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• Paris to enter four-week lockdown as France faces third Covid wave

  18-03-2021 23:48 via theguardian.com
  
  New restrictions for capital and northern parts of country from Friday as virulent variants spreadCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe French government has imposed a month-long lockdown on Paris and parts of northern France after a faltering vaccine rollout and spread of highly contagious coronavirus variants forced the president, Emmanuel Macron, to shift course.Since late January, when he defied the calls of scientists and some in his government to lock down t
  
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• San Francisco experiment gives $1,000 a month to pregnant women

  18-03-2021 23:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘There [are] so many negative narratives around low-income families, and in particular, low-income Black families as being people who waste welfare dollars,’ project leader says
  
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• House of Representatives passes ‘Dreamers bill’ to open citizenship to 2.5m undocumented immigrants

  18-03-2021 23:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  The House of Representatives has passed the so-called “Dreamers bill” that would open the path to citizenship to up to 2.5 million undocumented immigrants.
  
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• Joe Biden says US will hit 100m vaccines 'weeks ahead of schedule' – video

  18-03-2021 23:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Joe Biden said the US will have successfully administered 100m vaccine doses by 19 March – his 58th day in office. ‘That’s weeks ahead of schedule, and even with the setbacks we faced during the winter storms,’ he said. Upon taking office, Biden set his administration the target of reaching the number in his first 100 days.US politics live Continue reading...
  
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• GOP efforts to tighten voting laws gets underway in Texas

  18-03-2021 23:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  Republican efforts to tighten voting restrictions across the U.S. are underway in Texas
  
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• Sun investigator says he illegally obtained information about Meghan

  18-03-2021 23:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Dan Hanks claims he compiled 90-page report about actor early in her relationship with Prince HarryA private investigator employed by the Sun has said he illegally accessed the Duchess of Sussex’s private information shortly after she met Prince Harry.Dan Hanks, who lives in Los Angeles, told the website Byline Investigates that he compiled a 90-page report on the future member of the royal family in October 2016, shortly after the tabloid newspaper first became aware of her relationship w
  
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• Florida House OK's campus 'viewpoint diversity' measure

  18-03-2021 23:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Florida House has approved a measure that conservatives says will take stock of the bias on public university campuses
  
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• Gavin Newsom sparks outrage calling himself a Zoom parent while children go to in-class private school

  18-03-2021 22:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Newsom told CNN, ‘I have four young kids myself, I’ve been living through Zoom school and challenge related to it...It’s brutal’
  
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• Georgia Sheriff’s spokesperson removed after backlash over Atlanta spa shooting comments

  18-03-2021 22:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Captain Jay Baker has been removed as the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office spokesperson in the Atlanta spa shooting case following comments he made about the gunman.
  
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• Buttigieg says Biden plan will usher new transportation era

  18-03-2021 22:48 via independent.co.uk
  Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says an infrastructure plan expected soon from President Joe Biden will offer a “once in a century” opportunity to remake transportation in the United States, with cars and highways no longer king
  
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• Trump Casino Miami? Florida gambling bill raises possibility

  18-03-2021 22:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump’s struggling Doral golf club near Miami could be thrown a lifeline if a Florida bill being hammered out behind closed doors allows more gambling in the state and the property is allowed to operate a casino
  
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• Biden to meet with Stacey Abrams on trip to Georgia

  18-03-2021 22:27 via independent.co.uk
  During his visit to Atlanta on Friday, President Joe Biden will meet with former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, who has been widely credited with helping flip the former Republican stronghold blue
  
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• NAACP calls on NFL to rethink proposed $2bn Fox deal over 'bigotry and racism'

  18-03-2021 22:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  The NFL is seeking a 100 per cent increase in TV rights payments from network partners like Fox
  
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• Nasa completes Artemis moon rocket hot-fire test

  18-03-2021 22:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Nasa appears to have successfully carried out a test of the Boeing-designed Space Launch System, intended to put the first woman and the next man on the moon.
  
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• Lindsey Graham threatens to block Equality Act as war declared over filibuster

  18-03-2021 21:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I would talk until I fell over’ to ensure Equality Act and other Democratic legislation does not become law, South Carolina Republican says
  
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• White House defends Biden calling Putin a killer: ‘The president gave a direct answer to a direct question’

  18-03-2021 21:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Press secretary says president ‘is not going to hold back’ when he has concerns about the Russian leader
  
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• Biden picks former senator as Nasa head, disappointing those who hoped for a woman

  18-03-2021 21:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Bill Nelson would be only administrator of agency to have been to space
  
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• Newsmax hires Trump adviser Jason Miller and Andrew Giuliani

  18-03-2021 21:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Andrew Giuliani is an ex-Trump aide and son of Rudolph Giuliani
  
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• 'He lied through his teeth': Morning Joe slams Bill Barr after report reveals China did not try to subvert US election

  18-03-2021 21:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Joe Scarborough says former attorney general should be held accountable
  
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• Atlanta shooting hearing: Grace Meng gives tearful testimony as Chip Roy ‘glorifies lynching’

  18-03-2021 21:13 via independent.co.uk
  
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• Biden says goal of 100m shots in 100 days will be met on Friday, 42 days early

  18-03-2021 21:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mr Biden’s 100th day in office will happen on 30 April
  
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• Medicaid incentive so far not enough to sway holdout states

  18-03-2021 21:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Democrats’ nearly $2 trillion coronavirus relief package includes a big financial incentive for the states that have opted against expanding Medicaid to provide health coverage for more low-income Americans
  
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• Newsmax hires Trump adviser Jason Miller, Giuliani's son

  18-03-2021 21:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  The conservative network Newsmax said Thursday it is hiring Jason Miller, a senior adviser to former President Donald Trump, as a contributor, along with ex-Trump aide Andrew Giuliani
  
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• Joe Biden to send 4m jabs to Mexico and Canada day after telling Ireland ‘no stockpile'

  18-03-2021 20:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE US has announced it will sent four million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to Canada and Mexico a day after the Irish Prime Minister claimed America lacks stockpiles to help other countries.
  
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• Senate unanimously confirms new CIA director

  18-03-2021 20:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Biden’s nominee, William Burns, will head up the intelligence agency
  
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• House Democrats tell Biden to fire Postal Service board to oust DeJoy

  18-03-2021 20:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Members ‘silent in the face of catastrophic and unacceptable failures’ during Trump’s ‘unsuccessful gambit to influence a presidential election’ with attacks on mail-in ballots, lawmakers write
  
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• Bizarre QAnon conspiracy theory claiming Biden faked White House appearance shared by thousands

  18-03-2021 20:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  A single strange moment with a microphone has fueled notions that the president is an animation or dead
  
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• Biden news – live: President has ‘no regrets’ saying Putin a killer, as White House admits ‘crisis on border’

  18-03-2021 20:29 via independent.co.uk
  
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• Why would anyone vote against the Violence Against Women Act? The truth is complicated

  18-03-2021 20:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Deep cultural divisions over gender, sex and guns have always made domestic violence legislation a hard sell in Washington
  
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• England's lockdown easing not affected by vaccine delays, says PM – video

  18-03-2021 20:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Boris Johnson has said delays in vaccine supplies will not affect the government’s roadmap out of lockdown. ‘We’ve always said that in a vaccination programme of this pace and scale, some interruptions in supply are inevitable,’ he said. ‘The progress along the road to freedom remains unchecked.’ What will the delay mean for England’s Covid vaccine programme?Covid vaccines for England’s under-50s delayed due to shortage Continue reading...
  
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• Biden to reach goal of 100m Covid vaccines in 100 days as early as Thursday

  18-03-2021 20:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mr Biden’s 100th day in office will happen on 30 April
  
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• QAnon conspiracists accuse Fox News of faking Trump interview advocating for vaccine

  18-03-2021 20:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘How do I even know that was really President Trump speaking? They can fake anything,’ one follower writes
  
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• Covid vaccine side-effects: what are they, who gets them and why? | Nicola Davis

  18-03-2021 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Most side-effects are mild and short-lived, and some groups are more likely to get them than othersCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAccording to Public Health England, most side-effects from the Covid vaccines – Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford/AstraZeneca – are mild and short-lived. These include soreness where the jab was given, feeling tired or achy and headaches. Uncommon side-effects include having swollen lymph nodes. Continue reading...
  
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• Peloton issues warning to keep kids and pets away from treadmill after child killed

  18-03-2021 19:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Peloton CEO told users that ‘while we are aware of only small handful of incidents involving Tread+ where children have been hurt, each one is devastating to all of us at Peloton’
  
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• 72 Democrats sign motion to expel Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress

  18-03-2021 19:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Congresswoman says war has been declared on ‘strong Republican women’
  
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• Family reveal skydiver’s heartbreaking final video after $40m lawsuit win

  18-03-2021 19:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I am going to jump out of a plane,’ teenager says in released footage
  
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• FBI releases video of 10 most-wanted Capitol riot suspects

  18-03-2021 19:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  The FBI is seeking 10 suspects in ‘some of the most violent attacks’ on Capitol Police officers
  
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• Biden and Harris to focus on shootings during Georgia trip

  18-03-2021 19:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  The White House says President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris plan to meet with Asian American community leaders in Georgia in the wake of this week’s deadly shootings at three Atlanta-area massage parlors
  
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• Teen Vogue editor steps down after anti-Asian posts resurfaced: ‘Past tweets overshadowed work’

  18-03-2021 19:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former Axios reporter apologised for the resurfaced tweets earlier this month
  
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• France announces new Paris lockdown measures amid soaring Covid cases

  18-03-2021 19:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  A further 34,998 new cases were recorded in France on Thursday, roughly seven-times that of the UK
  
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• France lockdown: Macron enforces new curbs as Covid rates surge on back of vaccine farce

  18-03-2021 19:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FRANCE has been thrown into chaos as 16 regions are facing new strict curbs with Covid cases surging.
  
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• Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz, and the Squad have made their mark in Congress — just not with actual lawmaking, study finds

  18-03-2021 19:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  Analysis: Being an effective member of Congress entails much more than just the sausage-making of writing laws, writes US political correspondent Griffin Connolly
  
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• Stone tablet marking First Amendment freedoms finds new home

  18-03-2021 19:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  A four-story, 50-ton marble tablet engraved with the text of the First Amendment will find a new home in Philadelphia now that the Newseum in Washington has closed
  
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• ICC gives Israel month to seek deferral of war crimes probe

  18-03-2021 19:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  The International Criminal Court has sent formal notices to Israel and the Palestinian Authority about its impending investigation into possible war crimes
  
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• AstraZeneca vaccine 'safe and effective', says European Medicines Agency – video

  18-03-2021 19:11 via theguardian.com
  
  The Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine is 'safe and effective' and its benefits outweigh the risks, Europe’s medicines regulator has said. The director of the European Medicines Agency, Emer Cooke, said the agency’s safety committee had reached 'a clear scientific conclusion' and had not found that the vaccine was associated with an increase in the overall risk of blood clotsAstraZeneca Covid vaccine is safe and effective, says European regulatorCoronavirus live Continue rea
  
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• Twelve Republicans spark fury by voting against Congressional medals for Capitol police

  18-03-2021 19:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Certain lawmakers took issue with use of word ‘insurrection’ in reference to 6 January
  
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• Child killed in accident with Peloton treadmill

  18-03-2021 19:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  Peloton CEO told users that ‘while we are aware of only small handful of incidents involving Tread+ where children have been hurt, each one is devastating to all of us at Peloton’
  
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• Why Australian women are saying 'enough is enough'

  18-03-2021 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australian politics is often called toxic to women - now rape allegations have ignited national fury.
  
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• Video appears to show officer kneeling on neck in violent clash clearing Minneapolis homeless encampment

  18-03-2021 19:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer on trial for murder, used the same move on George Floyd.
  
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• Apple gives free stuff to polite customers, TikTokker says

  18-03-2021 18:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  A former Apple employee says the company might replace your broken iPhone for free – if you’re nice about it
  
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