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Newhouse to retire from Congress
WASHINGTON D.C. — Fourth District Representative Dan Newhouse has announced he will not seek reelection to the US …
Missouri woman believed to be last Civil War widow dies
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Helen Viola Jackson's 1936 marriage to James Bolin was unusual to say the least: He was 93 and in declining health, and she was a 17-year-old schoolgirl.
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US attorney for DC says ‘all options are on the table’ for charging rioters at Capitol, including sedition
WASHINGTON (AP) — US attorney for DC says ‘all options are on the table’ for charging rioters at Capitol, including sedition.
More demand Illinois congresswoman who cited Hitler resign
CHICAGO (AP) — A growing number of Democrats called Thursday for the resignation of U.S. Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois, a newly sworn-in Republican who quoted Adolf Hitler at a rally outside the U.S. Capitol this we…
Seller of gun used in 2019 Texas mass shooting gets 2 years
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — The man who sold an AR-15-style rifle used in a 2019 mass shooting that killed seven people in West Texas was sentenced Thursday to two years in federal prison, prosecutors said.
VIRUS TODAY: Record US deaths come on day of Capitol attack
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Ukraine: Few masks for Christmas, despite virus pressure
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Although Ukraine is struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic that has inundated its overburdened medical system with patients, Thursday's Orthodox Christmas celebrations occurred widely w…
Boston Marathon bomber sues over ballcap, showers in prison
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has sued the federal government for $250,000 over his treatment at the Colorado prison where he is serving a life sentence.
The Latest: Graham says Trump's 'actions were the problem'
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The Latest: US registers most deaths from coronavirus
The U.S. registered its highest deaths yet from the coronavirus on the day a mob attacked the Capitol.
California sees two-day record of coronavirus deaths
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California health authorities reported Thursday a record two-day total of 1,042 coronavirus deaths as many hospitals strain under unprecedented caseloads
Siege of US Capitol by pro-Trump mob forces hard questions
WASHINGTON (AP) — One day later, the violent siege of the U.S. Capitol by President Donald Trump’s supporters forced painful new questions across government — about his fitness to remain in office for two more week…
Biden blames Trump for violence at Capitol that's shaken US
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden has denounced the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol as “domestic terrorists” and he blamed President Donald Trump for the violence that has shaken the nation's capital…
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California has record two-day total of 1,042 coronavirus deaths as many hospitals strain under unprecedented caseloads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has record two-day total of 1,042 coronavirus deaths as many hospitals strain under unprecedented caseloads.