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• CDC says severe allergic reactions to coronavirus vaccine are rare

  06-01-2021 23:52 via cnn.com
  
  Only 29 people have experienced severe allergic reactions to the coronavirus vaccine, making it a rare outcome, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.
  
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• Biden says US democracy under 'unprecedented assault'

  06-01-2021 23:50 via cnn.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday said the rioting at the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump amounted to an "unprecedented assault" on US democracy, and called for Trump to immediately go on national television and demand an end to the "siege."
  
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• World leaders condemn violence at U.S. Capitol, urge orderly transfer of power

  06-01-2021 23:40 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  World leaders expressed concern over the unrest that occurred on Capitol Hill on Wednesday while condemning the violence that took place.
  
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• US holds first oil lease sale for Alaska's Arctic refuge

  06-01-2021 23:37
  
  The U.S. government has held its first-ever oil and gas lease sale for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, an event critics labeled as a bust with major oil companies staying on the sidelines and a state corporation the main bidder
  
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• The biggest loser in the Georgia runoffs

  06-01-2021 23:16 via cnn.com
  
  Georgia, a state that shocked the nation in November when its voters chose President-elect Joe Biden, the first Democratic presidential candidate to win there in over two decades, has done itagain. This time, a majority of Georgians supported two new Democratic US Senators -- Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock -- in a runoff vote this week.
  
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• Trump tells rioters to 'go home' while repeating election lies

  06-01-2021 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  Hours after a mob of his supporters breached the US Capitol at his own prompting, President Donald Trump urged them in a video to "go home" while fanning their misplaced grievances about a stolen election.
  
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• Trump tells rioters to 'go home' but adds 'we love you'

  06-01-2021 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  Hours after a mob of his supporters breached the US Capitol at his own prompting, President Donald Trump urged them in a video to "go home" while fanning their misplaced grievances about a stolen election.
  
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• Democrats will control Congress for first time in a decade

  06-01-2021 23:05 via cnn.com
  
  Georgia elected Jon Ossoff to the US Senate, CNN projected Wednesday, giving the Democratic party control of Congress and the White House for the first time in a decade, a stark repudiation of President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn his own loss.
  
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• Biden says US democracy under 'unprecedented assault' and calls on Trump to 'demand an end to this siege'

  06-01-2021 23:00 via cnn.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday said the rioting at the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump amounted to an "unprecedented assault" on US democracy, and called for Trump to immediately go on national television and demand an end to the "siege."
  
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• Biden says rioting at US Capitol 'borders on sedition'

  06-01-2021 23:00 via cnn.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday said the rioting at the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump "borders on sedition," and called for Trump to immediately go on national television and demand a stop to the "siege."
  
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• Mega Millions jackpot is almost half a billion dollars, the 8th largest in history

  06-01-2021 22:40 via cnn.com
  
  The Mega Millions jackpot is close to reaching half a billion dollars in what could be the eighth largest prize in the game's history.
  
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• Opinion: Trump caused this insurrection and every Republican must condemn it

  06-01-2021 22:36 via cnn.com
  
  This is literally an insurrection. The fact that the US military hasn't secured the seat of our government already is a failure of leadership by the commander in chief.
  
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• Trump supporters, other passengers in shouting bout on plane

  06-01-2021 22:27
  
  Supporters of President Donald Trump got into a angry shouting match with other passengers on a Washington-bound American Airlines plane after they projected a “Trump 2020” logo on the cabin ceiling and walls
  
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• CNN's Abby Phillip on Trump's inaction: 'Incredibly shameful'

  06-01-2021 22:24 via cnn.com
  
  As rioters storm the US Capitol, CNN's Abby Phillip compares the amount of security and law enforcement present to the Black Livers Matter protests over the summer.
  
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• In pictures: Pro-Trump rioters breach the US Capitol on historic day in Congress

  06-01-2021 22:18 via cnn.com
  
  Supporters of President Donald Trump breached the US Capitol on Wednesday while Congress was meeting to certify the Electoral College's votes for president and vice president.
  
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• Biden condemns chaos at the Capitol: 'It’s not protest, it’s insurrection'

  06-01-2021 22:15 via nbcnews.com
  President-elect Joe Biden condemned the protesters who stormed the U.S. Capitol saying "it’s not protest, it’s insurrection." He called on President Trump to go on television and deliver a message to calm the chaos unfolding.
  
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• Rioters break windows and breach US Capitol

  06-01-2021 22:03 via cnn.com
  
  Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) describes tense moment inside Congress building as rioters breach the US Capitol in protest of the 2020 election.
  
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• 'Treason!': Van Jones lambasts Trump and his supporters

  06-01-2021 22:01 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Van Jones condemns President Trump and his supporters over breaching of the US Capitol during a joint session of Congress.
  
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• Mitch McConnell just went off on Donald Trump and the election deniers

  06-01-2021 21:51 via cnn.com
  
  Faced with the likelihood that his party will lose its Senate majority and fed up with a group of Republican senators pushing an effort to invalidate the Electoral College vote, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered a stunning and searing rebuke of the President and many within the GOP.
  
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• See stunning video of protesters inside the Capitol

  06-01-2021 21:48 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Wolf Blitzer and Jake Tapper react to pro-Trump rioters storming the US Capitol as Congress met to finalize President-elect Joe Biden's election victory.
  
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• Protesters walk around on Senate floor after breaking into Capitol building

  06-01-2021 21:31 via nbcnews.com
  Video shows protesters walking around on the Senate floor after breaking into the Capitol building.
  
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• Armed standoff takes place outside House chamber

  06-01-2021 21:28 via cnn.com
  
  The US Capitol is on lockdown amid a tense situation with demonstrators outside the building, according to Capitol police officers, as President Donald Trump's supporters attempt to break into the building while lawmakers count the Electoral College votes certifying President-elect Joe Biden's win.
  
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• Ex-DC police chief to Trump: Shut the hell up and get out of the way

  06-01-2021 21:24 via cnn.com
  
  Former Washington, DC, police chief Charles Ramsey has harsh words for President Donald Trump as rioters breach the US Capitol during Congress' certification of President-elect Joe Biden's win.
  
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• Parents, please don't take a school place just because you can | Anonymous

  06-01-2021 21:01 via theguardian.com
  
  This lockdown comes with increased pressures for educators, writes a primary headteacherCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIn March 2020, when we first went into lockdown, my school went overnight from over 200 pupils to having between three and 10 pupils. Having seen it coming way before the government – not that you needed the gift of prophecy – we were prepared with remote learning from the very next day.We were able to keep staff and pupils safe, an
  
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• Arizona border deaths hit 10-year high after record heat

  06-01-2021 20:49
  
  A project that maps where the bodies of border-crossers were recovered from Arizona’s inhospitable deserts, valleys and mountains says it documented 227 deaths in 2020
  
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• Pro-Trump protesters storm US Capitol as lawmakers gather to count electoral votes

  06-01-2021 20:47 via cnn.com
  
  Supporters of President Donald Trump have breached the US Capitol as lawmakers count the Electoral College votes certifying President-elect Joe Biden's win.
  
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• Capitol riots: Moment protesters storm US legislature

  06-01-2021 20:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US Capitol has gone into lockdown amid violent clashes between police and Trump supporters, who broke security lines and are inside the building.
  
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• Ukraine seizes 1 ton of heroin heading to Europe

  06-01-2021 20:30 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Ukrainian officials say they have seized about 1.1 tons of heroin that smugglers intended to take into European Union countries and that four Turkish citizens have been detained in the case.
  
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• Philippines flight attendant raped, killed at New Year’s Eve party; 11 men charged

  06-01-2021 20:29 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A Philippine Airlines flight attendant died after being raped at a New Year’s Eve party — and all of the 11 men who were with her have been charged with her rape and homicide, it was revealed Tuesday.
  
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• GOP leader McConnell denounces stunt to overturn election, saying 'it would damage our republic forever'

  06-01-2021 19:50 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Trump's effort to steal election will hit a brick wall
  • Pence braces for Trump's fury
  • Tracking the electoral vote count in Congress
  • Analysis: Eric Trump threatens Congress
  
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• Former client sues lawyer convicted of massive fraud scheme

  06-01-2021 19:43
  
  An eastern Kentucky attorney who admitted to defrauding the government of more than $600 million is being sued by a former client
  
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• More allergic reactions to Covid vaccine reported, but overall remain rare

  06-01-2021 19:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  The CDC advises anyone who had an immediate allergic reaction to the first shot to not get the second dose.
  
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• Death of 9 nuns highlights toll of coronavirus in convents

  06-01-2021 19:40
  
  A home for retired and infirm nuns lost nine residents to COVID-19 during December as the coronavirus pandemic's second wave surged in upstate New York
  
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• Dozens of Hong Kong opposition figures arrested

  06-01-2021 19:37 via cnn.com
  
  Dozens of former lawmakers and opposition activists were arrested Wednesday morning in Hong Kong on suspicion of violating the city's sweeping national security legislation, in the biggest crackdown since the law was imposed by Beijing last year.
  
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• Pro-Trump supporters have flooded DC to protest president's election loss

  06-01-2021 19:36 via cnn.com
  
  Hundreds of law enforcement officers have mobilized across Washington as thousands of supporters who refuse to accept President Donald Trump's election loss have flocked to the nation's capital to protest when Congress gathers Wednesday afternoon to put the final stamp on President-elect Joe Biden's victory.
  
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• Democrats on verge of taking the Senate

  06-01-2021 19:26 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • Pro-Trump supporters flood DC to protest election
  • 'Black joy won': Van Jones breaks down Georgia race
  • Warnock is first Georgia Democrat elected to Senate in 20 years
  
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• Read: Pence's statement breaking with Trump on the vote count

  06-01-2021 19:25 via cnn.com
  
  Vice President Mike Pence released a statement on his role moments before Wednesday's joint session of Congress, saying that he cannot submit to demands he overthrow the results of the November election.
  
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• Republicans prepare a baseless stunt challenging the election. It is doomed to fail.

  06-01-2021 19:22 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Trump's effort to steal election will hit a brick wall
  • Pence braces for Trump's fury
  • Tracking the electoral vote count in Congress
  • Analysis: Eric Trump threatens Congress
  
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• Republican members object to Arizona's electoral vote for Biden, stopping the count. It's the first of multiple state challenges.

  06-01-2021 19:22 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Trump's effort to steal election will hit a brick wall
  • Pence braces for Trump's fury
  • Tracking the electoral vote count in Congress
  • Analysis: Eric Trump threatens Congress
  
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• Pence braces for Trump's fury

  06-01-2021 19:19 via cnn.com
  
  Vice President Mike Pence enters the US Capitol on Wednesday for a date with history.
  
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• Video shows woman after being struck by Chicago police SUV

  06-01-2021 19:17
  
  Video from a Chicago police officer’s body camera shows a woman on the ground after being struck by a police SUV
  
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• Two detectives connected to fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor fired

  06-01-2021 18:47 via cnn.com
  
  The Louisville Police Department fired two detectives connected to the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, according to copies of the officers' termination letters.
  
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• Biden to nominate Merrick Garland as attorney general

  06-01-2021 18:20 via cnn.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden has decided to nominate Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general, people familiar with the matter tell CNN, a long-awaited decision that was moved toward completion Wednesday as it became apparent that Democrats were on the brink of winning control of the Senate.
  
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• The Weeknd reveals altered face in new music video

  06-01-2021 18:07 via cnn.com
  
  Grammy winning singer The Weeknd showed off a drastically changed face in a new music video for his new single "Save Your Tears."
  
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• EU authorizes Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine

  06-01-2021 17:51 via cnn.com
  
  The European Union drugs regulator has recommended granting Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine a conditional marketing authorization, a move that will soon pave the way for the drug to become the second coronavirus vaccine to be distributed in the bloc.
  
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• Joe Biden's economic agenda is suddenly alive again. America could use the jobs

  06-01-2021 17:47 via cnn.com
  
  Democrats are on the cusp of taking control of the Senate, breathing new life into President-elect Joe Biden's economic agenda at a time America's job market could really need the help.
  
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• Congress meets to certify Electoral College votes in face of GOP objections

  06-01-2021 17:28 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Trump's effort to steal election will hit a brick wall
  • Pence braces for Trump's fury
  • Here's what the Constitution says about certification process
  • Analysis: Eric Trump threatens Congress over today's vote
  • Step-by-step guide to today's vote count
  
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• Warnock is first Georgia Democrat elected to Senate in 20 years

  06-01-2021 17:06 via cnn.com
  
  Rev. Raphael Warnock, the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, was elected on Tuesday to be the first black senator from Georgia, CNN projected early Wednesday morning, a repudiation of Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler and her adherence to President Donald Trump.
  
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• CNN projects Democrat Raphael Warnock will be the first Black senator from Georgia. Ossoff leads Republican Perdue as Democrats near Senate majority.

  06-01-2021 17:06 via cnn.com
  
  Rev. Raphael Warnock, the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, was elected on Tuesday to be the first black senator from Georgia, CNN projected early Wednesday morning, a repudiation of Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler and her adherence to President Donald Trump.
  
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• Crashed websites, lines and scams frustrate Floridians looking for vaccinations

  06-01-2021 16:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  Florida has had the third-highest count of Covid-19 cases in the United States over the past 7 days, just after California and Texas. It ranks sixth in deaths.
  
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