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The Senate Thursday begins the third day in the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

What to watch as Trump's lawyers deliver impeachment defense

Donald Trump's lawyers have a simple objective as they open their defense at the former president's impeachment trial: Don't lose any Republican votes.
Security video is shown to senators as House impeachment manager Rep. Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat, speaks Wednesday during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

After Democrats' visceral presentation, Trump team on stage

After a prosecution case rooted in emotive, violent images from the Capitol siege, Donald Trump's impeachment trial shifts on Friday to defense lawyers prepared to make a fundamental concession: The violence was every bit as traumatic, unacceptable and illegal as Democrats say.
Security video is shown to senators as House impeachment manager Rep. Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat, speaks Wednesday during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Rioters acted on Trump's 'order,' Democrats say in trial

House Democrats prosecuting Donald Trump's impeachment said Thursday the Capitol invaders believed they were acting on "the president's orders" to storm the building and stop the joint session of Congress that was certifying Democrat Joe Biden's election.
In this image from video, a video from Donald Trump is shown to senators as House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., speaks during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)

Trump can't hang on to lawyers after false election claims

Donald Trump has employed high-powered litigators for decades, but since losing the November election to President Joe Biden, he's been bleeding attorneys
Kyle Rittenhouse carries a weapon as he walks along Sheridan Road in Kenosha during a night of unrest following the weekend police shooting of Jacob Blake. Rittenhouse is accused of killing two people during a police brutality protest in Wisconsin last summer.
Judge declines new arrest warrant for Kyle Rittenhouse
A judge on Thursday refused prosecutors' request to issue a new arrest warrant for an 18-year-old from Antioch who is accused of killing two people during a police brutality protest in Wisconsin last summer.
In this image from video, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the president, speaks during a White House briefing on the Biden administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Washington. (White House via AP)
Fauci: Vaccines for kids as young as first-graders could be authorized by September
For this to happen by the start of the next school year, trials need to prove the vaccine is safe and effective in children. Experts say manufacturers aren't moving quickly enough, and that this is important for achieving herd immunity and stopping the spread of variants.
FILE - "Hustler" Magazine publisher Larry Flynt signs a copy of "The People Vs. Larry Flynt" in his downtown Cincinnati "Hustler" store on April 30, 1998. Flynt, who turned "Hustler" magazine into an adult entertainment empire while championing First Amendment rights, has died at age 78. His nephew, Jimmy Flynt Jr., told The Associated Press that Flynt died Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, of heart failure at his Hollywood Hills home in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman, File)
Hustler founder and First Amendment battler Larry Flynt dies
Larry Flynt, who turned his raunchy Hustler magazine into an empire while fighting numerous First Amendment court battles, has died
In this image made from video, dozens of police show their support for pro-democracy supporters denouncing last week's government coup Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, in Bardo village, Kayah State, Myanmar. (Khunbwe Mue via AP)
In rural Myanmar, residents protect police who reject coup
Civil servants, even police officers, are risking their jobs to protest the military takeover in Myanmar
FILE - In this May 1, 2019, file photo, Debbi Hixon, right, the widow of victim Chris Hixon, is consoled in court by family friend Jennifer Valliere during a hearing for Parkland school shooting defendant Nikolas Cruz at the Broward Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. It's been more than 1,000 days since a gunman with an AR-15 rifle burst into a Florida high school, killing 17 people and wounded 17 others. And yet, with Valentine's Day on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021, marking the three-year milestone, Cruz's death penalty is in limbo. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool, File)
3 years later, Parkland school shooting trial still in limbo
It's been more than 1,000 days since a gunman with an AR-15 rifle burst into a Florida high school, killing 17 people and wounded 17 others
FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2016 file photo, people inspect the aftermath of a Saudi-led coalition airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen. Yemen's war began in September 2014, when the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa. Saudi Arabia, along with the United Arab Emirates and other countries, entered the war alongside Yemen's internationally recognized government in March 2015. The war has killed some 130,000 people and driven the Arab world's poorest country to the brink of famine. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrhman, File)
Despite Biden's push, a difficult road to peace in Yemen
The Biden administration's push for peace in Yemen faces a tough road ahead
This photo provided by Brittney Caldera shows, from left to right, Oregon Health & Science University nurses Nick Greenwood, Callie Harling, Derrell Wheeler and Orion Meredith as they eat a meal delivered to the hospital's frontline COVID-19 health care workers in a break room, Jan. 10, 2021, at Oregon Health & Science University, in Portland, Ore. The program that provided the meals, funded by a grant from an Oregon-based insurance fund, recently expired but the hospital is hoping for new donations to reboot it as COVID-19 variants could cause a new surge of cases. (Brittney Caldera via AP)
Hard-hit restaurants feed COVID doctors, nurses to survive
Last spring, donations to a nonprofit called Frontline Foods allowed some of Portland, Oregon's best-known restaurants to provide hot meals to doctors and nurses facing an onslaught of COVID-19 patients in the pandemic's earliest days
People who lost their homes in last year's hurricanes Eta and Iota live under tarps they set up under a bridge on the outskirts of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. President Joe Biden has promised investment in Central America to get at the root causes of immigration, but no one expects to see any change soon. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Desperation grows in battered Honduras, fueling migration
The northern Honduran city of San Pedro Sula has been the departure gate for thousands of Honduran migrants trying to reach the United States in recent years
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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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.
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