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February 23, 2021

Headlines for February 23, 2021

  • AG Nominee Merrick Garland Pledges to Prosecute January 6 Insurrectionists
  • Confirmation Hearings Open for Deb Haaland for Interior Secretary, Xavier Becerra for HHS Secretary
  • U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 500,000
  • President Biden to Meet Virtually with Canadian Premier Justin Trudeau
  • Supreme Court Won't Block Release of Trump Tax Returns to Manhattan Prosecutors
  • Boeing 777 Jets Grounded After Engine Explosion Scatters Debris Over Colorado
  • U.N. Calls for Rescue of Rohingya Refugees Stranded at Sea
  • Colombian Inquiry Reveals Army Carried Out 6,400 Extrajudicial Killings from 2002-08
  • Italian Ambassador to Congo Among 3 Killed in Ambush of World Food Programme Convoy
  • Haitian Protesters Blast U.S. Support for Jovenel Moïse, Who Has Refused to Step Down
  • Offshore Oil Spill Hits Israel's Beaches, Devastating Wildlife
  • Texas Refineries Flared 337,000 Pounds of Toxic Chemicals as Winter Storm Hit
  • U.N. Probe Finds Erik Prince Broke Libya Arms Embargo to Aid Rebel Commander
  • Independent Probe Finds No Legal Basis for Fatal Assault by Cops and Paramedics on Elijah McClain
  • Virginia Lawmakers Vote to Outlaw Capital Punishment
  • New Jersey Governor Signs Bills Legalizing and Decriminalizing Marijuana

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