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The Biden administration announced sanctions on Russia for interfering in the 2020 US presidential election and involvement in the SolarWind hack of federal agencies

CDC says it is looking into reports of possible new cases of severe side effects linked to one-dose vaccine, which health authorities have paused after six cases of post-inoculation blood clotting

After hearing closing arguments Monday, group of 12 jurors met for four hours as they began process of working toward verdict  

It is now up to a jury to decide the outcome of the trial of former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin, who is accused of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd

Young Afghans say they are concerned over the US troop pullout from Afghanistan this year

Juries are reluctant to second-guess the split-second decisions of police officers in potentially violent street encounters

Minneapolis and other US cities are bracing for possible unrest as the trial of a white former police officer accused of murdering a black man enters its final phase.  Mike O’Sullivan reports

The Pentagon’s assertion that Moscow is massing more forces than it did when it invaded and annexed Crimea follows EU assessment that 150,000 Russian troops are now in the region

No cause was cited in the death of the former US senator, ambassador and Minnesota attorney general

Floyd’s death last year led to widespread protests against police abuse of minorities  

Police capture the suspect after a 20-hour manhunt

Fauci calls vaccination 'the highway to normalcy'

Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick had two strokes and died of natural causes, after he tussled with a mob of supporters of former President Donald Trump at the US Capitol, findings show

Some analysts question whether the world’s two biggest greenhouse gas emitters, the United States and China, can cooperate on climate change

US president wants to spend $2 trillion to fund projects that would create jobs for millions of Americans but Republicans seek to trim the size and cost of the package