Thomas Webster’s prison sentence is the longest so far among roughly 250 people who have been punished for their conduct during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Judge again denies Sen. Lindsey Graham’s effort to dodge Georgia subpoena
The South Carolina senator can be questioned about any alleged effort to encourage Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to throw out ballots or alter his state’s election practices and procedures.
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Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, News, Politics
Biden warns ‘MAGA Republicans’ are threatening democracy
Holding little back, President Joe Biden is sounding an alarm about what he views as extremist threats to the nation’s democracy from what he views as the evil force of Trumpism.
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U.S.: Russian military facing ‘severe manpower shortages’
The U.S. government highlighted its finding as Russian President Vladimir Putin last week ordered the Russian military to increase the number of troops by 137,000 to a total of 1.15 million.
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High-stakes year begins for kids still learning to read
Mounting evidence from around the country shows that students who spent more time learning remotely during the 2020-2021 school year, many of them Black and Latino, lost about half of an academic year of learning.
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‘Zombie’ cells emerge as central to the quest for active, vital old age
About 100 companies, plus academic teams, are exploring drugs to target cells that have stopped dividing.
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Mississippi capital city doesn’t have drinkable water and doesn’t know when it will
Both the state’s governor and president Biden have declared a state of emergency to try to resolve multiple problems that have been decades in the making.
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UN inspectors head to Ukraine nuclear plant in war zone
With the convoy finally arriving in Zaporizhzhia city, still some 70 miles by road from the plant, the mission leader said the ‘real work’ will start on Thursday.
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Five things we learned from the latest filing on the Trump Mar-a-Lago search
The Justice Department provided more support for its decision to search former President Donald Trump’s premises at Mar-a-Lago.
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Northeast drought benefits some businesses, including the Sea Dogs
The arid conditions have benefited amusement parks, minor league baseball teams, construction contractors and other businesses that need warm, dry weather to attract paying customers and get jobs completed on time.