McCabe Rejects Republican Accusations of F.B.I. Corruption in Russia Inquiry

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3 Visitors Banned From Yellowstone After Cooking Chickens in Hot Spring

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Nick Cave’s Truth May Be Writ Large, but Is It a Sign?

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The Catholic Sex Abuse Crisis Is Far From Over

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As Hospitalizations Soar, El Paso Brings In New Mobile Morgues

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How Some Skinks Lost Their Legs and Then Evolved New Ones

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Alex Cora Repeatedly Apologizes for His Part in Astros’ Scandal

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Only Truth Can Save Our Democracy

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My Fellow Veterans Reminded Me What This Election Was About

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The C.D.C. updates its findings: Mask-wearing protects you, not just those around you.

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Black Woman, for First Time, Will Lead Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy

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Biden lawyers say Trump won’t win the election in Supreme Court

Lawyers for President-elect Joe Biden derided the slew of lawsuits filed by President Trump’s campaign since Election Day, calling them “meritless,” and asserted Tuesday that Biden will take office in January.

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Dominic Raab urged to boycott G20 over Saudi Arabia's bid to evict Bedouin tribe from homeland

Dominic Raab is facing calls to boycott the G20 summit in Saudi Arabia over the Kingdom's attempts to drive a Bedouin tribe from their homeland to make way for a futuristic "megacity". In a letter to the foreign secretary, British lawyers representing the tribe said Mr Raab had a “moral imperative” to stand up for the Howeitat tribe, which has inhabited northwestern Saudi Arabia for hundreds of years but is now being ordered to leave the area. “The Howeitat Tribe are the victims of ongoing serious human rights violations by the Saudi Arabian government," wrote Rodney Dixon QC, in a letter seen by the Telegraph. "[They] are now in the process of being forcibly removed from their homeland by the Saudi Arabian authorities." The tribe is being cleared from the area so that construction can begin on Neom, a $500bn (£377bn) city of skyscrapers, self-driving cars and robot dinosaurs next to the Red Sea. The project is the brainchild of Mohammad bin Salman, the Crown Prince and de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, and the centrepiece of his Vision 2030 business reforms.

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Trump's election challenge is continuing, but the campaign is already shedding staff

Trump and senior members of the campaign team have insisted this election is not over, potentially making the loss of staff more consequential.

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McConnell, Schumer to lead, but Senate majority uncertain

Senators chose party leaders Tuesday with few changes at the top, but it's unclear who will be the majority leader in the new Congress with no party having secured control of the Senate until a January runoff election in Georgia. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., won another term as Republican leader, his office said, cementing his role as the longest-serving GOP leader in U.S. history. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. won his party's support to stay on leading the Democrats, according to a Democrat granted anonymity to discuss the closed-door balloting.

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COVID-related hospital overcrowding has gotten so bad the Utah governor has issued a state of emergency

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said "our hospitals are full" in a video to residents about the issued state of emergency due to coronavirus uptick.

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What's the science behind mink and coronavirus?

Denmark's mink-related coronavirus scare has caused alarm, but scientists urge caution.

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Pennsylvania Republicans plan 'extraordinary measures' to delay election results

The Trump campaign has also sued to delay certifying the election.

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Miss USA Cheslie Kryst said she was 'frightened' by how Congress handled Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination

Miss USA Cheslie Kryst told Insider "it was clear our legislators didn't care" that most Americans wanted the nomination to occur after the election.

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Russia brokers Armenia-Azerbaijan ceasefire, but only 1 side is happy

Putin calls it "fair" for both sides, but Armenia's leader calls the deal his "sin," says it was "painful" to sign, and now he's facing angry protests calling for his resignation.

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Ten Republican Attorneys General File Amicus Brief with Supreme Court in Pennsylvania Ballot Case

A group of ten Republican attorneys general announced Monday that they are filing an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in a case challenging mail ballots in Pennsylvania, arguing that the state increased the risk of fraud in the election.Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt led the group in submitting the brief, which asks the Supreme Court to reverse a recent decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court allowing mail-in ballots to be received three days after Election Day, including those lacking a postmark to prove they were mailed by Election Day.The brief argues the state court's ruling was unconstitutional in that it violated the separation of powers. The attorneys general also argue that with the ruling, Pennsylvania exacerbated the risks of voter fraud in connection with absentee ballots.The GOP attorneys general of Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and South Dakota joined Schmitt in filing the brief. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a similar brief, and Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter is expected to file an amicus brief on Tuesday in the case."Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our republic and it's one of the reasons why the United States is the envy of the world," Schmitt said at a press conference announcing the brief. "We have to ensure that every legal vote cast is counted and that every illegal vote not cast is not counted. To do so would disenfranchise millions of Americans."The Trump campaign has filed several lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Nevada, Georgia, and Michigan alleging irregularities in the vote counting process. President-Elect Biden was projected the winner of the presidential race on Saturday after a delay of several days during which  key battleground states remained too close to call.

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The 'war on drugs' may be a bigger problem than the drugs themselves, experts say

Voters in seven states and DC voted on Tuesday to decriminalize or legalize a variety of drugs, ending the practice of using punishment as treatment.

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