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Senators to hear opening arguments as Trump fumes over trial
Feb 10, 2021 by Rick Watts
By LISA MASCARO, ERIC TUCKER, MARY CLARE JALONICK and JILL COLVIN WASHINGTON (AP) — Opening arguments begin Wednesday in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial after an emotional first day that wrenched senators and the nation back to the…
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WHO team: Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab
Feb 09, 2021 by Rick Watts
By EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA WUHAN, China (AP) — The coronavirus most likely first appeared in humans after jumping from an animal, a team of international and Chinese scientists looking for the origins of COVID-19 said…
Trump impeachment trial to open with sense of urgency, speed
Feb 08, 2021 by Rick Watts
By LISA MASCARO and HOPE YEN WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial is opening this week with a sense of urgency — by Democrats who want to hold the former president accountable for the…
Senate OKs fast-track of COVID aid, Harris casts tie-breaker
Feb 05, 2021 by Rick Watts
By JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate early Friday approved a measure that would let Democrats muscle President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan through the chamber without Republican support. Vice President Kamala…
Defend or rebuke? House GOP faces difficult vote over Greene
Feb 04, 2021 by Rick Watts
By ALAN FRAM, BRIAN SLODYSKO and KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans will be forced to go on the record, defending or rebuking Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has drawn bipartisan condemnation over her embrace…
Fauci: Don’t let Super Bowl parties become super spreaders
Feb 03, 2021 by Rick Watts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s top infectious disease expert doesn’t want the Super Bowl to turn into a super spreader. Dr. Anthony Fauci, says when it comes to Super Bowl parties during the pandemic, people…
Biden tries to show US as democracy beacon post-Capitol riot
Feb 02, 2021 by Rick Watts
By AAMER MADHANI WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than two weeks in office, President Joe Biden is facing two critical tests of whether the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol has damaged America’s standing as a…
Biden to meet Republicans proposing $618 billion virus aid
Feb 01, 2021 by Rick Watts
By AAMER MADHANI WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to meet on Monday with a group of 10 Republican senators who have proposed $618 billion in coronavirus relief, about a third of the $1.9…
One-dose shot offers good protection, new hope against virus
Jan 29, 2021 by Rick Watts
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and LINDA A. JOHNSON AP - Johnson & Johnson’s long-awaited vaccine appears to protect against COVID-19 with just one shot – not as strong as some two-shot rivals but still potentially helpful…
WHO team in Wuhan departs quarantine for COVID origins study
Jan 28, 2021 by Rick Watts
By EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA WUHAN, China (AP) — A World Health Organization team emerged from quarantine in the Chinese city of Wuhan on Thursday to start field work in a fact-finding mission on the origins…
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