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  Second former aide accuses Cuomo of sexual harassment

  A second former aide has come forward with sexual harassment allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who responded with a statement Saturday saying he never made advances toward her and never intended to be inappropriate.

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  Police van torched in Barcelona protest against rapper's jailing

  A police van was torched and looting broke out on Saturday as police and protesters clashed in the latest demonstration in Barcelona, 11 days after the jailing of a Spanish rapper in a highly contentious free speech case.

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  Republicans test history in vote against pandemic relief

  With the nation's financial system on the brink of collapse, all but three Republicans voted against the massive stimulus package designed to protect millions of Americans from financial ruin. 11

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  Mexico may reduce protection area for endangered vaquita

  The Mexican government said Saturday it is considering reducing the protection area for the vaquita marina in the upper Gulf of California, an apparent admission that the tiny porpoise may never return to the entire historic range of its habitat.

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  Myanmar ambassador to the United Nations has been fired: state TV

  Myanmar's U.N. Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun has been fired, state television said on Saturday, a day after he urged the United Nations to use 'any means necessary' to reverse the Feb. 1 military coup.

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  Pandemic leaves tribes without U.S. recognition at higher risk

  Rachel Lynne Cushman is used to getting calls from Chinook Nation members worried about losing housing or having their power shut off. Since COVID-19 hit, they come in daily.

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  Second World War plane flyby marks U.K. Capt. Tom Moore's funeral

  Church bells rang out and a Second Wolrd War-era plane flew Saturday over the funeral service of Captain Tom Moore to honour of the veteran who single-handedly raised millions of pounds for Britain's health workers by walking laps in his backyard. 2

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  Armenia crisis grows as president blocks bid to fire army chief

  Armenian President Armen Sarkisian said Saturday he had refused to sign a prime ministerial order to dismiss the army's chief of staff, deepening an entrenched national political crisis.

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  Texas jail inmates hungry, shivering during unusual freeze

  When an unusually heavy winter storm blanketed much of Texas with snow, knocking out electricity to millions of homes and leaving many struggling to find clean water, one sector of the population was particularly vulnerable: inmates at the state's largest county jail.

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  Trump supporters who breached U.S. Capitol: 'It was not Antifa'

  Nearly a dozen Trump supporters charged in connection with the US Capitol insurrection have said that Antifa and other left-wing groups weren't involved in the attack, debunking a false-flag conspiracy theory that is gaining popularity in the pro-Trump orbit.

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  Nigerian schoolboys freed as forces search for 300 abducted girls

  Gunmen in Nigeria on Saturday released 27 teenage boys who were kidnapped from their school last week in the north-central state of Niger, while security forces continued to search for more than 300 schoolgirls abducted in a nearby state.

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  Man killed by his own rooster during illegal cockfight in India

  A rooster fitted with a knife for an illegal cockfight in southern India has killed its owner, sparking a manhunt for the organizers of the event, police said Saturday.