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The Great Beginning of Jules Olitski
The New York Times - 28 Jan 2021 17:00
The artist's earliest Color Field paintings, with their indomitable colors, austere compositions and wild pictorial spaces, are among the movement's signal achievements.
Heartbreaking video shows teen dancing moments before she was shot dead
New York Post - 28 Jan 2021 20:18
Heartbreaking footage shows a Georgia teen seemingly interrupted as she films herself twerking — just moments before she was shot to death, according to her family. Kalecia “Pinky” Williams, 16, was filming herself...
CDC warns as many as 85,000 people could die from COVID-19 in next three weeks
CBSNews - 28 Jan 2021 14:53
The Biden administration is making reopening schools one of its central goals, along with speeding up vaccine distribution. CBS News correspondent Meg Oliver reports.
Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny to remain in detention ahead of hearing next month, Russian court rules
CNN - 28 Jan 2021 15:19
A Russian court ruled Thursday that Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny must remain in detention ahead of a hearing next month over whether he should face jail time for a years-old fraud case.
Undoing Trump's policies and other things Biden did his first week as president
USA Today - 28 Jan 2021 05:31
President Joe Biden has signed over 30 executive orders ranging from reversing Trump-era policy to adjusting the nation's response to the pandemic.
Biden Ousts White House 'Spin Doctor' Who Treated Trump For COVID-19
The Huffington Post - 28 Jan 2021 00:44
Dr. Sean Conley issued conflicting statements about Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis last fall. He's been replaced by Biden's longtime physician, Dr. Kevin O'Connor.
Ghislaine Maxwell reportedly forced girls into lurid performances for Jeffrey Epstein
New York Post - 28 Jan 2021 14:56
Accused madam Ghislaine Maxwell once directed a room of underage girls to "kiss, dance and touch one another in a sexual way" for late pedophile boss Jeffrey Epstein, according to newly released court documents. A witnes...
GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene faces mounting backlash over comments and videos
CBSNews - 28 Jan 2021 21:36
Freshman Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is facing growing criticism after a video resurfaced showing her confronting Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg. She has spread conspiracy theories and also pos...
More mudslides, flooding and snow West; Northeast could see coldest air in 2 years
ABC News - 28 Jan 2021 14:35
Tens of thousands of people are without power and thousands have been evacuated as mudslide and flash flooding threats continue in California.
Capitol Police Union calls it 'unconscionable' leaders didn't better prepare for riot
ABC News - 28 Jan 2021 05:56
The U.S. Capitol Police have come under harsh scrutiny.
Health workers stuck in snowstorm go car-to-car giving COVID-19 vaccine
New York Post - 28 Jan 2021 05:18
These healthcare workers kept it cool. A medical team in Oregon jumped into action after getting stuck in a snowstorm with COVID-19 vaccine doses that were about to expire — and used the jabs, going car to car to injec...
E.U. Border Agency Pulls Out of Hungary Over Rights Abuses
The New York Times - 28 Jan 2021 03:30
The decision by Frontex comes after Hungary disregarded a ruling by the E.U.'s top court that the way the country handles asylum seekers violated the bloc's law.
3 teens arrested in Denver house fire that killed five
New York Post - 28 Jan 2021 05:48
Three teens have been arrested in connection to a Denver house fire that killed five people — including two children — who recently immigrated from Senegal, police said Wednesday. The male suspects — a 15-year-old ...
McConnell Was Done With Trump. His Party Said Not So Fast.
The New York Times - 28 Jan 2021 04:01
After four years, the minority leader had finally had enough. But with most Republicans rallying around Donald J. Trump, he sided with his colleagues trying to throw out the impeachment case.
U.S. intelligence officials say Chinese government is collecting Americans' DNA
CBSNews - 28 Jan 2021 22:05
60 Minutes has learned Chinese company BGI Group, the largest biotech firm in the world, offered to build COVID labs in at least six states, and U.S. intelligence officials issued warnings not to share health data with B...
Philadelphia cuts ties with student's group rolling out COVID-19 vaccine
New York Post - 28 Jan 2021 15:25
A 22-year-old student with no health expertise was put in charge of running a massive injection site to deliver thousands of doses of COVID-19 vaccine in Philadelphia - until the city cut ties with his startup after it c...
Biden has reportedly started putting together his federal courts reform commission
The Week - 28 Jan 2021 14:56
When former President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans rushed through the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett right before November's election, then-candidate Joe Biden promised that if he won, he ...
Biden to reverse anti-abortion rights policies in new executive actions
CBSNews - 28 Jan 2021 14:19
President Biden is expected to rescind the Mexico City Policy, also known as the global gag rule, as part of a slew of executive actions on Thursday, according to two people familiar with the White House's plans.
25-year-old pleads guilty in alleged plot to kidnap Michigan governor
CBSNews - 28 Jan 2021 14:18
Ty Garbin is the first to be convicted in the high-profile case, and his detailed testimony of the alleged kidnapping plot could aid prosecutors in securing more convictions.
U.S. officials: Chinese collecting our DNA
CBSNews - 28 Jan 2021 21:23
60 Minutes has learned Chinese company BGI Group, the largest biotech firm in the world, offered to build COVID labs in at least six states, and U.S. intelligence officials issued warnings not to share health data with B...
Small investors turn GameStop into a Wall Street "David and Goliath" story
CBSNews - 28 Jan 2021 16:02
Small investors using a Reddit forum appear to have driven the stock of the struggling retail chain GameStop up nearly 800% and it's causing some major financial losses for seasoned Wall Street investors. Vladimir Duthie...
Here's how a Reddit group blew up GameStop's stock
CNN - 28 Jan 2021 13:40
• The Reddit forum that's freaking out Wall Street briefly went dark