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January 21, 2021 at 10:12 am

Judge chides suspected Pelosi laptop thief: ‘The Constitution prevails here today’

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Pennsylvania woman accused of helping to steal a laptop from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the attack on the U.S....

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January 13, 2021 at 4:12 pm

Three reasons why testing negative is not a guarantee that you’re safe

While testing is critical to containing the outbreak, a negative test result is not a free pass to forgo social distancing, mask-wearing and large gatherings....

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January 7, 2021 at 9:59 am

Schumer calls for Trump to be removed from office; Trump pledges an ‘orderly transition’

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called for the president's immediate removal from office, either by his Cabinet or through impeachment, describing Wednesday's violence as "an...

January 5, 2021 at 10:44 am

L.A. County first responders told not to bring patients to hospital if survival chances are low

First responders in California's Los Angeles County have been told not to bring patients to hospitals if their survival chances don't meet certain criteria, as...

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January 1, 2021 at 9:36 am

Third state identifies more transmissible variant as U.S. cases surpass 20 million

Florida on Thursday became the third state to identify a case of the coronavirus variant first detected in the United Kingdom, a reminder that the...

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December 29, 2020 at 5:56 pm

Louisville police move to fire two more officers involved in raid that killed Breonna Taylor

Louisville police on Tuesday moved to fire two officers involved in the fatal raid on Breonna Taylor's home in a bid for more accountability in...

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The Rev. Katie Day delivers a sermon from the back of a pickup truck on Dec. 13 during a drive-in service at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church in Duluth, Ga. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Tami Chappell

December 21, 2020 at 4:10 pm

A new pastor who couldn’t meet members of her church found a way to celebrate Christmas with them

The Rev. Katie Day's church is among hundreds of thousands nationwide that have been challenged by COVID-19. She started her new job in March, and...

December 3, 2020 at 6:58 am

Meet Molly, the baby who came from an embryo frozen when her mom was a year old

A viable pregnancy resulted 27 years after the embryo was frozen, setting what appears to be a record for the longest-frozen embryo known to have...

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November 19, 2020 at 9:28 am

Harvard petition demands ‘accountability’ before Trump officials are invited to campus

A petition circulating at Harvard University is drawing the ire of some allies of President Donald Trump for demanding that the school require "accountability" for...

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FILE – In this Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, file photo, people gather in Jefferson Square in Louisville, awaiting word on charges against police officers in the death of Breonna Taylor. For months, Taylor’s name has been a rallying cry for Black activists who hoped Black women and their deaths at the hands of police would finally receive the same attention given to cases concerning the extrajudicial killing of Black men. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File) AX905 AX905

October 21, 2020 at 12:12 pm

Shooting of Breonna Taylor was ‘not a race thing,’ officer says in first public interview

Breonna Taylor would be alive today if police had given her and her boyfriend less time to respond before breaking down their door, said a...

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