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This article outlines United States-related events which occurred in the year 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic continued to heavily impact the US, with the emergence of numerous COVID-19 variants leading to a substantial rise in both infections and deaths across the country.
January 4 – British District Judge Vanessa Baraitser rules that extradition of Julian Assange to the United States would be "oppressive" because of Assange's mental health. [6] January 5 Elections 2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia: ABC News and NBC News declare Jon Ossoff (D) the winner. Democrats will control both chambers ...
Health and environment. 2024 in climate change, Paris Agreement. The Copernicus Climate Change Service confirms that 2024 was the warmest calendar year since records began in 1850, with an average global temperature reaching 1.6°C above pre-industrial levels, surpassing the 1.5°C warming benchmark set by the Paris Agreement for the first time.
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Aftermath of the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol. Over 228 people have been charged or arrested for participating in the storming of the United States Capitol. (Business Insider) 2020–2021 United States racial unrest. Protesters marched in Rochester, New York, after a nine-year-old girl was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed by police ...
Aftermath of the 2021 United States Capitol attack. Criminal proceedings in the January 6 United States Capitol attack. New Jersey gym owner Scott K. Fairlamb and Washington resident Devlyn D. Thompson pleads guilty to assaulting U.S. Capitol Police officers during the January 6 riot at the Capitol, becoming the first suspects to do so.
On January 6, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that it had found at least 52 confirmed cases of the more contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant: 26 in California, 22 in Florida, two in Colorado, and one each in Georgia and New York.
A Cessna 172 crashes in Hampton Township, New Jersey, United States, killing two people, including businessman and space tourist Glen de Vries. (USA Today) Two Russian paratroopers are killed during military drills near the Polish border in western Belarus .