station crew was introduced Tuesday: Three men who are each paying $55 million to fly on a SpaceX rocket. They’ll be led by a former NASA astronaut now working for Axiom Space, the Houston company that arranged the trip for next January.
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Environmental groups hailed the expected moratorium as the kind of bold, urgent action needed to slow climate change.
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A Delaware judge has approved a revised Weinstein Co. bankruptcy plan that provides about $35 million for creditors, with roughly half that amount going to women who have accused disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct.
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The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Antony Blinken as America’s top diplomat, tasked with carrying out President Joe Biden’s commitment to reverse the Trump administration’s “America First” doctrine that weakened international alliances.
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The health department said 100,162 people have died after testing positive, including 1,631 new deaths reported Tuesday.
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The present situation index weakened further, likely reflecting concerns about the resurgence of COVID-19.
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A Texas man has pleaded guilty to a terror charge after authorities accused him of plotting attacks on the White House and Trump Tower in New York City.
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The U.S. military is exploring the possibility of using a Red Sea port in Saudi Arabia and an additional two airfields in the kingdom amid heightened tensions with Iran, the military said Tuesday.
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A motorist repeatedly drove into people along streets and sidewalks in Portland, Oregon, on Monday, killing an elderly woman who was dragged beneath the wheels.
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A British socialite charged with recruiting teenage girls for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse in the 1990s asked a judge Monday to dismiss the case on multiple grounds.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2021 at 8:04 PM MST
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A Denver-based medical equipment company is expected to pay Colorado $70,000 after the state alleged the business made misleading claims about masks and respirators sold during the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2021 at 7:03 PM MST
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Emotional-support animals are no longer free to roam about the cabin on Southwest Airlines.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2021 at 6:38 PM MST
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Trump is the first former president to face an impeachment trial, and it will test his grip on the Republican Party as well as the legacy of his tenure.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2021 at 5:39 PM MST
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Janet Yellen has been confirmed as President Joe Biden’s treasury secretary in an overwhelming Senate vote.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2021 at 3:02 PM MST
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Twitter is enlisting its users to help combat misinformation on its service by flagging and notating misleading and false tweets.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2021 at 12:58 PM MST
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President Joe Biden on Monday will formally reinstate COVID-19 travel restrictions on non-U.S. travelers from Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom and 26 other European countries that allow travel across open borders, according to two White House officials.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2021 at 12:08 PM MST
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The Justice Department’s inspector general is launching an investigation to examine whether any former or current department officials “engaged in an improper attempt” to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2021 at 11:24 AM MST
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The justices threw out Trump’s challenge to lower court rulings that had allowed lawsuits to go forward alleging that he violated the Constitution’s emoluments clause by accepting payments from foreign and domestic officials who stay at the Trump International Hotel.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2021 at 11:09 AM MST
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The murders come on the heels of an unprecedented year of violence in the city, as the 2020 homicide rate reached a historic high.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2021 at 10:56 AM MST
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“Hammerin’ Hank” died Friday at age 86, drawing praise from all segments of society — including the current and former presidents — for his Hall of Fame career and providing inspiration to Black Americans by overcoming intense racism in his pursuit of baseball’s home run record.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2021 at 5:57 AM MST
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Four times as many jobs were lost last year due to the coronavirus pandemic as during the worst part of the global financial crisis in 2009, a U.N. report said Monday.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2021 at 4:58 AM MST
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Two White House officials say President Joe Biden on Monday will formally reinstate COVID-19 travel restrictions on non-U.S. travelers from Brazil, Ireland, United Kingdom and 26 other European countries that allow travel across open borders.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 10:15 PM MST
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Jakob Silfverberg and Rickard Rakell scored and the Anaheim Ducks held on for a 3-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 8:35 PM MST
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Defending champions Kansas City Chiefs won the AFC championship.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 6:45 PM MST
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Top aides to President Joe Biden have begun talks with a group of moderate Senate Republicans and Democrats on Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 6:34 PM MST
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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he has tested positive for COVID-19 and that the symptoms are mild.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 6:29 PM MST
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Federal law enforcement officials are examining a number of threats aimed at members of Congress as the second trial of former President Donald Trump nears.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 5:01 PM MST
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are advancing to Super Bowl, beating Green Bay Packers 31-26 in NFC championship game.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 3:32 PM MST
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Jimmie Rodgers, singer of the 1957 hits “Honeycomb” and “Kisses Sweeter Than Wine” whose career in music and movies was disrupted by a severe head injury a decade later, has died at age 87.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 1:15 PM MST
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A growing number of Republican senators say they oppose holding an impeachment trial.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 12:49 PM MST
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Dr. Deborah Birx says when she was coordinator of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force, she had to grapple with COVID-19 deniers in the White House and that someone gave the president “parallel” streams of data that conflicted with hers.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 12:40 PM MST
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A police car arrived, then drove through the crowd after people tried to block the vehicle, a witness said.