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Randy Parton, a musician and brother of country singer Dolly Parton, died after a battle with cancer. He was 67. — FOX News
President Biden moved to undo many of the Trump administration’s signature policy initiatives while pushing his own agenda, including a $1.9 trillion pandemic rescue package. — NYT: Top Stories
Such attacks, once common in the Iraqi capital, have become rarer in recent years as U.S.-backed Iraqi forces have largely defeated the Islamic State. — NYT: Top Stories
Rapper Kodak Black thanked former President Donald Trump for commuting his sentence in one of his final acts before departing the White House. — FOX News
To assess how public schools have navigated the pandemic and the impact on students, The Times examined seven representative districts. The answers were strikingly different. — NYT: Top Stories
The white supremacist rally in 2017 prefigured the rise of right-wing violence in President Trump’s name. Now, as President Biden calls for national unity, residents say it requires accountability first. — NYT: Top Stories
Isaac Smith, of Boston, speaks to a reporter near the Massachusetts Statehouse in Boston about the new incoming administration, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Smith, a 21-year-old Harvard University student, said he voted for Biden and was excited for what’s to come. “No
President Joe Biden speaks during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden planned Wednesday to return the United States to the worldwide fight to slow
President-elect Joe Biden has taken the oath of office to become the 46th president of the U.S. President Biden now gives his inaugural address where he congratulates Vice President Kamala Harris on becoming the first Black and South-Asian American woman to hold