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Moderna says vaccine will work against new variants

Moderna believes its COVID-19 vaccine protects against new variants found in Britain and South Africa, although it will test a new booster shot aimed at the South Africa variant.

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Biden overturns Trump ban on transgender people serving in U.S. military

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Watchdog to probe if Justice Dept officials improperly tried to alter 2020 election

The U.S. Justice Department's internal watchdog on Monday said his office was launching an investigation on whether current or former department officials made an "improper attempt" to seek to alter the results of the 2020 presidential election.

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Georgia legislators, citing Reuters report, want every jail death investigated

Troubled by deaths and questionable care in the state’s jails, several Georgia legislators convened Monday to explore reforms including requiring the state to investigate every fatality and escalating oversight of mental health and drug withdrawal crises.

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Trump lawyer Giuliani faces $1.3 billion lawsuit over 'big lie' election fraud claims

A U.S. voting machine company filed a $1.3 billion lawsuit against former President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani, accusing him of defamation in what it called his "big lie" campaign about widespread fraud in the presidential election, court documents on Monday showed.

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U.S. House to deliver Trump charge to Senate, triggering impeachment trial

The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday is set to formally deliver to the Senate a charge accusing former President Donald Trump with inciting insurrection in a speech to his supporters before the deadly attack on the Capitol, setting in motion his second impeachment trial.

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Yemen's Houthis protest against Trump's terrorist label

Tens of thousands of Yemenis marched in Sanaa on Monday, heeding a call by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement to condemn the United States for labelling it a terrorist group and backing the Saudi-led military coalition that is battling it.

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U.S. corporate buybacks are on the rise, lifting investor hopes

U.S. corporate share buyback levels are slowly increasing after last year's pandemic-driven drop-off in spending, and investors are eager to see how much buybacks may support market gains.

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