AP News:美国新冠病毒死亡人数破45万

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Former President Donald Trump said no to House Democrats who want him to testify in his Senate impeachment trial. Democrats say Trump and his lawyers should explain why they disputed key factual allegations about the incitement of the Capitol riot.

House members gave stunning personal accounts of what they saw and experienced during the January 6th siege. Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the stories need to be told, especially when some in Congress and the nation say it's time to move on.

A State police officer was shot and killed on a highway in southeastern New Mexico. The suspect later died in a shootout with authorities.

The number of coronavirus deaths in the United States has now passed 450,000. The US is still experiencing more than three thousand deaths a day, despite falling infection rates and vaccines becoming more available.