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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell speaks Friday before the Senate voted to award the Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. Capitol Police offer Eugene Goodman for his actions during the Jan. 6 riot, as the Senate took a break from the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

GOP's McConnell: Trump morally responsible for Jan. 6 attack

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told colleagues Saturday that in a "close call," he will vote to acquit Donald Trump in the former president's impeachment trial.
A landslide caused by a strong earthquake covers a circuit course in Nihonmatsu city, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. The strong earthquake shook the quake-prone areas of Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures late Saturday, setting off landslides and causing power blackouts for thousands of people. (Hironori Asakawa/Kyodo News via AP)

Powerful Japan quake sets off landslide, minor injuries

Residents in northeastern Japan are cleaning up clutter and debris in stores and homes after a strong earthquake set off a landslide on a highway, damaged buildings and parts of bullet train lines and caused power blackouts for thousands of people
Cars and trucks from the Czech Republic stand one behind the other at a rest area on highway 17 during border controls by the German Federal Police in Bad Gottleuba, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. Germany has implemented tighter border controls on its frontiers with the Czech Republic and Austria's Tyrol province in an effort to stem the spread of more contagious coronavirus variants. (Sebastian Kahnert/dpa via AP)

Germany tightens border checks to keep out virus variants

Germany has implemented tight border controls on its frontiers with the Czech Republic and Austria's Tyrol province in an effort to stem the spread of more contagious coronavirus variants
Tire tracks in the snow arc around a paved lot around 3915 SW Adams, Jan. 28, 2021, in Peora, Iall. The area is believed to be the final resting place of 48 Civil War veterans among others, including Nance Legins-Costley of Illinois, the first slave legally freed by Abraham Lincoln. The area was once known as Moffatt Cemetery. (Matt Dayhoff/Journal Star via AP)

First slave freed by Lincoln buried under Peoria pavement

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - If the world were just, the name of Nance Legins-Costley would resonate amid the likes of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass and other abolitionist rebels. But her story is hardly known. Not in Illinois, where - despite anti-slavery laws - she was born into bondage. Not in Pekin, where - despite anti-Black attitudes - she became a beloved community figure. And certainly not in Peoria, where - despite her impressive life - she is buried in ignominy.
The World Health Organization team is briefed outside of the Huanan Seafood Market on the third day of their field visit in Wuhan, China. The market, which had a cluster of cases at the start of the outbreak, was initially suspected as the place where people first became infected. The discovery of earlier cases has all but ruled out that theory, but researchers still want to know how this early cluster happened. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
China fires back at US allegations of lack of transparency
China has fired back at the U.S. over allegations from the White House that Beijing withheld some information about the coronavirus outbreak from World Health Organization investigators
In this image from video, the final vote total of 57-43 to acquit former President Donald Trump of the impeachment charge, incitement of insurrection, appears in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday.
Illinois lawmakers react harshly to Trump's acquittal
Reaction from Illinois' largely Democratic congressional delegation to former President Donald Trump's acquittal Saturday by the U.S. Senate was harsh.
GOP U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger has earned national attention — and some scorn from fellow Republicans — for his criticism of former President Donald Trump and vote in favor of impeachment.
Critical of Trump, Republican U.S. Rep. Kinzinger is moving on in his bipartisan way
As a Republican in a federal government controlled by Democrats, U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger knows he must work across the aisle to pass any meaningful legislation over the next two years. But he doesn't expect that'll be an issue.
Woman opens wedding chapel to heal herself after spouse dies
YORKTOWN, Ind. (AP) - Last April, Kelly Brickley and her husband, Richard, were sitting down to dinner, turning on the news to hear about COVID-19, which had recently begun to spread in Indiana. The couple, who had been married for two and a half years, had just closed on a Yorktown home. Richard had been preparing a ham dinner in a slow cooker all day, and was excited to share it, Brickley remembered.
Displaced women prepare food Monday Feb. 8, 2021 in the Kaya camp, 100 kms North of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. A report by humanitarian groups says sexual assault cases in one region increased five-fold during a three-month period in 2020. Aid groups say jihadists are not the only perpetrators and that there has been a sharp increase in domestic violence and exploitation of displaced women by host communities. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia)
Women fleeing Burkina Faso violence face sexual assault
The extremist violence in Burkina Faso linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State groups is fueling an increase in sexual assaults against women, especially those displaced by attacks
FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 file photo, an Israeli military paramedic prepares a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, to be administered to elderly people at a medical center in Ashdod, southern Israel. After racing to a quick start, Israel is blaming online misinformation for a sudden slowdown in its campaign to vaccinate its adult population. Israel's Health Ministry, which is spearheading the vaccination efforts, is employing both carrots and sticks as it tries to persuade reluctant holdouts to get immunized. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)
As vaccinations lag, Israel combats online misinformation
Israel is blaming online misinformation for a sudden slowdown in the vaccination campaign, after the country surged ahead in the race to inoculate its population against the coronavirus
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern talks to media in Wellington, New Zealand Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. As people in Auckland adjusted to a new lockdown on Monday, health officials said they'd found no evidence the coronavirus had spread further in the community, raising hopes the restrictions might be short-lived. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)
No new community cases found in New Zealand since lockdown
As people in Auckland adjust to a new lockdown, health officials say they've found no evidence the coronavirus has spread further in the community, raising hopes the restrictions might be short-lived
FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Impeachment isn't the final word on Capitol riot for Trump
Donald Trump's acquittal at his second impeachment trial may not be the final word on whether he's to blame for the deadly Capitol riot
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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In this Oct. 8, 1964 file photo, The Supremes, from left, Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson and Diana Ross, perform during a reception for them in a hotel, in London. Wilson, the longest-reigning original Supreme, has died at 76 years old. Publicist Jay Schwartz says Wilson died Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, at her home in Las Vegas and that the cause was not immediately clear.
Mary Wilson of The Supremes has died at 76
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 233, Don Vickery photo: Kitchen preparations such as this are being duplicated all over the south side of Arlington Heights in February of 1965 as 34 Girl Scout troops prepare for a bake sale in the Gieseke Shoe story. Scouts pictured are from left to right are Ruth Nerlinger, Sue Pretto, Debbie Donavon and Anne Baughman.
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Carlton Davis celebrates on the field after their NFL Super Bowl 55 football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. The Buccaneers defeated the Chiefs 31-9 to win the Super Bowl. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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Tyler Fitch, 14, of Barrington relaxes on the ice while fishing during the Lake in the Hills Annual Ice Fishing Tournament on Woods Creek Lake Saturday, January 27, 2021.
We all continued to play and work as February winds started to gain speed in The Week in Pictures photo gallery for January 30-February 5, 2021.
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