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Video surfaces showing QAnon-promoting congresswoman harassing Stoneman Douglas student after massacre

  • Anthony Man South Florida Sun Sentinel (TNS)
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Video surfaced Wednesday showing U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican QAnon promoter, following David Hogg near the U.S. Capitol, harassing him and trying to goad him into responding.

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Trump-appointed judges fuel abortion debate in the states

  • Scott S. Greenberger Stateline.org (TNS)
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Larry Grooms believes that “abortion is denying the right to life to many South Carolinians.” The Republican state senator, who has been in office since 1997, has introduced a bill to restrict abortion access nearly every year because, he says, “the right to life to me is a sacred issue.”

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Right-wing extremists stage 'meme war' to compete for Trump supporters

  • Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Richard Read Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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HOUSTON — Far-right leaders across the nation — disillusioned by former President Donald Trump’s defeat and banished from mainstream social media — have launched recruitment drives in new radicalization efforts that have turned into a “meme war” among groups such as the Boogaloo Bois, the Pr…

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Oscar and Emmy-winning actor Cloris Leachman dies at 94

  • By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cloris Leachman, an Oscar-winner for her portrayal of a lonely housewife in “The Last Picture Show” and a comedic delight as the fearsome Frau Blücher in “Young Frankenstein” and neighbor Phyllis on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” has died. She was 94.

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Fed maintains monetary stimulus, cites moderating recovery

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Federal Reserve officials left their benchmark interest rate unchanged near zero as they flagged a moderating U.S. recovery and reiterated a pledge to use all available tools to support the economy during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Hello, P-95! Young male mountain lion tagged by biologists in Santa Monica Mountains

  • Jennifer Lu Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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LOS ANGELES — The young mountain lion was in the central Santa Monica Mountains on a Saturday night when he crossed paths with some biologists.

Foundations focus their attentions on saving democracy
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Foundations focus their attentions on saving democracy

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NEW YORK (AP) — Democracy, as President Joe Biden declared in his inaugural speech, survived a barrage of misinformation and an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol to achieve a peaceful transfer of power.

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NYC man arrested for Twitter voter misinformation campaign in 2016 election

  • Noah Goldberg New York Daily News (TNS)
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NEW YORK — A New York City resident and right-wing Twitter troll was arrested for spreading disinformation on the social media platform, telling people they could vote by text in the 2016 presidential election in an effort to suppress votes for Hillary Clinton, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

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Upstate New York man who bragged about smoking in the Capitol charged in Jan. 6 siege

  • Chelsia Rose Marcius New York Daily News (TNS)
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An upstate New York man who bragged in a Facebook video that he was in the “Capitol building smoking with all my people!” has been charged in the Jan. 6 siege, federal court documents show.

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Beloved pediatrician slain by fellow doctor in Austin hostage standoff, police say

  • Ryan Autullo, Hojun Choi, Tony Plohetski, Kelsey Bradshaw and Katie Hall Austin American-Statesman (TNS)
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AUSTIN, Texas —A beloved Austin pediatrician was slain Tuesday by another doctor who police say had entered her office around closing time and held her hostage before killing her and himself.

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Baltimore surveillance planes tied to 'small increases' in solving serious crimes, report says

  • Mark Schlinkmann St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS)
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ST. LOUIS — Aerial surveillance in Baltimore led to a small improvement in solving serious crimes during its six months of operation last year, researchers said Wednesday.

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Emmett Till’s Chicago home granted city landmark status

  • John Byrne Chicago Tribune (TNS)
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CHICAGO — The Chicago South Side home of Emmett Till and his mother — where the boy was living when he was tortured and murdered during a 1955 trip to Mississippi — was granted city landmark status by the City Council on Wednesday as a group seeks to turn it into a museum.

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US terrorism alert warns of politically motivated violence

  • Chelsia Rose Marcius New York Daily News (TNS)
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The Department of Homeland Security issued a national terrorism bulletin Wednesday warning that “domestic violent extremists” who object to the outcome of the presidential election still pose a threat following the U.S. Capitol siege on Jan. 6, just three weeks ago.

US House data not ready until April, states' data after July
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US House data not ready until April, states' data after July

  • By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press
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The U.S. Census Bureau is aiming to deliver the long-delayed numbers used for divvying up congressional seats by the end of April, but a holdup on redistricting data could disrupt several states’ abilities to redraw their own legislative maps ahead of upcoming elections, an agency official s…

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Biden officials try to confront virus mutations, seek more aid

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WASHINGTON — Virus mutations that could accelerate the spread of COVID-19 and vaccine distribution challenges are two of the main issues facing the country as states work to get shots in arms, Biden administration health officials told reporters Wednesday.

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Schumer pushed by progressives to defy Republicans on filibuster

  • Jarrell Dillard Bloomberg News (TNS)
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WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is under pressure from progressives to eliminate the long-standing filibuster rule that lets the chamber’s minority block legislation, a politically explosive step aimed at clearing a path for President Joe Biden’s agenda.

NFL picks 3 honorary captains, Amanda Gorman for coin toss
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NFL picks 3 honorary captains, Amanda Gorman for coin toss

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    NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has selected three people who have served during the coronavirus pandemic as honorary captains for the Super Bowl along with inaugural poet Amanda Gorman for an original poem.

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