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Biden blames Trump for violence at Capitol that's shaken US
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden has denounced the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol as "domestic terrorists" and he blamed President Donald Trump for the violence that has shaken the nation'...
Jan 8, 2021
Capitol siege raises security concerns for Biden inaugural
WASHINGTON - The violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is intensifying scrutiny over security at an inauguration ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden already reshaped by a pandemic and the prospe...
Jan 7, 2021
Stay or go? After Trump-fueled riot, aides debate early exit
WASHINGTON - A steady stream of Trump administration officials are beating an early path to the exits as a protest against the deadly siege of the U.S. Capitol this week even as others wrestling with ...
Jan 7, 2021
Pfizer study suggests vaccine works against virus variant
New research suggests that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine can protect against a mutation found in two highly contagious variants of the coronavirus that erupted in Britain and South Africa. Those variants ...
Jan 7, 2021
Head of Chinese bank behind foreign building spree jailed
BEIJING - The former chairman of the main Chinese state bank behind Beijing's initiative to build railways and ports across dozens of Asian countries has been sentenced to life in prison on corruption...
Jan 7, 2021
'Justice delayed is justice denied:' Canadians mark one year of Flight PS752 downing
EDMONTON - A series of commemorative events stretching over two days has begun to mark the one-year anniversary of the downing of Flight PS752. At 9:42 pm EST - the exact moment the Ukrainian Internat...
Jan 7, 2021
Weapons, drugs seized following pursuit of wanted man in Horse Lake
Beaverlodge RCMP say weapons and drugs charges have been laid against a man wanted on outstanding warrants, following a brief pursuit in Horse Lake over the weekend.Police say on January 2 they were c...
Jan 7, 2021
Missouri woman believed to be last Civil War widow dies
O'FALLON, Mo. - Helen Viola Jackson's 1936 marriage to James Bolin was unusual to say the least: He was 93 and in declining health, and she was a 17-year-old schoolgirl. Bolin was also a Civil War vet...
Jan 7, 2021
2 convicted of defamation in blow to China's #MeToo movement
TAIPEI, Taiwan - In a potential blow to the #MeToo movement in China, two former journalists were convicted of defaming a third journalist by publishing an account accusing him of sexual misconduct. A...
Jan 7, 2021
The day my 'second home,' the Capitol, was overtaken by mob
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Capitol is my second home. I have been covering the occupants of the building for an absurdly long period of time, the last 15 years spent mostly at a workspace just steps from t...
Jan 7, 2021