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Mass. congressman tests positive for COVID-19 despite vaccination

Jan 29, 2021 9:52 PM EST

Associated Press,

(AP) – A Massachusetts congressman who has received both doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine has tested positive for the virus. The office of U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch said Friday that the lawmaker had had a negative test result before attending President Joe Biden’s inauguration. The office says Lynch’s positive test result came after a staff member in his Boston…

Trump team hires 2 ex-prosecutors with ethics experience

By Meg Kinnard

Jan 29, 2021 5:43 AM EST

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Trump has added two more former federal prosecutors from South Carolina to his impeachment legal team, according to one of the lawyers.

South Carolina routs Mississippi State 75-52

Jan 28, 2021 9:59 PM EST

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After scoring just 10 points in the first quarter and trailing by one, South Carolina used a dominant second quarter to take control of the game.

How we got here: an explanation of GameStop’s stock surge and its shakeup of Wall Street

Jan 28, 2021 9:27 PM EST

Associated Press,

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not just you. What’s going on with GameStop’s stock doesn’t make sense to a lot of people. The struggling video game retailer’s stock has been making stupefying moves this month, wild enough to raise concerns from professional investors on Wall Street to the hallways of regulators and the White House in Washington. The frenzy hit…

Democrats prepared to act on Biden’s $1.9T aid without republican help

Jan 28, 2021 9:18 PM EST

Associated Press,

WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrats are rejecting a Republican pitch to split President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue plan into smaller chunks. Democrats and the White House appear ready to leave their GOP opponents behind and push the sweeping economic and virus aid forward on their own. Despite Biden’s calls for unity, Democrats say the stubbornly high unemployment numbers and…

AP: Retroactive teacher raises advance in SC House

Jan 28, 2021 2:02 PM EST

Associated Press,

The South Carolina House has approved a bill to reinstate some teacher raises into this year’s budget.

Woman sells Bernie doll for over $20K, donates to charity

Jan 27, 2021 9:46 PM EST

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Tobey King speaks to her crochet Bernie Sanders doll as the bidding continues on eBay on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 in Corpus Christi, Texas. The doll sold for $20,300, and all of the proceeds are being donated to Meals on Wheels. (Billy Calzada/The San Antonio Express-News via AP) CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) – Bernie Sanders went from becoming a hit…

Washington, Lincoln stripped from school names in San Francisco

Jan 27, 2021 9:27 PM EST

Associated Press,

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The San Francisco school board has voted to remove the names of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and others from public schools after officials deemed them unworthy of the honor. The decision was made at a San Francisco school board meeting to strip the names of 44 public schools, or a third of schools in the city….

Baseball Hall gets no new members; Schilling 16 votes shy

Jan 27, 2021 10:31 AM EST

Associated Press,

The baseball Hall of Fame won’t have any new players in the class of 2021 after voters decided no one had the merits — on the field or off — for enshrinement in Cooperstown.

Biden to reopen ‘Obamacare’ markets for COVID-19 relief

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

Jan 27, 2021 9:50 AM EST

Associated Press,

President Biden plans to reopen the HealthCare.gov insurance markets for a special sign-up opportunity geared to people needing coverage.

Author: Associated Press

Mass. congressman tests positive for COVID-19 despite vaccination

Trump team hires 2 ex-prosecutors with ethics experience

By Meg Kinnard

South Carolina routs Mississippi State 75-52

How we got here: an explanation of GameStop’s stock surge and its shakeup of Wall Street

Democrats prepared to act on Biden’s $1.9T aid without republican help

AP: Retroactive teacher raises advance in SC House

Woman sells Bernie doll for over $20K, donates to charity

Washington, Lincoln stripped from school names in San Francisco

Baseball Hall gets no new members; Schilling 16 votes shy

Biden to reopen ‘Obamacare’ markets for COVID-19 relief

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