The FBI warned police agencies of possible armed protests outside all 50 state capitol buildings starting Saturday through president-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, fuelled by supporters of President Donald Trump who believe his false claims of electoral fraud.
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Patrick Poitras was operating a bulldozer that fell through the ice at Suncor’s Base Plant mine, north of Fort McMurray, on Wednesday.
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A stay-at-home order remains in effect in Ontario as concerns about hospital capacity continue. To add to the concern, there are now a record 420 COVID-19 patients in the province’s intensive care units, new data from Critical Care Services Ontario shows.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right party has elected Armin Laschet, the governor of Germany’s most populous state, as its new leader.
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The Treasury Department says $600 mailed checks and direct deposits are on the way to millions of qualified Americans.
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Flights were subject to a ground stop for several hours at Dallas Love Field and Dallas-Fort Worth International airports Wednesday, according to the FAA.
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Britain’s Heather Watson is among 47 players who will stay confined to the their hotel rooms after positive coronavirus cases on their flights to the Australian Open.
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Air industry bodies call for more support ahead of the UK’s tighter quarantine rules on Monday.
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Parts of eastern England could see up to 8cm of snow on Saturday, the Met Office says.
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Players are flown in ahead of the Australian Open while thousands of citizens are waiting to return.
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The execution of Dustin Higgs, 48, is the 13th federal death sentence carried out since July.
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Dustin Higgs, 48, was executed for his role in the kidnapping and murder of three women in Maryland. He was the last federal execution under Trump.
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As blizzard conditions impacted parts of the Midwest, two Southern California coastal locations registered a national high temperature of 94.
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Alex Azar, the Health and Human Services Secretary, resigned Friday evening. He cited the violent Capitol riot inflamed by President Trump, which left several dead or injured, in his resignation letter obtained by NBC News.
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Covid vaccine rollout plagued by confusion, high demand, HHS Secretary Azar speaks out on slow vaccine rollout, and Florida restaurant manager saves boy from abuse, police say.
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