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Nurses perform timed breathing exercises on a COVID-19 patient on a ventilator in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the la Timone hospital in Marseille, southern France on Dec. 31, 2021.

Death toll surpasses 6 million for the pandemic now in its 3rd year

Health care experts say that confirmed deaths represent a fraction of the true number of deaths due to COVID because of limited testing.

Then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks with reporters outside the White House on Oct. 26, 2020.

Jan. 6 panel votes to hold Meadows in contempt, sending a criminal referral to House

Ahead of the vote, Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming read a litany of text messages she said Mark Meadows received during the Jan. 6 siege, including from Donald Trump Jr.

Saxophonist David Sanborn, 6-time Grammy winner, has died at age 78

The adult contemporary star, who became a reluctant giant of smooth jazz in the 1980s, died on Sunday after a six-year battle with prostate cancer.

Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, testifies as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday.

Here's every word from the sixth Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation

Read the full transcript from the June 28 House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack hearing.

Rep. Liz Cheney has stepped into the role played by Republican Sen. Howard Baker of Tennessee in the Watergate hearings, speaking for that portion of her party willing to hear the facts and make an independent judgment, Ron Elving writes.

The Jan. 6 committee has learned some lessons from previous televised hearings

The most telling testimony against the Republican former president has come from Republicans he appointed or who supported him and voted for him (and, in some cases, say they would do so again).

John Grant's comical and moving new album <em>Love is Magic </em>is on our list of the best releases for Oct. 12.

New Music Friday For Oct. 12: 6 Albums You Should Hear Now

The comical and moving synth pop of John Grant, enchanting harmonies from The Watson Twins, the first new music from Elvis Costello & The Imposters in a decade and more.

New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez does an interview following his final baseball game as a Yankee player, against the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium in New York, Friday.

Alex Rodriguez Ends Yankees Career After 6-3 Victory Over Rays

"A-Rod" played third base one last time on Yankees turf on Friday. After a controversial career, including admitted steroid use, a sellout crowd bid the 41-year-old designated hitter a warm farewell.

NFL suspends quarterback Deshaun Watson for 6 games over sexual assault accusations

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Lindsay Jones, senior NFL Editor for The Ringer, about the NFL suspending quarterback Deshaun Watson for six games.

Former President Donald Trump, shown here at a mixed martial arts event on Nov. 11, is asking to be freed from a gag order in an election interference case.

An appeals court hears arguments about Trump's gag order in Jan. 6 case

Lawyers for the former president and the special counsel team argued before a federal appeals court about the scope of a gag order lodged against him. The court gave no timetable for a ruling.

The Jan. 6 committee presented voted this week to subpoena former President Trump. The fate of the subpoena will likely be decided soon by the courts. The impact of the committee's work will likely take longer to gauge.

The Jan. 6 committee has done its job, but its impact depends on others

No matter how much news and attention a congressional panel may generate, the ultimate effect depends on whether they alter the arc of a presidency or otherwise change the course of national history.

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