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Biden to Visit State Dept. as US Reengages With Allies

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Syrian refugee Mahmoud Mansour, 47, helps his youngest daughter Sahar, 8, with her homework  (AP Photo/Omar Akour) WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is sending a message to his messengers, using a visit to the State Department to underscore his promise to restore a multilateral approach to U.S. foreign policy and reengage with the international community. White House press secretary…

Defend or rebuke? House GOP Faces Difficult Vote Over Greene

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Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wy., attends a ceremony memorializing U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick ((Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool) WASHINGTON (AP) – House Republicans will be forced to go on the record defending or rebuking congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. The Georgia Republican has drawn bipartisan condemnation over her embrace of far-right conspiracy theories, as well as her…

Singer Morgan Wallen suspended from label after racial slur

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Country star Morgan Wallen has been suspended from his label and seen his music pulled by radio stations and streaming services after a video surfaced showed him shouting a racial slur. The video, which was first published by TMZ on Tuesday night, showed him yelling profanities outside a home in Nashville, Tennessee. Wallen said in a statement to TMZ that he is embarrassed and sorry. He said there’s never an excuse for such language. The music television channel CMT said it was removing his appearances from its platforms, and Wallen may be deemed ineligible for the upcoming Academy of Country Music Awards.

The Latest: Mexico sees near-record daily coronavirus deaths

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MEXICO CITY — Mexico reported a near-record 1,707 confirmed coronavirus deaths Wednesday, as the country runs out of vaccines. The Health Department reported Mexico’s COVID-19 deaths now total 161,240, and confirmed infections rose by 12,153 to nearly 1.89 million. Estimates based on excess-death statistics suggest the real death toll is over 195,000. Mexico approved Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine Tuesday, but…

Punxsutawney Phil’s town misses Groundhog Day boost

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Punxsutawney Phil has returned to his burrow one day after he saw his shadow and predicted another six weeks of winter. But residents and merchants in the northwest Pennsylvania town that Phil put on the map are hoping the coronavirus pandemic does not continue to cast its shadow over the next Groundhog Day. This year’s virtual Groundhog Day event left the community without its annual economic boost from visitors. Mayor Richard Alexander says the economic impact “was really bad.” The mayor says the community swells with between 10,000 to 15,000 tourists on Groundhog Day. Katie Laska, who owns Laska’s Pizza, says Groundhog Day typically helps business at a time of year when tourism is usually slow.