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Sunday January 3rd, 2021 evening edition

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Fact check: Congress expelled 14 members in 1861 for supporting the Confederacy.

The claim: In 1861, 11 senators and three U.S. House members were expelled from Congress for refusing to acknowledge Abraham Lincoln's electoral win.

To date, five members in the House and 15 in the Senate have been expelled.

Three members of the House were expelled in 1861 for their disloyalty to the Union as well, according to Congressional Research Service.

The claim that 11 senators and three U.S. House members were expelled in 1861 for refusing to acknowledge Lincoln's win is PARTLY FALSE, based on our research.

However, the reason for expulsion cites their support for the Confederacy, and it is false to say they were expelled for refusing to acknowledge Lincoln's election. »

Attorneys for McMichaels don't want Ahmaud Arbery called a 'victim' in court

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"Due process requires minimal injection of error or prejudice into these proceedings.

Another motion asks the court to limit photos of Arbery to just one in the trial, and that he appear by himself.

It also requests that a non-related witness identify Arbery in the photograph, instead of a relative, "to avoid creating cumulative prejudicial error in the trial of this case.". »

Chinese tech billionaire Jack Ma has not been seen in public for TWO MONTHS

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The Chinese tech billionaire behind Asia's version of Amazon has reportedly not been seen in public for more than two months after falling foul of President Xi Jinping.

They then advised Ma to remain in China before launching an anti-monopoly investigation into Ma's Alibaba Group Holding on Christmas Eve, according to Bloomberg.

Ma then mysteriously disappeared from his Dragons' Den-style TV show Africa's Business Heroes just before the November final, while his photo was scrubbed from the show's judging panel webpage. »

Facts About HIV: Life Expectancy and Long-Term Outlook

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Kaiser Permanente researchers found that the life expectancy for people living with HIV and receiving treatment increased significantly from 1996 on.

In 1996, the total life expectancy for a 20-year-old person with HIV was 39 years.

Between 2010 and 2014, the annual number of new HIV infections in the United States fell by 10 percent . »