The inauguration comes days after two men were sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms after they led a plot to kidnap her in 2020.
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Earth, Wind & Fire drummer Fred White dies at age 67
Fred White was already an accomplished drummer, playing for Donny Hathaway before he joined Earth, Wind & Fire in the mid-1970s.
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Rapper Gangsta Boo of Three 6 Mafia dies at 43
Gangsta Boo gained instant notoriety with her shoot-from-the-hip, rapid-fire rap flow on Three 6 Mafia’s 1995 debut album.
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Protests erupt near German village set to be razed to expand coal mine
Environmentalists fear millions more tons of heat-trapping carbon dioxide will be released into the atmosphere.
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Tesla says it sold a record 1.3 million vehicles last year
The 2022 figure topped the prior record of 936,000 vehicles delivered in 2021, but it was shy of the 1.4 million needed to reach the company’s 50% growth target.
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Prince Harry says he wants his father and brother back
The interview with Britain’s ITV channel is due to be released Sunday.
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Elon Musk has lost $200 billion since November 2021
The 51-year-old entrepreneur recorded an unprecedented loss in wealth since November 2021, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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Jan. 6 panel shutting down after referring Trump for crimes
It is unclear whether the GOP-led House could enforce the provision and what they would do with the materials.
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Moscow says Ukrainian rocket strike kills 63 Russian troops
Russia’s defense ministry says 63 of its soldiers have been killed by a Ukrainian strike on a facility in the eastern Donetsk region where military personnel were stationed.
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Kim Jong Un orders ‘exponential’ expansion of nuclear arsenal
South Korea responded later saying North Korea’s use of nukes ‘will lead to the end of the Kim Jong Un government.’