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- Medics Ordered to Ration Oxygen as COVID-19 Overwhelms L.A. Hospitals
- FDA Recommends U.S. Residents Get 2 Full Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine
- U.K. Orders Third Nationwide Lockdown Amid Fears of New Coronavirus Variant
- Polls Open in Georgia Special Election with Control of U.S. Senate at Stake
- House Democrats Prepare to Censure Trump over Attempt to Overturn Election Results
- D.C. Mayor Calls Out National Guard as Trump Supporters Plan Anti-Democracy Rally
- Proud Boys Leader Arrested for Illegal Weapons, Destroying Black Lives Matter Banner
- Iran Begins Enriching Uranium Beyond Limits of Nuclear Deal Trump Withdrew From
- Newly Unionized Workers Demand Google Promote Social & Economic Justice
- Some Chicago Teachers Refuse to Return to Classrooms over Coronavirus Safety Fears
- Western Shoshone Environmental & Land Rights Activist Carrie Dann Dies at 88
- U.K. Blocks Extradition of Julian Assange to U.S. Due to Mental Health Concerns
- Trump Attempts to Pressure Georgia’s Top Election Official into Changing Results of Vote
- GOP Lawmakers to Challenge Certification of Biden’s Win in Last-Ditch Effort to Overturn Election
- 117th Congress Sworn In Amid Pandemic, Pelosi Reelected as House Speaker
- U.S. COVID Cases Soar as New Spikes Expected After Holidays and Detection of More Contagious Variant
- India Approves 2 Vaccines as U.K. Starts Administering Oxford-AstraZeneca Shot
- Israel Vaccinates Over One-Tenth of Population, But Palestinians in Occupied Territories Left Out of Rollout
- Massive Blast at Yemen’s Aden Airport Kills at Least 26 People
- Fifth Afghan Media Worker Killed in Under Two Months
- Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Attack on Miners in Balochistan Region of Pakistan
- Iraqis Protest on Anniversary of Soleimani’s Assassination as Iran Warns U.S. May Be Planning Attack
- Journalist and Activist Omoyele Sowore Beaten and Arrested in Nigeria After Peaceful Protest
- Police Killing of Somali American Dolal Idd Prompts New Black Lives Matter Protests in Minneapolis
- Court Reinstates Jan. 12 Execution of Lisa Montgomery, the Only Woman on Federal Death Row
- “Most Prolific Serial Killer in U.S. History,” Who Targeted Poor and Marginalized Black Women, Dies
- Two Female U.S. Army Soldiers Found Dead in Texas
- Census Bureau Misses Deadline, Upending Trump’s Plans to Exclude Immigrants from 2020 Count
- McConnell Blocks Move to Up Stimulus Checks to $2,000; Progressive Senators Plan Filibuster on NDAA Veto
- U.S. Reports Record Deaths and Hospitalizations as New COVID Variant Identified in Colorado
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