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Texas Senator Ted Cruz Flies to Cancun as Texans Freeze
In a thread, he went on to blame Texas's current woes on-you guessed it-the failure of green energy sources, despite that a small fraction of the state's grid is powered by wind turbines and other alternatives to fossil fuel. Democratic National Committee chairman Jaime Harrison tweeted. Factors ranging from the record-breaking cold weather to the fuel shortages at gas-fired power plants all s... [Full Article...]
Joe Biden Says Vaccines Available For All Americans By End July
For example, "instead of a classroom of 30 kids in it, you have 3 classes of 10 kids each", he said. "And that's why we've got to collectively do everything in our power to reopen our schools as quickly as possible and as safely as possible". [Full Article...]
Winter storm left millions without power, at least 20 dead
Texas law enforcement reported that two men were found dead along Houston-area roadways. In west Tennessee, a 10-year-old boy died after falling into an ice-covered pond on Sunday during a winter storm , fire officials said. Two agricultural workers also died in neighboring Tamaulipas from hypothermia. The National Weather Service was "very surprised how rapidly this storm intensified ... [Full Article...]
Japan kicks off COVID-19 vaccination drive
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are set to begin in July. Malaysia has ordered Covid-19 vaccines from five developers - Pfizer-BioNTech (32 million doses), AstraZeneca (12.8 million doses, including from the global COVAX initiative), China's Sinovac (12 million doses), China's single-shot CanSinoBio vaccine (3.5 million doses), and Russia's Sputnik V (6.4 million doses). [Full Article...]
At least three dead in North Carolina tornado
Dozens of homes were damaged, Gov. Roy Cooper tweeted . He will visit the county on Wednesday and survey damage in the Ocean Ridge Plantation neighborhood, where most of the damage occurred. Steve McCreedy, 69, said he and his wife were awakened by their dog and dove into a closet of their Ocean Ridge home as they heard their windows shattering and trees snapping outside. [Full Article...]
Charge in Central Park birdwatcher incident dropped
The judge granted the DA's move to dismiss the charge of falsely reporting an incident in the third degree against Cooper. Video of the incident, which was viewed more than 30 million times by the next day, drew outrage, coming on the heels of several other widely seen incidents of white people calling police on Black people without cause. [Full Article...]
Lawmakers push 9/11-style commission to probe Capitol riot
Bush signed a law mandating the panel investigate what caused the September 11 attacks and how to prevent a similar attack. Mrs. Pelosi had previously tasked retired Lt. Hours after the Senate's verdict, the Louisiana Republican Party voted to censure Cassidy. "There's still more evidence that the American people need and deserve to hear and a 9/11 commission is a way to make sure that we secu... [Full Article...]
Rocket attack near United States base in Iraqi Kurdistan kills 1, injures 8
No one immediately claimed responsibility. One US service member was also injured, he said. At least two civilians were also wounded and material damage was caused to cars and other property, security officials said, without providing more details. [Full Article...]