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- Rodin Museum sculpture garden reopens to publicPARIS (AP) - There is a ray of light for Parisians who, like the rest of the French nation this weekend, begin to observe a tightened coronavirus curfew: The famous Rodin Museum sculpture gardens is reopening to visitors. Though the rococo museum, showcasing the world’s largest collection of Rodin sculptures, ...
- Bayern beats Freiburg 2-1 to return to winning waysMUNICH (AP) - Bayern Munich opened up a four-point lead in the Bundesliga on Sunday as the German champion beat Freiburg 2-1 to return to winning ways after two rare defeats. Thomas Müller knocked in the winning goal in the 74th minute on a snowy day in Munich to avoid ...
- Israel OKs hundreds of settlement homes in last-minute pushJERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli authorities on Sunday advanced plans to build an additional 780 homes in West Bank settlements, an anti-settlement monitoring group said, in a last-minute surge of approvals before the friendly Trump administration leaves office later this week. Peace Now said that over 90% of the homes lay ...
- Poll: 50% of Republicans want GOP to oppose Biden 'as much as possible'Republican voters are split on whether they want their party leaders in Washington to work with President-elect Joseph R. Biden. A CBS News poll conducted with YouGov published Sunday shows that 50% of GOP voters want congressional Republicans to find common ground with Mr. Biden and 50% want party leaders ...
- Former 'Bama coach joins ex-player announcing mayoral runTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Gene Stallings, the last University of Alabama football coach to win a national championship before Nick Saban entered the picture, joined former player Martin Houston as the one-time running back announced his campaign for mayor. Stallings, who lives in Texas but came to Tuscaloosa for the ...
- Thinning project provides firewood for northern ArizonansFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - Tall stacks of logs left over from a forest thinning project in mountains overlooking Flagstaff are being processed into thousands of cords of free firewood to provide a winter heat source for northern Arizonans, including residents of the Navajo and Hopi reservations. “It’s cold, it’s ...
- Phil Spector, famed music producer and murderer, dies at 81LOS ANGELES (AP) - Phil Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who transformed rock music with his “Wall of Sound” method and who later was convicted of murder, has died. He was 81. California state prison officials said he died Saturday of natural causes at a hospital. ...
- Alabama city seeks tourism bump with sporting eventsDOTHAN, Ala. (AP) - A southeast Alabama city is trying to increase tourism revenues with sporting events in hopes that more people will travel this year than in 2020, when the pandemic affected the economy. Officials with Visit Dothan said visitors lured to the city by events like softball and ...
- Audacious Ndombele goal caps Spurs' 3-1 win vs Sheffield UtdSHEFFIELD, England (AP) - Tanguy Ndombele's audacious hooked shot completed Tottenham's 3-1 victory at Sheffield United on Sunday, giving Jose Mourinho's side a first away success in the Premier League in two months. Played in by a Steven Bergwijn chipped pass, Ndombele used the outside of his boot to lob ...
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- Trump retains overwhelming support from Republicans after deadly U.S. Capitol attack: NBC pollTrump retains overwhelming support from Republican voters in the final days of his term, an NBC News poll shows.
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- Op-Ed: Trump might have made it easier for Biden to unify the country after shocking Capitol attackThe insurrection—and the political backlash —has increased Biden's odds at becoming one of those rarest of political creatures, a U.S. president of historic consequence.
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- Trump approval rating relatively unchanged in wake of Capitol rioting: NBC News pollA poll released by NBC News Sunday morning found that President Tr...
- Schiff says 'massive intelligence and security failure' led to Capitol breachHouse Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Sunday blamed a "massive intelligence and security failure" for the seizure of the U.S. Capitol for hours earlier this month by a violent riot, and vowed tha...
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- Karl Rove: ‘Strong Likelihood’ Trump Will Be Convicted if Giuliani Leads Impeachment DefenseFox NewsFox News contributor Karl Rove lamented on Sunday that if Rudy Giuliani leads President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense in the Senate, there is a “strong likelihood” the president will be convicted.Over the weekend, Giuliani—who infamously called for “trial by combat” hours before the Capitol riot—told ABC News that he’s on the president’s second impeachment […]
- Chaos Engulfs Airport as Navalny Lands Back Home to Face Down PutinREUTERSMOSCOW—Five months after surviving an assassination attempt, the Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, arrived back in Russia on Sunday amid chaotic scenes as cops—some of who were dressed in riot gear—arrested supporters and tried to prevent people entering the airport where their returning hero was scheduled to land.A German medical rescue plane had evacuated Navalny […]
- NJ Army Reservist With Security Clearance Busted for Capitol RiotsLeah Millis/ReutersA U.S. Army reservist with a secret-level security clearance and “access to a variety of munitions” has been charged with taking part in the violent Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.Timothy Louis Hale-Cusanelli of Colts Neck, New Jersey, works as a contractor at Cape May’s Naval Weapons Station Earle, according to an FBI affidavit filed Friday. […]
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- Rep. Raskin: ‘I’m Not Going to Lose My Son in 2020 and Lose My Republic in 2021’CNNRep. Jamie Raskin (R-MS) paid tribute to his late son on Sunday while contrasting that tragedy with the insurrectionist riot incited by President Donald Trump, emotionally declaring, “I’m not going to lose my son in 2020 and lose my republic in 2021.”On New Year’s Eve, the Maryland lawmaker’s 25-year-old son, Tommy—who was a Harvard law […]
- Convicted Murderer and Music Producer Phil Spector Dead at 81California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation via ReutersLegendary music producer-turned-murderer Phil Spector has died of COVID-19 complications at the age of 81, according to the California Department of Corrections. Before being convicted in 2009 of murdering American Barbarian Queen actress and fashion model Lana Clarkson in 2003, Spector was a prolific producer, working with the […]
- Prince Harry Is ‘Heartbroken’ Over His Rift With the Royal FamilyPhil Harris - WPA Pool/Getty ImagesfIf you love The Daily Beast’s royal coverage, then we hope you’ll enjoy The Royalist, a members-only series for Beast Inside. Become a member to get it in your inbox on Sunday.“A lot of hurt on both sides” in Harry/royal family riftPerhaps Prince Harry and Prince William don’t mind their buddy Tom […]
- Netflix’s ‘Crash Landing on You’ Will Take Your Breath AwayNetflixPanning opening scenes of South Korean high-rises and spaghetti highways to the lush hills of North Korea, Crash Landing on You’s cinematography draws the viewer in before a human character appears.The South Korean drama, released last year on Netflix, was a cultural phenomenon in its home country, becoming the second-highest-rated cable drama in South Korea, […]
- White Supremacy Is Threatening Our Military From WithinPhoto Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyWe all watched in shock and horror the Jan. 6 attack on our nation by right-wing militants with insider knowledge of Capitol building security. Many were surprised and rightly disheartened to see several veterans and members of law enforcement among the ranks of the insurrectionists and white nationalists. Unfortunately, […]
- The U.S. Capitol Is ‘a Building Like No Other in the Land’: David McCulloughWin McNamee/GettyPulitzer-prize winning historian David McCullough delivered this speech to the U.S. Capitol Historical Society in 2016, and it was subsequently collected in The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For, from which it is reprinted here.So here we are in the Capitol of the United States of America on Capitol Hill, […]