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• Capitol riots: Five takeaways from the arrests

  08-02-2021 23:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Those who have been charged so far come from a variety of backgrounds and at least 41 states.
  
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• Trump impeachment: The terror of being trapped in the US Capitol

  08-02-2021 23:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three members of Congress describe in vivid detail what they saw as rioters stormed the building.
  
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• Hunt for hackers who seized Florida city’s water supply in online attack to poison it

  08-02-2021 23:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Breach led to a 'significant and potentially dangerous' increase of sodium hydroxide, the main ingredient in drain cleaners
  
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• TikTok of NYC artist painting subway passenger’s portrait and her emotional response goes viral

  08-02-2021 23:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Woman went on TikTok to confirm she was the one in the video and said she appreciated the artwork
  
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• Hacker attempted to poison Florida city’s water supply, police say

  08-02-2021 22:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  A hacker has attempted to poison a city in Florida's water supply, police said on Monday.
  
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• Amazing escape as Utah avalanche buries snowmobilers

  08-02-2021 22:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dramatic video shows an avalanche burying a group on the same day another slide kills four.
  
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• Iowa governor lifts mask mandate without public health input

  08-02-2021 22:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Some Iowa lawmakers say Gov. Kim Reynolds lifted mask requirements and limits on the number of people who could gather in bars and restaurants without first conferring with public health officials
  
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• Grandfather of toddler who fell out of cruise ship window sentenced

  08-02-2021 22:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  The grandfather of a toddler who fell to her death from a cruise ship while he was looking after her has been sentenced to three years of probation.
  
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• Could Trump be evicted from Mar-a-Lago as his impeachment trial opens?

  08-02-2021 22:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Palm Beach's town council will discuss whether former president can live at Mar-a-Lago
  
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• Pat Mahomes’s family attack referees, ESPN and Gisele Bündchen after Super Bowl blowout

  08-02-2021 21:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  'If you have to have the ref on your team is that really winning @giseleofficial lol?'
  
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• Pedro Gomez death: Baseball reporter dies at 58

  08-02-2021 21:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  'Pedro was far more than a media personality. He was a Dad, loving husband, loyal friend, coach and mentor. He was our everything and his kids’ biggest believer,' the Gomez family said
  
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• Parents of amateur investor who killed himself over huge losses sue Robinhood

  08-02-2021 19:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  The family of young investor who killed himself thinking he had suffered huge losses on Robinhood have sued the trading app.
  
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• Covid: Why Australia's 'world-class' quarantine system has seen breaches

  08-02-2021 19:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australian cities have entered snap lockdowns over single breaches - what can be done to prevent them?
  
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• Angry Serena Williams fans hit out after Tom Brady called ‘GOAT of GOATs’

  08-02-2021 19:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Twenty-three time Grand Slam champion praised NFL record breaker in post-match interview
  
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• Florida man sentenced in Giuliani-related fraud case

  08-02-2021 19:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  A Florida businessman whose fraud-busting business was exposed as a fraud has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison in a case in which prosecutors showed Rudy Giuliani was used as a consultant to attract investors
  
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• Vaccine drive gains speed, but maskless fans fuel worries

  08-02-2021 18:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  The drive to vaccinate Americans against the coronavirus is gaining speed and newly recorded cases have fallen to their lowest level in three months, but authorities worry that raucous Super Bowl celebrations could fuel new outbreaks
  
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• Stop the Illegal Wildlife Trade: How smugglers are being caught by their own mobile phone data

  08-02-2021 18:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Technology that can find links in complex criminal webs has become the latest tool in the fight against poachers, writesNamita Singh
  
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• Libya’s fragile, novice government tasked with holding country together until elections in December

  08-02-2021 18:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Prime minister-elect Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah has vowed to hold an election 'without violence'
  
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• How the death of SOPHIE exposed Greece’s issues with blood supplies

  08-02-2021 18:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  The high-profile death has raised other concerns reports Anastasia Miari, in Athens
  
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• US administers more than 4 million Covid vaccines to most vulnerable : ‘We are on the path to protection’

  08-02-2021 18:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  'For many of our most vulnerable Americans, the risk of death is being reduced. And we are committed to leaving no stone unturned,' Andy Slavitt says
  
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• West Virginia mother kills her five children and sets house on fire before killing herself

  08-02-2021 17:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Memorial service for infants was held on 17 December 2020
  
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• ‘The beginning of justice’: Yazidis bury hundreds slaughtered by ISIS

  08-02-2021 17:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  More than 100 victims of the Islamic State were buried after bodies recovered from a mass grave
  
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• UK Covid variant rapidly spreading in US and doubling every 10 days, study says

  08-02-2021 17:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  The variant is 35 to 40 per cent more transmissible, researchers say
  
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• Covid: Northern Ireland drivers turned away from border with Republic

  08-02-2021 17:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  People travelling without reason excuse can face fines of up to €100 (£80)
  
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• Baby dies of cardiac arrest following baptism in Romania

  08-02-2021 17:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  'The boy was crying but the priest submerged him three times in water and he inhaled water,' says father
  
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• Liechtenstein’s women only got the vote in 1984. Now the country could get its first female prime minister

  08-02-2021 16:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  Sabine Monauni could become the country's political leader following elections at the weekend
  
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• Iran nuclear programme: The States, sites and secrecy

  08-02-2021 16:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Now Biden is US President, you'll hear a lot about Iran’s nuclear programme. So what's it all about?
  
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• Greece says Turkey's 2-state model for Cyprus a non-starter

  08-02-2021 16:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Greece’s prime minister says it’s unlikely that “substantial” talks to reunify ethnically split Cyprus could resume if Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots insist on pursuing a two-state accord that defies a United Nations and European Union-endorsed framework for federation
  
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• Wild maskless Super Bowl celebrations in Covid variant hotspot spark superspreader fears

  08-02-2021 16:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Florida has recorded highest number of cases of new UK variant of any state across country
  
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• AP names Justin Myers as data editor

  08-02-2021 15:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Associated Press has appointed a veteran data journalist whose work has driven some of the news cooperative's top investigative stories in recent years to the position of data editor
  
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• Indian government demands Twitter delete 1,200 accounts as senior executive quits site

  08-02-2021 15:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  The government has accused the handles for spreading misinformation and provocative content about the ongoing farmer's protest
  
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• Uttarakhand glacier disaster: What caused the deadly flash floods in India?

  08-02-2021 15:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Activists have been warning of impending disasters for years now as the government continues to approve dams in the area
  
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• Liechtenstein women only got the vote in 1984: Now the country could get its first female PM

  08-02-2021 15:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Sabine Monauni could become the country's political leader following elections at the weekend
  
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• Feds to name likely cause of Kobe Bryant helicopter crash

  08-02-2021 15:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  U.S. safety officials are poised to announce the long-awaited conclusion of what likely caused the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others
  
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• Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 14-20

  08-02-2021 15:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Feb. 14-20 include playwright-actor Danai Gurira, actor-singer Gloria Trevi and Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali
  
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• Myanmar police fire water cannon amid largest protests in over a decade

  08-02-2021 14:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  The protests in Myanmar have been peaceful so far
  
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• Greek PM accused of flaunting lockdown rules

  08-02-2021 14:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Greece’s left-wing opposition leader has accused the country’s prime minister of showing contempt for lockdown rules after attending a large outdoor lunch gathering
  
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• Israeli PM Netanyahu pleads not guilty to corruption charges

  08-02-2021 14:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  The trial comes ahead of Israel's latest general election next month
  
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• Health officials in Congo battle to stop Ebola outbreak after woman dies from disease

  08-02-2021 14:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Case comes just months after another outbreak elsewhere in DRC was declared over
  
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• The coronavirus pandemic is still going strong. But there's hope on the horizon

  08-02-2021 13:55
  
  Despite a year of pandemic-driven social isolation and pain, in which we lost hundreds of thousands of lives, there are encouraging signs on the horizon. The United States is starting to ramp up vaccinations, with the pace increasing about 5% from last week, while there was a 15% decrease in new cases. And there are other signs of hope amid a winter of dismal milestones. Warmer weather is on the way, and it's harder for the virus to spread as rapidly outdoors, experts say. Recommended for you +4
  
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• Pakistan military helicopters scour mountain for three K2 climbers feared dead

  08-02-2021 13:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Helicopters failed to spot the lost climbers on the third consecutive day as hope for their survival faded
  
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• Luxembourg defends itself against new tax haven allegations

  08-02-2021 13:55
  LUXEMBOURG (AP) — Luxembourg on Monday denied claims made in international media publications that the nation is a massive tax haven for the world's rich and famous despite European Union legislation to clamp down on it. A group of media outlets including France's Le Monde...
  
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• India glacier burst: Rescue workers looking for 177 people feared dead in Uttarakhand

  08-02-2021 13:55
  
  At least 177 people are missing and 20 have died in northern India after part of a Himalayan glacier fell into a river sending a devastating avalanche of water, dust and rocks down a mountain gorge, and crashing though a dam. Rescue teams worked through the night to find survivors trapped under the debris. Most of the missing are workers from two hydroelectric projects in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, which were hit by the avalanche. Footage from Sunday's disaster shows a fast-moving wall of w
  
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• US plans to reengage with UN rights council, reversing Trump

  08-02-2021 13:54
  
  GENEVA (AP) — The United States...
  
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• Orderful Selects Loren Data to Provide B2B Connectivity

  08-02-2021 13:54
  MARINA DEL REY, Calif., Feb. 8, 2021...
  
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• In Denmark, some school classes resume amid lockdown easing

  08-02-2021 13:54
  
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish schools on Monday resumed teaching younger children — from pre-school to the fourth grade — as Denmark has seen a steady reduction in COVID-19 infection numbers in recent weeks. However, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said it was still too early to say when the oldest students can return....
  
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• S Africa seeks new vaccine plan after halting AstraZeneca

  08-02-2021 13:53
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa is considering giving a COVID-19 vaccine that is still in the testing phase to health workers, after suspending the rollout of another shot that preliminary data indicated is not effective at preventing mild to moderate illness from the variant...
  
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• Pope moves ahead with plans to meet Shiite leader in Iraq

  08-02-2021 13:53
  ROME (AP) — Pope Francis will meet with Iraq's top Shiite Muslim cleric, Ali al-Sistani, during a trip next month that will also include a pilgrimage to ancient Christian communities that were emptied and devastated in battles with the Islamic State group. The Vatican on Monday released...
  
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• Mysterious monolith pops up near Turkish World Heritage site

  08-02-2021 13:53
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish authorities are investigating the appearance of a mysterious monolith in southeastern Turkey. The metal block was found...
  
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• Liz Weston: What gig workers need to know about taxes

  08-02-2021 13:53
  If you became a gig worker during the pandemic, beware: Your taxes just got more complicated. Gig work — Uber driving, Instacart shopping, Amazon Flex delivery and so on — is on-demand, freelance work that’s typically taxed as self-employment. Instead of having an employer withhold money from your paycheck, you’re an independent contractor who is expected to pay taxes on your gig income as you earn it. You’ll also owe a larger share of your pay to Social Security an
  
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