Reporting on the Long Arc of Covid Relief
Date: 06 January 2021
By Katie Van Syckle
Katie Syckle
Covering economic stimulus talks is no easy assignment. For starters, it doesn’t seem to end. Here’s how the congressional reporter Emily Cochrane approached the task.
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Final Georgia Runoff Results Not Likely Until Wednesday
Date: 06 January 2021
By The Associated Press
Gabriel Sterling, a Georgia election official, said shortly before the polls were to close that there would most likely not be a final count of the votes until Wednesday afternoon.
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Hong Kong Police Arrest Dozens of Pro-Democracy Leaders
Date: 06 January 2021
By Vivian Wang, Austin Ramzy and Tiffany May
Vivian Wang
The 53 officials and activists were detained under the national security law for their efforts to choose candidates to run in the city’s legislative elections.
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Treasure Hunter Pleads Guilty to Digging in Yellowstone
Date: 06 January 2021
By Azi Paybarah
Azi Paybarah
Rodrick Dow Craythorn, 52, pleaded guilty to causing more than $1,000 worth of damages in his quest to find Forrest Fenn’s treasure, prosecutors said.
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Plenty of votes remain, but the Democrats now have an edge.
Date: 06 January 2021
By Nate Cohn
Nate Cohn
The Democrats now appear favored to prevail in both of their Senate races in Georgia, and therefore are the favorites to take control of the U.S. Senate. The two Republican candidates hold small leads in the vote count, and still have a chance to hold onto those advantages, but most of the remaining vote is in Democratic-leaning areas.
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Plenty of votes remain, but the Democrats are now the favorites.
Date: 06 January 2021
By Nate Cohn
Nate Cohn
The Democrats now appear favored to prevail in both of their Senate races in Georgia, and therefore are the favorites to take control of the U.S. Senate. The two Republican candidates hold small leads in the vote count, and still have a chance to hold onto those advantages, but most of the remaining vote is in Democratic-leaning areas.
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Here’s what we know about when mail-in ballots will be counted.
Date: 06 January 2021
By Sydney Ember
Sydney Ember
All eyes were on mail-in ballots when general election results were tallied in November. And now, with control of the Senate hinging on two runoff elections in Georgia, it is no surprise that mail-in ballots are getting attention again. Here is what we know about when they will be counted:
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Did Oxygen Outage Kill Covid Patients in Egypt? Government Says No
Date: 06 January 2021
By Mona El-Naggar
Mona El-Naggar
With anger swelling over a video clip purporting to show patients dying in a hospital after their oxygen was cut off, the authorities offered a counternarrative.
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Warnock pledges to fight for all Georgians.
Date: 06 January 2021
By Matt Stevens
Matt Stevens
The Rev. Raphael Warnock, the first Black Democrat elected to the Senate from the South, promised Georgia voters early Wednesday that he would work on their behalf while staying true to his roots.
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George W. Bush will attend Biden’s inauguration, while Carter will miss it.
Date: 06 January 2021
By Neil Vigdor
Neil Vigdor
President Jimmy Carter, who is 96 and faced health problems, including cancer, has attended every inauguration going back to 1977.
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