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• In State of the State Speech, Ducey Criticizes DC Riots, Opposes Local Restrictions To Slow Out-of-Control Virus

  11-01-2021 23:50 via tucsonweekly.com
  
  Gov. Doug Ducey delivered his 2021 State of the State address Monday afternoon with a message of maintaining resilience against COVID-19, returning students to classrooms and advocating for lower income taxes. …
  
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• The Latest: 2 Capitol Police officers suspended after attack

  11-01-2021 23:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout of the storming of the Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):
  5:45 p.m.
  Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio says two U.S. Capitol Police officers have been suspended as a result of their actions during last week’s attack on the Capitol.
  Ryan told reporters on Monday that one of the officers took a selfie with someone and the second officer put on a “Make America Great Again” hat. He says of the latter that the &
  
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• Conservative-friendly app Parler booted off internet over ties to siege

  11-01-2021 23:43
  Parler /PxhereWASHINGTON DC (AP) - The conservative-friendly social network Parler has been booted off the internet over ties to the siege on the U.S. Capitol.
  But before the app was banned, digital activists made off with an archive of its posts, including any that might have helped organize or document last week’s riot.
  Amazon kicked Parler off its web-hosting service early Monday, and the social media app promptly sued to get back online.
  The 2-year-old app welcomed a surge of new user
  
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• The Latest: Louisiana expands vaccine delivery to elderly

  11-01-2021 23:37
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana is boosting its distribution of coronavirus vaccines to the elderly.
  The state on Monday increased the number of doses available to people aged 70 and older this week and expanded the locations where they can get the shots to include every parish of the state.
  The Department of Health’s list of pharmacies offering the vaccine to the elderly numbered 107 last week. It has grown to 209 pharmacies and health clinics this week.
  Gov. John Bel Edwards’s a
  
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• Acting Homeland Security chief Wolf is resigning

  11-01-2021 23:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf is stepping down from his post, days after criticizing President Donald Trump over the riot at the U.S. Capitol.
  Wolf said in a message to staff Monday that he would step down at 11:59 p.m. Monday, even though he had earlier said he planned to remain in his job. He said Pete Gaynor, who ran the Federal Emergency Management Agency, would become the acting homeland security secretary.
  The resignation comes a day before Trump is
  
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• 3 police officers killed in Puerto Rico during traffic stop

  11-01-2021 23:22
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Three police officers have been killed in Puerto Rico’s capital during a routine traffic stop. Agent José Catalano told The Associated Press that two of the officers were shot and the third was run over in the incident Monday afternoon. It happened in the popular tourist district of Isla Verde on one of the U.S. territory’s busiest highways near the island’s main international airport. It is the first time in recent history that so
  
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• Business grows skittish about Trump and GOP after riots

  11-01-2021 23:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Corporate America is quickly distancing itself from the defeated President Donald Trump. Many many of the biggest names in business — Goldman Sachs, Ford, and Blue Cross Blue Shield among them — are suspending their political donations after a Trump-inspired mob ransacked the U.S. Capitol in a deadly and violent spree last Wednesday. But the “pausing” of donations announced by many companies was unlikely to deliver a serious blow to Republicans in
  
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• The Latest: Acting Homeland Security chief Wolf is resigning

  11-01-2021 23:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout of the storming of the Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):
  5:15 p.m.
  Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf is stepping down from his post, days after criticizing President Donald Trump over the riot at the U.S. Capitol.
  Wolf said in a message to staff that he would step down at 11:59 p.m. Monday, even though he had earlier said he planned to remain in his job. He said Pete Gaynor, who ran the Federal Emergency Manage
  
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• Going big: US dispensing shots at stadiums and fairgrounds

  11-01-2021 23:15
  
  The U.S. is entering the second month of the biggest vaccination effort in history with a major expansion of the campaign, opening football stadiums, major league ballparks, fairgrounds and convention centers to inoculate a larger and more diverse pool of people. After a frustratingly slow rollout involving primarily health care workers and nursing home residents, states are moving on to the next phase before the first one is complete. They are making shots available to such groups as senior cit
  
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• Fatality reported in Oro Valley crash

  11-01-2021 23:13
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - A fatality has ben reported in connection to a crash that occurred in Oro Valley Monday afternoon.According to Oro Valley Police Department, the collision occurred near the intersection of Oracle Road and Pusch View Lane.OVPD said southbound traffic has been completely restricted in the area. Westbound traffic on Pusch View is also currently backed up at this time.Police advise motorists to use Lambert Lane as a detour.
  Oro Valley Police Department is working a traffic fatality a
  
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• Acting Homeland Secretary head Wolf resigning Monday, days after criticizing Trump; had said he planned to remain in job

  11-01-2021 23:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting Homeland Secretary head Wolf resigning Monday, days after criticizing Trump; had said he planned to remain in job.The post Acting Homeland Secretary head Wolf resigning Monday, days after criticizing Trump; had said he planned to remain in job appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Law enforcement: We’ll be ready for Joe Biden’s inauguration

  11-01-2021 23:00
  
  Adam Schultz / Biden for President / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0President-elect Joe Biden, Photo Date: October 29, 2020
  WASHINGTON (AP) — This time, they’ll be ready. The inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden will be held on the same risers in the same spot at the U.S. Capitol where a violent, pro-Trump mob descended last week.  U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Michael Plati, who is leading the inauguration security, says the two events aren’t comparable from a securit
  
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• The Latest: Aide: Schumer considering convening Senate early

  11-01-2021 22:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout of the storming of the Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):
  4:55 p.m.
  Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is exploring immediately convening the Senate for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial as soon as the House votes and sends the article of impeachment to the chamber.
  That’s according to a senior Democratic aide who spoke on condition of Monday to discuss the private planning.
  The aide says Schumer i
  
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• Govt. triples daily number of hikers allowed at The Wave

  11-01-2021 22:52
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. government is more than tripling the number of daily visitors allowed to hike the colorful, contoured landscape of a U.S. Southwestern hike called The Wave. The new plan announced Monday comes during the waning days of the Trump administration. The plan will allow as many as 64 people per day, up from the previous limit of 20. Fewer than 4% of the 200,000 people who requested permits in 2018 were granted them. Conservation groups decried the decision as a mis
  
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• Ducey: Schools must end virtual classrooms or lose money

  11-01-2021 22:51
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Doug Ducey says Arizona schools that have closed because of the pandemic must end virtual learning and return students to the classroom or lose money. Ducey issued the threat in his annual state-of-the-state address on Monday. He did not say when schools must reopen and his aides did not immediately respond to a request for explanation. Ducey delivered his seventh and shortest state-of-the-state address since becoming governor in 2015. He spoke from his office, foregoin
  
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• Florida man spotted with Pelosi lectern gets $25K bail

  11-01-2021 22:50
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man spotted carrying a lectern belonging to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office in a widely circulated photo during the Capitol assault has been released on $25,000 bail. A federal magistrate judge in Tampa agreed to the release Monday at a brief hearing for Adam Johnson, 36, from the nearby community of Parrish. Johnson was arrested last weekend on charges of government property theft, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds and
  
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• Teenage facing murder charge in death of man in Pima County

  11-01-2021 22:45
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Pima County Sheriff’s officials say a teenager has been arrested in connection with the death of a 61-year-old man on Tucson’s south side last weekend. They say the 15-year-boy is facing first-degree murder charges. His name isn’t being released because of he’s a juvenile. Sheriff’s officials say deputies responded to a disturbance report Sunday and found Jose Mendoza Martinez suffering from life-threatening injuries.  Martinez was tr
  
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• President Trump hits Cuba with new terrorism sanctions in waning days

  11-01-2021 22:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has re-designated Cuba as a “state sponsor of terrorism" in a move that hits the country with new sanctions shortly before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the step on Monday, citing in particular Cuba's continued harboring of U.S. fugitives as well as its support for Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
  The move is the latest of last-minute moves the Trump administration is making before Biden ta
  
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• Report: Company tells radio hosts stop stolen election talk

  11-01-2021 22:38
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The ownership group for dozens of talk radio hosts across the country says it wants no more talk of stolen elections or civil war. The chief of content for Cumulus Media told its managers that the company wants to tone down the rhetoric in the wake of the riot at the U.S. Capitol last week. The memo says that ‘dog whistles’ about stolen elections, civil war or any language that infers that violent disobedience is ever warranted will not be tolerated. Inside Musi
  
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• House speeding to impeach Trump for Capitol ‘insurrection’

  11-01-2021 22:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With impeachment pressure mounting, the House is speeding ahead to try to oust President Donald Trump from office. Democrats are pushing first for the vice president and Cabinet to invoke constitutional authority to remove Trump from office. After that, impeachment proceedings are set for Wednesday. Biden said those who “engaged in sedition” must be held accountable. Trump is to face a single charge — “incitement of insurrection” — over
  
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• The Latest: State Department investigates website ‘prank’

  11-01-2021 22:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout of the storming of the Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):
  4:20 p.m.
  The State Department is investigating what appears to be a “prank” after its website suggested President Donald Trump’s term would end Monday evening.
  The change to the department’s bio page for Trump — which displayed the text “Donald J. Trump’s term ended on 2021-01-11 19:49:00” — created an internet
  
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• Minneapolis police union president to retire early

  11-01-2021 22:17
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The head of the Minneapolis police union, frequently attacked by opponents after George Floyd’s death as an obstacle to needed changes in the department, said Monday he is retiring. Lt. Bob Kroll confirmed the announcement in a text to The Associated Press. In a letter to union members obtained by the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Kroll said he had planned to retire in May. Kroll said after “reviewing the bigger picture,” it’s in his family’s be
  
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• The Latest: Homeland Security boosting inauguration security

  11-01-2021 22:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout of the storming of the Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):
  4:10 p.m.
  The Department of Homeland Security is setting increased inauguration security measures in motion earlier than scheduled, citing an “evolving security landscape” leading up to the event.Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said Monday that he’s moved up the timing of the national special security event for President-elect Joe Biden&rsquo
  
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• Discovery of pipe bombs in DC obscured by riot at Capitol

  11-01-2021 22:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, federal agents were working at the same time to detonate two pipe bombs found just blocks away at the offices of the Republican and Democratic national committees. The focus on the insurrection shifted public attention away from the explosives threat, which experts say remains a primary concern for law enforcement ahead of next week’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden
  
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• Homeland Security sets increased inauguration security measures in motion early, citing ‘events of the past week’

  11-01-2021 22:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security sets increased inauguration security measures in motion early, citing ‘events of the past week’.
  
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• Right-wing app Parler booted off internet over ties to siege

  11-01-2021 22:07
  
  The conservative-friendly social network Parler has been booted off the internet over ties to the siege on the U.S. Capitol. But before the app was banned, hackers made off with an archive of its posts, including any that might have helped organize or document last week’s riot. Amazon kicked Parler off its web-hosting service early Monday, and the social media app promptly sued to get back online. The 2-year-old app welcomed a surge of new users and became the No. 1 free app on iPhones lat
  
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• Leagues resolve lawsuit over New Jersey sports betting block

  11-01-2021 22:05
  
  A resolution is at hand in a lawsuit over millions of dollars stemming from New Jersey’s years-long battle to overturn a federal sports betting ban. According to a judge’s order entered Monday, the major pro sports leagues and the NCAA have reached an agreement with the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association. The amount of the settlement wasn’t disclosed. The leagues successfully blocked the NJTHA from opening a sports betting site at Monmouth Park Racetrack while
  
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• Alabama congressman deletes Twitter account after suspension

  11-01-2021 21:52
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Barry Moore’s personal Twitter account was suspended following tweets he shared in the wake of the riot at the U.S. Capitol. He then deleted his account. It wasn’t immediately clear what led to the suspension, but the congressman for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District tweeted, comments about the riots that seemed to minimize the violence. Moore’s chief of staff, Shana Teehan, confirmed the suspension of Moore’s personal acco
  
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• Ford announces closing of Brazil manufacturing operations

  11-01-2021 21:51
  
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Ford Motor said on Monday it will close three plants in Brazil and stop producing automobiles in the South American country. The company said in a statement it will cease production immediately at the factories “as the COVID-19 pandemic amplifies persistent industry idle capacity and slow sales that have resulted in years of significant losses.” The automaker also said it will keep its South America headquarters, product development center and proving grounds i
  
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• The Latest: Gorillas in San Diego test positive for COVID-19

  11-01-2021 21:50
  
  SAN DIEGO — Several gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park have tested positive for the coronavirus in what is believed to be the first cases among such primates in captivity.Lisa Peterson, the park’s executive director, told The Associated Press on Monday that eight gorillas at the park are believed to have the virus and several have been coughing.It appears the infection came from a member of the park’s wildlife care team that also tested positive for the virus but has bee
  
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• New this week: ‘MLK/FBI,’ Why Don’t We and ‘Prodigal Son’

  11-01-2021 21:47
  
  This week’s new entertainment releases include Regina King’s directorial debut “One Night in Miami,” which brings together Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke in the same Miami hotel in February 1964. In music offerings, three years after releasing their full-length debut album, boy band Why Don’t We are back with their sophomore release “The Good Times and the Bad Ones.” And, speaking of sophomores, the second season of Fox’s “P
  
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• Scientists decry death by 1,000 cuts for world’s insects

  11-01-2021 21:45
  
  Scientists worry that the world is losing about 1% or 2% of its insects each year. In a dozen scientific papers Monday, researchers call it death by 1,000 cuts. They say climate change, insecticides, herbicide, land use changes, invasive species and light pollution are killing the world’s bugs. Insects are crucial to Earth and our food web, even if people don’t like them. But with more than 1 million known species and maybe 4 million not yet discovered, scientists say they have a har
  
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• Mississippi governor signs law for flag without rebel sign

  11-01-2021 21:45
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a bill that gives the state a new flag with a magnolia and the phrase, “In God We Trust.” The bill signing happened Monday, just over six months after legislators retired the last state flag in the U.S. that included the Confederate battle emblem. Momentum to change the Mississippi flag built quickly last summer as protests against racial injustice were happening across the nation. Legislators created a commission to
  
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• Pompeo trumpets Trump, razzes critics in speech to VOA

  11-01-2021 21:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has taken to U.S. government-funded airwaves to deliver a full-throated defense of the Trump administration’s presentation of its foreign policy and support for democracy. Less than a week after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol to try to subvert the results of an election, Pompeo told staff at the Voice of America on Monday that America retains the credibility and standing to defend democratic values abroad. Pom
  
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• Virus 'Mowing Through Arizona Like a Sharpened Scythe': State Continues to Break COVID-19 Records; Experts Estimate 700+ Deaths a Week

  11-01-2021 21:38 via tucsonweekly.com
  
  The latest COVID-19 report from a University of Arizona professor shows an increase in already alarming coronavirus numbers as the state continues to set records for weekly case counts.…
  
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• Lehigh University trustees rescind Trump’s honorary degree

  11-01-2021 21:38
  
  BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Lehigh University’s board is stripping President Donald Trump of an honorary degree it granted to him more than three decades ago. The executive committee of the private university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, moved to rescind the 1988 honor a day after a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol shortly after Trump made a speech nearby. The Lehigh Board of Trustees affirmed that decision on Friday but didn’t elaborate on its reasoning. Wagner College in Staten
  
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• Mississippi governor signs law giving the state a new flag without the Confederate battle emblem

  11-01-2021 21:36
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi governor signs law giving the state a new flag without the Confederate battle emblem.
  
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• Gorillas test positive for coronavirus at San Diego park

  11-01-2021 21:23
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Several gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park have tested positive for the coronavirus in what is believed to be the first cases among such primates in captivity. The park’s executive director, Lisa Peterson, told The Associated Press on Monday that eight gorillas at the park are believed to have the virus and several have been coughing. It appears the infection came from a member of the park’s wildlife care team that also tested positive for the virus but
  
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• The Latest: Jordan receives first shipment of Pfizer vaccine

  11-01-2021 21:10
  
  AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan has received its first shipment of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine before its vaccination drive kicks off this week.The doses arrived at the country’s Alia airport on a Royal Jordanian Airlines flight on Monday following an earlier shipment over the weekend of Chinese drugmaker Sinopharm’s vaccine.Officials have not said exactly how many doses arrived Monday and more shipments are expected in the coming weeks. Jordan’s health minister has said that t
  
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• Trump hits Cuba with new terrorism sanctions in waning days

  11-01-2021 21:09
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has re-designated Cuba as a “state sponsor of terrorism” in a move that hits the country with new sanctions shortly before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the step on Monday, citing in particular Cuba’s continued harboring of U.S. fugitives as well as its support for Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. The move is the latest of last-minute moves the Trump administration is making bef
  
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• Trump administration re-designates Cuba a ‘state sponsor of terrorism’ and imposes new sanctions

  11-01-2021 21:04
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration re-designates Cuba a ‘state sponsor of terrorism’ and imposes new sanctions.
  
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• The Latest: House will consider Trump impeachment Wednesday

  11-01-2021 20:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout of the storming of the Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):
  2:55 p.m.
  Democrats say the House will consider the impeachment of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, one week after an angry mob of his supporters invaded the Capitol.House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told Democrats on a call Monday that members should plan to return to Washington on Tuesday evening to consider a House resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pe
  
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• Lebanon plans 11-day, 24-hour curfew, hospital beds fill up

  11-01-2021 20:51
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese authorities have announced a tightening of a nationwide lockdown, including an 11-day 24-hour curfew that starts later in the week. The new measures come amid a dramatic surge in coronavirus infections and growing criticism of uncoordinated policies that many blame for the spread of the virus. Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister said earlier that the country has entered a “very critical zone” in the battle against the coronavirus. A lockdown and a ni
  
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• House will meet Wednesday to consider impeaching President Trump for ‘incitement of insurrection’ at Capitol

  11-01-2021 20:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House will meet Wednesday to consider impeaching President Trump for ‘incitement of insurrection’ at Capitol.
  
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• FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week

  11-01-2021 20:47
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is warning of plans for armed protests at all 50 state capitals and in Washington leading up to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. The warning comes just days after the bloodshed during last week’s deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol. An internal FBI bulletin warned that, as of Sunday, the nationwide protests may start later this week and extend through Biden’s Jan. 20 inauguration, Two law enforcement officials read details of the memo to Th
  
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• Fox News shuffles daytime lineup; CNN makes changes

  11-01-2021 20:46
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel has dramatically reshuffled its daytime lineup and is adding a new opinion hour at 7 p.m. Eastern. Both Fox and CNN announced schedule changes Monday, which is not unusual for news outlets when a new presidential administration takes office. CNN’s Jake Tapper and Fox’s John Roberts are among those taking on new roles. The changes come with the backdrop of some dramatic audience shifting. Fox was comfortably ahead of all of its rivals for much of
  
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• FBI bulletin warns of plans for armed protests at all 50 state capitals and in Washington ahead of Biden inauguration

  11-01-2021 20:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI bulletin warns of plans for armed protests at all 50 state capitals and in Washington ahead of Biden inauguration.
  
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• The Latest: Boehner says Trump should consider resigning

  11-01-2021 20:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout of the storming of the Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):
  2:40 p.m.
  Former House Speaker John Boehner says President Donald Trump should “consider resigning his post.”The Republican former Ohio congressman began his remarks during a webinar on health care policy Monday by talking about Trump’s baseless claims of widespread election fraud and last week’s siege of the Capitol by pro-Trump insurrection
  
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• UN: COVID-19 herd immunity unlikely in 2021 despite vaccines

  11-01-2021 20:34
  
  GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization’s chief scientist has warned that even as numerous countries start rolling out vaccination programs to stop COVID-19, herd immunity is highly unlikely this year. At a media briefing on Monday, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said it was critical countries maintain strict social distancing measures for the foreseeable future. Even as countries including Britain, France, Canada and the U.S. begin vaccinating against COVID-19, Swaminathan said “w
  
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• The Latest: Biden talked to Senate leaders about impeachment

  11-01-2021 20:32
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout of the storming of the Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):
  2:30 p.m.
  President-elect Joe Biden says he has spoken to Senate leaders about splitting time between approving his key Cabinet nominations and proceeding with a possible impeachment trial against President Donald Trump.
  The House is preparing articles of impeachment against Trump for the second time in a little over a year. This time, it’s for helping incite
  
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