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Some protesters hurl rocks at policemen; small demonstrations reported elsewhere in the country

Baby was born with complicated condition, underwent surgery; not clear whether COVID-19 considered the chief cause of his death

Man who wore fur, horns during Capitol siege pleads not guilty | TheHill  The Hill Lindsey Graham says calling ‘QAnon Shaman’ as impeachment witness would turn trial into ‘circus’  Fox News Jake Angeli, “QAnon Shaman,” willing to speak at Trump impeachment trial,

Donald Trump Business Empire Faces Continued Fallout Post-Capitol Riot  Hollywood Reporter

Journalist and novelist Sigal Samuel honors her Iraqi Jewish heritage with picture book about Osnat Barazani, whose life was a real-life early Yentel story set in the Middle East

Plan to vaccinate Guantanamo Bay detainees against Covid-19 has been paused  CNN Pentagon halts plan to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to Gitmo detainees, amid backlash  Fox News Hundreds line up at midnight for COVID shot after Seattle vaccine emergency  KOMO News Promising COVID-19 Vaccine

The UK will formally apply to join a huge free trade pact including Australia, Canada, Japan and Singapore, under the government’s post-Brexit plans.

Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” won a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane

Dominic Pezzola, a former Marine who authorities say was seen on video smashing a Capitol window with a stolen Capitol Police riot shield, and William Pepe, who authorities said was photographed inside the building, were arrested earlier in the month

Official tells TV serious cases appear to be going down; 2-month-old infant with health condition dies after contracting COVID-19