Three of Mexico’s most powerful men have COVID-19
There was little doubt that Mexico was in the grips of a crisis. It was evident in the lines of people stretching city blocks to refill oxygen tanks. In the …
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Biden Inauguration poet Amanda Gorman’s mentors celebrate
Shelly Fredman, a third grade teacher at New Roads School in Santa Monica, spent a good chunk of Inauguration Day in tears. From her home in View Park-Windsor Hills, she …
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Lawmakers question Biden’s Pentagon nominee
President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to run the Pentagon, retired four-star Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin, reassured lawmakers Tuesday that he endorses civilian control of the military and could effectively oversee …
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Beverly Hills residents arrested by FBI in Capitol attack
Three Beverly Hills residents have been arrested on federal charges alleging they were part of the mob that stormed into the Capitol earlier this month. Gina Bisignano, 52, was taken …
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Severe allergic reactions to Moderna vaccine are rare, CDC says
The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna and the National Institutes of Health caused very few cases of severe allergic reactions during the first three weeks of its administration across the …
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Biden to offer legal status to 11 million immigrants
When the U.S. Senate passed an immigration reform bill in 2013, farmworkers Francisca Aguilar and her husband, Ruben Cohetzaltitla, got excited at the prospect of attaining citizenship. But their hope …
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Biden’s immigration plan means little to migrant caravan now
Roger was right back where he started. He crossed into Guatemala this month with thousands of fellow Hondurans seeking to make it to the United States, only to become one …
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Washington gets whiplash in shift from Trump to Biden
The days don’t begin and end with tweets. The press secretary hasn’t lied about crowd sizes or insulted reporters. White House events have carefully calibrated themes. And the president sticks …
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Arizona now has worst coronavirus infection rate in the U.S.
When it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic, few parts of the country would look to California — with its record-setting infections, jammed hospitals and confusing vaccine rollout — as better …
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Trump pardons Lil Wayne and Kodak Black, snubs Joe Exotic
President Trump’s pardon bandwagon made some stops among the rich and famous late Tuesday. In the final hours of his presidency, the outgoing commander in chief issued pardons and sentence …
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