Pelosi Blasts GOP Leadership's Underreaction To Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Remarks
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took aim Thursday at Republican leadership, saying the GOP had ignored a wave of threats and comments by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a promoter of QAnon and other conspiracy theories, and placed her on the House Education Committee despite her questioning of school shootings.
"What could they be thinking?" Pelosi told reporters. "Or is 'thinking' too generous a word for what they may be doing?"
After The Capitol Attack, Does Police MAGA Sentiment Cross The Line?
Law enforcement agencies around the country are dealing with the fallout of off-duty officers who took part in the Jan. 6 pro-Trump rally that turned into a violent siege of the U.S. Capitol.
So far, more than 30 off-duty officers have been placed at the rally. In some cities, that fact has shaken confidence in the police.
GameStop Stock Mania: Why Everyone Is Talking About It And Many Are Worried
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What the deal with GameStop?
There's a good chance you have heard that question many times in the past few days.
In Poland, Protests As Near-Total Ban On Abortions Goes Into Effect
Protesters gathered in the streets of Warsaw and other cities on Wednesday night after Poland's government announced a near-total ban on abortion had suddenly gone into effect.
The country's Constitutional Court had ruled in October to ban terminations of pregnancies with fetal defects – nearly the only abortions that occur in Poland, which already had strict limits on the procedure.
Abortion will now only be permitted in cases of rape or incest, or when the mother's health or life is in danger.
Medical Reserve Corps Volunteers Deployed To Help With Vaccination
In theory, Dr. Alice Weisz retired in 2016. But in practice, the retired endocrinologist in Virginia Beach, Va., has had a busy year. Last January, as COVID-19 reached the U.S., Weisz volunteered to help the local health department field phone calls. By late spring, she was sliding swabs up people's nostrils at drive-through COVID-19 testing sites.
South Carolina Reports 1st Known U.S. Cases Of Variant From South Africa
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Health officials have identified the first U.S. cases of the coronavirus variant that was initially detected in South Africa. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the variant, known as B 1.351, has been found in South Carolina.
Moscow Court Rejects Navalny's Bid To Leave Jail
Alexei Navalny will remain in jail through at least Feb. 15, as a Moscow regional court rejected the Russian opposition leader's appeal of his detention. Navalny was arrested shortly after returning home from Germany, where he was treated for a near-fatal poisoning – an attack he blames on President Vladimir Putin's government.
Without Their 'Messiah,' QAnon Believers Confront A Post-Trump World
Now that former President Donald Trump has left office, the community of believers in the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory are left wondering what will happen next.
Washington Post national technology reporter Craig Timberg has written about QAnon and related subjects in recent months. He acknowledges that it can be hard to sum up exactly what QAnon is.
San Francisco May Rename Schools Named After Washington, Lincoln And Others
San Francisco is pushing ahead with a plan to rename dozens of public schools, committing to potentially remove names of public figures such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein.
A "blue ribbon panel of community leaders" recommended 44 school names be changed, joining many other renamed institutions across the country, as the U.S. reckons with its history of racial injustice. But the move has also sparked debate in San Francisco about its timing and whether the list is overly broad.
Facebook 'Supreme Court' Orders Social Network To Restore 4 Posts In 1st Rulings
Facebook's oversight board on Thursday directed the company to restore several posts that the social network had removed for breaking its rules on hate speech, harmful misinformation and other matters.
The decisions are the first rulings for the board, which Facebook created last year as a kind of supreme court, casting the final votes on the hardest calls the company makes about what it does and does not allow users to post.
