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January 4, 2021 3:06 p.m.

DC mayor calls in National Guard ahead of pro-Trump protests

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bracing for possible violence, the nation's capital has mobilized the National Guard ahead of planned protests by President Donald Trump's supporters in connection with the congressional vote expected Wednesday to affirm Joe Biden's election victory.

January 4, 2021 2:33 p.m.

Police: Suspect escapes precinct after cleaners open door

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man suspected of attempted murder who escaped a secure room in a Portland police precinct may have gotten out after a COVID-19 cleaning crew opened the door, police said.

January 4, 2021 2:33 p.m.

Search for new coach begins for Jets, with Douglas in charge

NEW YORK (AP) — Christopher Johnson wants things to change in a big way with the New York Jets.

January 4, 2021 2:12 p.m.

Raiders RB Josh Jacobs facing DUI case after crash in Vegas

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas Raiders running back Josh Jacobs received minor injuries and was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after a pre-dawn single-vehicle crash Monday near McCarran International Airport, authorities said.

January 4, 2021 2:03 p.m.

The Latest: COVID-19 variant found in upstate New York

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York has found its first known case of a new variant of COVID-19 in upstate New York.

January 4, 2021 2:03 p.m.

Biden largely mum on Trump's effort to reverse election

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is mostly steering clear of the controversy engulfing President Donald Trump's final days in office, aiming to project the different approach to governing Americans can expect when he moves into the White House on Jan. 20.

January 4, 2021 1:42 p.m.

Sheriff: 2 dead in small plane crash in northeast Arkansas

HARRISBURG, Ark. (AP) — Two people have died after a small plane crashed in rural northeast Arkansas, a local sheriff said.

January 4, 2021 1:03 p.m.

Central African Republic president Touadera reelected

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera has won a second term in office, according to provisional results announced by the electoral commission Monday.

January 4, 2021 1:03 p.m.

Trump, allies in desperate bid to undo Biden win at Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — With mounting desperation, President Donald Trump called on Republican lawmakers Monday to reverse his election loss to Joe Biden when Congress convenes for a joint session this week to confirm the

January 4, 2021 1:03 p.m.

New Utah governor calls for unity at inauguration ceremony

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican Spencer Cox called for unity amid “hateful rhetoric” in national political discourse after being sworn in Monday as Utah's first new governor in more than a decade.

January 4, 2021 1:03 p.m.

The Latest: Chicago schools to resume in-person on Jan. 11

CHICAGO — Some Chicago Public Schools teachers expected to report to the classroom ahead of preschool students’ anticipated return next week have stayed home over coronavirus concerns.

January 4, 2021 1:03 p.m.

GA election officials reject Trump call to 'find' more votes

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pressured Georgia's Republican secretary of state to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden's win in the state's presidential election, repeatedly citing disproven claims of fraud and raising the prospect of a “criminal offense" if officials did not change the vote count, according to a recording of the conversation.

January 4, 2021 12:31 p.m.

Warrant: Officers tried to buy gun from man shot by police

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Investigators were trying to buy a high-capacity pistol from Dolal Idd with help from a confidential informant before the 23-year old was killed in an exchange of gunfire with Minneapolis police last week, according to search warrant documents released Monday.

January 4, 2021 12:27 p.m.

UK prime minister orders new virus lockdown for England

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday a new national lockdown for England until at least mid-February to combat a fast-spreading new variant of the coronavirus, even as Britain ramped up its vaccination program by becoming the first nation to start using the shot developed by Oxford University and drugmaker AstraZeneca.

January 4, 2021 12:07 p.m.

Detectives in Breonna Taylor case face termination hearing

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two Kentucky police detectives involved in the raid that left Breonna Taylor dead, including the one who shot her, were scheduled Monday to face a termination hearing.

January 4, 2021 12:07 p.m.

Louisiana shipyard to build 2 new research ships for NOAA

HOUMA, La. (AP) — A shipyard in Louisiana has a $178 million Navy contract to build two new research ships for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors LLC is located in Houma, the same city where another shipyard is building three smaller research vessels for the National Science Foundation.

January 4, 2021 12:06 p.m.

Prosecutor: Wisconsin pharmacist thought vaccine was unsafe

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin pharmacist convinced the world was “crashing down” told police he tried to ruin hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine because he believed the shots would mutate people’s DNA, according to court documents released Monday.

January 4, 2021 12:03 p.m.

Statehouses could prove to be hothouses for virus infection

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — As lawmakers around the U.S. convene this winter to deal with the crisis created by the pandemic, statehouses themselves could prove to be hothouses for infection.

January 4, 2021 11:27 a.m.

France charges an alleged organizer of giant New Year's rave

PARIS (AP) — An alleged organizer of an illegal New Year's Eve rave that at least 2,500 people attended for more than a day in western France was charged Monday with endangering lives amid a coronavirus curfew and other restrictions.

January 4, 2021 11:07 a.m.

VIRUS TODAY: Vaccination efforts to end COVID-19 accelerate

Here’s what’s happening Monday with the pandemic in the U.S.: