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Televisions show a news broadcast of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Taipei, Taiwan, on Jan. 11. The Trump administration removed decades-old restrictions on interactions with Taiwanese officials just days before President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.

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The Trump administration has upended decades of diplomatic practice in U.S. relations with Taiwan. For the new president, "this is meant to be a trap," says a former Obama administration official.

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The Biden transition team also announced that Dr. David Kessler will be the White House's chief science officer for the COVID-19 response.

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Some Virginia lawmakers want to declare racism a public health crisis. One local doctor explains why that could be important.

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Sean Urbanski, 25, was convicted of murdering Collins in 2017. Limitations in Maryland's hate crime statute that exempted Urbanski led to a change in the law.

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Although the company has unionized workers in Europe, it has held off organizing efforts here. About 6,000 workers at an Amazon facility in Alabama can cast a mail-in ballot starting Feb. 8.

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Sund says U.S. Capitol Police expected some additional violence the day of the insurrection but says nothing could have prepared them for what actually happened.

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More than two dozen off-duty officers attended the pro-Trump rally. Many celebrated on social media at the time. But now they could face federal charges and find themselves out of a job.

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The deaths caused by the pandemic appear to be shortening overall life expectancy in the U.S. by 1.13 years, which would be the largest single decline in at least 40 years.

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