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Month: February 2021

Truck driver survives 70-foot plunge off an icy roadway as freezing weather snarls traffic across Midwest

A driver survived a 70-foot plunge off of a roadway Saturday and a Wisconsin Department of Transportation traffic camera recorded the dramatic scene. The incident is just one of many that have occurred across the Midwest where snow, sub-zero temperatures and freezing rain have created dangerous, icy roadway conditions. More than 41 million people remain

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Sarah Jessica Parker, Miley Cyrus and more show support for Britney Spears in wake of new documentary

Celebrities began vocalizing their support for Britney Spears following a new documentary that aired on Friday. The documentary is produced by The New York Times and is called “Framing Britney Spears.” It follows Spears’ rise to fame and does a deep dive into her court-ordered conservatorship. Spears is currently embroiled in a legal battle with

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Facebook vowed to crack down on Covid-19 vaccine misinformation but misleading posts remain easy to find

Nearly two months into the largest vaccine rollout in US history, Instagram continued to prominently feature anti-vaccination accounts in its search results, while Facebook groups railing against vaccines remained easy to find. Facebook has for years grappled with addressing anti-vaxxer content. Late last year, it established new rules to tackle Covid-19 vaccine misinformation after pledging

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The 3 defenses of Donald Trump

Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers have explained how will they defend him in his second impeachment trial against the charge that he incited the violent insurrection at the Capitol on January 6. They make three arguments: that he cannot be tried because he is longer president; that his statements preceding the riot are protected by

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40 hospitals across Washington state may have received counterfeit N95 masks, officials say

Hospitals across Washington state thought they were receiving authentic N95 masks, but it turns out that hundreds of thousands may be counterfeit, according to officials. The Department of Homeland Security issued a fraud alert Friday to the Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA), stating that 40 hospitals across the state may have received fake masks as

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Rise in attacks on elderly Asian Americans in Bay Area prompts new special response unit

Several unprovoked attacks on elderly Asian Americans, including at least three in the Bay Area captured in disturbing videos in recent days, have raised concerns about anti-Asian bias related to the Covid-19 pandemic. At a news conference in Oakland’s Chinatown on Monday, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley announced the creation of a special response

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House Republicans who backed impeaching Trump have no regrets as Senate GOP reckons with former President’s role

They’ve faced sharp backlash from former President Donald Trump and his supporters and been censured by their state parties, all the while facing new threats of primary challenges from the right. But the House Republicans who voted to impeach him are showing no signs of backing down and are signaling they’d do it again, the

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg quarantining after security agent tests positive

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will quarantine for 14 days after a member of his security detail tested positive for Covid-19, department chief of staff Laura Schiller said in a statement. Schiller’s statement says the agent has been in “close contact” with Buttigieg as recently as Monday morning. Buttigieg tested negative Monday and has not shown

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Equipo legal de Trump argumenta antes del juicio político que el expresidente no incitó a los disturbios con esta frase

(CNN) — El equipo legal de Donald Trump acusó el lunes a los demócratas de la Cámara de Representantes de involucrarse en un «teatro político» y argumentó que el próximo juicio político del Senado es inconstitucional porque Trump ya no es presidente. «Esto no fue más que un intento egoísta del liderazgo demócrata en la

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La ONU considera «deficiente» el cumplimiento de recomendaciones sobre derechos humanos en Nicaragua

(CNN Español) –– El Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos calificó como «deficiente» el cumplimiento por parte de Nicaragua de las recomendaciones formuladas por ese organismo desde septiembre de 2019. En un informe de su oficina regional para América Central, el Alto Comisionado considera que «el Estado ha implementado muy pocas

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