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• Panama begins exhumation of victims from 1989 US invasion

  20-01-2020 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Forensic workers took preliminary steps Monday for digging up the remains of some victims of the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama, an effort that has lifted the hopes of Panamanians who had relatives die or disappear and have lived with unanswered questions about their fate for 30 years.Authorities gave the approval for exhumation of the 19 bodies buried in a Panama City cemetery after a truth commission set up three years ago documented about 20 disappearances from the U.S. military action to toppl
  
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• Pro-gun rally by thousands in Virginia ends peacefully

  20-01-2020 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tens of thousands of gun-rights activists from around the country rallied peacefully at the Virginia Capitol on Monday to protest plans by the state's Democratic leadership to pass gun-control legislation — a move that has become a key flash point in the national debate over gun violence. The size of the crowd and the expected participation of white supremacists and fringe militia groups raised fears that the state could see a repeat of the violence that exploded in 2017 in Charlottesville
  
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• WHO emergency group to meet on spreading China virus

  20-01-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A World Health Organization emergency panel will meet this week to discuss a SARS-like virus that has spread beyond China and that a Beijing government expert said Monday is contagious between humans.The new coronavirus strain, first discovered in the central city of Wuhan, has caused alarm because of its connection to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which killed nearly 650 people across mainland China and Hong Kong in 2002-2003.Beijing and Shanghai confirmed their first cases on Monda
  
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• We met as doctor and patient, but a life-saving abortion was the start of our friendship

  20-01-2020 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Patients can't fight for their rights in court if they're fighting for their lives. Doctors must be able to advocate for them every step of the way.
  
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• Trump is struggling to convince even his own base that they shouldn't hear new evidence in his impeachment trial

  20-01-2020 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  48% of Republican voters are in favor of hearing new witnesses to testify during Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate, despite his opposition.
  
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• Sanders Floats ‘Moratorium on 99 Percent’ of Deportations, Demolition of Border Wall

  20-01-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senator Bernie Sanders (D., Vt.) on Monday said he may be open to demolishing sections of the U.S.–Mexico border wall, as well as halting 99 percent of deportations.When asked whether he would support tearing down the wall, Sanders responded “I don't know, maybe the answer is yes,” according to the Washington Post's Dave Weigel. “If it's going to cost me billions of dollars to tear it down, maybe the money would be better spent on child care in this country.“The sen
  
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• Migrants tear-gassed as they try to storm into Mexico

  20-01-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hundreds of Central Americans from a new migrant caravan tried to storm into Mexico Monday by fording the river that divides the country from Guatemala, but National Guardsmen fired tear gas trying to force them back.
  
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• What you need to know about the coronavirus

  20-01-2020 23:08 via cnn.com
  
  A new Chinese coronavirus, a cousin of the SARS virus, has infected more than 200 people since the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December. Scientist Leo Poon, who first decoded the virus, thinks it likely started in an animal and spread to humans.
  
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• Obama honors Martin Luther King’s ‘moral clarity’ as 2020 Democrats show unity

  20-01-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former US president reflected on civil rights leader’s 1963 letter as presidential candidates walked arm-in-arm at parade Barack Obama spoke out on America’s Martin Luther King Day holiday on Monday, posting a link to the civil rights leader’s 1963 letter from an Alabama jail, written while King was in detention for leading a march of black protesters without a permit and urging a boycott of businesses owned by white people.“Every so often, I re-read Dr. King’s Lett
  
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• US to clamp down on 'birth tourism'

  20-01-2020 23:03 via cnn.com
  
  An upcoming change to State Department visa guidelines is expected to take aim at birth tourism, the practice of foreign nationals giving birth on US soil to ensure their children become American citizens, according to a State Department official.
  
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• AOC Compares Baltimore Riots to Peaceful Richmond Gun-Rights Demonstration

  20-01-2020 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) on Monday contrasted the annual gun rights rally in Richmond, Va. with the riots after the death of Baltimore resident Freddie Gray and protests following the killing of Eric Garner by New York police."When we go out and march for the dignity…of the lives of people like Freddie Gray and Eric Garner, the whole place is surrounded by police in riot gear without a gun in sight [among protesters]," Ocasio-Cortez said at a Monday event. "And h
  
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• Justice Dept. memos back defiance of impeachment subpoenas

  20-01-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The White House on Monday released Justice Department legal opinions meant to bolster its case for defying subpoenas from Congress in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.One opinion, dated Sunday, says Trump administration officials were free to disregard subpoenas sent last fall before the House of Representatives had formally authorized an impeachment inquiry.
  
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• John Roberts Has More Power Than Mitch McConnell Would Like You to Think. But Will He Use It?

  20-01-2020 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  If John Roberts deems it relevant to call witnesses during the impeachment trial, he, as presiding officer, has the power and the duty to do so, whatever Mitch McConnell thinks.
  
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• U.S. Agriculture Secretary says no need for more farm aid after China trade deal

  20-01-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With China poised to increase purchases of U.S. agricultural goods this year as part of a Phase 1 China trade deal, the U.S. Agriculture Secretary said on Monday there is no need for a third year of trade-related aid for farmers.Farmers have increasingly relied on aid from the U.S. government to survive during the past two years as exports have lagged throughout the U.S.-China trade war.China, which typically buys the bulk of its U.S. agriculture products during the fall and early winter, will l
  
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• Detained Huawei CFO's future hangs in balance

  20-01-2020 22:12 via cnn.com
  
  Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer, arrived in a packed courthouse in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday morning for a hearing that could determine whether she is extradited from Canada to stand trial in the United States on charges of bank fraud and sanctions violations.
  
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• Gun rights advocates rally peacefully in Virginia

  20-01-2020 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Several thousand gun rights supporters rallied peacefully Monday near the Virginia state Capitol under heavy security to protest new proposed gun control legislation. The rally took place without incident under a state of emergency declared by the governor over fears of violence by far-right groups. Dressed in hunting jackets and caps, rally-goers were checked for weapons as they passed through tight security before entering a fenced off area of Richmond's Capitol Square for the so-called "Lobby
  
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• CNN poll: 51% say Senate should remove Trump from office

  20-01-2020 22:01 via cnn.com
  
  About half of Americans say the Senate should vote to convict President Donald Trump and remove him from office in the upcoming impeachment trial (51%), according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, while 45% say the Senate should vote against conviction and removal.
  
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• Virginia: thousands of armed protesters rally against gun control bills

  20-01-2020 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Guns rights activists gathered at crowded but calm event in response to strict laws pledged by state’s DemocratsTens of thousands of armed gun rights activists gathered in Virginia’s capital on Monday as the governor declared a state of emergency ahead of a huge protest against strict new gun control laws pledged by the state’s freshly elected Democratic majority government.Chanting “We will not comply”, gun rights activists packed the street in front of the Virgini
  
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• Woman drove into oncoming traffic to 'test her faith,' police say

  20-01-2020 21:52 via cnn.com
  
  A Pennsylvania woman was arrested after allegedly driving into oncoming traffic and hitting a car with three passengers to "test her faith," according to an affidavit from Pennsylvania State Police.
  
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• China confirmed that the deadly Wuhan virus sweeping the country can spread from human to human, increasing the risk of an epidemic

  20-01-2020 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The spread could accelerate as hundreds of millions of people prepare to travel home for the Lunar New Year holiday this week.
  
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• Homeless moms evicted from Oakland home may return

  20-01-2020 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Homeless mothers who were evicted last week from an Oakland, California, house where they were squatting plan to move back after speculators agreed to sell the property to a nonprofit organization, it was announced Monday.Wedgewood Inc. will sell the home to the Oakland Community Land Trust, which buys and fixes up property for affordable housing.The group plans to allow women from the group Moms 4 Housing to return, Mayor Libby Schaaf announced.
  
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• Trump Rounds Third with Enviable Big-League Record

  20-01-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wednesday was momentous for President Donald J. Trump. House Democrats voted, with zero Republican support, to send the Senate two anti-Trump articles of impeachment. He and Vice Premier Liu He signed a curtain-raising trade pact between America and China. Financial markets rejoiced as the Dow Jones Industrial Average rocketed through the 29,000 mark and closed at a record-breaking 29,030.With today marking three years since his inauguration, Wednesday’s events fit a familiar pattern: Demo
  
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• Heather Heyer's mom owns guns and says Democrats in Richmond, Virginia, are going too far

  20-01-2020 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Susan Bro, the mother of Heather Heyer, a Virginia woman killed at a white nationalist rally, doesn't back proposed gun restrictions in Virginia.
  
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• NBA player's career may be over after crash with allegedly drunk driver

  20-01-2020 21:29 via cnn.com
  
  Atlanta Hawks forward Chandler Parsons' playing career might be finished after he was "seriously injured" in an accident involving an allegedly drunk driver, his legal team says.
  
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• Here's where Trump lied during the impeachment process

  20-01-2020 21:27 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Daniel Dale gives examples of President Donald Trump's dishonesty throughout the impeachment process.
  
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• ‘Sorry for Lying to You for 13 Years’: Iranian State TV Host Turns on Regime after Ukrainian Jet Downing

  20-01-2020 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A number of Iranian TV hosts and other public personalities have denounced the regime in the wake of Iran's missile strike on a Ukrainian passenger jet that killed 176 people after the military mistook the jet for an enemy target."Apologies for lying to you for 13 years," state TV host of "Good Morning Iran" Gelareh Jabbari posted on Instagram last Monday. "It was very hard for me to believe our people have been killed, forgive me for believing this late."The post, which was seen by NBC News, ha
  
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• Even C-SPAN Is Piqued: Senate Puts Limits on Trial Coverage

  20-01-2020 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  News coverage of President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate began last week with a Republican senator calling a CNN reporter "a liberal hack" in the halls of Congress and laughing about it later that night during a Fox News interview.Things haven't improved much since.Journalists are up in arms about new restrictions on their movement inside the Capitol, which they said will prevent them from easily interviewing lawmakers about the proceedings. The rules, negotiated by Republican S
  
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• The Rift Between Turkey and America Has Paved the Way for Russia's Rebound

  20-01-2020 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Once bitter rivals, Russia and Turkey have seen their relationship rebound over the past few years.
  
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• 3 Minors Killed in California Hit-and-Run Crash; Suspect Arrested

  20-01-2020 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Three minors were killed when the vehicle they were traveling in was involved in a hit-and-run crash in Temescal Valley in California, officials said.
  
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• Teen snowmobiler buried in avalanche dies

  20-01-2020 21:00 via cnn.com
  
  An 18-year-old was killed after he was caught in an avalanche while snowmobiling in Farmington Canyon, Utah, officials said.
  
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• Cory Booker was asked who broke his heart. He gave an emotional response

  20-01-2020 20:49 via cnn.com
  
  It was the final question during Sen. Cory Booker's interview with The New York Times editorial board: Who has broken his heart?
  
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• ‘A Defining Moment.’ An Indian State’s Decision to Challenge the Country's Controversial Citizenship Law Signals a Growing Divide

  20-01-2020 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kerala's lawsuit argues that the Citizenship Amendment Act is "discriminatory" and runs counter to the Indian constitution's secular principles.
  
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• China's Y-20 Is Not Stealth (But the U.S. Military Should Fear It)

  20-01-2020 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  And for good reason.
  
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• Climate crisis could justify asylum claims: UN committee

  20-01-2020 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Governments that send refugees back to countries severely affected by climate change could be in breach of their human rights obligations, a UN committee said on Monday.The independent experts on the Human Rights Committee issued a non-binding but closely watched ruling in a case brought by Ioane Teitiota from the Pacific island nation of Kiribati.Several Pacific island nations including Kiribati are seen as among the most vulnerable in the world to climate change as they are just a few metres a
  
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• Kellyanne Conway Claims Martin Luther King Would Be Against Trump Impeachment

  20-01-2020 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kellyanne Conway on Monday responded to a question on how the president is observing Martin Luther King Day by claiming the civil-rights leader would oppose the impeachment of President Donald Trump.During a press gathering at the White House, NBC News correspondent Geoff Bennett asked the senior Trump aide how the president was observing Martin Luther King Day, prompting Conway to first note that Trump was preparing for his trip to Davos before saying the president “agrees with many of th
  
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• Huawei's big week in court kicks off with extradition hearing

  20-01-2020 20:14 via cnn.com
  
  Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer, arrived in a packed courthouse in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday morning for a hearing that could determine whether she is extradited from Canada to stand trial in the United States on charges of bank fraud and sanctions violations.
  
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• White House to Block Possible Testimony from Lev Parnas: Report

  20-01-2020 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The White House will block any attempt to summon Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas to testify in the Senate impeachment trial, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.Parnas, who was involved in Giuliani's efforts to dig up dirt on Joe Biden, made explosive claims regarding President Trump's involvement in Ukraine during a series of interviews released on Wednesday."President Trump knew exactly what was going on,” Parnas said in an interview with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow.
  
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• Trump's lawyers confirm their impeachment playbook is to argue the charges are 'constitutionally invalid' and should be tossed

  20-01-2020 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  During a background briefing, sources working with Trump's legal team said the charges are "frivolous and dangerous" but declined to provide details.
  
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• 'África's richest woman' out of Davos well before report

  20-01-2020 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The rapidly changing circumstances for Isabel dos Santos, widely known as “Africa's richest woman,” is evident by her absence at the the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.Forum organizers said the participation of dos Santos, daughter of longtime Angolan strongman Jose Eduardo dos Santos, at the forum's annual gathering in Davos was cancelled this month, well before an investigation alleged that she bilked her country of more than $1 billion through unscrupulous dealings.Forum spok
  
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• Israel to welcome the world for Auschwitz anniversary

  20-01-2020 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  World leaders are to travel to Israel this week to mark 75 years since the Red Army liberated Auschwitz, the extermination camp where the Nazis killed over a million Jews.It is set to be one of the most important events ever organised by the Jewish state, with more than 40 leaders planning to land in Tel Aviv before attending Thursday's sombre commemoration at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial centre in Jerusalem.Thousands of police officers and other security forces will deploy from Tuesday, ah
  
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• China confirms human-to-human transmission as WHO emergency group meets

  20-01-2020 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A SARS-like virus that has spread across China and reached three other Asian nations is contagious between humans, a government expert said Monday, and the World Health Organization announced that a key emergency committee would meet this week to discuss the infections.The new coronavirus strain, first discovered in the central city of Wuhan, has caused alarm because of its connection to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which killed nearly 650 people across mainland China and Hong Kong
  
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• Puerto Rico protesters demand governor's resignation

  20-01-2020 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dozens of demonstrators gathered Monday in front of the governor’s mansion in Puerto Rico’s capital to demand the resignation of the U.S. territory’s governor and protest the recent discovery of apparently forgotten disaster supplies amid ongoing earthquakes.The scene reminded many of the beginning of protests that escalated over the summer and led to the resignation of former Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, with demonstrators once again vowing to remain in the streets until curr
  
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• Trump claims Virginia Dems 'are working hard to take away' 2nd Amendment rights

  20-01-2020 19:52 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump on Monday claimed that Democrats in Virginia are trying to take away 2nd Amendment rights, as thousands of gun-rights advocates descended on Richmond to oppose legislation that would restrict access to firearms in the state.
  
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• House Democrats: Trump filing on impeachment 'dead wrong'

  20-01-2020 19:51 via cnn.com
  
  The House on Monday submitted its rebuttal to the White House's argument that the impeachment articles are "constitutionally invalid," charging that the President's claims were "chilling" and "dead wrong."
  
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• 'Dead wrong': House Dems fire back rebuttal to Trump filing on impeachment

  20-01-2020 19:51 via cnn.com
  
  • CNN Poll: 51% say Senate should remove Trump from office
  • Conway: MLK would be against impeachment
  
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• Ivory Coast clears homes around airport after child stowaway's death

  20-01-2020 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Authorities in Ivory Coast have evicted tens of thousands of people living near the country's main airport in response to the death of a 14-year-old boy in the undercarriage of a plane earlier this month.The boy, Laurent Barthelemy, is believed to have snuck into Abidjan airport through the shantytown along the perimeter before jumping a fence.The government announced it would create a 200-metre security perimeter around the airport to prevent such incidents happening again and ordered the Adjou
  
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• New feathered dinosaur species discovered

  20-01-2020 19:37 via cnn.com
  
  A new dinosaur species called Wulong bohaiensis is offering researchers clues into the relationship between bird species and dinosaurs.
  
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• The US President's lawyers call articles of impeachment 'constitutionally invalid' in a preview of their case

  20-01-2020 19:36 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump's legal team on Monday filed a lengthy response calling the charges he committed impeachable offenses a "charade" in a preview of the case they will make on the Senate floor when the impeachment trial commences.
  
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• 'I stayed alive to tell': Auschwitz's dwindling survivors recount the horror

  20-01-2020 19:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (SOUNDBITE) (English) VERA KRIEGEL GROSSMAN, AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU SURVIVOR, SAYING: "The hate of the past is forever spreading, like wildfire in the field. No lesson has been learned and hate is on its stampede."Tattooed on her arm, Vera Kriegel Grossman still has the number to show for it.She's one of a dwindling number of people who survived the Nazi concentration camp at Aushwitz. Aged six, Vera and her twin sister were subjected to the pseudo-medical experiments of doctor Josef Mengele.His ter
  
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• Conway says MLK would be against impeaching Trump

  20-01-2020 19:26 via cnn.com
  
  White House counselor Kellyanne Conway says Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would be against impeaching President Donald Trump.
  
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