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By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will find out Monday whether he can be extradited from the U.K. to the U.S. to face espionage charges over the publication of secret American military documents. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser is due to deliver her
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Trump says he'll 'fight like hell' to hold on to presidency - Black News Channel
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press DALTON, Ga. (AP) — With mounting desperation, Donald Trump declared he would 'fight like hell' to hold on to the presidency and appealed to Republican lawmakers to reverse his election loss to Joe Biden when they convene this
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Trump, on tape, presses Ga. official to 'find' Trump votes - Black News Channel
By JEFF AMY, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump badgered and pleaded with Georgia's election chief to overturn Joe Biden's win in the state, suggesting in a telephone call that the official 'find' enough votes to hand Trump the victory. The
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Tick-Tock: The Tokyo Olympics hit the 200-days-to-go mark - Black News Channel
By STEPHEN WADE and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tick-Tock-Tick. The countdown clock for the postponed Tokyo Olympics hit 200 days to go on Monday. Tick-Tock-Tick. Also on Monday, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said he would consider calling a state of emergency as new
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The Latest: Education head DeVos quits, cites Trump rhetoric - Black News Channel
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout of the storming of the Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump loyalists (all times local): 9:05 p.m. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has become the second Cabinet secretary to resign a day after a pro-Trump insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. In a resignation letter
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Religious leaders worldwide, across faiths who died in 2020 - Black News Channel
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Catholic priest who for decades had been one of the Vatican's top experts on the Latin language died on Christmas Day at a nursing home in Milwaukee. A United Methodist Church bishop in the West African nation of Sierra Leone died in a traffic
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Fauci: Vaccinations are increasing in a 'glimmer of hope' - Black News Channel
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press The U.S. ramped up COVID-19 vaccinations in the past few days after a slower-than-expected start, bringing the number of shots dispensed to about 4 million, government health officials said Sunday. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious-disease
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Appeals court vacates order delaying woman's execution - Black News Channel
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the only woman on federal death row to be executed before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. The ruling, handed down Friday by a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District
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Dems' Georgia alliance is diverse and broad. Is it durable? - Black News Channel
By BILL BARROW, HANNAH FINGERHUT and JOSH BOAK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump came to the north Georgia mountains Monday night to gin up turnout in conservative strongholds and stave off the Democratic challengers who threatened the GOP's Senate majority in two runoff
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Tsai credits Taiwan for virus wins, notes China's threats - Black News Channel
By Associated Press Undefined TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday hailed the island's progress in containing the coronavirus pandemic and growing the economy while facing military threats from China. In her annual New Year's Day address, Tsai said Taiwan had effectively
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DC mayor calls in National Guard ahead of pro-Trump protests - Black News Channel
By ASHRAF KHALIL and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Bracing for possible violence, the nation's capital has mobilized the National Guard ahead of planned protests by President Donald Trump's supporters in connection with the congressional vote expected Wednesday to affirm Joe
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Hammon first woman to coach NBA team; Lakers beat Spurs - Black News Channel
RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Becky Hammon would have preferred a victory over history after becoming the first woman to coach an NBA team. The assistant coach took over the San Antonio Spurs in the second quarter after coach Gregg Popovich was ejected in a 121-107 loss to
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LA, Congress take divergent paths after COVID test warning - Black News Channel
By BRIAN MELLEY and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The nation's second-largest city said it will keep using a coronavirus test that federal regulators warned may produce false results while Congress, which has used the same test, is seeking an alternative. The different
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China warns of retaliation for NYSE's delisting of companies - Black News Channel
By Associated Press Undefined BEIJING (AP) — China said Saturday that it would take necessary countermeasures in response to the New York Stock Exchange's announcement that it would delist three major Chinese telecoms, in the latest flare-up of tensions between Beijing and Washington. The stock
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Limited Supply of COVID-19 Vaccine is Now Available to Select Groups in the Public Across Louisiana | BlackPressUSA
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Biden to introduce Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general - Black News Channel
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California bypasses tough nurse care rules amid COVID surge - Black News Channel
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Bolsonaro's tough 2021 balance between ideology, pragmatism - Black News Channel
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Rally in Baghdad marks 1 year since Iran general's killing - Black News Channel
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Biden blames Trump for violence at Capitol that's shaken US - Black News Channel
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UK in 'eye of the storm' amid surging new coronavirus cases - Black News Channel
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British medics warned Friday that hospitals around the country face a perilous few weeks amid surging new coronavirus infections that have been blamed on a new variant of the virus. A day after the U.K. posted a record 55,892 new infections and another
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2 detectives involved in Breonna Taylor's death are fired - Black News Channel
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two more officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor have been fired — a detective believed to have fired the fatal shot and another who sought the search warrant that led to the deadly raid, authorities announced Wednesday. The
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Capitol Police rejected offers of federal help to quell mob - Black News Channel
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EU reviews BioNTech request for 'extra dose' of virus shot - Black News Channel
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In Georgia, Biden's presidency meets early defining moment - Black News Channel
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EU avoided chaos, explored new paths in turbulent 2020 year - Black News Channel
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UK leader to use 'every second' to vaccinate the vulnerable - Black News Channel
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