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• Hayley Arceneaux: Cancer survivor joins first all-civilian space mission

  22-02-2021 22:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The SpaceX mission will make Hayley Arceneaux the first person with a prosthesis to visit space.
  
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• Texas power grid CEO fired after deadly February blackouts

  04-03-2021 04:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Texas’ power grid manager has been fired following February’s deadly blackouts that left millions of people without electricity and heat for days
  
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• EXPLAINER: What to look for at China's annual Congress

  04-03-2021 03:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  China’s legislature begins its annual meeting this week with economic growth, climate and a crackdown on political opponents in Hong Kong expected to be on the agenda
  
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• Biden news: President accuses Texas of ‘Neanderthal thinking’ as Trump said to fire Pence in a 2024 run

  04-03-2021 01:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  United States will now have enough doses for every adult to receive Covid vaccines by end of May
  
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• Coast Guard calls off search for missing helicopter piloted by health chief who quit amid sexual misconduct allegations

  04-03-2021 01:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Alarm raised after Andy Teuber’s helicopter did not arrive in Kodiak, Alaska
  
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• ‘Textbook voter suppression’: How Trump’s stolen election lies are shaping the future of democracy

  04-03-2021 01:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Republicans in 43 states have introduced more than 250 bills restricting voting rights, underscoring urgency in Congress to pass sweeping elections legislation, Alex Woodward reports
  
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• Former congresswoman Katie Hill heads to trial against ex-husband over abuse allegations

  04-03-2021 00:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  The dispute concerns a potential restraining order to stop her ex from releasing what she says are damaging photos and information
  
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• With Biden's backing, Dems revive bill to overhaul policing

  04-03-2021 00:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  House Democrats are hustling to pass the most ambitious effort in decades to overhaul policing
  
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• Andrew Cuomo chokes up as he denies harassment allegations and refuses to resign

  04-03-2021 00:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Three women have accused him of sexual harassment
  
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• Warnings of possible QAnon threat to Capitol prompt House lawmakers to cancel Thursday schedule

  04-03-2021 00:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  The House of Representatives will dash its schedule for 4 March following warnings from security officials of a possible threat to the US Capitol, two months after a deadly insurrection inside the halls of Congress.
  
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• Utah nears new teen treatment rules Paris Hilton supported

  04-03-2021 00:12 via independent.co.uk
  Legislation seeking to regulate Utah’s troubled teen industry has gained final approval in the House and is headed to the governor for consideration
  
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• Biden urges Democrats to stick together on $1.9trn Covid relief plan as progressives grumble it’s not enough

  04-03-2021 00:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘It’s good policy, and it’s good politics,’ president says of Covid relief plan
  
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• Kellen Winslow: Ex-NFL player jailed for 14 years for committing series of rapes and sexual assaults

  03-03-2021 23:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  One of his victims was a homeless woman who was attacked in 2018
  
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• Sweden attack: Man shot by police after injuring eight people with axe

  03-03-2021 23:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  Several are believed to be ‘seriously injured’, the prime minister says
  
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• Biden news - live: President accuses Texas of ‘Neanderthal thinking’ as Trump said to fire Pence in a 2024 run

  03-03-2021 23:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  United States will now have enough doses for every adult to receive Covid vaccines by end of May
  
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• Myanmar protests: ‘At least 34 killed’ by security forces in deadliest day of demonstrations since coup

  03-03-2021 23:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Security forces escalate crackdown on protesters as international community mulls sanctions
  
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• Trump accused of ‘political interference’ in case of Huawei executive held in Canada

  03-03-2021 23:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lawyers for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou say extradition case should be dismissed after ex-president’s comments
  
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• Nikki Haley doesn’t understand Republican hatred of a diverse America, says former senior GOP strategist

  03-03-2021 23:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former strategist blasts Ms Haley for missing ‘what unites Trump voters in base of Republican Party today’
  
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• More than 200,000 Americans signed up for Obamacare within two weeks of Biden reopening healthcare marketplace

  03-03-2021 23:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Sign-ups between 15 and 28 February were three times higher than in same period over past two years
  
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• Klobuchar tears into Ron Johnson for conspiracy theory blaming Jan 6 on ‘provocateurs’

  03-03-2021 23:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Johnson read yet again from same report into record as in February when he used it to downplay role of Trump supporters
  
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• Toronto van attack: Judge refuses to name fame-craving ‘incel’ killer as she convicts him of 10 murders

  03-03-2021 23:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ontario judge Anne Molloy referred to the killer only as “John Doe” to deny him the infamy he said he craved.
  
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• Man arrested in connection with QAnon vandalism at ‘America’s Stonehenge’

  03-03-2021 23:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  The site was vandalised with a slogan popular with conspiracy theorists
  
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• Capitol rioter who ‘hit cops with fire extinguisher’ bused to DC by Turning Points USA

  03-03-2021 22:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Conservative youth activist Charlie Kirk promoted buses in now-deleted tweet two days before storming of Congress
  
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• Anger from Native American and animal rights groups as Wisconsin hunters kill 216 wolves

  03-03-2021 22:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  The hunt exceeded the state’s quota by 82 per cent
  
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• Austin Mayor blasts Greg Abbott for ‘breaking promise’ on mask mandate

  03-03-2021 22:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Joe Biden has asked all Americans to use masks for first 100 days of presidency
  
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• Thirteen people killed in horrific California crash were among group of migrants who cut through border fence

  03-03-2021 22:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Migrants packed into two SUVs entered US through hole in border fence, officials say
  
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• Can the papal visit stem the tide of Christians leaving Iraq?

  03-03-2021 22:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  After the Isis atrocities against Christians even the priest sent from Rome to persuade Catholics to stay in Iraq changed his mind and decided they had no future. Patrick Cockburn on the fate of a Christian town
  
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• New York’s Covid ‘patient zero’ says he objects to being called a super-spreader

  03-03-2021 22:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lawrence Garbuz, 51, says he knows several people who got sick before he did, and believes the virus was already spreading in New Rochelle by the time he caught it.
  
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• Projects GOP tied to Pelosi, Schumer dropped from virus bill

  03-03-2021 22:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Republicans opposed to a $1.9 trillion COVID relief package have pointed to two transportation projects as examples of pork that would politically benefit Democrats leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi
  
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• Stephen Miller says undocumented migrants pose as teenagers to get into US high schools

  03-03-2021 22:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump’s former adviser spearheaded ‘cruel’ child separation policies at border
  
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