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Provides: PENCE-ELECTORAL VOTES; REPUBLICAN MEETING; UNITED STATES-IRAN; VIRUS OUTBREAK-VACCINES; FLINT WATER; MISSOURI GOVERNOR-RELIGION; WHOOPI-GOLDBERG-CANCEL-OR-COUNSEL?; SPACEX-PARACHUTES; ENDANGERED-WILDFLOWER-LITHIUM-MINE; IRS-TAX-HELP
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VIRUS-OUTBREAK-US — Propelled partly by the wildly contagious omicron variant, the U.S. demise toll from COVID-19 hit 900,000, lower than two months after eclipsing 800,000. The milestone comes greater than 13 months right into a vaccination drive that has been beset by misinformation and political and authorized strife, although the pictures have proved secure and extremely efficient at stopping severe sickness and demise. By Mark Kennedy and Ken Candy. SENT: 930 phrases, images.
OLY–BEIJING WINTER OLYMPICS —China, which used its first Olympics to amplify its worldwide aspirations, invited the world again— kind of — for the pandemic period’s second Video games, this time as an emboldened and extra highly effective nation whose authorities’s authoritarian flip provoked some nations’ leaders into staying dwelling. Chinese language President Xi Jinping declared the Video games open throughout a ceremony heavy on ice-blue tones and winter imagery, held in the identical lattice-encased Fowl’s Nest stadium that hosted the inaugural occasion of the 2008 Summer season Olympics. By Sarah DiLorenzo. SENT: 1,280 phrases, images. WITH: OLY-BEIJING-OLYMPICS-THE-LATEST.
ECONOMY-JOBS REPORT — In a shocking burst of hiring, American’s employers added 467,000 jobs in January in an indication of the financial system’s resilience even within the face of a wave of omicron infections final month. The federal government’s report additionally drastically revised up its estimate of job positive factors for November and December by a mixed 709,000. It additionally mentioned the unemployment price ticked up from 3.9% to a still-low 4%, primarily as a result of extra individuals started searching for work and never all of them discovered jobs instantly. By AP Economics Author Christopher Rugaber. SENT: 1,015 phrases, images. WITH: BIDEN-ECONOMY — President Biden had been bracing for a bleak jobs report, however the numbers proved to be a nice shock. SENT: 680 phrases, images.
UNITED STATES-SYRIA-THE RAID — When helicopters carrying some 50 U.S. commandos thumped onto the bottom in Syria an hour after midnight, the raiders confronted a home of extremists and youngsters. Child toys had been inside, as was the paraphernalia of violence — together with the bomb that the Islamic State’s chief is alleged by U.S. officers to have used to explode himself and his household. By Ghaith Alsayed, Zeke Miller, Lolita C. Baldor and Calvin Woodward. SENT: 1,220 phrases, images. WITH: SYRIA RAID-CIVILIAN CASUALTIES — The U.S. says it tried to avert civilian deaths, however girls and youngsters had been nonetheless killed. SENT: 960 phrases, images.
POLICE-SHOOTING-MINNEAPOLIS — The dad and mom of Amir Locke and their attorneys mentioned that the 22-year-old Black man was “executed” by a Minneapolis SWAT staff that woke him from a deep sleep, and that he reached in confusion for a authorized firearm to guard himself. Locke’s dad and mom, Andre Locke and Karen Wells, described him as respectful, together with to police, and mentioned a few of their kin work in legislation enforcement. Wells mentioned the couple coached their son on the right way to act and do “what they wanted to do at any time when they encountered cops” due to the hazard to “unarmed Black males.” By Steve Karnowski and Amy Forliti. SENT: 1,060 phrases, images.
PENCE-ELECTORAL VOTES — Former Vice President Mike Pence straight rebuts Donald Trump’s false claims that Pence by some means may have overturned the outcomes of the 2020 election, saying the previous president was merely “incorrect.” By Jill Colvin. SENT: 970 phrases, images.
REPUBLICAN MEETING — The Republican Nationwide Committee censures two GOP lawmakers for taking part on the committee investigating the violent Jan. 6 revolt on the Capitol. And it accuses the panel of persecuting individuals who had engaged in what the occasion calls “official political discourse.” SENT: 610 phrases, images.
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MORE ON THE OLYMPICS
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OLY-CHINA-THE-OLYMPIC-DIASPORA — On the Beijing Olympic Video games, it’s a homecoming of types for one of many world’s most sprawling diasporas. Usually candy and typically extra sophisticated, for Olympians of Chinese language descent, it’s at all times a mirrored image of who they’re, the place they arrive from and the worldwide Olympic spirit itself. Athletes right here on the Beijing Video games characterize the numerous variations of the diaspora: some are one, two or many generations eliminated, others are biracial and multicultural. And even comparable backgrounds diverge on the Olympic stage. SENT: 1,090 phrases, images.
OLY-BEIJING-WATCHING-FROM-HOME — Many Chinese language are full of satisfaction because the Beijing Olympics start. It doesn’t matter that the town simply held the Summer season Video games 14 years in the past, or that the nation needed to artificially assemble snow, or that the U.S. and a number of other different Western nations had been staging a diplomatic boycott over Beijing’s internment of a big a part of its minority Uyghur inhabitants. Regardless that the Olympics are being held with strict COVID-19 prevention measures, there’s nonetheless a festive air within the capital metropolis. SENT: 440 phrases, images.
OLY-WHAT-TO-WATCH — The primary day of medals on the Beijing Olympics might be the beginning of one other Norwegian gold rush. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde is among the many favorites within the males’s downhill, which is likely one of the marquee occasions of NBC’s prime-time protection Saturday. SENT: 580 phrases, images.
OLY-CHINA-RUSSIA — The leaders of Russia and China have declared their joint opposition to any growth of NATO and affirmed that the island of Taiwan is part of China. The joint communique adopted a gathering between Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping hours earlier than the Winter Olympics kicked off in Beijing. SENT: 1,040 phrases, images.
OLY-SPD-PAUL-NEWBERRY-THE-OCALA-GANG — When one appears down the roster of the U.S. speedskating staff on the Beijing Olympics, three names bounce out. Brittany Bowe. Erin Jackson. Joey Mantia. They’re all among the many world’s finest skaters and main medal contenders at these Winter Video games. However that’s not what attracts your consideration. It’s the hometown beside every of their names. The identical metropolis for all three. Ocala, Florida, of all locations. SENT: 1,015 phrases, images.
OLY-OLYMPIC-INTRIGUE — For all of the discuss of a diplomatic boycott, Chinese language chief Xi Jinping has managed to draw a globe-spanning roster of presidents, royals and different dignitaries to the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics. The truth that most of them characterize nations which might be unlikely to win any medals, in the event that they’re even competing in any respect, doesn’t appear to matter. SENT: 1,140 phrases, images.
OLY–FRE-EILEEN’S CHOICE — American-born daredevil Eileen Gu shall be attempting to win gold medals for China on the Beijing Video games. Gu’s mom is from the host nation and the 18-year-old freestyle skier made the tough and much-debated resolution to compete for China as an alternative of america. SENT: 1,144 phrases, images.
OLY-BIA-HOW-BIATHLON-WORKS-EXPLAINER — One analogy usually used to explain the way it feels to compete in a biathlon race goes like this: “Run up 20 flights of stairs as quick as you’ll be able to after which attempt to thread a needle.” U.S. biathlete Jake Brown says biathlon is the wedding of “two completely unrelated issues.” One is bodily and the opposite is usually psychological. Coping with psychological calls for whereas underneath bodily duress is the problem of the game. SENT: 1,070 phrases, images.
OLY-COOLING-ICE-RINKS — The ice rinks that play host to determine skating and speedskating competitions on the Beijing Olympics can even be placing a significant environmental downside on the world stage – the potent greenhouse gases usually lurking in fridges, air conditioners and different cooling methods. SENT: 670 phrases, images.
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TRENDING NEWS
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NETHERLANDS-BRIDGE-SPAT — A plan to briefly dismantle a not too long ago restored historic bridge within the coronary heart of Dutch port metropolis Rotterdam so that an enormous yacht, reportedly being constructed for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, can get to the North Sea is unlikely to be plain crusing. SENT: 455 phrases, images.
MICHAEL-AVENATTI-STORMY-DANIELS — Michael Avenatti was convicted of expenses he cheated the porn actor Stormy Daniels out of practically $300,000 she was presupposed to get for writing a guide about an alleged tryst with former President Donald Trump By Tom Hays and Larry Neumeister. SENT: 830 phrases, images.
MOROCCO-BOY-TRAPPED — Rescuers are inching nearer to reaching a 5-year-old boy trapped for 3 days in a nicely in Morocco, in an operation hampered by issues about floor stability. SENT: 295 phrases, images.
PEOPLE-FRANK-SERPICO — The New York Police Division has acknowledged Frank Serpico’s service and harm within the line of responsibility greater than 50 years later with an official certificates and inscribed medal of honor. SENT: 375 phrases, images.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-VENTILATOR-THEFT — Two Miami males have been sentenced to 41 months in federal jail for stealing 192 ventilators sure for a COVID-19 intensive care middle in El Salvador as a part of a U.S. support program. SENT: 180 phrases.
SUPER-BOWL-FAN-BEATEN — Authorities say a suspect was arrested in an altercation that badly injured a San Francisco 49ers fan in a car parking zone exterior SoFi Stadium throughout final weekend’s NFC championship recreation between the 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams. SENT: 375 phrases, photograph.
NOT REAL NEWS — Social media customers shared a spread of false claims this week. SENT: 2,655 phrases, images.
IRS-TAX-HELP — The IRS will start providing restricted Saturday walk-in assist for taxpayers this tax season at 35 tax help facilities across the nation starting Feb. 12. SENT: 250 phrases, images.
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MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK
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VIRUS-OUTBREAK-CANADA-PROTESTS — Police in Canada’s capital mentioned about 150 further cops shall be deployed to central areas of Ottawa paralyzed by the protest in opposition to COVID-19 mandates that has been occurring for days. SENT: 490 phrases, images.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK — A legislation requiring most adults in Austria to get vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19 is able to take impact, however the sense of urgency that accompanied its announcement in November has largely evaporated. Few different nations look more likely to go so far as Austria as consideration turns to loosening restrictions. SENT: 1,030 phrases, images.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-TONGA — For greater than two years, the isolation of the Pacific archipelago nation of Tonga helped maintain COVID-19 at bay. However after final month’s volcanic eruption and tsunami introduced exterior deliveries of desperately wanted contemporary water and medication, it additionally introduced the virus. Tonga is one in every of a number of Pacific island nations to expertise their first outbreaks over the previous month. SENT: 1,100 phrases, images.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-INDONESIA — Direct worldwide flights to Bali have resumed for the primary time in two years as Indonesia opens the resort island to international vacationers from all nations, however necessary quarantine stays in place for all guests. SENT: 440 phrases, images.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-SPAIN — Spain will finish a mandate to put on masks outside subsequent week, reversing a late December order in opposition to an unprecedented surge of coronavirus infections fueled by a extremely contagious mutation, Well being Minister Carolina Darias says. SENT: 230 phrases, photograph.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-VACCINES — A federal advisory panel voted unanimously to proceed to endorse Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for adults, now that U.S. regulators have given the pictures their full approval. SENT: 200 phrases, photograph.
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WASHINGTON/POLITICS
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UNITED STATES-IRAN — The Biden administration restores some sanctions reduction to Iran’s atomic program as talks geared toward salvaging the languishing 2015 nuclear deal enter a essential section. SENT: 610 phrases, photograph.
CONGRESS-COMPUTER CHIPS — Democrats muscle laws via the Home that they are saying positions the U.S. to raised compete with China economically by strengthening the home semiconductor business and shoring up strained provide chains. SENT: 1,020 phrases, images.
UNITED STATES-AFGHANISTAN-AIRPORT BOMBING — A Pentagon investigation into the lethal suicide assault on on the Kabul airport throughout the Afghanistan evacuation concludes that the Islamic State suicide bomber acted alone and the deaths of greater than 170 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members weren’t preventable. SENT: 850 phrases, photograph, video.
BIDEN-SOLAR TARIFFS — President Biden extends tariffs on most photo voltaic panels imported from China and different nations, however loosens restrictions on some panels utilized in large-scale utility tasks. SENT: 410 phrases, images.
TREASURY-FINE ART — Positive artwork isn’t simply good to take a look at, it’s additionally engaging to criminals attempting to launder cash, finance terrorism and commerce unlawful medicine and arms. The Treasury Division is trying to do one thing about that. SENT: 560 phrases, photograph.
SCHOOL LUNCHES — The Biden administration points new requirements for varsity lunches that are supposed to get cafeterias again on a more healthy course after pandemic disruptions. SENT: 600 phrases, images. With VEGAN SCHOOL LUNCHES — Neglect thriller meat or cheese pizza. As a substitute, chickpea wraps and veggie tacos shall be on the menu for New York Metropolis public college college students because the nation’s largest college district shifts to “Vegan Fridays” at school cafeterias. SENT: 490 phrases, images.
ELECTION-2020-PENNSYLVANIA-REVIEW — A Republican inquiry into Pennsylvania’s 2020 presidential election spurred on by former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud has spawned a number of court docket instances because it expands into a number of programs of inquiry, grows in value and reveals indicators it’s going to drag nicely into 2022. SENT: 890 phrases, images.
PLANES-LASER STRIKES — Pointing lasers at airplanes and helicopters is changing into a much bigger downside. The Federal Aviation Administration mentioned that pilots reported a report 9,723 laser strikes final 12 months. That’s a a 41% enhance over the 12 months earlier than. SENT: 180 phrases.
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NATIONAL
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WINTER WEATHER — A significant winter storm unfold distress from the Deep South the place a twister claimed a life and tree limbs snapped underneath the burden of heavy ice all the best way to the nation’s northeastern journey the place snow and ice brought about havoc for vacationers. A whole lot of hundreds had been with out electrical energy. SENT: 870 phrases, images, video.
DREW-PETERSON — Former suburban Chicago police Sgt. Drew Peterson is getting one other likelihood to ask a decide to vacate his 2012 conviction within the homicide of his third spouse. A listening to Monday shall be earlier than the identical decide who sentenced Peterson to 38 years in jail for the 2004 slaying of Kathleen Savio. Such efforts are not often profitable, however Will County Choose Edward Burmila wrote that he discovered a “gist of a constitutional” declare in Peterson’s hand-printed petition and he needs to listen to extra. SENT: 700 phrases, images.
AHMAUD ARBERY-HATE CRIMES — The person convicted of homicide for capturing Ahmaud Arbery withdrew his responsible plea on a federal hate crime cost, electing to face trial for a second time within the 2020 killing of a Black man that grew to become half of a bigger nationwide reckoning over racial injustice. SENT: 530 phrases, images.
MEDICAL-MARIJUANA-NEW-YORK — New York’s much-anticipated authorized pot retailers might be a 12 months away from opening. However the state is making medical marijuana rather more out there now. SENT: 830 phrases, images.
FLINT-WATER — A decide awarded about $40 million to the lead attorneys in a $626 million settlement for Flint residents and property homeowners whose water was contaminated with lead, however hundreds of thousands in further authorized charges can even be carved out as claimants receives a commission. SENT: 400 phrases, images.
MISSOURI GOVERNOR-RELIGION — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has no “litmus check for appointments,” his spokeswoman mentioned, regardless of a press release earlier within the week indicating he would solely nominate a state well being director who shared his “Christian values.” SENT: 570 phrases, images.
ENDANGERED-WILDFLOWER-LITHIUM-MINE — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed designating essential habitat for a Nevada wildflower it plans to record as endangered amid a battle over a mine to supply lithium batteries for electrical automobiles essential to the Biden administration’s plans to fight local weather change. SENT: 810 phrases, images.
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INTERNATIONAL
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SYRIA-FIGHTING-IS — The battle with Islamic State group militants over a jail in Syria is completed, however the influence continues to reverberate. Commanders of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces say the IS assault reveals what they’ve lengthy been warning: They want extra assist in stopping a revival of the militant group in Syria. SENT: 1,230 phrases, images.
RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WHAT NEXT — When the U.S. and NATO rejected the Kremlin’s safety calls for over Ukraine final week, fears of an imminent Russian assault soared. However President Vladimir Putin has signaled an obvious readiness for extra talks with Washington and NATO. And that gives a glimmer of hope. By Vladimir Isachenkov and Matthew Lee. SENT: 1,060 phrases, images. WITH: UKRAINE-TENSIONS — The French president and the German chancellor will head to Moscow and Kyiv within the coming weeks. SENT: 830 phrases, images. WITH: UKRAINE-TENSIONS-THINGS-TO-KNOW — SENT: 925 phrases, images.
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BRITAIN-QUEEN-PLATINUM-JUBILEE — Queen Elizabeth II will mark 70 years on the throne Sunday, an unprecedented reign that has made her a logo of stability as the UK navigated an age of uncertainty. SENT: 1,140 phrases, images.
LEBANON-TURNING-TO-MILITANTS — Dozens of younger males from Lebanon’s impoverished north have disappeared in latest months, usually re-emerging with the Islamic State group in Iraq. The circulate has raised fears that Lebanon’s financial collapse is fueling a brand new wave of radical recruitment. SENT: 1,180 phrases, images.
EMIRATES-ATTACK VICTIMS — Indian and Pakistani employees who’re a part of an unlimited international workforce powering the United Arab Emirates’ financial system had been caught within the crossfire of a wider regional battle final month. An assault claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck an industrial space of Abu Dhabi, killing three individuals and wounding six within the rebels’ first-known assault on Emirati soil. SENT: 910 phrases, images.
PERU-STRUGGLING PRESIDENT — Turmoil in Peru’s authorities boiled this week as President Pedro Castillo overhauled his Cupboard for a 3rd time in six months after which it shortly emerged his new prime minister has confronted home violence claims, highlighting doubts in regards to the political neophyte’s capacity to steer a nation. SENT: 980 phrases, images.
SOUTH SUDAN-LEGACY OF LAND MINES — As South Sudan struggles for peace, it’s nonetheless cleansing up the lethal menace posed by hundreds of land mines from earlier battle many years in the past. Cattle herders. Charcoal collectors. Youngsters. All have been victims of long-forgotten mines that proceed to make South Sudan one of many world’s most harmful nations for unexploded ordnance. SENT: 640 phrases, images.
MYANMAR-SUU-KYI — Police in Myanmar have filed an eleventh corruption cost in opposition to Aung San Suu Kyi, the nation’s elected chief who was ousted from energy by a army takeover a 12 months in the past, state-controlled media experiences. SENT: 600 phrases, photograph.
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AMAZON-ELECTION-TACTICS — Amazon employees and organizers in Bessemer, Alabama, are making door-to-door home calls, sporting pro-union T-shirts and difficult anti-union messaging by Amazon-hired consultants as they attempt to persuade their friends for the second time to unionize their warehouse in an election that begins Friday by secret poll. SENT: 995 phrases, images.
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SPACEX-PARACHUTES — SpaceX and NASA are investigating sluggish parachute openings that occurred on the final two capsule flights. In each instances, the sluggish parachute ultimately opened and the capsules splashed down safely of the coast of Florida. SENT: 320 phrases, photograph.
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ENTERTAINMENT
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WHOOPI-GOLDBERG-CANCEL-OR-COUNSEL? — ABC’s resolution to droop Whoopi Goldberg from “The View” for 2 weeks for her remarks in regards to the Holocaust has opened the community as much as criticism that its response derailed a teachable second for the nation a couple of delicate matter usually misunderstood and rarely mentioned on air. SENT: 1,200 phrases, images.
FILM-JACKASS FOREVER-STEVE-O — Steve-O will without end be identified for his exhibitionist antics on “Jackass,” however with 12 years of sobriety, a rising stand-up profession and a brand new guide on the best way, the 47-year-old remains to be evolving. SENT: 950 phrases, images.
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BBO-LABOR — Locked out gamers had been anticipated to reject Main League Baseball’s request to have a federal mediator enter collective bargaining negotiations. UPCOMING: 600 phrases, images, by 7 p.m.
COMMANDERS-INVESTIGATION — Members of Congress say an investigation into sexual harassment of girls employed by Washington’s NFL franchise was not as unbiased because the staff and the league claimed. SENT: 530 phrases, images.
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