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Amazon city scrambles to provide oxygen to COVID-19 patients

Amazon city scrambles to provide oxygen to COVID-19 patients

SAO PAULO — Doctors in the Amazon rainforest’s biggest city are having to choose which COVID-19 patients can breathe amid dwindling oxygen stocks and an effort to airlift some of the infected to other states.
Haiti braces for unrest as opposition demands new president

Haiti braces for unrest as opposition demands new president

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Flying rocks. Burning tires. Acrid smoke.
Mexico says US 'fabricated' charges, releases evidence

Mexico says US 'fabricated' charges, releases evidence

MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday that the U.S.
Pelosi's nine impeachment managers hope to 'finish the job'

Pelosi's nine impeachment managers hope to 'finish the job'

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tapped nine of her most trusted allies in the House to argue the case for President Donald Trump’s impeachment.
Biden: We'll 'manage the hell' out of feds' COVID response

Biden: We'll 'manage the hell' out of feds' COVID response

WILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Joe Biden pledged Friday to boost supplies of coronavirus vaccine and set up new vaccination sites to meet his goal of 100 million shots in 100 days.
Pence calls VP-elect Kamala Harris to offer congratulations

Pence calls VP-elect Kamala Harris to offer congratulations

WASHINGTON — Vice-President Mike Pence has called his soon-to-be successor Kamala Harris to offer his congratulations, according to two people familiar with the conversation.
Pence speaks at memorial service for Yeager in West Virginia

Pence speaks at memorial service for Yeager in West Virginia

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager was remembered at a memorial service Friday as a hero, legend and friend who would go out of his way to help others.
Capitol rioters included highly trained ex-military and cops

Capitol rioters included highly trained ex-military and cops

WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump’s supporters massed outside the Capitol last week and sang the national anthem, a line of men wearing olive-drab helmets and body armour trudged purposefully up the marble stairs in a single-file line, each man
Feds back away from claim of assassination plot at Capitol

Feds back away from claim of assassination plot at Capitol

PHOENIX — Federal prosecutors who initially said there was “strong evidence” the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S.
Trump gives award to Morocco's king in private ceremony

Trump gives award to Morocco's king in private ceremony

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has awarded a top U.S. honour to King Mohammed VI of Morocco, citing his decision to begin normalization of relations with Israel.