Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon’s PM-designate Mustapha Adib, who was set to take the helm of a rescue government, has stepped down after failing to break a political stalemate over the formation of a new cabinet.
Biden crafts inaugural address to unify a country in crisis
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President-elect Joe Biden has spoken volumes inside the US Capitol over more than four decades, but the weight of those words does not approach the magnitude of the message he will deliver on its steps during his in...
Country music legend Willie Nelson gets his Covid-19 vaccination
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Country music legend Willie Nelson received the Covid-19 vaccine at a drive-through facility in Texas this week, according to a post he shared on Facebook. "Getting your COVID vaccine is Willie cool!," said Family H...
DC attorney general wants to interview Donald Trump Jr. as part of Trump inaugural funds abuse probe
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The DC attorney general's office has notified President Donald Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., that it would like to interview him as part of its investigation into misuse of his father's inaugural funds, a spokesper...
Key steps in Trump Organization criminal probe stall as investigators await Supreme Court decision
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The Manhattan district attorney's criminal investigation into President Donald Trump's business has slowed as investigators wait for a ruling by the US Supreme Court, according to people familiar with the investigat...
Deadpool 3 is coming — and it’s going to be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
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A third "Deadpool" film is happening -- and it will be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In an interview with Collider, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige revealed that Ryan Reynolds, the star of the R-rated ...
Yogananda Pittman named acting US Capitol police chief after riots
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The US Capitol Police has appointed a Black woman as its acting police chief after the former head resigned in the fallout from the agency's inadequate response to pro-Trump rioters who staged an insurrection at the...
Why the longest-serving speaker in the country just admitted defeat
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On Monday morning, Illinois State House Speaker Mike Madigan made a stunning announcement: He would no longer try to get the 60 votes he needs to be elected to the post he has held almost continually since he first ...
Michelle Obama reflects on US Capitol breach: ‘I hurt for our country’
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Former first lady Michelle Obama said Thursday, "I hurt for our country" in a statement reflecting on Wednesday's US Capitol breach that left four dead and engulfed the nation's capital in chaos. "All I know is that...
Already free of coronavirus, this Pacific Islands country could become the first in the world to be vaccinated
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A cluster of islands in the Pacific Ocean that's one of the few places on Earth entirely free from Covid-19 could become one of the first countries vaccinated against the disease. The Republic of Palau, an archipela...
The Sunrise Movement is an early winner in the Biden transition. Now comes the hard part.
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The Sunrise Movement, a youth-led climate activist group, has quickly announced itself as one of the most influential progressive forces in the formative days of President-elect Joe Biden's incoming administration. ...
Boris Johnson’s father says he’ll seek French citizenship, hours before Brexit
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London Stanley Johnson, the father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has said that he intends to obtain French citizenship -- his comments coming just hours before the UK's final transition out of the European...
This Black country singer wrote the most powerful song about race in 2020
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Until this year if Mickey Guyton's struggles had been turned into a country music song, its title could have been "Almost Famous." Guyton was the Black country music singer who almost broke through when she sang at...