The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack is indicating it won’t consider letting Donald Trump testify live on television about the direct role that congressional investigators says he played in trying to overturn the 2020 election.
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Russia’s defense chief warns of ‘dirty bomb’ provocation
The region is one of four that Russian President Vladimir Putin illegally annexed last month and put under Russian martial law on Thursday.
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Hackers breach Iran’s atomic energy agency, protests persist
The hack comes as Iran continues to face nationwide unrest first sparked by the Sept. 16 death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman in police custody for allegedly not adhering to the country’s strict Islamic dress code.
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Russian warplane falls on building in Siberia; 2 pilots die
The cause of the crash wasn’t immediately known, and an official probe has started.
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Trump company set for criminal trial in off-books pay scheme
Former President Donald Trump’s company is set to face trial on charges that it helped some of its executives cheat on their taxes.
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Maine hospitals seeing spike in children’s respiratory virus
Respiratory syncytial virus is a common virus that usually causes cold-like symptoms. One to two out of every 100 children younger than 6 months with an RSV infection are hospitalized.
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Iran protests trigger solidarity rallies in Europe, U.S.
The Biden administration condemns the brutality and repression after the the death of Mahsa Amini.
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Plane crashes into New Hampshire building; both on board die
Keene Mayor Mayor George Hansel told the Associated Press that two people on the plane died but that they have not been identified.
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Alex Jones seeks new trial after Sandy Hook verdict
Jones filed the requests Friday, saying Judge Barbara Bellis’ pretrial rulings resulted in an unfair trial and ‘a substantial miscarriage of justice.’
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Minneapolis, where George Floyd was killed, struggles to recruit police officers
Crime rose in Minneapolis during the pandemic, as in many American cities.