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A few lawmakers across Missouri and Illinois have issued statements in response to the certification WASHINGTON — Congress confirmed Joe Biden as the presidential election winner early Thursday after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol. Pro-Trump supporters gathered outside the Capitol Wednesday afternoon to protest a peaceful transfer of power. The protest turned into a ...

Sebastian Korda closed out the 2020 season with a major milestone when he picked up his first ATP Challenger Tour title. Now back in action, the 20-year-old American is hoping that having champion expertise on his side will keep him on the rise in the new year.

SHAFTSBURY, Vt. (NEWS10) - This morning, the Vermont State Police received a report of "personal, off duty, social media" posts by Lucas Hall of the Shaftsbury barracks. State police say these posts appear to support the "criminal insurgency" that happened in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6. They also say these posts advocate for such insurgency to [...]

Fire crews fought for almost two hours to extinguish a blaze that broke out in a property's roof.

I watched the scenes in the US Capitol with the same feelings of national violation as all of us. What I learned on the job.

President-elect Joe Biden introduced Merrick Garland as his pick for attorney general on Thursday, turning to an experienced judge to help depoliticize the Justice Department and restore the rule of law after what he described as four years of lawlessness under President Donald Trump.

Barr, who ran the Department of Justice, was one of Trump's most loyal defenders in the president's Cabinet.

Online lending startup Social Finance Inc. (SoFi) said Thursday it has agreed to go public through a merger with Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp V, a blank-check acquisition company led by venture capital investor Chamath Palihapitiya. The deal values SoFi at around $8.65 billion and is expected to provide up to $2.4 billion in cash proceeds to...

The Google-owned company has not yet suspended President Trump's account, unlike Facebook and Twitter.

Tim Gionet, a white nationalist troll known as Baked Alaska, streamed more than 20 minutes of his breach inside building — wearing no mask at points — as terrified lawmakers were rushed to safety, according to Business Insider.

A Chinese court jailed a former top banker for life for earning up to $13.2 million in bribes on Thursday, the second high-level graft conviction to hit the country's financial sector this week.

Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined several lawmakers in calling for the president's removal after pro-Trump rioters rampaged through the Capitol.

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Some protests strengthen democracy, others weaken it

One woman was shot and killed as a pro-Trump mob battled police, broke into the U.S. Capitol and swept through the halls of Congress.

The UK's largest police force confirmed it has told officers to enforce fines 'more quickly' while Priti Patel revealed there were 'something like' 800 fines issued for coronavirus breaches over the Christmas period alone

We face a tough COVID-19 winter as supply chain bottlenecks slow vaccine rollouts, urban centers remain virtual ghost towns and the disaffected and jobless express outrage with demonstrations and dumpster fires.

COLUMBUS (WCMH) — In a speech about Wednesday's violence on Capitol Hill, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine definitively acknowledged that Joe Biden is the president-elect of the United States, and he urged every American to accept that fact. "Yesterday's acts were shameful," DeWine said. "All Americans must denounce them, even those Americans who feel — incorrectly [...]

FALKLANDS tensions have once again erupted after the Argentine government "rejected" the presence of British soldiers near the islands.

FALKLANDS tensions have once again erupted after the Argentine government "rejected" the presence of British soldiers near the islands.

The ZOA, in a series of posts excoriating Biden’s appointments and nominations as unqualified, has taken recently to calling him 'projected President-elect Joe Biden'

1. BREAKING: Pelosi calls on Pence to remove Trump from office  Sky News
2. US Capitol riots: Senior Democrats push for impeachment as use of 25th Amendment 'ruled out' – latest news  The Telegraph
3. Trump has told aides he wants to pardon himself, reports claim  The Independent
4. We should have been ready for it, yet the spectacle at the Capitol came as a shock  The Guardian
5. Andrew McCarthy: Don’t use 25th Amendment to oust Trump — that would be unconstitutional  Fox... Читать дальше...

Oil futures rose Thursday for a third straight session, settling at another 11-month high. Four consecutive weeks of declines in U.S. crude supplies and Saudi Arabia’s recent decision to cut its output by additional 1 million barrels per day starting next month continued to support prices. February West Texas Intermediate crude rose 20 cents, or 0.4%, to settle at $50.83 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.