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FBI director says the threat from China is 'more brazen' than ever before

FBI Director Christopher Wray, seen here speaking at a news conference in November, accused Beijing of stealing American ideas and innovation and launching massive hacking operations. Andrew Harnik/AP file photo hide caption

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National Security

FBI director says the threat from China is 'more brazen' than ever before

FBI Director Christopher Wray said the bureau is opening new cases to counter Chinese intelligence operations every 12 hours or so.

California universal health care bill dies without a vote

Supporters of single-payer health care march to the California capitol in 2017. On Monday, the author of a universal health care bill in the legislature didn't bring the measure up for a vote on the final day it couldn't be considered because he didn't think it would pass. Rich Pedroncelli/AP file photo hide caption

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National

California universal health care bill dies without a vote

The bill had to pass by midnight on Monday to have a chance at becoming law this year but its Democratic author didn't put it up for a vote when he realized it wouldn't pass.

New Orleans will be the first major school district to mandate COVID vaccinations

Sandra Castro vaccinates first-grader Kristen Cruz, 6, at KIPP Believe Charter School in New Orleans last week ahead of Tuesday's deadline for all students in the city's school system to be vaccinated. Ted Jackson/AP hide caption

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Coronavirus Updates

New Orleans will be the first major school district to mandate COVID vaccinations

Waivers for those opposed to vaccination are easy to obtain under state regulations, and schools will work with students who aren't inoculated, the district's superintendent said.

Georgia district attorney calls for FBI security help after Trump's rally comments

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Conroe, Texas, on Saturday. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption

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Politics

Georgia district attorney calls for FBI security help after Trump's rally comments

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has asked the FBI to conduct a security check on the county courthouse and government center after Trump over the weekend decried investigations of him.

U.S. and Russia share tense exchange at U.N. Security Council meeting

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks at a United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss the situation between Russia and Ukraine on Monday. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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World

U.S. and Russia share tense exchange at U.N. Security Council meeting

At Monday's U.N. Security Council meeting, the U.S. hoped to get an explanation from Russia of exactly what it was doing regarding Ukraine. But instead, the meeting was full of tense exchanges.

U.S. and Russia share tense exchange at U.N. Security Council meeting

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New bomb threats disrupt campus activities at several HBCUs

Howard University in Washington, D.C., is one of at least six historically Black colleges and universities that received bomb threats on Monday. It received a second threat on Tuesday. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Education

New bomb threats disrupt campus activities at several HBCUs

Howard University received a second bomb threat on Tuesday — part of a recent pattern of violent threats against historically Black colleges and universities.

U.N. says over 100 ex-Afghan officials have been slain since the Taliban's takeover

Newly graduated Afghan National Army personnel march during their graduation ceremony in November 2020. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a report obtained by The Associated Press that more than 100 former members of the Afghan government, its security forces and those who worked with international troops have been killed since the Taliban takeover of the country. Rahmat Gul/AP hide caption

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World

U.N. says over 100 ex-Afghan officials have been slain since the Taliban's takeover

A new U.N. report finds that "more than two-thirds" of those who died were victims of extrajudicial killings by the Taliban or its affiliates.

Bridgeport detectives suspended over handling of probes into deaths of 2 Black women

Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim apologized to the family and friends of the victims and to "all who care about the human decency that should be shown in these situations." Jessica Hill/AP hide caption

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National

Bridgeport detectives suspended over handling of probes into deaths of 2 Black women

The officers are facing an internal investigation into "lack of sensitivity to the public and failure to follow police policy" in the separate, active cases of Lauren Smith-Fields and Brenda Rawls.

Protest against COVID mandates roils Ottawa despite officials' plea for it to end

Protesters show their support for the "Freedom Convoy" of truck drivers who were making their way to Ottawa to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates by the Canadian government Thursday. Arthur Mola/Invision/AP hide caption

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World

Protest against COVID mandates roils Ottawa despite officials' plea for it to end

The so-called "Freedom Convoy" was originally set up to oppose the federal government's vaccine mandate and now participants say they have no plans to leave.

Why a school board's ban on 'Maus' may put the book in the hands of more readers

Online sales of Art Spiegelman's graphic novel "Maus" are skyrocketing, and multiple bookstores are giving away free copies to students after a Tennessee school district banned it. Maro Siranosian/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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National

Why a school board's ban on 'Maus' may put the book in the hands of more readers

Multiple booksellers are donating copies of the Holocaust graphic novel to students in Tennessee and beyond. Online sales are skyrocketing, too.

Norma Waterson of English folk royalty has died at 82

Norma Waterson receives the Lifetime Achievement award at the BBC Folk Awards at Royal Albert Hall on April 27, 2016, in London. Christie Goodwin/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption

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Music

Norma Waterson of English folk royalty has died at 82

Waterson was from the renowned English folk family The Watersons. She was married to musician Martin Carthy. Her daughter, singer and fiddler Eliza Carthy, announced her mother's death.

Power has returned to some homes walloped by the weekend 'bomb cyclone'

A person shovels out homes and cars near the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston, Mass., on Sunday. Blinding snow whipped up by powerful winds pummeled the eastern United States into the early hours Sunday as one of the strongest winter storms in years triggered transport chaos and power outages across a region of some 70 million people. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Weather

Power has returned to some homes walloped by the weekend 'bomb cyclone'

Record snow in parts of the Northeast left thousands without power.