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2021 was additionally defined by protests against COVID-19 lockdowns in response to the pandemic, as well as the beginning of a period of high inflation and ongoing protests mostly against police brutality. The year also saw an extremely active Atlantic hurricane season, a destructive wildfire season in California, and a power crisis in Texas.
The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued in 2021. Most major events scheduled for 2020 that were postponed due to the pandemic were hosted in 2021, including the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, Expo 2020, and sporting events such as UEFA Euro 2020, the 2020 Summer Olympics and ...
2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, 2021 Uptown Minneapolis unrest, Killing of Deona Knajdek. One woman is killed and three are injured after a driver drove his car into a group of people in Minneapolis's Uptown district protesting the killing of Winston Boogie Smith, a 33-year-old black man. Police say the suspect is in custody.
2021 begins with 346,000 pandemic-related deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [126] Over 20 million people had been infected and 4.2 million have received the first vaccine dose by January 2, well behind the projected 20 million doses by the end of 2020. [ 127 ]
Aftermath of the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol. An active-duty major with the U.S. Marine Corps is arrested and charged for assault and obstruction in relation to the storming of the United States Capitol, thereby making him the first known active-duty service member to be charged in relation to the events of January 6.
2021 United States House of Representatives elections. 2021 Ohio's 15th congressional district special election, 2021 Ohio's 11th congressional district special election. Voters head to the polls to replace Steve Stivers and Marcia Fudge. Fudge resigned in March in order to become U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. (Big News Network)
Aftermath of the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol. Criminal charges brought in the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol. The United States Attorney for the District of Columbia announces that Jacob Chansley (also known as Jake Angeli or "QAnon shaman"), who was photographed wearing horns during the Capitol riot, has been arrested.
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