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Bells toll as U.S. passes 500,000 COVID deaths

The U.S. crossed the staggering milestone just over a year since the pandemic claimed the country's first known victim, in Santa Clara County, California. Bells tolled at the National Cathedral in Washington to honor the lives lost and President Biden and Vice President Harris held a moment of silence at the White House.

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Colorado police had no basis to stop Elijah McClain, probe finds

A Colorado police officer had no apparent reasonable grounds to suspect a crime was being committed when he approached an unarmed Black man walking home from a convenience store, and within seconds escalated a stop that led to the man's death, a report by independent investigators released on Monday said.

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