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Economy notches 5.7% growth in 2021 after GDP spikes in fourth quarter
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Economy notches 5.7% growth in 2021 after GDP spikes in fourth quarter

The US economy bounced back sharply in the fourth quarter as consumers splurged again after a summer spike in coronavirus eased cases and businesses replenished depleted inventories.The rebound helped the economy turn in its strongest year of growth since 1984 as business reopenings and rising vaccinations unleashed a well of pent-up demand.The nation's gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services produced in the US, increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.9% in the October-December period, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had forecast a 5.3% rise in GDP.The showing followed just a 2.3% advance in the third quarter when the economy was constrained by the spread of the delta variant, supply chain bottlenecks, soaring infl...
Protests flare across Poland after death of young mother denied an abortion |  abortion
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Protests flare across Poland after death of young mother denied an abortion | abortion

Protests are under way across Poland after the death of a 37-year-old woman this week who was refused an abortion, a year since the country introduced one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe.On the streets of Warsaw on Tuesday night, protesters laid wreaths and lanterns in memory of Agnieszka T, who died earlier that day. She was pregnant with twins when one of the fetuses' heartbeat stopped and doctors refused to carry out an abortion. In a statement, her family accused the government of having "blood on her hands." Further protests are planned in Częstochowa, the city in southern Poland where the mother-of-three was from. “We continue to protest so that no one else will die,” Marta Lempart, organizer of the protests, canopy Polish half. “The Polish abortion ban kills....
Biden will nominate the first black woman to sit on the supreme court at the end of February |  united states supreme court
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Biden will nominate the first black woman to sit on the supreme court at the end of February | united states supreme court

Joe Biden intends to announce his nominee to become the first black woman to sit on the US Supreme Court in late February, the president said Thursday at a formal White House event to mark the justice's retirement. liberal-leaning Stephen Breyer.Praising the outgoing judge as a "beacon of wisdom" and a "model public servant at a time of great division in this country," Biden vowed to replace him with someone worthy of Breyer's "legacy of excellence and decency." She said the nominee would have "extraordinary qualifications, character, experience, and integrity, and that person will be the first Black woman nominated to the United States Supreme Court."He added, “From my point of view, a long time ago.”Biden's confirmation that he is still studying the candidates' résumés and has yet to...
What is it and how does it affect winter weather?
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What is it and how does it affect winter weather?

The vortex is strongest during the winter and usually weakens or even disappears in the summer.When the polar vortex weakens or even splits, it allows icy air to escape and push south toward the US.The stronger the polar vortex, the milder the US winter.The polar vortex has recently entered the popular lexicon as something to fear or tremble every winter: But what is it? Is it a storm heading south from the Arctic or perhaps a new weather pattern to worry about, like El Niño? Not both, scientists say.Everyone's favorite winter scapegoat, the polar vortex, is actually a gigantic circular area of ​​cold air high in the atmosphere that normally rotates over the North Pole (as the name suggests). It is a normal pattern that is strongest in the winter and generally tends to retain colder ...
Biden says that the requirement to elect a Supreme Court judge will be that she be a black woman
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Biden says that the requirement to elect a Supreme Court judge will be that she be a black woman

David AlandeteFOLLOW, CONTINUEWashington correspondent Updated:01/27/2022 19:47h Keep Related newsBefore the end of February, the president of the United States will announce his choice for justice of the powerful Supreme Court, given the retirement of one of the nine justices, Stephen Breyer. Joe Biden has said in an appearance at the White House that the chosen one will in any case be a black woman.“The selection process is going to be rigorous. I will select a candidate worthy of Justice Breyer's legacy of excellence and decency," Biden said in the announcement, with the outgoing justice to his right. “The person I am appointing will be someone of exceptional qualities, character, experience and integrity. And that person will be the f...
Latest Colorado road conditions: Thursday leads to messy roads
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Latest Colorado road conditions: Thursday leads to messy roads

COLORADO, USA — The latest winter cold front to arrive in Colorado has led to a slick and messy commute in many areas of the state. Although the storm that raced into Colorado overnight appears slightly weaker than Tuesday's storm, the cold temperatures and fresh snow is making an impact on the state's already-icy roads. State and local plow crews have been working overnight to keep the roads clear across the Denver area. Aurora, Castle Rock and Fountain each went on Accident Alert status Thursday morning. Snow is expected to continue to fall along the Front Range through the afternoon with snowfall rates less than 1/4...
Jaguars could get burned if they don’t lock down coach
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Jaguars could get burned if they don’t lock down coach

As the NFL coaching dominoes started falling early Thursday, with two of the Jaguars' top candidates taking jobs elsewhere, it left one unavoidable question: how much longer is owner Shad Khan going to wait to pull the trigger on a coaching hire? Unless there's a bona fide mystery candidate who hasn't been unveiled, like possibly a coach working in Sunday's conference championship games, you have to wonder if Khan will pivot back to Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich, who appears to be the most logical remaining candidate as the Jaguars' next head coach. Once Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett took the Denver Broncos job and Indianapolis Colts defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus went to the Chicago Bears, that meant Leftwich was the only coa...
Barcelona seal the loan of Adama Traoré from Wolves in a blow to Tottenham |  transfer window
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Barcelona seal the loan of Adama Traoré from Wolves in a blow to Tottenham | transfer window

Antonio Conte has suffered a serious blow after missing an operation for Adama Traoré, one of his priority targets in January. Instead, Barcelona have reached an agreement to take the winger on loan from Wolves for the rest of the season.Tottenham had a long-standing interest in Traoré and, with Fabio Paratici, the managing director of football, at the forefront of negotiations, there was confidence at the end of last week that they would get him.Conte has made it abundantly clear that he needs to strengthen his team, but Spurs enter the final four days of the window having not signed. The manager has even revealed an element of desperation, saying that lower-quality recruits would suffice; in his words “also if it is not the best opportunity… we have to do something”.Tottenham conti...
Islamophobia isn’t just a Tory problem – it runs right through British society |  Owen Jones
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Islamophobia isn’t just a Tory problem – it runs right through British society | Owen Jones

TOs the Tories' most senior Muslim female politician, Sayeeda Warsi, puts it, to be accused of Islamophobia is “career enhancing”, but to be a victim of Islamophobia is “career destroying”. She should know: her often lonely public campaign against Islamophobia has been rewarded with political exile. What could be described as Warsi's law applies to Nusrat Ghani too: a Tory politician who claims to have been sacked as a minister because her “Muslimness” was “making colleagues uncomfortable”.Compare and contrast their experience with Zac Goldsmith's: after a failed London mayoral campaign against Sadiq Khan that was accused of being riddled with Islamophobia, Goldsmith was elevated to the House of Lords and made a minister. Or what of Nadine Dorries, who has retweeted far-right crimina...
‘Russia has no plans to invade Ukraine or any other country,’ says Moscow’s ambassador to the EU
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‘Russia has no plans to invade Ukraine or any other country,’ says Moscow’s ambassador to the EU

There is mounting tension over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine.Euronews' Efi Koutsokosta met with the Kremlin's top diplomat to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov, to quiz him on Moscow's plans in the region. Efi Koutsokosta, Euronews: "Is Russia ready to invade Ukraine or is it all a bluff?"Vladimir Chizhov, Russia's ambassador to the EU: "It's not an issue of readiness. Russia has no plans to invade either Ukraine or any other country. It's a bluff created not in Russia, but in those countries that are now spreading this hysterical message, I would say, across Europe and the world ."euronews: "Hysterical message, you said. But it's a fact that Russia was the first to deploy offensive weapons and systems within striking distance from Ukraine. If this is not a direct challenge of the count...