The tight January political calendar means Georgia Republican Sen. David Perdue won’t be in office when Congress meets for a joint session on the Electoral College on January 6, regardless of the results of the Senate runoff die dag voor.
Jill Biden revisits the idea of free community college
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First lady Jill Biden on Monday stepped up her call for affordable community college for all Americans who wish to attend, revisiting her support for free community colleges. Biden resurfaced the idea -- an objectiv...
Trump to Hannity: GOP must run on ‘MAGA’ agenda if they want to retake Congress in 2022
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Trump told host Sean Hannity that there are aspects of the 2020 presidential election that show marked improvement for the GOP, outside of their typical precincts. As the GOP continues further into being a working-cl...
Otters at Georgia Aquarium test positive for coronavirus
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The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta says its Asian small-clawed otters tested positive for the virus that causes Covid-19. The aquarium announced on Sunday that it tested the otters after they showed "mild respiratory s...
Otters test positive for COVID-19, Georgia Aquarium says
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While it was unclear how many of the animals had tested positive, officials said in a news release that the otters are already showing signs of improvement and are expected to make "a full recovery." "Our Asian small...
Negotiations over Biden’s infrastructure package continue in Congress this week. Here’s what to watch
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Washington Washington is staring down a bumpy road to infrastructure consensus. The Biden administration's roughly $ 2 trillion proposal focused on infrastructure and the climate crisis enters a critical week on Ca...
LeBron James, Lakers won’t visit President Biden at White House during trip to Washington D.C.
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The Lakers, who won the NBA title over the Miami Heat in the bubble in Orlando last season, won’t visit President Biden when the team travels to Washington, volgens verskeie verslae, but the team hasn’t ruled ou...
Bush calls on Congress to tone down ‘harsh rhetoric’ about immigration
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Oudpresident George W.. Bush on Sunday called on Congress to tone down the "harsh rhetoric" oor immigrasie, adding that he hopes that doing so will "set a tone that is more respectful" of immigrants and lead to m...
Loneliness won’t end when the pandemic ends
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When the world goes back to normal, Shanan Cale's life won't change much. She'll still work mostly from her home in California. She'll mother her two college-aged daughters. And she'll continue to ponder intimacy an...
GOP state legislatures move ahead with election security bills amid outrage over Georgia law
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The efforts were highlighted by Democrats as they pushed S. 1 and H.R. 1 in Congress last month -- bills that would take many elements of elections out of the hands of the states and put them under the federal govern...
Simon & Schuster won’t distribute book by a Louisville police officer involved in the Breonna Taylor raid
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Simon & Schuster said it won't distribute a book written by the Louisville police officer who was shot while executing a no-knock warrant at the home of Breonna Taylor, who was killed in the raid. Sgt. Jonathan...
College sports already adapting to new NCAA transfer rules
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Arkansas didn’t use the maximum 25 scholarships this year on its incoming recruits so it has a few left over to hit the transfer market, where there is no longer any question about whether athletes who switch schools...
Georgia police release video of suspect opening fire on officers during chase
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The video shows a patrol car carrying two deputies speeding toward the location where a police officer had been shot multiple times inside his cruiser early Monday. When the deputies reach the stopped police vehicle,...