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By Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump sat for hours watching the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol unfold on live TV, ignoring pleas by his children and other close advisers to urge his supporters to stop the violence, witnesses told a congressional hearing on Thursday. The House of Representatives Select …

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By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) -A man climbed on stage and tried to stab U.S. Congressman Lee Zeldin on Thursday as he gave a speech in his run for New York governor, the candidate and authorities said. Zeldin was unhurt and his attacker arrested. “His words as he tried to stab me a few hours ago …

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By Brendan O’Brien and Steve Gorman (Reuters) -An adult resident of suburban New York City was diagnosed with polio after experiencing paralysis a month ago, state and local health officials said on Thursday, marking the nation’s first confirmed case of the disease in nearly 10 years. Testing suggested the Rockland County case of the highly …

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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump refused to admit in a speech the day after the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol that the 2020 election was over and that he had lost, according to new video shown on Thursday by the House committee investigating the attack. “I don’t want to say …

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By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -A former Minneapolis officer was sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison on federal charges stemming from his role in the killing of George Floyd, a Black man whose death sparked protests around the world against racial injustice, a court spokesperson said. U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson sentenced Thomas Lane in a …

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By Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) – Here is a rundown of possible treatments U.S. President Joe Biden will receive for COVID-19 and the risks he faces, having been infected most likely with the fast-spreading but less severe BA.5 variant. TREATMENTS At 79, the president falls into a high risk category for COVID but has the advantage …

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(Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is considered to be a close COVID-19 contact of President Joe Biden following his positive test, a White House official said on Thursday. The White House announced earlier that Biden, the oldest person ever to serve as president of the United States, had tested positive for the coronavirus, …

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(Reuters) -Actor Amber Heard on Thursday filed to appeal a Virginia jury’s decision last month that she defamed ex-husband Johnny Depp when she claimed in a newspaper opinion piece that she was a survivor of sexual violence, according to court documents. Heard’s legal team submitted the appeal notice to the Virginia Court of Appeals, seeking …

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