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In this Feb. 2, 2021 file photo, acting U.S. Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman pays respects to U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Chief: Capitol assault much bigger than intel suggested

WASHINGTON — The acting U.S. Capitol Police chief was pressed to explain Thursday why the agency hadn’t been prepared to fend off ...
 
WASHINGTON — The United States launched airstrikes in Syria on Thursday, targeting facilities used by Iranian-backed militia grou ...
How will COVID-19 vaccine makers adapt to variants? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)
How would COVID-19 vaccine makers adapt to variants?By tweaking their vaccines, a process that should be easier than coming up wit ...
FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2020, file photo, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., speaks at a news conference in New York. Vance has obtained copies of Donald Trump
NEW YORK — A New York prosecutor has obtained copies of Donald Trump’s tax records after the Supreme Court this week rejected the ...
Texas state Rep. Jarred Shaffer, left, Rep. Donna Howard, center, and Rep. Chris Paddie, right, visit as the Committees on State Affairs and Energy Resources prepares to hold a joint public hearing to consider the factors that led to statewide electrical blackouts, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in Austin, Texas. The hearings were the first in Texas since a blackout that was one of the worst in U.S. history, leaving more than 4 million customers without power and heat in subfreezing...
AUSTIN, Texas — The recent blackouts that left 4 million Texas customers without electricity and heat during a deadly winter free ...
FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2021, file photo, Handyman Roberto Valerio, left, hands homeowner Nora Espinoza the broken pipe after removing it from beneath her kitchen sink in Dallas. The pipe broke during freezing temperatures brought by last week
JACKSON, Miss. — The sunshine is back and the ice has melted. But more than a week after a deep freeze across the South, many com ...
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In this image taken from video obtained by Than Lwin Khet News, a woman helps an unidentified man lying on the sidewalk of Sule Pagoda Road after he was attacked by a group of men in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. Members of a group supporting Myanmar
YANGON, Myanmar — Supporters of Myanmar’s junta attacked people protesting the military government that took power in a coup, usin ...
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan waves to supporters during a rally in his support in the center of Yerevan, Armenia, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. Armenia
YEREVAN, Armenia — Armenia’s prime minister accused top military officers on Thursday of attempting a coup after they demanded he ...
A fiery river of glowing lava flows on the north-east side of the Mt Etna volcano engulfed with ashes and smoke near Milo, Sicily, Wednesday night, Feb. 24, 2021. Europe
ROME — Mount Etna, the volcano that towers over eastern Sicily, evokes superlatives. It is Europe’s most active volcano and also ...
FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2021 file photo, a passer-by walks past an employment hiring sign while entering a Target store location, in Westwood, Mass. The Federal Reserve says there’s evidence that hiring has picked up in recent weeks, though the job market remains badly damaged by the pandemic. In its semi-annual monetary policy report released Friday, Feb. 19, the Fed says job data compiled by payroll processor ADP indicate that employment improved modestly through early February. (AP...
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week in a sign that layoffs may have eased, ...
FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo rioters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington. Congress is set to hear from former security officials about what went wrong at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. That
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on congressional testimony about the Capitol insurrection (all times local):12:30 p.m.The lawmaker w ...
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