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• Twitter 'permanently suspends' Marjorie Taylor Greene's personal account

  02-01-2022 23:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  Twitter suspended a personal account of Rep.
  
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• Biden reaffirms U.S. support for Ukraine in call with Zelenskyy amid Russia fears

  02-01-2022 23:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  The two leaders held their second call in a month on the heels of Biden's call Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  
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• Biden tells Ukrainian president US 'will respond decisively if Russia further invades'

  02-01-2022 23:27 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday that the US and its allies "will respond decisively if Russia further invades Ukraine," according to a readout of a call between the two leaders provided by the White House.
  
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• Liverpool vs. Chelsea: Sadio Mane at the center of helter-skelter Premier League draw, leaving Manchester City in pole position to win title

  02-01-2022 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  Chelsea and Liverpool shared a pulsating 2-2 draw on Sunday to leave both teams struggling to keep pace with defending champion Manchester City in the Premier League title race.
  
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• Escaping red card against Chelsea, Sadio Mane then scored for Liverpool in thriller

  02-01-2022 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  Chelsea and Liverpool shared a pulsating 2-2 draw on Sunday to leave both teams struggling to keep pace with defending champion Manchester City in the Premier League title race.
  
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• Liverpool and Chelsea serve up helter-skelter Premier League draw, leaving Manchester City in pole position to win title

  02-01-2022 22:38 via cnn.com
  
  Chelsea and Liverpool shared a pulsating 2-2 draw on Sunday to leave both teams struggling to keep pace with defending champion Manchester City in the Premier League title race.
  
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• Sudan's Prime Minister resigns amid violent anti-coup protests that have left at least 57 people dead

  02-01-2022 22:29 via cnn.com
  
  Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has resigned, according to a video address from Hamdok posted Sunday on the verified YouTube account of the Prime Minister's office.
  
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• Sudan's Prime Minister resigns

  02-01-2022 22:29 via cnn.com
  
  Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has resigned, according to a video address from Hamdok posted Sunday on the verified YouTube account of the Prime Minister's office.
  
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• Jan. 6 panel has testimony Ivanka Trump asked father to intervene in riot, Cheney says

  02-01-2022 22:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  GOP Rep. Liz Cheney said the panel also had testimony that the then-president was watching the attack on TV as allies, including his daughter, asked him to do something.
  
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• Twitter suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene account over Covid-19 misinformation

  02-01-2022 21:28 via cnn.com
  
  Twitter has permanently suspended Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Twitter account @mtgreenee, the company confirmed to CNN. A Twitter spokesperson said the company "permanently suspended" the account "for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy."
  
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• Where Big Tech is taking us in 2022

  02-01-2022 21:00 via cnn.com
  
  Kara Swisher discusses how the pandemic made tech companies like Google and Meta even more powerful. She also discusses political oversight of Big Tech and says "what we really need overall is a national privacy bill."
  
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• World-renowned Kenyan conservationist Richard Leakey dies at 77

  02-01-2022 20:48 via cnn.com
  
  Kenyan paleoanthropologist and conservationist Richard Leakey, who unearthed evidence that helped prove humankind evolved in Africa, died on Sunday at the age of 77, Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta confirmed in a statement.
  
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• New laws in 2022 address surprise medical bills, chained pets, cocktails-to-go

  02-01-2022 20:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  The new year will bring a host of new laws that take effect starting Saturday on issues from surprise medical bills to restraints for the family pet.
  
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• Chelsea and Liverpool serve up helter-skelter Premier League draw, leaving Manchester City in pole position to win title

  02-01-2022 20:26 via cnn.com
  
  Chelsea and Liverpool shared a pulsating 2-2 draw on Sunday to leave both teams struggling to keep pace with defending champion Manchester City in the Premier League title race.
  
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• Cheney: January 6 committee has 'firsthand testimony' that Ivanka asked Trump to intervene during insurrection

  02-01-2022 20:22 via cnn.com
  
  Members of the House select committee investigating January 6 said Sunday that they have critical testimony about communications to former President Donald Trump on the day of the deadly attack.
  
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• Wastewater samples reveal record levels of Covid-19 across U.S.

  02-01-2022 20:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  With at-home Covid-19 tests in high demand and their efficacy in question, health departments from California to Massachusetts are turning to sewage samples to
  
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• Cheney reveals what Trump was doing during January 6 insurrection

  02-01-2022 19:48 via cnn.com
  
  Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), the vice chair of the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, said in an interview with CBS that the committee has "firsthand testimony" that former President Donald Trump was watching the attack on the Capitol from the White House.
  
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• Cheney reveals what Trump was doing during insurrection

  02-01-2022 19:48 via cnn.com
  
  Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), the vice chair of the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, said in an interview with CBS that the committee has "firsthand testimony" that former President Donald Trump was watching the attack on the Capitol from the White House.
  
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• School administrators face tough calls as pandemic affects student behavior

  02-01-2022 19:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  School administrators arenavigating difficult questions in responding to student discipline issues, including violence, in the face of the pandemic.
  
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• Passengers rescued from mountaintop cable cars in New Mexico – video

  02-01-2022 19:16
  
  Staff from a tram company and a restaurant were stranded overnight on a tramway near Albuquerque in the US on New Year's Eve after a storm caused rapid buildup of ice on the cables, making it unsafe to travel to the base of the mountain. Rescuers brought the 21 passengers to safety, with no injuries, according to local reports Continue reading...
  
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• Myanmar military reverts to strategy of massacres, burnings, AP investigation finds

  02-01-2022 18:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  The military in Myanmar is reverting to a strategy of massacres and burnings as a weapon of war, according to an investigation based on interviews , social media, satellite imagery and data on deaths.
  
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• 'It's crazy': GOP governor responds to polls of GOP voters

  02-01-2022 18:15 via cnn.com
  
  Republican Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland tells CNN's Dana Bash that the January 6 committee has not reached out to him about testimony on the insurrection even though he had a "pretty involved role that day."
  
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• Devastating fire rips through South Africa’s Parliament complex

  02-01-2022 17:30 via foxnews.com
  
  A major fire ripped through South Africa's Parliament complex on Sunday, gutting offices and causing some ceilings in the building that houses the national legislature to collapse.
  
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• NASCAR reviewing 'Let's Go Brandon' sponsorship

  02-01-2022 17:13 via cnn.com
  
  NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Brandon Brown announced on Thursday a sponsorship deal with cryptocurrency meme coin LGBcoin -- a reference to the controversial "Let's Go Brandon" phrase.
  
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• EU flag removed from Arc de Triomphe after causing stir

  02-01-2022 17:01 via cnn.com
  
  A large European Union flag attached to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Friday to mark the start of France's six-month presidency of the bloc was removed on Sunday after it drew outrage from far-right and right-wing leaders.
  
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• What impact will Omicron have on UK children and schools?

  02-01-2022 16:39
  
  As the term begins and masks return to England’s classrooms, schools rely on vaccines, testing and hygieneCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAs a new term is set to start for schools across the UK and the government announces masks will return for secondary pupils in England’s classrooms, we take a look at the potential impact of Omicron on children. Continue reading...
  
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• January 6 committee has 'significant testimony' the White House 'had been told to do something' during insurrection

  02-01-2022 16:39 via cnn.com
  
  The Democratic chairman of the House select committee investigating the Capitol insurrection said Sunday that the panel has "significant testimony" that the White House "had been told to do something" during the deadly attack last year.
  
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• Rapper Kodak Black arrested for trespassing on New Year's Day

  02-01-2022 16:27 via cnn.com
  
  Kodak Black was arrested Saturday in Pompano Beach, Florida, on a misdemeanor trespassing charge, according to Broward County Court records.
  
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• One of Marjorie Taylor Greene's verified Twitter accounts permanently suspended from Twitter

  02-01-2022 16:21 via cnn.com
  
  Twitter has permanently suspended Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Twitter account @mtgreenee, the company confirmed to CNN Sunday morning.
  
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• Steph Curry makes a three-pointer for the 158th consecutive game to break his own NBA record

  02-01-2022 16:14 via cnn.com
  
  The records just keep on coming on for Steph Curry. The superstar guard made a three-pointer for the 158th consecutive game to break his own NBA record as the Golden State Warriors beat the Utah Jazz 123-116 in Salt Lake City on Saturday.
  
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• Memorial: Russia’s civil rights group uncovering an uncomfortable past

  02-01-2022 15:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Memorial, one of the oldest civil rights groups in Russia, was uncovering uncomfortable truths for the authorities.
  
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• NHL duo give fan $10,000 med school scholarship after she spotted melanoma of team member at match

  02-01-2022 15:41 via cnn.com
  
  Two NHL teams have combined to give ice hockey fan Nadia Popovici a $10,000 scholarship for medical school as a thank you for advising Vancouver Canucks assistant equipment manager Brian "Red" Hamilton to get a mole behind his neck checked out.
  
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• Dutch police disperse thousands protesting against lockdown measures

  02-01-2022 15:28 via cnn.com
  
  Riot police with batons and shields tried to break up a crowd of several thousand who had gathered in the Dutch capital on Sunday to protest against Covid-19 lockdown measures and vaccinations.
  
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• Here's what Elon Musk is likely to do with those billions of dollars in stock sales

  02-01-2022 15:00 via cnn.com
  
  What's Elon Musk doing with the billions he's collected in the past two months from selling shares in Tesla?
  
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• Can the stock market's momentum continue into 2022?

  02-01-2022 14:48 via cnn.com
  
  The stock market just wrapped up one of its best years on record. Can it repeat its stellar performance in 2022, even when faced with inflation concerns and rising interest rates?
  
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• 10 secrets we learned after watching 'Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts'

  02-01-2022 14:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  After all this time, we’re still nostalgic for Harry Potter.
  
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• What is aquamation? The green alternative to cremation chosen by Desmond Tutu

  02-01-2022 14:30 via cnn.com
  
  Family members gathered to say their goodbyes to anti-apartheid hero Desmond Tutu at a private service at St. George's Cathedral on Sunday, where his ashes were interred in Cape Town and laid to rest.
  
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• Unidentified person crossed heavily militarized border from South Korea to North Korea

  02-01-2022 13:56 via cnn.com
  
  An unidentified person has crossed the heavily militarized border from South Korea into North Korea, the South Korean military said on Sunday.
  
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• France plans new crackdown on unvaccinated

  02-01-2022 13:49 via cnn.com
  
  The Omicron variant's rapid spread across France has prompted the government to slash Covid-19 isolation times for vaccinated people and move to further isolate the unvaccinated from public venues in a bid to ease the financial and social burdens of the outbreak.
  
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• Jan. 6 committee prepares to go public as findings mount

  02-01-2022 13:15
  
  Nine lawmakers are united in their commitment to tell the full story of Jan. 6.
  
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• Lionel Messi tests positive for Covid-19

  02-01-2022 13:13 via cnn.com
  
  Lionel Messi is one of four Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) players to have tested positive for Covid-19, the club said in a statement on Sunday.
  
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• Mali proposes five-year election delay to West African bloc

  02-01-2022 13:02 via cnn.com
  
  Mali's interim authorities proposed to its West African neighbors that a transition back to democracy following a 2020 military coup be extended by five years, the foreign minister said in comments broadcast on Saturday.
  
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• 'Everyone is welcome': New Year's parade with checkered past of offensive costumes returns with an inclusive message

  02-01-2022 12:57 via cnn.com
  
  America's oldest folk parade returns Sunday after coronavirus shut down the New Year's Day tradition that has come under scrutiny for racist and other offensive costumes worn by some participants throughout the years.
  
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• NHL equipment manager thanks fan who noticed his melanoma at game

  02-01-2022 12:30 via cnn.com
  
  Two NHL teams have combined to give ice hockey fan Nadia Popovici a $10,000 scholarship for medical school as a thank you for advising Vancouver Canucks assistant equipment manager Brian "Red" Hamilton to get a mole behind his neck checked out.
  
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• Fire burns South Africa's Parliament building in Cape Town

  02-01-2022 12:01
  
  Firefighters are battling a major blaze at South Africa’s national Parliament complex
  
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• S Korea: Unidentified person crosses border into North Korea

  02-01-2022 11:47
  
  South Korea’s military says an unidentified person has crossed the border.
  
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• Cape Town fire: smoke rises as parliament burns – video

  02-01-2022 11:42
  
  A major fire broke out in South Africa's parliament building in Cape Town early on Sunday that could be seen from miles around.
  The fire started in third-floor offices and spread to the National Assembly chamber, the City of Cape Town fire and rescue service spokesperson Jermaine Carelse told local media. He added that no people had been injured in the fireFire breaks out in South African parliament in Cape Town Continue reading...
  
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• New CDC Covid guidance could be a recipe for serious trouble

  02-01-2022 11:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Many saw the agency's more relaxed recommendation as a concession to essential businesses experiencing severe staffing shortages — and a danger to employees.
  
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• Judge blocks COVID vaccine mandate for Head Start program

  02-01-2022 11:27
  
  Teachers in the Head Start early education program do not have to be vaccinated.
  
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• Officials probe cause of massive Colorado fire; 3 missing

  02-01-2022 11:21
  
  Investigators are still trying to determine how the fire began.
  
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