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Seen here in a photo posted on Twitter, Ashli Babbitt of San Diego, was shot and killed by U.S. Capitol Police during the insurrection at the Capitol Wednesday. (Courtesy of @Ashli_Babbitt/twitter.com)
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Courts & Law

Authorities identify woman killed by police during U.S. Capitol rioting

5 years ago

Medical personnel prone a COVID-19 patient
Health

US registering highest deaths yet from the coronavirus

Skyrocketing deaths and infections there are threatening to force hospitals to ration care and essentially decide who lives and who dies.

5 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol
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Politics & Policy

Where was the security when a mob stormed the Capitol?

Armed with pro-Trump banners, the rioters far outnumbered and swiftly overwhelmed Capitol Police as they charged up the steps, smashed windows, broke into the Senate chamber.

5 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists are confronted by Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber
The Philadelphia Experiment
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Experiment

What if the rioters who breached the US Capitol were Black?

Columnist Solomon Jones examines the events in Washington that left four people dead. But what if the rioters who breached the U.S. Capitol were Black?

5 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists gesture to U.S. Capitol Police in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber at the Capitol
Politics & Policy

Deadly insurrection marks moment of reckoning for Republicans

The party's usual excuses for Trump — he's not a typical politician and is uninterested in hewing to D.C. niceties — fell short against images of mobs occupying the Capitol.

5 years ago

A first grade student raises her hand
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Education

Where is it safe to reopen schools? New research offers answers

A new study suggests reopening schools may be safer than previously thought, at least in communities where the virus is not already spreading out of control.

5 years ago

President Obama extends his arm while speaking into a microphone
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Politics & Policy

Obama: ‘A moment of great dishonor and shame for our nation’ — but not a surprise

"History will rightly remember today's violence at the Capitol, incited by a sitting president who has continued to baselessly lie about the outcome of a lawful election."

5 years ago

W. Va. Del. Derrick Evans, shown taking the oath of office
NPR
Politics & Policy

Video shows newly elected W.Va. lawmaker among mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol

West Virginia Del. Derrick Evans, sworn in last month, was seen in a since-deleted video entering the building. It is unclear whether Evans will face disciplinary action.

5 years ago

Capitol police officers in riot gear push back pro-Trump insurrectionists who try to break a door of the U.S. Capitol
Politics & Policy

Lawmakers vow to investigate police after Capitol breach

Four people died, one of them a woman who was shot and killed by police inside the Capitol. Three other people died after suffering “medical emergencies” tied to the breach.

5 years ago

Gabriel Sterling, Georgia's voting system implementation manager, fact-checks President Trump's false claims about voting at a news conference Monday. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

Election officials warned ‘someone’s going to get shot,’ but that didn’t stop Trump

For years, those in charge of voting have said stoking false fears about voting would one day lead to violence. On Wednesday, they were proven right.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
Politics & Policy

After excusing violence, Trump acknowledges Biden transition

Trump’s acknowledgement came after a day of chaos and destruction on Capitol Hill as a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol building.

5 years ago

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Vice President Mike Pence officiate as a joint session of the House and Senate reconvenes to confirm the Electoral College votes
Politics & Policy

Congress certifies Pa. results, Biden’s victory after chaotic day of violent insurrection

“We saw bloodshed because a demagogue chose to spread falsehoods and sow distrust of his own fellow Americans,” said U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey. “Let’s not abet such deception.”

5 years ago

In this July 24, 1998, file photo, a flag flies at half-staff on Capitol Hill in honor of two Capitol police officers who were killed after a gunman burst through security barriers. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)
Politics & Policy

Capitol has seen violence over 220 years, but not like this

In more than 220 years, the U.S. Capitol had seen nothing like it: a roiling mob, forcing its way past its majestic marble columns, disrupting the passage of power.

5 years ago

Rep. Ilhan Omar, seen here in 2019, said Wednesday that she is drafting articles of impeachment against President Trump, as pro-Trump extremists stormed the U.S. Capitol. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
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Politics & Policy

Rep. Omar says she is drafting new articles of impeachment against Trump

Rep. Ilhan Omar said she is drafting articles of impeachment against President Trump. She blamed him for his supporters’ attempt at an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

5 years ago

Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Philly on Capitol insurrection response: We saw more cops during summer protests

Law enforcement in the nation’s capitol was not quick to deploy extreme crowd control tactics.

5 years ago

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