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Emotional-support animals are no longer free to roam about the cabin on Southwest Airlines.
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Trump is the first former president to face an impeachment trial, and it will test his grip on the Republican Party as well as the legacy of his tenure.
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Janet Yellen has been confirmed as President Joe Biden’s treasury secretary in an overwhelming Senate vote.
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An Iowa man has been charged with attempted murder after police say he severely beat his roommate.
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A court affidavit alleges a Kansas teenager posted a video on social media showing the setting of a blaze that heavily damaged a Topeka mall in December.
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Twitter is enlisting its users to help combat misinformation on its service by flagging and notating misleading and false tweets.
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President Joe Biden on Monday will formally reinstate COVID-19 travel restrictions on non-U.S. travelers from Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom and 26 other European countries that allow travel across open borders, according to two White House officials.
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The Justice Department’s inspector general is launching an investigation to examine whether any former or current department officials “engaged in an improper attempt” to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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The justices threw out Trump’s challenge to lower court rulings that had allowed lawsuits to go forward alleging that he violated the Constitution’s emoluments clause by accepting payments from foreign and domestic officials who stay at the Trump International Hotel.
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The murders come on the heels of an unprecedented year of violence in the city, as the 2020 homicide rate reached a historic high.
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“Hammerin’ Hank” died Friday at age 86, drawing praise from all segments of society — including the current and former presidents — for his Hall of Fame career and providing inspiration to Black Americans by overcoming intense racism in his pursuit of baseball’s home run record.
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Four times as many jobs were lost last year due to the coronavirus pandemic as during the worst part of the global financial crisis in 2009, a U.N. report said Monday.
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Two White House officials say President Joe Biden on Monday will formally reinstate COVID-19 travel restrictions on non-U.S. travelers from Brazil, Ireland, United Kingdom and 26 other European countries that allow travel across open borders.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 9:35 PM CST
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Defending champions Kansas City Chiefs won the AFC championship.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 7:45 PM CST
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Top aides to President Joe Biden have begun talks with a group of moderate Senate Republicans and Democrats on Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 7:34 PM CST
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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he has tested positive for COVID-19 and that the symptoms are mild.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 7:29 PM CST
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Federal law enforcement officials are examining a number of threats aimed at members of Congress as the second trial of former President Donald Trump nears.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 6:01 PM CST
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are advancing to Super Bowl, beating Green Bay Packers 31-26 in NFC championship game.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 4:32 PM CST
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Jimmie Rodgers, singer of the 1957 hits “Honeycomb” and “Kisses Sweeter Than Wine” whose career in music and movies was disrupted by a severe head injury a decade later, has died at age 87.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 2:15 PM CST
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A growing number of Republican senators say they oppose holding an impeachment trial.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 1:49 PM CST
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Dr. Deborah Birx says when she was coordinator of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force, she had to grapple with COVID-19 deniers in the White House and that someone gave the president “parallel” streams of data that conflicted with hers.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 1:40 PM CST
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A police car arrived, then drove through the crowd after people tried to block the vehicle, a witness said.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 12:38 PM CST
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A mass vaccination event in Lincoln that helped Nebraska record one of its most productive days in its campaign to distribute shots could serve as a model for future events.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 11:35 AM CST
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The Iowa Democratic Party chose a state representative from Ames to lead the party as it works to retain its spot as the nation’s first caucus in presidential elections.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 11:34 AM CST
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Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that President Joe Biden’s goal of administering 100 million vaccinations in the first 100 days actually means about 67 million Americans should be protected from COVID-19 during that time.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 11:12 AM CST
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Straining to handle record numbers of COVID-19 patients, hundreds of the nation’s intensive care units are running out of space and supplies and competing to hire temporary traveling nurses at soaring rates.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 11:00 AM CST
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The United States has surpassed 25 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 8:56 AM CST
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The spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin says the U.S. Embassy’s statements about the nationwide protests, in which more than 3,500 people reportedly were arrested, interfere in the country’s domestic affairs and encourage Russians to break the law.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 8:08 AM CST
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An 18-year-old Illinois teen charged with fatally shooting two people during a protest in southeastern Wisconsin last year is prohibited from associating with known white supremacists under a judge’s recently modified bail conditions.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 6:33 AM CST
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Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said Sunday the case was a 56-year-old woman who recently returned from Europe.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 5:12 AM CST
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Protestors have repeatedly targeted the church, whose pastor has condemned same-sex relationships. A statement on the church website calls homosexuality “an abomination.”
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 4:17 AM CST
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Target issued an apology to the teenagers, fired one of the security team members involved and will require the store’s employees to retake security and racial bias training.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 12:37 AM CST
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In his first fight in a year, McGregor had a strong first round before he was stopped by punches for the first time in his mixed martial arts career.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2021 at 9:21 PM CST
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Arizona Republicans voted Saturday to censure Cindy McCain and two prominent GOP members who have found themselves crosswise with former President Donald Trump.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2021 at 7:27 PM CST
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Family members say a 21-year-old woman found dead outside a sorority house at Iowa State University was the daughter of a Minnesota Supreme Court justice and prominent hospital executive.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2021 at 5:29 PM CST
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A lawsuit alleges that weeks of fraternity hazing led a University of Nebraska-Lincoln student to kill himself.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2021 at 4:22 PM CST
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In Moscow, thousands of demonstrators filled Pushkin Square in the city center.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2021 at 3:01 PM CST
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A 34-year-old Texas man has been arrested for allegedly taking part in the storming of the U.S. Capitol this month and posting violent threats, including a call to assassinate Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2021 at 2:45 PM CST
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Italy’s data protection authority says it is imposing an immediate block on TikTok’s access to data for any user whose age has not been verified.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2021 at 12:35 PM CST
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Levine has not commented. The state health department did not immediately respond to an email seeking a reaction to Pyle’s initial post or his apology.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2021 at 10:39 AM CST
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He dialed up Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Friday at a strained moment for the U.S. relationship with its North American neighbors.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2021 at 7:46 AM CST
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One winning ticket has been sold in the $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2021 at 9:53 PM CST
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New first lady Jill Biden took an unannounced detour to the U.S. Capitol on Friday to deliver baskets of chocolate chip cookies to National Guard members, thanking them “for keeping me and my family safe” during President Joe Biden’s inauguration.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2021 at 7:39 PM CST
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A Las Vegas-based tour bus heading to the Grand Canyon rolled over in northwestern Arizona on Friday, killing one person and critically injuring two others, authorities said.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2021 at 6:28 PM CST
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Two people are in custody in a Cedar Rapids man’s death that authorities say was staged to look like a suicide.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2021 at 5:57 PM CST
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Authorities are investigating the death of a 21-year-old woman who was found unconscious in the parking lot of a sorority house at Iowa State University.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2021 at 4:24 PM CST
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The administration is urging a quick confirmation vote, saying it’s critical to get the top member of Biden’s economic team in place as the Democratic president seeks to win approval of a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2021 at 3:46 PM CST
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Bob Avian died Thursday of cardiac arrest at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2021 at 3:41 PM CST
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President Joe Biden wants to get assistance flowing while Congress begins to consider a $1.9 trillion package to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2021 at 3:09 PM CST
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British officials say they are confident that the vaccines that have been authorized for use against COVID-19 will be effective against the new strain identified in the country.