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When Beavis and Butt-Head debuted on MTV in 1993, critics called the duo "crude," "ugly" and "self-destructive." That did not stop the 1996 film Beavis and Butt-Head Do America from getting good reviews. Getty Images hide caption

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MTV Is Turning 40. Here's How Beavis, Butt-Head And Daria Upended TV Animation

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Lawmakers and journalists are among those calling for penalties against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi after a U.S. intelligence report finding the crown prince had approved the operation. Emrah Gurel/AP hide caption

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Vice President Harris speaks at the 40th Annual Black History Month virtual celebration, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Saturday. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption

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Sunday

Niger's Electoral Commission workers count the ballots at a polling station during Niger's presidential election runoff in Niamey on Sunday. In the country's west, a vehicle carrying poll workers struck a landmine, killing seven and seriously wounding three others. It's unclear if the vehicle was deliberately attacked. Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Protesters clash with Mossos d'Esquadra, the Catalan police force, following a demonstration Saturday in Barcelona against the imprisonment of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel. Josep Lago/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Saturday

Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket lifts off the launch pad at NASA's Wallops Island flight facility in Wallops Island, Va., on Saturday. The rocket is delivering cargo to the International Space Station. Steve Helber/AP hide caption

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Police charge forward to disperse protesters in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Saturday. Security forces ratcheted up their pressure against anti-coup protesters, using water cannons, tear gas, slingshots and rubber bullets. AP hide caption

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Sunday

Young people dance shining their cellphone flashlights in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia Navalnaya near Red Square in Moscow on Sunday. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption

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A person runs in the snow on Saturday on the University of Washington campus in Seattle. Winter weather was expected to continue through the weekend in the region. Winter conditions are forecast to extend through much of the U.S. early into the week. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption

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Saturday

The Senate has voted to acquit former President Donald Trump on an impeachment charge of inciting an insurrection. In a statement, Trump thanked his legal team and members of Congress "who stood proudly for the Constitution." Evan Vucci/AP hide caption

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Peter Ben Embarek, of the World Health Organization team (right), shakes hands with Liang Wannian, his Chinese counterpart, after a news conference on Tuesday in Wuhan, China. The White House says it has "deep concerns" over how initial findings were communicated. Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption

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Sunday

Amazon workers in Alabama are voting on whether to join a union, in the company's first warehouse union vote since 2014. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Thousands of people rallied against the military takeover in Yangon, Myanmar's most populous city, on Sunday. They demanded the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, whose elected government was toppled by the army that also imposed an Internet blackout. AP hide caption

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Saturday

This photo was taken moments before President Franklin D. Roosevelt began his historic "Fireside Chat" to the American people on March 12, 1933. President Biden is reviving the practice, used by many modern presidents but ditched by Donald Trump, of directly addressing the public through a weekly address. AP hide caption

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is directing commanding officers and supervisors throughout the military to institute a one-day stand-down within the next 60 days to address concerns of extremism within the armed forces. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption

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Monday