Vice President Harris marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday with a speech in which she urged lawmakers to honor the civil rights giant's legacy by passing voting rights legislation.

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Bayern Munich and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski was named 2021 Best Fifa Men's Player of the Year, while Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo landed the special award.

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A fourth shot of COVID-19 vaccine boosts antibodies to even higher levels than the third jab but it is not enough to prevent Omicron infections, according to a preliminary study in Israel. Israel's Sheba Medical Center has given second booster shots in a trial among its staff and is studying the effect of the Pfizer booster in 154 people after two weeks and the Moderna

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The House of Lords commissioner for standards has launched an investigation into the Conservative peer Michelle Mone, relating to the PPE company awarded £203m government contracts via the “VIP lane” after she referred it to the Cabinet Office in May 2020.

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Ghislaine Maxwell will no longer fight to keep the names of eight 'John Does' secret and will leave it to the court to decide whether the names should be unsealed, according to a January 12 letter to federal Judge Loretta Preska of the Southern District of New York.

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Peers vote against plans to clamp down on noisy protests and in favour of making misogyny a hate crime.

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In a bid to tackle court backlogs, magistrates in England and Wales will be able to jail criminals for longer.

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Sky News takes a look at the stories on the front pages of Tuesday's national newspapers.

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Popular musician Pharrell Williams called for economic equity during an event on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, The Virginian-Pilot reported. 



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