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Muslim advocacy group warns American Muslims and Black communities to avoid state capitol buildings ahead of inauguration

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has issued an advisory warning American Muslims and other minority groups to avoid state capitol buildings and surrounding areas ahead of Inauguration Day. CAIR also urged Muslim houses of worship and community centers to protect themselves “due to threat of far-right, White supremacist violence” following the January 6 insurrection

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Health care in Brazil’s Amazonas state in ‘collapse’ as Covid-19 infections surge

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said Friday that “all means” are being made available to help the country’s largest state, Amazonas, where hospitals are running out of beds and oxygen tanks amid soaring coronavirus infections. His claim came a day after Brazilian Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello described the healthcare system in the Amazonas state capital, Manaus,

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UK plumber has helped over 2,000 vulnerable families fix heating and plumbing during the pandemic for free

Thousands of elderly and disabled individuals in the UK have received emergency heating and plumbing repairs at no cost during the pandemic thanks to a kind-hearted plumber. James Anderson, 53, of Burnley, a town in Lancashire, England, has provided over 2,000 free emergency repair services for the disabled and elderly community during the pandemic, he

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‘Armed protests’ warning puts officials on alert this weekend ahead of Biden inauguration

Law enforcement and state officials are on high alert for potentially violent protests in the lead-up to Inauguration Day, with some state capitols boarded up and others temporarily closed ahead of Wednesday’s ceremony. The FBI says it has received information warning of “armed protests” in all 50 state capitols beginning Saturday and the US Capitol

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States look for more Covid-19 vaccine doses as the nation’s death toll nears 400,000

States are racing to get Covid-19 vaccine supplies and distribution in order as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Friday of more contagious variants of coronavirus potentially exacerbating the spread. CDC officials implored Americans to continue with preventative measures against the coronavirus, while highlighting the variant first identified in Britain known as

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Atlanta synagogue says it was the target of a cyber attack before MLK Shabbat service with Raphael Warnock

The president of an Atlanta synagogue says its website was the target of a cyberattack during its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Shabbat service with US Sen.-elect Raphael Warnock’s Ebenezer Baptist Church. People who tried to watch Friday’s virtual service via the synagogue’s website were unable to, Kent Alexander, president of The Temple, wrote in

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Tracking a chance for spot flurries

TONIGHT: Things will be calm as lows fall into the upper 20s. Clouds will stick around. SUNDAY: Cloud cover continues with the possibility of more snow flurries. Breezes will continue but back off slightly and highs approach the upper 30s. EXTENDED: The week ahead looks very active with multiple disturbances moving through. We’ll be able

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