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• newSanders Goes After JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon in New Ad
  (Bloomberg) -- Bernie Sanders goes after Jamie Dimon in a new campaign ad, labeling the JPMorgan Chase & Co. chief executive officer “the biggest corporate socialist in America today.”The jab continues criticism by the Vermont senator and presid…
  - 2 hours ago 26 Jan 20, 6:39pm -
• newRabbis call for removal of church at Auschwitz
  Four U.S. rabbis led by New York's Avi Weiss gathered on Sunday in front of a church next to the Nazi German death camp at Birkenau in Poland arguing for its removal from a site where more than a million Jews were murdered. World leaders will gathe…
  - 3 hours ago 26 Jan 20, 6:18pm -
• newIndiana 4-year-old dies after being accidentally shot while wrestling with his father
  A 4-year-old boy in Indiana died after he was shot accidentally by a handgun that discharged while he was wrestling around with his father.
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• new‘House did not do their homework,’ GOP senator says on impeachment
  James Lankford said the House didn’t do what it needed to do.
  - 3 hours ago 26 Jan 20, 5:51pm -
• newCBS Polling Shows Iowa Caucus Race Tight and Fluid in Final Stretch
  (Bloomberg) -- Bernie Sanders, with 26% support, and Joe Biden, with 25%, are at the top of the Democratic pack in Iowa but the race is tight and fluid heading into the final week of campaigning for the state’s first-in-the-nation caucus, CBS News…
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• newWhat's in a Moon Name?: A Guide to Lunar Labels
  
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• newWhy Do We Have an Electoral College Again?
  Who elects the president of the United States?In a democracy, that shouldn't be a trick question. Thanks to the Electoral College, it seems like one. The American people cast their ballots on a Tuesday in early November, but on a national level that…
  - 4 hours ago 26 Jan 20, 4:44pm -
• newSharpton to lead memorial service for teen killed by trooper
  Family and friends of a 19-year-old Connecticut man killed by a state trooper earlier this month are set to gather Sunday for a memorial service featuring the Rev. Al Sharpton. The ceremony honoring Mubarak Soulemane will begin at 1 p.m. at the Fi…
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• newHong Kong bars Hubei residents from entering city as coronavirus fears intensify
  Hong Kong authorities on Sunday barred residents of China's Hubei province, the center of the coronavirus outbreak, from entering the city, in response to mounting pressure to enact preventative measures to contain the spreading epidemic. The ban i…
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• newGermany urged to fight anti-Semitism to avoid Jewish exodus
  Germany's foreign minister is calling for strengthened efforts against anti-Semitism to ward off the possibility that many Jews decide to leave the country. Maas' comments came a day before the 75th anniversary of the Soviet liberation of the Nazis…
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• newPublic anger grows over coronavirus in Thailand, with eight cases of the illness
  The health minister in Thailand, the country with the most confirmed cases outside China of the new coronavirus, called an emergency meeting on Sunday with the transport and tourism ministries amid rising public discontent over the government's hand…
  - 8 hours ago 26 Jan 20, 12:38pm -
• newIndia police decommission historic British-era rifles
  Police in northern India on Sunday bid goodbye to the historic British-era bolt-action rifles after using them for one last salute during the annual Republic Day parade. The Lee-Enfield .303 rifle was the main firearm of British colonial military f…
  - 10 hours ago 26 Jan 20, 10:59am -
• new'Mexico has become Trump's wall': how Amlo became an immigration enforcer
  The Mexican president, who once called for safe passage for migrants, has taken on a new role – and allies have followed suitWhen a group of Central American families forded the Suchiate River into Mexico last week, they were greeted by a wall of…
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• newDeath Toll Rises in Turkey Quake as Erdogan Slams Social Media
  (Bloomberg) -- A magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Turkey’s eastern Elazig province on Friday evening killed at least 31 people and injured hundreds. By Sunday, 45 people had been rescued from the rubble of collapsed buildings.A total of 76 buildings we…
  - 12 hours ago 26 Jan 20, 9:12am -
• newSeven months detained: seven-year-old is longest-held child migrant in US
  Maddie Hernandez and her father, Emerson, fled crime in Guatemala. After months, her parents says she has changedEmerson Hernandez and his daughter Maddie have withstood hunger and thirst.They’ve been dumped in a threatening border city in Mexico,…
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• newTo Combat the Soviets, the U.S. Almost Built Its Own "Skyfall" Nuclear Powered Missile
  The mistake was narrowly avoided.
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• newIn Peru, 'they teach you to be ashamed,' indigenous trans candidate says
  The first indigenous transgender candidate to run for parliament in Peru says it's time to end the culture of machismo in the South American country. "I suffered, in my own flesh, the consequences of inequality, discrimination, violence and corrupt…
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• newBoeing's 777X jetliner successfully completes maiden flight
  Boeing Co successfully staged the first flight of the world's largest twin-engined jetliner on Saturday in a respite from the crisis over its smallest model, the grounded 737 MAX. The 777X, a larger version of the 777 mini-jumbo, touched down at th…
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• newChinese Uighurs in Saudi face impossible choice
  His eyes brimming with tears, a Uighur student in Saudi Arabia holds out his Chinese passport -- long past its expiry date and condemning him to an uncertain fate as the kingdom grows closer to Beijing. The Chinese mission in Saudi Arabia stopped r…
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• newTrade Truce? China and America Have a Small Trade Deal—but Will It Last?
  What if it falls apart?
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• newJordanian charged with 'terror' over tourist stabbings
  A Jordanian court on Sunday levelled "terrorism" charges against a man suspected of wounding eight people in a November knife attack at a popular tourist site. The suspect, Moustafa Abourouis, 22, faces up to 20 years in prison after the stabbing o…
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• newPostal worker dies a week after being shot while delivering mail in Mississippi
  The local community rallied around Ingold by hosting prayer vigils, dressing in purple and placing purple bows along her mail route.
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• newDemocrats are having a field day after Trump's lawyers accidentally made the strongest case to call witnesses in his impeachment trial
  Democrats are gloating after the president's lawyers complained that there isn't enough firsthand evidence to impeach him.
  - 24 hours ago 25 Jan 20, 9:12pm -
• new5.0 quake hits southern Puerto Rico amid ongoing tremors
  A 5.0 magnitude earthquake hit southern Puerto Rico on Saturday at a shallow depth, raising concerns about unstable infrastructure in a region that has been hit by quakes every day for nearly a month. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake occur…
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• Military investigating video of Navy members shot through peephole
  The Navy is reportedly investigating videos found on the website Pornhub that it believes show unsuspecting Navy service members through a peephole in a bathroom.
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• The Fate of the China-Russia Alliance
  The Moscow-Beijing collaborative relations have already yielded major shifts in the military balance in the Asia-Pacific two times. Will the third time be a global transformation?
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• Transit going in and out of Wuhan, China is being shut down to contain coronavirus
  Planes, trains, ferries, and buses going in and out of Wuhan have been suspended since Thursday to contain the deadly coronavirus outbreak in China.
  - 1 day ago 25 Jan 20, 6:58pm -
• Jeff Bezos’s girlfriend gave Amazon boss’s ‘flirtatious texts’ to brother who leaked to National Enquirer, report claims
  Text messages allegedly sent by Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos may have been sold to tabloid newspaper the National Enquirer by his girlfriend’s brother, according to sources quoted by The Wall Street Journal.According to the…
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• 13 times wild animals ended up in places they shouldn't be
  A possum recently broke into a professor's office in Australia. It's not the first time a wild animal has turned up far away from its natural habitat.
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• Washington State's Department of Transportation Tweets That It Maybe, Just Maybe, Found Bigfoot. 'We Will Leave That Up to You'
  A Sasquatch might be wandering near Sherman Pass. Well, at least according to the Washington State Department of Transportation's Twitter account
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• Here's how Democrats will elect their presidential nominee over the next several months
  The Democratic nominee will be officially selected at the DNC in July, but we'll probably know who wins the nomination much earlier than that
  - 1 day ago 25 Jan 20, 5:38pm -
• AOC and Michael Moore urge Iowa voters not to 'play it safe' as they stand in for Sanders
  Two of Bernie Sanders’s highest-profile allies, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and liberal documentary filmmaker Michael Moore, filled in for him on the campaign trail Friday night, speaking to a rally here at the University of Iowa, as th…
  - 1 day ago 25 Jan 20, 3:22pm -
• Racist threats rattle students, faculty at university
  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Three months after a set of anonymous, threatening, racist, antisemitic and homophobic emails sent a wave of fear through the sociology department at Wake Forest University, the department chairman says he's still waitin…
  - 1 day ago 25 Jan 20, 3:21pm -
• The US government will reportedly evacuate its diplomats and citizens from Wuhan on a chartered plane amid the coronavirus outbreak
  A chartered Boeing 767 will transport US diplomats, citizens, and their families from Wuhan to some location in the US, according to the Wall Street Journal.
  - 1 day ago 25 Jan 20, 3:13pm -
• U.S. to evacuate its citizens from Wuhan, China - WSJ
  The plane, with around 230 people, will carry diplomats from the U.S. consulate as well as U.S. citizens and their families, the Journal reported, citing a person familiar with the operation. A spokesperson for the U.S. Embassy in Beijing said that…
  - 1 day ago 25 Jan 20, 12:01pm -
• 'Kids are taking the streets': climate activists plan avalanche of events as 2020 election looms
  Young demonstrators aim to make the climate crisis a central issue of the presidential campaignOrganizers in the youth climate movement plan an avalanche of activities beginning next week, determined to make the future of the climate the major issue…
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• China orders nationwide measures to detect virus on flights, trains, buses
  China has ordered nationwide measures to identify and immediately isolate suspected cases of a deadly virus on trains, aeroplanes and buses, as the death toll and number of patients has skyrocketed. Inspection stations will be set up and passengers…
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• Will China Invade Taiwan Before the Communist Party Approaches its 100th Anniversary?
  Could it happen?
  - 2 days ago 25 Jan 20, 8:30am -
• China is Expanding into the Indian Ocean—Here Are Five Things the Indian Navy Can Do About It
  Two emerging superpowers square off. Who wins?
  - 2 days ago 25 Jan 20, 8:00am -
• Photos from the Lunar New Year show how coronavirus turned China's biggest party into a washout
  Here are photos comparing last year's celebration — complete with Chinese lions, historical dances, and family time — to this year.
  - 2 days ago 25 Jan 20, 5:55am -
• Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signs bill allowing adoption agencies to deny gay couples
  Advocacy groups said the bill targeted members of the LGBTQ community, while proponents said it was a necessary protection for faith-based groups.
  - 2 days ago 25 Jan 20, 5:43am -
• Trump lawyer: Joe and Hunter Biden have 'relevant evidence' for impeachment trial
  A member of President Trump’s defense team says that former Vice President Joe Biden and son Hunter Biden have “relevant evidence” and could be summoned to testify if the Senate votes next week to permit witnesses in the impeachment trial. 
  - 2 days ago 25 Jan 20, 12:09am -
• Face masks aren't a very effective way to prevent the spread of coronavirus, experts say, despite spiking sales
  Wearing a face mask won't protect you from the Wuhan coronavirus as much as washing your hands and avoiding contact with anyone who may be infected.
  - 2 days ago 25 Jan 20, 12:01am -
• Owners of solar company that caused loss for Buffett plead guilty over Ponzi scheme
  Jeff Carpoff, 49, pleaded guilty to money laundering and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, while Paulette Carpoff, 46, pleaded guilty to money laundering and conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States.
  - 2 days ago 24 Jan 20, 11:30pm -
• Schiff lobbies Chief Justice Roberts to rule on questions of executive privilege
  Rep. Adam Schiff, the lead House prosecutor, called on Chief Justice John Roberts to expedite rulings on any disputes between Congress and President Trump over witness testimony and documents, if the Senate votes to allow them.
  - 2 days ago 24 Jan 20, 10:19pm -
• Fact, along with Trump, is on trial in the Senate
  There is a confounding question at the heart of the impeachment inquiry: If one side believes in fixed truth, and the other treats truth as a fluid concept, how can the two parties even begin to seriously debate the articles of impeachment?
  - 2 days ago 24 Jan 20, 9:59pm -
• Bernie Sanders is embracing an endorsement from Joe Rogan, who's getting blasted for his past sexist and racist comments
  Some Sanders supporters praised the candidate for reaching across the aisle, while others scorned him for accepting Rogan's support.
  - 2 days ago 24 Jan 20, 9:05pm -
• Mexico seeks U.S. extradition of drug lord's son over killing of reporter
  Mexico is seeking the extradition from the United States of the son of a Sinaloa cartel drug lord over the 2017 killing of acclaimed journalist Javier Valdez, the attorney general’s office said Thursday.
  - 2 days ago 24 Jan 20, 8:49pm -
• Islamic leaders make 'groundbreaking' visit to Auschwitz
  Muslim religious leaders joined members of a U.S. Jewish group at Auschwitz on Thursday for what organizers described as “the most senior Islamic leadership delegation" to visit the site of a Nazi German death camp.
  - 2 days ago 24 Jan 20, 8:21pm -
• Vice Officers Fired Over Stormy Daniels' 2018 Arrest at Ohio Strip Club
  Two vice officers were fired Thursday by the city of Columbus, Ohio, for their role in the wrongful arrest of pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels at a strip club in 2018, an arrest that a lawyer for Daniels said was the result of a "conspiracy…
  - 2 days ago 24 Jan 20, 8:19pm -