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• Kobe Bryant had an illustrious NBA career, but his off-court legacy is complicated

  26-01-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kobe Bryant, who died Sunday, spent 20 years with the Los Angeles Lakers. Off the court, he faced a 2003 sexual-assault case that was later dropped.
  
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• Kobe Bryant had an illustrious NBA career but faced controversies off the court

  26-01-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kobe Bryant, who died on Sunday, had a 20-year career with the LA Lakers. Off the court, he faced a 2003 sexual assault case that was later dropped.
  
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• Duchess of Cambridge takes images for Holocaust Memorial Day

  26-01-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Duchess of Cambridge is participating in Holocaust Memorial Day observances with photographs she took of survivors for an exhibition marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.The first image is of 84-year-old Steven Frank, originally from Amsterdam The camp survivor is pictured alongside his granddaughters Maggie and Trixie Fleet, aged 15 and 13.The other image is that of 82-year-old Yvonne Bernstein, originally from Germany, who hid in France.
  
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• Salvini May be Edged Out in Key Vote, Boosting Italy Coalition

  26-01-2020 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Italy’s Matteo Salvini looked to be heading for defeat in a key regional vote, an outcome that would provide a much-needed boost to Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s fragile government and make a snap general election less likely.An exit poll by Opinio for Rai Television showed a center-left bloc led by the Democratic Party, a partner in Conte’s ruling coalition, at 48% to 52% in northern Emilia-Romagna, a leftist stronghold for decades. A center-right group headed
  
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• Bryant and daughter were expected at her basketball game

  26-01-2020 23:38 via cnn.com
  
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• Senate should remove Trump, majority of independent voters say in Fox News poll

  26-01-2020 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Overall, 50% of registered voters said in a Fox News poll that President Trump should be convicted and removed in the Senate; 44% said he should not.
  
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• Biden Leads USA Today/Suffolk Iowa Poll; Sanders, Buttigieg Next

  26-01-2020 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Joe Biden leads the Democratic field in Iowa, according to a USA Today/Suffolk poll, with 25% support. Bernie Sanders was second at 19%, followed by Pete Buttigieg in third at 18%.It’s a better result for the former vice president than an NYT/Siena survey out Saturday, which showed Sanders in first and Biden trailing Buttigieg in third place. Elizabeth Warren was fourth and Amy Klobuchar fifth in both polls.Yet taken together, both surveys show a fluid Democratic field a wee
  
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• Bloomberg vows steadfast commitment to US aid for Israel

  26-01-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Michael Bloomberg on Sunday made his case for the presidency to fellow Jewish Americans, vowing not to revisit U.S. aid to Israel -- an approach that contrasts Bloomberg with several of his Democratic rivals, including his only fellow Jewish candidate in the race, Bernie Sanders.Bloomberg, at a speech announcing a coalition of Jewish American supporters in Florida, vowed he would “never impose conditions” on U.S. military aid to Israel if elected.Sanders and rivals Elizabeth Warren a
  
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• Inmate found dead at Mississippi prison

  26-01-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Mississippi inmate was found dead in his one-man cell, the corrections department said Sunday, the latest fatality in the state's troubled prison system.Joshua Norman, 26, was found hanging in his cell at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, according to a news release from the Mississippi Department of Corrections.Sunflower County Coroner Heather Burton said foul play is not suspected in the death.
  
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• China says coronavirus can spread before symptoms show

  26-01-2020 23:23 via cnn.com
  
  • BREAKING: Fifth US case confirmed
  • Medical supplies running out, say healthcare workers in China
  • China's quarantines are unprecedented. Could they backfire?
  
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• Rocket strikes US Embassy compound in Baghdad

  26-01-2020 23:22 via cnn.com
  
  One rocket hit a dining facility Sunday on the compound of the US Embassy in Baghdad, a US official told CNN.
  
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• Poll: A week before the caucuses, Joe Biden leads an Iowa race that remains unsettled

  26-01-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One week before the opening Iowa caucuses, Joe Biden has pulled into the lead in Iowa, ahead of Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren in a fluid field.
  
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• Kobe Bryant was famous for using his Sikorsky S-76 private helicopter, a type that has a strong safety record

  26-01-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The S-76 was first developed in the 1970s and has developed a reputation for a strong safety record and reliability.
  
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• The Latest: NTSB sending team to Kobe Bryant crash site

  26-01-2020 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The National Transportation Safety Board is sending a team of 18 people to the scene of the helicopter crash that killed NBA icon Kobe Bryant and eight others.NTSB member Jennifer Homendy said at a news conference that investigators will look at the pilot's history, the maintenance records and information on the helicopter's owner and operator.Michael Jordan has reacted to the news about the death of Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter in a helicopter crash.
  
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• Investigation underway to determine cause of helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, that killed Kobe Bryant

  26-01-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Multiple federal agencies are trying to determine why a helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and four others slammed into a hillside near Malibu.
  
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• Kobe's high school friend: He changed the course of my life

  26-01-2020 22:48 via cnn.com
  
  Kobe Bryant's high school friend David Lasman talks about his experiences growing up with the NBA legend.
  
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• Bryant's 13-year-old daughter among 4 others killed

  26-01-2020 22:45 via cnn.com
  
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• Investigation underway to determine cause of helicopter Calabasas, California, crash that killed Kobe Bryant

  26-01-2020 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Multiple federal agencies are trying to determine why a helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and four others slammed into a hillside near Malibu.
  
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• Sorrow and triumph, an Auschwitz survivor's journey back to a former hell

  26-01-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jona Laks could smell the burning flesh as she walked towards death at the Auschwitz crematorium.The Nazis murdered more than one million people at Auschwitz, nearly all of them Jews.Laks was about 14 when she was transported to Auschwitz in 1944 with her twin sister Miriam and older sister Chana from the Jewish ghetto of Lodz in Nazi-occupied Poland.
  
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• Bryant left his mark on Hollywood, too

  26-01-2020 22:17 via cnn.com
  
  In 2011, Kobe Bryant became the first professional athlete who was not an actor to have his hand and footprints enshrined at Hollywood's historic Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
  
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• China orders public holiday extended to curb epidemic

  26-01-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chinese authorities have ordered the extension of a public holiday in an effort to contain an epidemic that has killed 56 people and infected nearly 2,000 worldwide, state-run media reported.A working group chaired by Premier Li Keqiang to tackle the outbreak decided on Sunday "to reduce population flows" by extending the Spring Festival holiday which had been scheduled to end on January 30, state news agency Xinhua said."The meeting stressed that the country is at a crucial time in the preventi
  
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• 'He has not paid the price, yet': Trump tweet about Schiff crossed the line, Democrats say

  26-01-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democrats said President Trump crossed a line Sunday, characterizing a tweet that said Adam Schiff "has not paid the price, yet," as a "threat."
  
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• Four others killed in crash, police say

  26-01-2020 21:27 via cnn.com
  
  Authorities are searching for survivors after a helicopter crashed Sunday on a hillside in Calabasas, California.
  
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• Biden's 'consensus' pitch faces biggest test in Iowa

  26-01-2020 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Reverence for Reagan might seem off-key for someone trying to win the Democratic nomination.The former vice president's approach will face its toughest test this week in Iowa, the state that has dashed his White House ambitions twice before.Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts — often emphasize their eagerness to fight.
  
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• Five killed in helicopter crash in Calabasas, California

  26-01-2020 21:14 via cnn.com
  
  Authorities are searching for survivors after a helicopter crashed Sunday on a hillside in Calabasas, California.
  
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• The coronavirus has reached Los Angeles, where the fourth person diagnosed in the US just arrived from China

  26-01-2020 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The fourth person the US to be diagnosed with coronavirus just arrived in Los Angeles from Wuhan, China, where the virus originated.
  
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• 3 missing after barge crash on Mississippi River

  26-01-2020 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Three people are missing after two barge towing vessels collided Sunday on the Mississippi River in an accident that also may have released toxic vapor into the air, the Coast Guard said.The Coast Guard said in a news release that the two vessels collided Sunday morning near Luling, Louisiana.The towing vessel, RC Creppel, sank, and three people aboard are missing.
  
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• How Jeff Bezos Got Hacked on WhatsApp—and How It Could Happen to You

  26-01-2020 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Not even the richest man in the world is safe from a simple cyber attack.
  
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• 3 dead in protest against Gambian head Barrow: hospital

  26-01-2020 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Three people died Sunday as hundreds of people took to the streets demanding the resignation of Gambian President Adama Barrow who wants to extend his term.Police fired tear gas to disperse protesters who responded by throwing stones and setting tyres on fire, an AFP correspondent at the scene saw."I can confirm that there have been three dead," said Kebba Manneh, director of the Serrekunda hospital where victims were taken.
  
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• This Man Is Trump's Biggest Problem in the Middle East

  26-01-2020 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States has a big problem in the Middle East. His name: Mohammed Bin Salman.
  
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• US latest: Fourth case of coronavirus confirmed

  26-01-2020 20:46 via cnn.com
  
  The US has confirmed a 4th case of coronavirus as the death toll rises to over 50 in China. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports.
  
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• In divided America, some voters tuning out impeachment trial

  26-01-2020 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  For all the gravity of a presidential impeachment trial, Americans don’t seem to be giving it much weight.As House impeachment managers make their case to remove President Donald Trump from office, voters in several states said in interviews with The Associated Press that they’re only casually following the Senate trial, or avoiding it altogether — too busy to pay close attention, bored of the legal arguments, convinced the outcome is preordained or just plain tired of the whol
  
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• Fourth case of coronavirus confirmed in US

  26-01-2020 20:46 via cnn.com
  
  The US has confirmed a 4th case of coronavirus as the death toll rises to over 50 in China. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports.
  
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• Fatal helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter occurred in foggy conditions

  26-01-2020 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NBA legend Kobe Bryant was one of nine killed in a helicopter crash late Sunday morning in Calabasas, California. The 5-time NBA Champion, 18-time NBA All-Star and retired Los Angeles Laker great was 41.Bryant's 13-year-old daughter Gianna was also killed in the crash on board along with one of her teammates and that teammate's parent. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced in a press conference late Sunday afternoon that there were nine people killed in the crash. Initial rep
  
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• Dutch govt offers first apology for WWII persecution of Jews

  26-01-2020 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Sunday made the Netherlands' first government apology for the war-time persecution of Jews."Now the last survivors are still with us, I apologise today in the name of the government for what the authorities did at that time," Rutte said.Only 38,000 of the 140,000 Jews who lived in the Netherlands survived World War II, but no government apology had been offered for the role the authorities played.
  
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• Russia Is Determined to Buy Stealth Fighters, Bombers, Drones and Even a New Aircraft Carrier

  26-01-2020 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Russian armed forces have committed to a wide range of expensive acquisitions programs, in particular new ships and planes. The likely cost strains credulity.
  
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• Does impeachment need a crime? Not according to framers of the Constitution

  26-01-2020 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump’s legal and political defenders are all singing the same refrain: The president can’t be impeached; he hasn’t committed a crime.Alan Dershowitz, the constitutional lawyer now representing Trump, said it during an appearance on CNN. Sen. Ted Cruz echoed it on Twitter, noting there was “not even a speeding ticket.” And, of course, Trump himself has used the phrase “no crime” repeatedly as he seeks to delegitimize the impeachment hearings.But d
  
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• Trump impeachment: Monica Lewinsky urges people not to her name when referring to 1998

  26-01-2020 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Monica Lewinsky, whose affair with Bill Clinton was at the heart of the impeachment drama two decades ago, has asked people not to use her name when making comparisons to the case of Donald Trump.In a “gentle reminder”, Ms Lewinsky, a one-time White House intern, said using her name when referring to the 1998 case, had the effect of framing events in reference to the woman involved in the case.
  
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• Palestinians threaten to quit Oslo Accords over Trump peace plan

  26-01-2020 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Palestinian leaders threatened Sunday to withdraw from key provisions of the Oslo Accords, which define arrangements with Israel, if US President Donald Trump announces his Middle East peace plan next week.Trump was scheduled to unveil the plan ahead of his meeting in Washington this week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Netanyahu, who has called Trump "the greatest friend that Israel has ever had", said he hoped to "make history" in Washington this week.
  
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• China: Coronavirus can spread before symptoms show

  26-01-2020 20:13 via cnn.com
  
  • Latest discovery 'a game changer'
  • Fourth US case confirmed
  • Here's how to protect yourself
  
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• China testing HIV drug as treatment for new coronavirus, AbbVie says

  26-01-2020 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  China is testing an HIV drug as a treatment for symptoms of the new coronavirus that is rapidly spreading, said drugmaker AbbVie Inc on Sunday.China health authorities requested the drug to help with the government's efforts to address the crisis, according to Adelle Infante, a spokeswoman for North Chicago, Illinois-based AbbVie.Health authorities around the world are racing to prevent a pandemic after more than 2,000 people were infected in China and 56 have died after contracting the virus.
  
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• 36 dead and at least 1,607 hospitalized in Turkey earthquake

  26-01-2020 20:11 via cnn.com
  
  At least 36 people died and more than 1,607 have been hospitalized in eastern Turkey after an earthquake rattled the region on Friday evening, according to state broadcaster TRT Haber.
  
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• Fourth US case of Wuhan coronavirus confirmed

  26-01-2020 20:08 via cnn.com
  
  A new case of coronavirus has been confirmed in Southern California, making it the third person to test positive in the United States as the fast-moving virus spreads worldwide.
  
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• Senate Republicans push back on calls for more impeachment witnesses

  26-01-2020 19:52 via politico.com
  
  Republicans appeared unmoved by Democrats’ arguments for Trump’s removal and reiterated that the Senate shouldn’t seek new evidence.
  
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• Houston mayor, others help residents after deadly blast

  26-01-2020 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Houston’s mayor and others say they will work to provide assistance to residents whose homes were damaged after a massive explosion at a warehouse that killed two workers and injured 20 others.Mayor Sylvester Turner on Saturday walked through the impacted neighborhoods in northwest Houston and spoke with residents who were cleaning up after Friday’s explosion. Cleanup and repair efforts continued Sunday.
  
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• Satellite imagery shows activity at critical North Korean missile site

  26-01-2020 19:39 via cnn.com
  
  Recent satellite imagery shows vehicle activity at a critical North Korean missile site that could potentially signal early preparations for a missile or missile engine test, according to one administration official and three defense officials familiar with the latest US assessment.
  
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• Sanders Goes After JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon in New Ad

  26-01-2020 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (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 presidential candidate after Dimon knocked socialism in an op-ed published last week in Time magazine as part of its coverage of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “Are you kidding me?” a Sanders aide exclaims in th
  
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• Hong Kong protesters torch planned coronavirus quarantine building

  26-01-2020 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Protesters set alight the lobby of a newly built residential building in Hong Kong on Sunday (January 26) that authorities planned to use as a quarantine facility for the coronavirus outbreak.Earlier in the afternoon, hundreds of Hong Kong citizens blocked roads leading to the public housing block in the Fanling district as anger increased over government plans to convert it into a quarantine zone. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the city climbed to six on Sunday.The fire was later
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Needs to Learn Economics

  26-01-2020 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  She just doesn't get it
  
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• GOP Senator, military veteran defends Trump's comments on soldiers' brain injuries

  26-01-2020 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), a U.S. military veteran, stood by President Trump in wake of the backlash against the commander-in-chief's comments describing brain injuries suffered by U.S. troops after an Iranian missile attack on a base in Iraq earlier this month as "headaches" and "not very serious."CBS' Margaret Brennan asked Cotton during Sunday's edition of Face the Nation if Trump should apologize to the soldiers, 34 of whom it turned out suffered traumatic brain injuries. She pointed out that
  
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