The lawsuit from Mississippi’s Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, is part of an expected wave of litigation over the Jan. 6 riot.
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The Latest: Seattle 90-year-old walks 6 miles through snow to make her vaccine appointment
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
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Biden extends pandemic help for homeowners, renters wait
The moratorium on foreclosures of federally guaranteed mortgages had been set to expire on March 31.
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Pelosi says independent, 9/11-style commission will examine deadly Capitol riot
After former President Donald Trump’s acquittal at his second Senate impeachment trial, bipartisan support appeared to be growing for an independent commission to examine the deadly insurrection.
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Far-reaching storm hits Texas with unusual icy emergency, knocks out power, shuts down travel
The storm was part of a massive system that brought snow, sleet and freezing rain to the southern Plains and was spreading across the Ohio Valley and to the Northeast.
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Throng of fans pay respects at actor Cicely Tyson’s viewing
People have traveled across the country and stood in a block-long line to pay respects to Cicely Tyson at a public viewing.
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The superspreaders behind top COVID-19 conspiracy theories
As the coronavirus spread, speculation about its origins was close behind.
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Late ice cramps anglers’ appetite, research of crucial rainbow smelts
A lack of ice in cold weather states this year has made it difficult for scientists to study the population of an ecologically important fish.
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Lack of COVID-19 data on people with intellectual disabilities ‘comes with a body count’
Peter Prater’s family wasn’t thinking about COVID-19 when the call came that he had been taken to the hospital with a fever. It was April, and the Tallahassee Developmental Center, where Prater lives, hadn’t yet had any COVID-19 diagnoses. Prater, 55, who has Down syndrome and diabetes, became the Florida center’s first known case, his […]
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The Latest: New York should have released care home death data faster, Cuomo says
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