The numbing figure was reached just over a year after COVID-19 was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
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More than $500,000 in Bitcoin sent from France to far-right groups in U.S.
Researchers say a French computer programmer sent the money in December to several groups, including some involved in last week’s riot in Washington.
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Expanded vaccine rollout in U.S. spawns a new set of problems
The rapid expansion of COVID-19 vaccinations to senior citizens across the U.S. has led to bottlenecks, system crashes and hard feelings in many states because of overwhelming demand.
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Activists say there’s no comparison between Capitol siege, BLM protests
Republican lawmakers defending President Donald Trump have made comments misrepresenting the Black Lives Matter movement as an extremist, violent faction tied to anarchists.
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Proposal would replace statue of Confederate with civil rights leader John Lewis
The push to drop Alexander Stephens, a slave owner and vice president of the Confederacy in favor of Lewis, a Georgia congressman for 33 years, comes amid nationwide soul-searching over celebrations of the Confederacy.
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McConnell blocks quick impeachment trial in Senate; won’t rule out vote to convict
The Kentucky Republican also sees House Democrats’ drive to impeach Trump as an opportune moment to distance the GOP from the tumultuous, divisive outgoing president.
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New York to Trump: You’re fired!
New York City will terminate Trump Organization contracts worth about $17 million a year in profits because of the president’s role in the Capitol insurrection.
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Airbnb to block, cancel D.C. bookings for week of inauguration
The decision comes in response to various local, state and federal authorities asking people not to travel to the nation’s capital at that time.
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The Latest: As pandemic worsens, most states resist restrictions
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
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U.S. shifts to speed COVID shots as cases and deaths rise
The administration is urging states to immediately start vaccinating groups farther down the priority scale.