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• For Travel, a Sustainable Comeback?
  From a newly certified Whale Heritage Site to scenic byways for electric cars, five new initiatives suggest the travel industry may be envisioning a more responsible future.
  - 33 mins ago, 25 Feb 21, 10:00am -
• Full CPAC 2021 Guide: Trump, Cruz, Pompeo and More
  Even more than usual, the Conservative Political Action Conference this year will be a barometer for the Republican Party, newly out of power in Washington and trying to chart a way back.
  - 33 mins ago, 25 Feb 21, 10:00am -
• More Adult Americans Are Identifying as L.G.B.T., Gallup Poll Finds
  A survey found that 5.6 percent of adults described themselves as L.G.B.T. in 2020, up from 4.5 percent in 2017.
  - 6 hours ago, 25 Feb 21, 4:30am -
• On the Front Lines of Diplomacy, but at the Back of the Line for a Vaccine
  State Department officials overseas expressed anger and disappointment that diplomats in Washington were being vaccinated before those in more perilous posts.
  - 7 hours ago, 25 Feb 21, 3:54am -
• Two Workers Are Killed at Boston Construction Site
  The authorities said they responded to a report that two men had been “struck by a motor vehicle.” Their bodies were recovered from a hole at the scene, officials said.
  - 7 hours ago, 25 Feb 21, 3:52am -
• Inside a Battle Over Race, Class and Power at Smith College
  A student said she was racially profiled while eating in a college dorm. An investigation found no evidence of bias. But the incident will not fade away.
  - 7 hours ago, 25 Feb 21, 3:48am -
• Recall Talk Grows for Newsom in California as Governors Are Under Siege
  Fellow Democrats have defended Gov. Gavin Newsom, lavishly praising his handling of the pandemic. But conservatives say his shutdowns have been destructive.
  - 7 hours ago, 25 Feb 21, 3:31am -
• A New Coronavirus Variant Is Spreading in New York, Researchers Report
  The variant contains a mutation thought to help the virus dodge the immune system, scientists said.
  - 8 hours ago, 25 Feb 21, 3:03am -

Washington Post

• Live updates: Several new vaccine developments raise hopes even as virus variants proliferate
  New vaccines are hitting the market while drug makers are retooling the existing ones to combat the emerging, more virulent strains of the virus.
  - 18 mins ago, 25 Feb 21, 10:15am -
• A Capitol rioter texted his ex during the insurrection to call her a ‘moron,’ feds say. She turned him in.
  Richard Michetti called his former partner a "moron" in a text message during the insurrection, federal agents said, and she quickly turned him in.
  - 2 hours ago, 25 Feb 21, 8:28am -
• Moderna says new version of vaccine is tailored to quell infection by South Africa variant
  It is the third-straight week that global deaths have fallen. The number of new cases is also down by 11 percent from the week before.
  - 18 hours ago, 24 Feb 21, 4:45pm -
• Ex-aide alleges Gov. Cuomo sexually harassed her, kissed her and left her ‘nauseous’ at work
  Lindsey Boylan said in an online post that Cuomo “would go out of his way to touch me on my lower back, arms and legs,” and she shared images of text messages and emails that she said supported her story.
  - 19 hours ago, 24 Feb 21, 3:55pm -
• Fanne Foxe, ‘Argentine Firecracker’ at center of D.C. sex scandal, dies at 84
  She ran from the car of a powerful congressman and dove into the Tidal Basin in 1974, generating a splash that would ripple into a political cause celebre.
  - 19 hours ago, 24 Feb 21, 3:47pm -
• South Dakota AG pushed by critics to resign over new evidence in fatal car incident: ‘He knew what he hit and he lied’
  South Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem (R) called for Jason Ravnsborg’s resignation as a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced articles of impeachment.
  - 22 hours ago, 24 Feb 21, 12:29pm -
• Oklahoma man accused of triple murder confessed to killing neighbor and cooking her heart ‘with potatoes,’ investigators say
  In one of the three murders he is accused of, Lawrence Anderson told state investigators he “cooked the heart with potatoes to feed to his family to release the demons."
  - 23 hours ago, 24 Feb 21, 11:33am -
• Ex-officer threatened to put a bullet in 11-year-old’s head over doorbell prank, police say
  A former police officer is facing charges of kidnapping and making death threats to an 11-year-old after a doorbell prank, police say.
  - 23 hours ago, 24 Feb 21, 11:25am -

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USA Today

• AP Top Stories February 25 A
  Here's the latest for Thursday February 25th: House could pass $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill Friday; Military personnel joining vaccination clinics; Texas to hold hearing on power outages; L.A. County Sheriff says Tiger Woods crash was an accident.…
  - 16 mins ago, 25 Feb 21, 10:17am -
• Surgery for a child, car loan, electric bills: We asked Americans how they'd spend $1,400 stimulus checks, and this is what they told us
  We asked Americans around the country how they would spend a third round of $1,400 stimulus checks if the new relief bill passes.      
  - 2 hours ago, 25 Feb 21, 9:01am -
• Biden administration will send 25M masks to underserved populations; Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy tests positive. Latest COVID-19 updates
  The Biden administration plans to distribute more than 25 million masks to community health centers. U.S. deaths top 505K. Latest COVID-19 updates.      
  - 2 hours ago, 25 Feb 21, 9:00am -
• VP Harris adds new meaning to Black History Month
  For the first time during Black History Month the Vice President is a Black woman, representing the agency Black voters invoked to make political progress. (Feb. 25)      
  - 4 hours ago, 25 Feb 21, 6:08am -
• Want to hug again? Go to church? 'It's up to you,' Ad Council says in $500M campaign to promote COVID-19 vaccines
  The ads are aimed at the 40% of Americans who haven't yet made up their minds about getting vaccinated against COVID-19.      
  - 6 hours ago, 25 Feb 21, 5:01am -
• Gov. Abbott promises answers after weather disaster
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday sought to reassure millions of Texans that the state was moving swiftly to get to the bottom of the power grid failure that left them without power in harsh wintry conditions last week. (Feb. 24)      
  - 8 hours ago, 25 Feb 21, 2:46am -
• US worker, employer debate Biden $15 wage proposal
  A U.S. fast-food worker and a small business owner both struggling to make ends meet during the coronavirus pandemic, share their views on whether it helps or hurts to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour amid an economic crisis. (February 2…
  - 8 hours ago, 25 Feb 21, 2:43am -
• Golden State sued over oil and gas permit issues
  Plus: L.A. County essential workers to get "hero" pay, and an aggressive coyote continues to terrorize East Bay      
  - 9 hours ago, 25 Feb 21, 1:40am -

CNN: National

• Lawyers make progress in locating parents of children split from families at the border, latest court filing says
  Lawyers are still trying to locate the parents of 506 children who had been split from their families at the US-Mexico border by the Trump administration, according to a new court filing -- down from a month ago when attorneys were looking for the pa…
  - 10 hours ago, 25 Feb 21, 12:13am -
• Bannon probe gains steam as prosecutors subpoena financial records
  The Manhattan district attorney's office has subpoenaed financial records related to Steve Bannon's crowd-funding border-wall effort, signaling that its criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump's chief strategist is advancing, accord…
  - 12 hours ago, 24 Feb 21, 10:19pm -
• Washington Post: Evidence shows police told South Dakota AG involved in fatal crash that victim's glasses were found in his car
  A pair of glasses belonging to a man who was fatally struck by South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was found in the Republican official's car by detectives investigating the September crash, The Washington Post reported Wednesday, a revelat…
  - 4 hours ago, 25 Feb 21, 6:09am -
• Grand jury votes not to indict police officers in Rochester death of Daniel Prude
  A grand jury voted not to indict any officers in the death of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died after police pinned him to the ground in March, New York Attorney General Letitia James said Tuesday.
  - 1 day ago, 24 Feb 21, 1:24am -
• 6 takeaways from Merrick Garland's confirmation hearing
  Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden's attorney general nominee, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, vowing to preserve the integrity of the Justice Department and to fully prosecute the "heinous" crimes committed during the at…
  - 3 days ago, 22 Feb 21, 9:59pm -
• The Point: AOC's stunning political power
  Last Thursday, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) announced her plan to raise money to help victims of the extreme weather -- and power grid failure -- in Texas.
  - 3 days ago, 22 Feb 21, 8:51pm -
• Supreme Court takes up Trump regulation on abortion counseling
  The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to a Trump administration rule barring federally funded health care providers in the Title X family planning program from referring patients for abortions.
  - 3 days ago, 22 Feb 21, 3:46pm -
• NJ governor signs law decriminalizing marijuana use for those 21 and up
  New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday signed bills to legalize and regulate marijuana use for those 21 and older, decriminalize possession of limited amounts of marijuana and clarify marijuana and cannabis use and possession penalties for those young…
  - 3 days ago, 22 Feb 21, 9:44pm -

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