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Need To Vent? There's A Hotline For You To Scream It Out

Just Scream is simple: Dial the hotline. Wait for the beep. Scream. Hang up. Feel free to leave everything from horror-movie wails and to messages of hope. But hurry up — the line closes Thursday.

January 21, 2021
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By:
  • Taylor Haney
Portland has been a hotbed of anti-police and racial justice demonstrations since the summer. Wednesday's scuffle between police and anti-fascist demonstrators became just the latest such event in several months punctuated by demonstrations that turned violent.

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  • Law

Portland Police Charge 8 After Demonstrators Vandalize Democratic Party Offices

Anti-fascist protesters carried signs rejecting Joe Biden's presidency and scuffled with law enforcement in Portland, Ore., on Wednesday.

January 21, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci informed the WHO on Thursday that the U.S. will not be leaving the organization. Fauci is seen here last month, receiving the Moderna coronavirus vaccine in Washington.

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  • Global Health

U.S. Will Remain In WHO, Fauci Announces, As Biden Reverses Trump Move

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus responded, "Thank you my brother Tony" and thanks also to the U.S. for renewing its support.

January 21, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Katy Perry performs during the Celebrating America event on Wednesday, following the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States.

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  • National

In 'Celebrating America' Biden, Harris Urge Nation To Rise Together

"Will we meet the moment like our forbearers have?" the newly sworn-in president asked Americans during the star-studded inaugural celebration. "I believe we must and I believe we will."

January 21, 2021
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
The women of the Brown Girls Book Club could not miss the opportunity to join together for this historic moment: the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

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  • National

Brown Girls Book Club Comes Together To Celebrate And Watch Historic Inauguration

The group of women who've met for 25 years watched the event with tears and cheers. Some are, like Kamala Harris, graduates of Howard University and/or members of Harris' Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

January 21, 2021
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By:
  • Melissa Block
President Joe Biden announced his administration would temporarily pause deportations for certain people and halt a Trump-era program for handling asylum seekers at the southern border.

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  • National

Biden Suspends Deportations, Stops 'Remain In Mexico' Policy

Under the Biden administration, the Department of Homeland Security looks set to roll back several Trump-era immigration policies and to establish a path to citizenship for immigrants.

January 21, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
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  • Politics

Biden Is President, But Some In Rural West Still Cling To False Notion That Trump Won

President Biden has been sworn in, but some people in conservative parts of the U.S. say they still believe the false notion that former President Donald Trump is the winner of the 2020 election.

January 20, 2021
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  • Kirk Siegler
Protesters hold signs at a rally about the 2020 census in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2019. President-elect Joe Biden has revoked the Trump administration's policy of excluding unauthorized immigrants from population numbers used to reallocate congressional seats and Electoral College votes.

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  • National

Biden Ends Trump Census Policy, Ensuring All Persons Living In U.S. Are Counted

President Biden has revoked Trump's policy of excluding unauthorized immigrants from a key count that the Constitution says must include the "whole number of persons in each state."

January 20, 2021
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  • Hansi Lo Wang
The Keystone XL pipeline was set to have passed near the White River in South Dakota. President Biden plans to block the controversial pipeline in one of his first acts of office.

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  • Environment

Biden Order Blocks Keystone XL Pipeline

This likely means the end of the $8 billion pipeline, a years-long project that would have carried oil sands crude from Alberta, Canada, to the American Gulf Coast.

January 20, 2021
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  • Jeff Brady
President Joe Biden is directing the U.S. to rejoin the international Paris Climate Agreement, which aims to cut global greenhouse gas emissions. Here, activists rally on Dec. 12, 2015.

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  • News

Biden Moves To Have U.S. Rejoin Climate Accord

President Biden signed an executive order to have the country reenter the Paris Climate Agreement, less than four months after formally withdrawing.

January 20, 2021
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  • Nathan Rott
Inauguration Day has been quiet so far in Washington, D.C. Some 25,000 National Guard members are in the city, where insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol just two weeks ago.

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  • Politics

No Large Protests In D.C. As President Biden Is Inaugurated

Some 25,000 National Guard members are in the city where insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol just two weeks ago.

January 20, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell and
  • Hannah Allam
Federal prosecutors are accusing Patrick Edward McCaughey III of using a police shield to pin an officer against a door during the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol building.

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  • National

Man Charged With Assault On Officer, As Seen In Viral Video From Capitol Riot

Investigators say Connecticut resident Patrick Edward McCaughey III pinned an officer against a door during the Capitol insurrection.

January 20, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
Lady Gaga will perform the national anthem for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Jan. 20.

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  • Music

John Legend, Garth Brooks, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake And More To Perform

Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez will co-headline the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday. The day features a variety of performances from other musical artists.

January 20, 2021
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  • LaTesha Harris
A casket is loaded into a hearse at the Boyd Funeral Home as burials at cemeteries are delayed to the surge of COVID-19 deaths on Jan. 14, 2021 in Los Angeles.

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  • Health

'We Have No Space': LA County Funeral Director Describes Virus's Toll

Todd Beckley, a funeral director in Los Angeles County, says COVID-19 deaths have overwhelmed his mortuary. It is so overwhelmed there is waiting list that's 23 families long.

January 20, 2021
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  • Noel King
President Biden delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 46th president.

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  • National

'We've Got A Steep Road Ahead': Americans Focus On The Future

During his inaugural address, President Biden spoke of renewal, resolve and the will of the people. Across the nation, there was a feeling of cautious optimism.

January 20, 2021
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  • Tanya Ballard Brown
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