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Experts: Capitol riot product of years of hateful rhetoric

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The storming of the U.S. Capitol is a jarring but natural product of years of violence and hateful rhetoric stoked by disinformation and conspiracy theories, experts on far-right e...

Jan 06, 2021

Amid Capitol violence, Facebook, Twitter remove Trump video

Facebook and Twitter removed a short video by President Donald Trump in which he urged supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol Wednesday to "go home" while also repeating false accusations about the i...

Jan 06, 2021

Chicago priest Pfleger `devastated' by sex-abuse allegations

CHICAGO - An activist Chicago Catholic priest who has garnered attention for taking on everyone from drug dealers to Jerry Springer said Wednesday that he is "devastated" by allegations that he sexual...

Jan 06, 2021

Trump tells backers to 'go home' after Capitol stormed

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump told his supporters on Wednesday to "go home" after they stormed the Capitol in protest of his reelection defeat and he urged them to stay peaceful, but he also pra...

Jan 06, 2021

Statehouses evacuate amid protests in support of Trump

Protesters who back President Donald Trump massed outside statehouses from Georgia to New Mexico on Wednesday, leading to some evacuations as cheers rang out in reaction to the news that pro-Trump dem...

Jan 06, 2021

Fed supported advance notice before changing bond purchases

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials last month supported providing advance notice before the central bank makes changes to its $120 billion in monthly bond purchases. The minutes of those discussio...

Jan 06, 2021

Justice Department, federal court system hit by Russian hack

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department and the federal court system disclosed on Wednesday that they were among the dozens of U.S. government agencies and private businesses compromised by a massive cybe...

Jan 06, 2021

Biden calls on mob to 'pull back,' urges restoring decency

WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden called Wednesday for the restoration of "just simple decency" as a mob incited by his predecessor stormed the U.S. Capitol and delayed Congress from certif...

Jan 06, 2021

Most stocks rally, yields rise as market eyes Democratic DC

Wall Street is piling into stocks of smaller companies, banks and other businesses that would be winners if Democrats can pump even more financial stimulus into the economy, as expectations rise that ...

Jan 06, 2021

New Mississippi flag without rebel symbol being put into law

JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi is updating its laws to include a new state flag with a magnolia and the phrase "In God We Trust," six months after legislators ditched the last state flag in the U.S. tha...

Jan 06, 2021