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American Airlines flight diverted after 'disturbing and unacceptable' passenger fight over racial slur

New top story on Hacker News: LayerCI (YC S20) is hiring to build the next generation of DevOps platforms

New top story on Hacker News: Procfs: Processes as Files (1984) [pdf]

New top story on Hacker News: JSON parser written in 6502 assembly language

Trump declares he has no interest in starting a new party

Border Democrat Henry Cuellar warns Biden about immigrant fallout

The hardhats at the Homestead manhole were men at work on a $30,000 theft, cops say

Ron DeSantis has strongest showing of any potential non-Trump candidate in CPAC 2024 straw poll

Rep. Gosar criticizes ‘white racism’ after speaking at event whose organizer called for white supremacy

Ted Cruz Responds to Reports John Boehner Told Him to ‘Go F— Yourself’

New top story on Hacker News: Squeak: A Free Smalltalk System – On RISC OS

New top story on Hacker News: Cname / DNS based third party tracking

New top story on Hacker News: ROG AI Overclocking on Linux

More than a dozen Republicans ditched a vote on the $2 trillion COVID relief bill to attend CPAC

U.S. sets weekend records for daily COVID vaccinations

Ben Sasse on Matt Gaetz: 'That guy is not an adult'

Letters to the Editor: Republicans cry 'rigged election,' but they're the ones trying to cheat

Far-right Proud Boys leader condemns Capitol rioters but says he 'won't cry' about politicians

Exclusive: Online clinic willing to prescribe sex change drugs to children without asking them to talk to doctor

Texas couple reunite with baby quadruplets after separated during winter storm

Golden Trump statue turning heads at CPAC was made in … Mexico

Customers are boycotting Trader Joe's after the chain fired an employee who asked the CEO to enhance COVID-19 protections

Fauci Fires Back at Kristi Noem Saying He’s ‘Wrong’: ‘The Numbers Don’t Lie’

Biden's $1.9 trillion relief bill passes House, but faces Senate hurdle

The mystery of India’s ‘lake of skeletons’

New top story on Hacker News: Netcode: Explaining how fighting games use delay-based and rollback netcode

New top story on Hacker News: Slouching Toward Post-Journalism

Iranian security official accuses U.S. of trying to 'revive' organized terrorism with Syrian airstrikes

U.S. targeted Iran-backed militias with seven 500-pound bombs

'If he dies, he dies': Suspect in stabbing of Asian man in New York City told authorities

CPAC 2021: Kevin McCarthy says he would bet his own home that Republicans take back the House in 2022

CPAC is promoting Donald Trump’s big lie of election fraud

New top story on Hacker News: A 'Lamborghini' of Chariots Is Discovered at Pompeii. Archaeologists Are Wowed

New top story on Hacker News: New Bone Cell Type Identified

New top story on Hacker News: Commodore Basic as a Scripting Language for Unix and Windows – Now Open Source

Husband of Hitler-quoting GOP congresswoman parked his militia-stickered truck outside Capitol Jan. 6

Joe Biden’s Khashoggi sanctions show he is as toothless as Donald Trump when it comes to Saudi Arabia

Republicans unveil two minimum wage bills in response to Democrats' push

New top story on Hacker News: Cinder – a C++ library for programming with aesthetic intent

New top story on Hacker News: WebAssembly

New top story on Hacker News: A Saudi Prince's Attempt to Silence Critics on Twitter

New top story on Hacker News: Zealandia: Earth’s Hidden Continent

Jamal Khashoggi: How intelligence report could dent US-Saudi ties for years

CPAC: Gaetz says media ‘biased’ over Ted Cruz’s Cancun trip and should have focused on ‘caravans’ of migrants instead

Emmi Explains: The future of student loans

This United flight from Florida was just about to take off. Then came the pepper spray

Illegal gold mine in Indonesia collapses, killing 6 workers

Teen in hospital for sledding injury dies after dad died visiting her, Ohio mom says

House to vote on Biden's $1.9 trillion relief bill

New top story on Hacker News: I'll pay you to read my book (2013)

Man Fights Back After Robber Targets His Family's Car in Golden Gate Park in SF

DeSantis Defends COVID Record, Needling Critics: ‘The Lockdown States Got It Wrong’

Japanese cult leader is speaking for the 10th year in a row at CPAC

Pandemic experts are starting to sound increasingly optimistic. Is it safe to make plans for a summer vacation?

New top story on Hacker News: Astranis (YC W16) is hiring a full-cycle tech recruiter to help grow our team

New top story on Hacker News: Some small USA towns giving away housing lots

New top story on Hacker News: PureScript and Haskell

Democrats decry Biden's airstrikes in Syria as unconstitutional. Republicans praise them as 'proportional.'

Florida mom discovers infant son missing after daycare gives him to stranger

Acting Capitol Police chief: Phone logs show Jan. 6 National Guard approval was delayed

This United flight from Florida was just about to take off. Then came the pepper spray

Air Force general worried US won’t field sixth-gen fighter in time to beat China

Republicans unveil two minimum wage bills in response to Democrats' push

Sen. John Cornyn, Gov. Greg Abbott — but not Ted Cruz —  to meet with Joe Biden in Texas

New top story on Hacker News: Every thought about personal finance I've ever had, as concisely as possible

9-year-old girl cries to virtual class that she's 'starving,' local food bank steps in

COVID-19 cases and deaths are starting to rise again. How worried should we be?

Ilhan Omar leads calls to fire Senate official who scuppered $15 wage rise

New York prosecutors finally have Trump's tax records — and the public will likely never see them

Republicans regroup around attacks on Biden administration —including Kamala Harris

New top story on Hacker News: Sable (YC S19) Is Hiring a Head of Growth Marketing

New top story on Hacker News: Zine machine: a compact 3D-printed block printing press

New top story on Hacker News: 30k Hours (2019)

New top story on Hacker News: 1k True Fans (2008)

New top story on Hacker News: The battery invented 120 years before its time

Biden administration to deliver 25 million masks to health centers in communities hit hard by pandemic

Kremlin critic Navalny sent to prison outside Moscow

How far will Biden go to fix the climate crisis? Pay attention to this gas project

GOP senator rejects $15 minimum wage saying he once earned $6 an hour, or $23 with inflation

AP FACT CHECK: Biden on virus deaths, Kerry's climate crisis

Analysis: Window is already narrowing for Republican to challenge Donald Trump for 2024

Helicopters, firefighters battle 2 forest fires in Japan

‘Read the fine print’: Texas lieutenant governor blames Texans for high storm energy bills

New top story on Hacker News: Map of my personal data infrastructure

Marjorie Taylor Greene escalates LGBTQ rights debate with attack on colleague's transgender daughter

Ilhan Omar seeks sanctions reform in her new foreign affairs leadership role

Turkish police nab Iraqi IS suspect, rescue Yazidi girl

Germany prepares way for its troops to stay in Afghanistan

Illegal gold mine in Indonesia collapses, killing 6 workers

Judge rules against Biden, bans enforcement of 100-day deportation pause

An ex-girlfriend tipped off the FBI about an alleged US Capitol rioter after he called her a 'moron'

Thai court ousts 3 Cabinet members found guilty of sedition

Judge says wife of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' must stay in jail

Massive ‘intelligence issues’ and slow-moving Pentagon left police on an island amid Capitol riot, security officials testify

Israel deploys vaccine diplomacy to strengthen ties with countries that back Jerusalem as capital

Myanmar coup: What is happening and why?

Germany prepares way for its troops to stay in Afghanistan

New top story on Hacker News: Rare 'Half-male, half-female' cardinal photographed in Pennsylvania

New top story on Hacker News: A list of open and open source 5G software projects

New top story on Hacker News: 2D IsometricRenderer

New top story on Hacker News: How a secret European language ‘made a rabbit’ and survived

The Latest: After hearing on Jan. 6, chair calls for action

Amy Klobuchar shuts down Ron Johnson's conspiracy mongering at Capitol attack hearing

Turkish police nab Iraqi IS suspect, rescue Yazidi girl

Putin warns of unnamed foreign efforts to destabilize Russia

'Dare Mighty Things': Nasa hid secret code in Perseverance parachute canopy

Feds: Businessman illegally exported vehicles to Lebanon

Senate committees postpone hearings in 'bad sign' for Neera Tanden

Republican senator defends pro-Trump protesters who stormed Capitol, falsely blaming insurrection on ‘fake supporters’

Asylum seekers rush to register for US border processing

Which Florida cities have COVID vaccines at CVS, Navarro and CVS y más? Here’s the list

Bruce Springsteen drunk driving charge dropped by prosecutors

‘MyPillow Guy’ complains loyalty to Trump is costing him millions while facing $1.3 billion lawsuit

CIA nominee pledges to provide 'unvarnished' intelligence

UN: Boat with Rohingya refugees adrift without food, water

A year on, India's riot victims say justice still unserved

Democrats may drop $15 minimum wage from coronavirus relief because 2 senators oppose it

Why China's homeowners prefer universal rights

Jews split over storied charity's support for settlements

The Latest: After hearing on Jan. 6, chair calls for action

Biden to allies: Enduring values stand up in a changed world

Late night hosts mock Ted Cruz's lame post-Mexico photo ops, cheer Trump's tax returns defeat

Imran Khan visits Sri Lanka as Muslims demand burial rights

Centrist Democrats flex muscles, create headaches for Biden

Georgia police department closes case that named Dolphins cornerback Xavien Howard

Georgia Republican Perdue won't run for US Senate in 2022

Family of Americans held in Iran want any deal to free them

Covid: Biden calls 500,000 death toll a heartbreaking milestone

Texas Attorney General left the state on the same day as Ted Cruz amid historic winter storm

Malaysia deports Myanmar migrants despite court order

Suit blames Saudi Arabia for attack at Florida military base

Ted Cruz on leaked Cancun trip texts: ‘Here’s a suggestion, just don’t be a------s’

Police captain offers grisly new details of Capitol riot at first official hearing on insurrection

UN: Thousands flee Ethiopia violence, seek asylum in Sudan

States rush to catch up on delayed vaccines, expand access

Will Trump start his own party? How his ongoing popularity threatens Republican unity

Nepal's Supreme Court orders reinstatement of Parliament

Europe-bound migrants found amid broken glass, toxic ash

New top story on Hacker News: JSON with Commas and Comments

Wife of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' arrested on US drug charges

Libyan interior minister survives attack on motorcade

Supreme Court ends 12-year Fort Worth legal battle over $100 million in church property

Dyed ice in frozen creek draws man to water and then he drowned, Missouri police say

New top story on Hacker News: Nintendo DS-TV-Out Restoration Project

New top story on Hacker News: The Bombard Story: Man can survive on ocean water for an extended period of time

New top story on Hacker News: The Four Basic Truths of Macroeconomics

Myanmar coup: Huge crowds mourn woman killed in protests

Ted Cruz passed out water, BBQ in Texas this weekend. AOC raised $5 million for Texans.

The COVID-19 vaccines are proving incredibly effective. Here's why experts are downplaying the success.

Justice Department ‘became an arm of the White House’: Bill Barr slammed during Merrick Garland confirmation hearing

New top story on Hacker News: Aya Neo: A New Challenger for Handheld PC Gaming

New top story on Hacker News: TK Finance Dictionary: “SPAC”

New top story on Hacker News: Len Sassaman and Satoshi

New top story on Hacker News: What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Dashboards? (2018)

Former Florida cop went live on Facebook during the Capitol riot. Now he is charged

Grassley Invokes Anti-Kavanaugh Smears at Garland Hearing

Wife of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' arrested on US drug charges

NASA rover beams back first sounds ever recorded from the surface of Mars

Trump made $1.6bn while president, report says

A Coast Guard crew seized $82 million worth of cocaine while on patrol in the Caribbean

"Show of force": Trump to claim total control of GOP with first post-presidency speech

New top story on Hacker News: Calling for benefit–risk evaluations of Covid-19 control measures

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Turn scripts into fine-tuned voices via Wiki markups

New top story on Hacker News: YouTube blocked chess channel after mistaken detection of racial slurs

New top story on Hacker News: Passerine: An extensible and expressive new programming language

From presidential contender with an Emmy and a book deal to disgrace: The rise and fall of Andrew Cuomo

139-year-old house rolls to new San Francisco address

Suspect in NC kidnapping dies after police rescue 14-year-old girl, Arkansas cops say

Democrats start lobbying for the first black woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court bench

Ted Cruz’s wife and children back in US after controversial Mexico trip

Eric Shawn: A $1,400 stimulus check could be coming to your mail box

Former Trump advisor says Texas power outages are consequence of electing Biden

Merrick Garland's long wait is over but his problems are just starting

New top story on Hacker News: TransferWise: World, Meet Wise

New top story on Hacker News: Germany, Once a Model, Is Swamped Like Everyone Else by Pandemic's Second Wave

New top story on Hacker News: You can tap your phone on any local bus stop NFC tag to now access my website

New top story on Hacker News: It’s cheaper because we pass the risk on to you

Griddy: Why a Texas electricity company is under fire for astronomical bills during winter storm

Idaho bill to outlaw demonstrating at private homes advances

Russia reports first case of humans contracting H5N8 bird flu

Gov. Greg Abbott: Public Utility Commission hitting pause on non-payment disconnections

Republicans eye federal funds to help pay Texans’ exorbitant energy bills

The long wait is over for an SC-born Masai giraffe baby

‘Amazing story of survival.’ Dog was stranded on icy Michigan river for four days

Trump repeats election claims in interviews, is unchallenged

Mars landing: Nasa's Perseverance rover sends back first colour images from Red Planet

As Texas deep freeze subsides, some households now face electricity bills as high as $10,000

Abused woman survives brutal cold in national park but needs foot amputation, feds say

A GOP state lawmaker who fled Texas on a private jet said he did so for his family after his house flooded and the power went out

New top story on Hacker News: From coding bootcamp graduate to building distributed databases

New top story on Hacker News: Find the Hard Work You're Willing to Do (2018)

Plane debris falls on Denver suburbs during fiery emergency landing

Ted Cruz's poodle seemingly stayed in a 'FREEZING' house while his family went to Cancun

Did nuclear spy devices in the Himalayas trigger India floods?

Three dead and two wounded after mass shooting at Louisiana gun shop

Hand-holding but no hugs: UK OKs some nursing home visits

Police want to talk to Dolphins star Xavien Howard about shooting of ex-agent’s house

New top story on Hacker News: OpenBSD boots multi-user on Apple M1 hardware

New top story on Hacker News: NASA Has Decided to Start Building the Lunar Gateway Using the Falcon Heavy

Woman shot during protest against Myanmar coup dies

Family devastated by loss, comforted to bring home remains of missing father Cory Dale Moore

Why Ted Cruz was so hated long before the Cancun incident

Editorial: Slowing the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan could bolster peace talks

Passenger jet lands safely after suspected engine explosion rains debris on Denver neighbourhoods

Mars landing: Nasa's Perseverance rover sends back first colour images from Red Planet

N.Y. Assemblyman Kim says legislature ‘inching’ toward Cuomo impeachment

Donald Trump Jr hits out ‘Democrat governor’ of Texas... who is actually Republican

New top story on Hacker News: Are Disagreements Honest? (2004) [pdf]

New top story on Hacker News: A request for Pinboard old-timers

Man Who Shoved Elderly Asian Woman RELEASED By Police Without Bail, 'Under Supervision'

Ted Cruz's poodle seemingly stayed in a 'FREEZING' house while his family went to Cancun

Alaska woman using outhouse attacked by bear

Woman Allegedly Throws Snowball at Asian Man's Car and Calls Him a 'F**king C**nk' in Washington

US Marines investigate viral TikTok of female Marine calling out Corps handling of sexual assault

The oil and gas industry has been very generous to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Will that sway his outages response?

Mom’s remains discovered in California desert after mysterious disappearance, cops say

Chimpanzee and monkeys die in Texas after sanctuary loses power during Winter Storm Uri

Bomb squad rushes to suspicious package at Ohio church – and hears unexpected sound

Mars landing: Excitement builds over new images from Nasa Perseverance rover

New top story on Hacker News: Diablo II: Resurrected

New top story on Hacker News: Margaret Mitchell fired from Google

New top story on Hacker News: F’: Flight Software and Embedded Systems Framework

New top story on Hacker News: Researchers looking for mRNA were ridiculed by colleagues

New top story on Hacker News: Machines, Minds, and Madness: Review of “The Cybernetic Brain” (2011)

Why Ted Cruz was so hated long before the Cancun incident

Cuomo Loses AOC: NY Rep Joins Growing Call for Nursing Home Probe

Mars landing: Photo shows Perseverance about to touch down

Libya's new interim leader meets with Egyptian president

Mom’s remains discovered in California desert after mysterious disappearance, cops say

Abbott says power generation in Texas has returned

Biden withdraws Trump's restoration of UN sanctions on Iran

Mars landing: Nasa Perseverance rover sends back first image as it pulls off daunting mission - watch live

Donald Trump admits he misses being president and hints at 2024 White House run

9 Homes For Sale With Beautiful Workout Facilities

Customer flashes gun at worker asking him to wear mask in Illinois store, police say

Abbott says power generation in Texas has returned

Lindsey Vonn and Ex-Fiancé P.K. Subban List Beverly Hills Home for $7.2 Million

New top story on Hacker News: Why is it so hard to see code from 5 minutes ago?

New top story on Hacker News: TLS certificates specifying hosts via the CommonName field is more or less gone

Surreal photos from Texas’ sub-zero weather: A frozen fish tank and icicles on a ceiling fan

Gym shuts down after racking up $1 million in COVID fines, California officials say

Chasten Buttigieg posts photo kissing husband Pete in pointed tweet at Rush Limbaugh’s homophobic comments

Texans shelter in furniture store during brutal winter storm, as no end is in sight for days-long power outages

Watch live as Perseverance, NASA's newest rover, lands on Mars

Robinhood CEO apologizes for restricting GameStop trading, insists company 'played this by the books'

Texas Democrat says 'it'd be fine' if Ted Cruz stayed in Cancun for family jaunt because 'he doesn't do anything for us'

Chicago mayor spent over $281 million in virus relief funds on police payroll

Amid Texas storm, UN chief says it's 'complete ignorance' to say cold weather nullifies the reality of climate change

New top story on Hacker News: The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem

New top story on Hacker News: The 'GaaS or subscription service' squeeze in games

Democrats introduce bill to bar 'twice impeached' presidents from Arlington Cemetery burial

2 Syrians held in Israel to be released in prisoner exchange

GOP operatives say McConnell isn't interested in fighting with Trump, wants to focus on winning in 2022

Laura Ingraham Is 'Sickened' By Joe Biden Calling Out Systemic Racism

Bill O'Reilly Asks Where Is The Rise In White Supremacy, Gets Well And Truly Ratioed

Myanmar coup: Aung San Suu Kyi faces new charge amid protests

‘Ineptitude’ of Abbott, Republican leaders led to Texas power disaster, O’Rourke says

Millions in Texas lose power during winter storm

Trump wanted to make nasty dig about Mitch McConnell’s ‘chins’ in searing letter

New top story on Hacker News: Dapr – Distributed Application Runtime

New top story on Hacker News: The Need to Remove Bad Management

Joe Biden Finally Says What A Lot Of People Are Thinking About Donald Trump

Elderly Asian Woman Called Racial Slurs, Needs 5-10 Stitches After Attack at Bakery in Queens

Prosecutors seek fine for Russian opposition leader Navalny

North Carolina braces for ice storm as widespread power outages are expected

Man ‘fought police officers twice’ during Capitol Riot and still wasn’t arrested that day, court documents show

Fight against sea rise costly in tourist town

New top story on Hacker News: Natural gas, not wind turbines, main driver of Texas power shortage

New top story on Hacker News: Il Maestro: Federico Fellini and the lost magic of cinema

Lindsey Graham: GOP Doesn’t Have 'A Snowball’s Chance In Hell' Without Trump

Rush Limbaugh's complicated legacy, in 5 tweets from across the political spectrum

Two Florida men arrested after TikTok allegedly shows unlicensed surgery on dog

Adam Kinzinger reveals letter ‘brainwashed’ Trump-loving relatives sent him after he voted for impeachment

The architect of Texas' electricity market says it's working as planned. Critics compare it to late Soviet Russia.

Texans shelter in furniture store during brutal winter storm, as no end is in sight for days-long power outages

‘Ineptitude’ of Abbott, Republican leaders led to Texas power disaster, O’Rourke says

Trump Fans Charged In Capitol Attack Didn't Like Antifa Getting Credit For Their Work

Missing man found dead in his CA home, but investigator doesn’t know how he got there

Most Teachers Say They're Comfortable Going Back To School, But Only With Strict Safety Measures

Axios Deletes Tweet Scrutinizing VP’s ‘Starting from Scratch’ Vaccine Claim

‘It is a scandal’: Dr. Bill Bennett slams Biden administration over continued school closers

Chinatown Shop Owner Stops Robbery By Firing 4 Shots at Suspects in Oakland

Joe Buck Says He Used To Drink Tequila In Booth With Troy Aikman

More Republicans blame Biden for Capitol riot than fault Trump

Man Follows, Racially Harasses NYC Photographer and 'No One Stepped in to Help'

Home invasion suspect dies after 82-year-old man fights back

Los Angeles Health Inspector Appears to Break into Dance Moments after Closing Brewery

9 Statement Pillows To Brighten Any Home

California Realtor Loses Job After Racist Video Harassing Asian Woman Goes Viral

Bus drives off bridge into canal in central India; 40 dead

Republican senator who voted to convict Trump was not sent to DC to 'do the right thing', his party complains

The Times Corrects the Record on Officer Sicknick’s Death, Sort Of

Drugs on fire: Cocaine seized from cartel incinerated in Honduras

Tech Company Says Job Ad for 'Non-Asians' on LinkedIn Had No 'Discriminatory Intent'

Person killed in double shooting ‘confrontation’ at a Kendall ATM was a 16-year-old boy

Biden’s White House routine: From morning coffee to reading citizens’ letters before bed - OLD

Trump and Giuliani sued for conspiracy to incite deadly Capitol riot

Store limits water — and brisket — purchases as Texans face power outages, supply issues

Home appraisal for Black couple skyrockets after white friend pretends to be homeowner

New top story on Hacker News: Sonobus: Open-source app for low latency peer-to-peer audio

New top story on Hacker News: The Physics of baking good Pizza [pdf]

Democrats Flirt with Destroying Another Senate Guardrail

Biden calls on Congress to ban assault weapons

500 Black and Asian Community Members Rally in Oakland as Holiday Weekend Sees Wave of Attacks, Robberies

Murkowski delivers 'scorching' statement on voting to convict Trump

COVID-19 cases are dropping in US, but not because of vaccinations

What’s happening with Joe Biden’s gun control plan?

LAPD, police union outraged by report of Floyd 'Valentine'

Sen. Tim Scott says Trump is the ‘one person I don’t blame’ for Capitol attack

Texas residents told to stay off roads as ‘historic Arctic outbreak’ leaves 2.5 million without power

New Orleans businesses say they've had the 'rug pulled out' as city enacts Mardi Gras shutdown

Winter weather: Here's what we expect for the next 36 hours

South Charlotte homeowners learn it’s not a ‘kindly grandma’ stealing their mail

7-year-old boy rescued after accidentally landing in trash truck

NBC Accused of Hyping Cases of People Who Contracted COVID-19 Despite Vaccinations

Nearly 200 Florida manatees filmed basking in shallow waters with dolphins

Most Americans believe Trump should have been convicted by senate, post-impeachment poll finds

NYC subway stabbings suspect named and charged with murder

Wind turbines are freezing in Texas amid ‘unprecedented’ storm

90-year-old takes out $10K advert to shame internet giant over their ‘shabby’ service, and wins

Former NFL receiver Vincent Jackson found dead in hotel room

Boris Johnson calls Trump's impeachment a 'kerfuffle' and suggests Biden copied his Build Back Better slogan

Let's stop pretending we don't know why most GOP Senators didn't vote to convict Trump

Florida Is a COVID Nightmare—Even for Vaccinated People

New top story on Hacker News: The Hazards of Asset Allocation in a Late-Stage Major Bubble

New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What are the best websites that the Anglosphere doesn't know about?

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: A simple website for my JavaScript bundler

Ron Johnson, Mitt Romney reportedly got into a heated discussion after impeachment witness vote

Fort Worth, other school districts to go virtual only Tuesday due to ‘historic storm’

Fact check: Marines did not salute Joe Biden before he was sworn in, per protocol

Trump impeachment: Insurrection incitement charge a 'monstrous lie'

Kohima: Britain's 'forgotten' battle that changed the course of WWII

Republicans called Trump disgraceful, angry, reprehensible – and let him walk free again

Fact check: Fake quote about right to bear arms attributed to George Washington

Winter storm causing major travel impacts across Texas

Hollywood stars offer grovelling apologies to Britney Spears for torrent of abuse

New top story on Hacker News: What ever happened to scandium bike frames?

Trump’s impeachment attorney mocks reporter in whiny tone then walks out of interview

On the impeachment vote, one NC senator represented us well

Polar vortex brings most extreme winter weather in years

Biden responds to Trump's acquittal, says the 'substance of the charge is not in dispute' and we must 'end this uncivil war'

Newsom recall campaign hits 1.5 million signatures

Melania Trump checked out from husband’s impeachment trial

Fact check: Flipped photo falsely claims Biden has a body double and is left-handed

'Blame you': Johnson and Romney get heated after vote for impeachment witnesses

Trump ‘loved it’ when his defense team called impeachment trial ‘constitutional cancel culture’

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: M1 Chart – The stock market adjusted for the US-dollar money supply

Biden administration has “deep concerns” about WHO’s COVID-19 probe

New York City makes $125,000 settlement with girlfriend of Black man fatally shot by off-duty officer

Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes near site of Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster

Fort Worth pile up: Driver gasps in shock while filming video capturing deadly accident

Analysis: Trump will use his acquittal to relaunch political warfare

Coast Guard searches for 16 people in two incidents, including 10 off the Florida Keys

Acquittal, but Not Vindication

‘Embarrassed’ Dad of Teen Insurrectionist: I Regret Taking My Son to Capitol

Man arrested after bodies of 2 women found in storage facilities in Amador County, authorities say

Plane makes emergency landing on the Sawgrass Expressway. Southbound lanes reopen.

Ex-boyfriend arrested after model's body found near highway

Trump's lawyers claim he never knew Pence was in danger. A Republican senator has said otherwise.

Polar vortex brings most extreme winter weather in years

Teens with AR-15 try carjacking man, but he thinks gun is a toy, California cops say

Melania is ignoring impeachment and jealous over attention Jill Biden is getting, sources say

Trump triumphantly declares MAGA movement 'has only just begun' after Senate acquittal

Biden’s stimulus gamble: Massive cuts to Medicare, farm aid

The ‘chilling’ expletive-laden phone call that threw Trump impeachment trial into chaos

Someone’s $2 ticket hit a big Mega Millions win in N.C. on Friday. Do they know it?

California restaurant temporarily closes after BLM mask backlash

‘I thought we were past that’: Trump’s impeachment lawyers accused of singling out Black women

Why China may not be cheering Myanmar’s military takeover

Indigenous New Zealand lawmaker wins battle against ties

Impeachment trial – live: Stunning phone call Trump held with McCarthy during Capitol riot revealed

Yad Vashem concerned over Polish case against researchers

Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump conviction unlikely because ‘jury includes his co-conspirators’

Europa Clipper: Nasa's ocean world mission gets launch date

Biden calls on Xi Jinping to end ‘human rights abuses in Xinjiang’ in first China call

No execution: Courts side with inmate wanting pastor present

The Latest: Dems end opening arguments in Trump trial

Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell Could End Up in a Truce, Thanks to Myanmar

New top story on Hacker News: How to SSH into a Self-driving Vehicle (2020)

HBCUs set fundraising records in a year when alumni like Kamala Harris have risen to new heights

Father of child with Down’s syndrome confronts Marjorie Taylor Greene over disabled slur at GOP meeting

Russia warns EU it is 'ready' to break off ties over threatened Navalny sanctions

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Alabama seeks to be 1st state to execute an inmate this year

Biden to resume remittances, travel to Cuba, but other Obama-era overtures will take a while

Meghan Markle scores victory in privacy lawsuit against U.K. tabloid

China bans BBC World News from broadcasting

Chinese TV features blackface performers in New Year's gala

White House names SolarWinds response leader amid criticism

Why Bill Cassidy Broke With Senate Republicans and Backed Trump's Trial

'We'll be left without families': Fear in Ethiopia's Tigray

At least 5 dead in massive crash on icy Texas interstate

6 dead in 100-car pileup on icy Texas freeway

Gunmen kill 5 Afghan police escorting UN convoy near Kabul

Garbage men rescue missing 10-year-old girl from accused kidnapper

Trump used the word 'peacefully' once during pre-Capitol riot speech. He said 'fight' 20 times, impeachment manager notes.

Pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood swears under oath he has evidence Mike Pence is a ‘traitor’

Chad Wheeler’s ex shares photos of her bloodied face after violent attack

Exclusive: New York Tells Hospitals In Leaked Email That Staff 'Must' Come Before the Elderly In COVID-19 Vaccination Drive

Michigan GOP leader caught on hot mic doubling down after calling Capitol attack a ‘hoax’

Fox News Host Greg Gutfeld Attacks Colleagues, Gets a Nightly Show

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Real-time multiplayer games with cubes. Early feedback on dev docs?

Black physician's COVID-19 death highlights 'horrific' history of medical racism

Pangong Lake: India and China to pull back from disputed border

Josh Hawley calls impeachment a ‘kangaroo trial’ after being accused of ignoring it

Georgia: Potential vote fraud case handed to prosecutors

Robert Irwin: Steve Irwin's son wins award for bushfire image

Toxic air puts six million at risk of lung damage

Spokesman: Muslim youth kills Ahmadi physician in Pakistan

Lindsey Graham complains Democrats are making Trump out to be a ‘secret member of the Proud Boys’

Republican-led states are considering new voter suppression laws. Is NC next?

Israel's ultra-Orthodox reject criticism, defy virus rules

Judge to Bullhorn Mom: You’re ‘So Unpatriotic It Makes My Straight Hair Curl’

Trump isn’t the only one on trial. Senate Republicans must make a case for their actions, too | Opinion

CNN reporter: Fox News cut away from impeachment coverage to keep 'its audience from seeing the truth'

Ex-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell served at NC home with $1.3B Dominion Voting lawsuit

Myanmar protesters back on streets despite police violence

Trump still hasn't conceded his election loss. But his impeachment lawyer Bruce Castor did, several times.

GOP senators were nodding off during the impeachment hearing — until Capitol attack footage started rolling

Myanmar coup: What is happening and why?

New top story on Hacker News: Hustler founder and free-speech activist Larry Flynt dies aged 78

McConnell Declines to Whip Votes for Trump, Remains Undecided on Conviction: Report

Investigators: Throttle problem suspected in Indonesia crash

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Idaho man pleads guilty to rape and murder after innocent suspect spent 20 years behind bars

Former Israeli ambassador calls out Biden with awkward tweet for not calling Netanyahu

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Mom flung from minivan roof as she tries to stop baby’s kidnapping, Arizona police say

Republican congressman says Trump supporters will carry out more violence if he is acquitted by Senate

Trump’s impeachment lawyer thinks he’s ‘a charming fellow’ but admits he’s never met him

A Capitol rioter who boasted about chugging wine from a lawmaker's liquor cabinet has been arrested, FBI says

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Army War College Commandant Suspended Pending Investigation

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Reporter gives up covering Biden for relationship with his aide: ‘Didn’t think twice’

House Democrats settle income debate for direct payments

Trump allies are amazed at how much his reputation has recovered since the Capitol riot

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A Capitol rioter told the FBI that officers 'helped us' and did not stop him from entering

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Myanmar junta imposes curfew, meeting bans as protests swell

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‘We don’t honor those folks.’ Charlotte renaming 9 streets linked to racist figures.

Judge refuses to send Capitol riot suspect back to jail after breaching orders

Jared and Ivanka reportedly warn Trump 'he can still screw this up' ahead of likely impeachment acquittal

A Georgia teen accused of shoving a police officer in the Capitol riot told his social-media followers he was called to DC to 'fight'

Melania Trump finally condemns Capitol riots and hits back at ‘salacious gossip’

Infant dies after day care owner puts him ‘belly down’ for nap, Georgia police say

Sen. Raphael Warnock indicates support for keeping stimulus check income thresholds in the Biden relief package

UN: 'Concerning news' vaccines may not work against variants

GOP registration drop after Capitol riots reflects growing trend

Don Jr complains about Super Bowl ads, calling them ‘woketopia’ after first commercial

‘Only decision I could have made.’ SC Rep. Rice talks impeachment, vote to censure him

Harvard Professor Sparks Outrage for Claiming Korean 'Comfort Women' Were Willingly Employed in Japan

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Stimulus check eligibility could be capped at individual income of $60,000, Yellen says

Robbery on San Francisco freeway captured in now-viral video

Democrats fire back at Trump’s lawyers ahead of impeachment trial, saying he ‘betrayed the American people’

Texas pastors under fire for referring to Kamala Harris as racist trope

New York can't prosecute Paul Manafort after Trump pardon, court rules

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Democrats reject moderates' calls to cut eligibility for $1,400 stimulus checks

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Wisconsin prosecutor accused of having sex with defendants

Trump’s lawyers to cite Gateway Pundit conspiracy that ‘anti-Trump’ rioters actually stormed the Capitol

Wyoming GOP censures Cheney, says it intends to 'withold any future political funding'

Biden describes closed schools and women leaving the workforce as 'a national emergency'

Don Jr complains about Super Bowl ads, calling them ‘woketopia’ after first commercial

Democrats want to provide $3,000 per child for millions of families amid bipartisan calls for child benefits

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Federal government spent $480 million deploying National Guard troops after Capitol riots

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Marjorie Taylor Greene sees 24% approval from Republicans

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