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Fake U.S. leg band gets pigeon a reprieve in Australia
CANBERRA, Australia — A pigeon that Australia declared a biosecurity risk has received a reprieve after a U.S. bird organization declared its identifying leg ba...
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The Associated Press -
January 15, 2021
Guard, governor D.C.-bound
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Thursday that he has authorized the Arkansas National Guard to deploy about 500 soldiers and airmen to Washington, D.C., to help protec...
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Neal Earley, Michael R. Wickline -
January 15, 2021
No impeachment trial date set thus far in Senate
No date is set yet for President Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial where U.S. senators will serve not only as jurors but as personal witnesses an...
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Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports -
January 15, 2021
Biden lays out strategy to combat coronavirus; $1.9 trillion plan costly, vital, he says
Saying the nation faces "a crisis of deep human suffering," President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan Thursday to turn the tide on the...
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Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports -
January 15, 2021
U.S. sub apparently watches Iran
Iran fired cruise missiles Thursday as part of a naval drill in the Gulf of Oman, state media reported, under surveillance of what appeared to be a U.S. nuclear...
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The Associated Press -
January 15, 2021
Report finds border-policy failures
Justice Department leaders under President Donald Trump knew their 2018 zero-tolerance border policy would result in family separations but pressed on with pros...
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COLLEEN LONG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS -
January 15, 2021
9 Flint arrests part of new water probe
A new investigation of the Flint water disaster led to charges against nine people, including former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and key members of his administra...
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DAVID EGGERT, ED WHITE AND COREY WILLIAMS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS -
January 15, 2021
Census Bureau citizenship data-gathering halts
President Donald Trump's effort to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from being counted in the process for divvying up congressional seats was dealt another ...
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MIKE SCHNEIDER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS -
January 15, 2021
Security ramps up in D.C. ahead of inauguration
All through downtown Washington, the primary sound for several blocks was the beeping of forklifts unloading more fencing.
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ASHRAF KHALIL AND LOLITA C. BALDOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS -
January 15, 2021
Hill resolution honors police who defended U.S. Capitol
U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., has introduced a bipartisan resolution honoring the officers who defended the Capitol during last week's hourslong riot.
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Frank E. Lockwood -
January 15, 2021
New filing claims protesters in NYC ill-treated by police
New York's attorney general sued the New York Police Department on Thursday, calling the rough treatment of protesters against racial injustice last spring part...
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MICHAEL R. SISAK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS -
January 15, 2021
Trump signs bill giving U.S. park status to Carter sites in Plains, Ga.
President Donald Trump has signed the bill that will upgrade the status of locales in Plains tied to former President Jimmy Carter. What was formerly called th...
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THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION (TNS) -
January 15, 2021
Timber opening to cut owl habitat
The Trump administration announced plans this week to slash millions of acres of protected habitat designated for the imperiled northern spotted owl in Oregon, ...
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The Associated Press -
January 15, 2021
American pays visit to Taiwan remotely
Her trip canceled in the final days of the Trump administration, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft instead met virtually Wednesday night with T...
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EDITH M. LEDERER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS -
January 15, 2021
Virus team from WHO in Chinese city for probe
A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investiga...
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SAM MCNEIL AND HUIZHONG WU THE ASSOCIATED PRESS -
January 15, 2021
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