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• Opinion: Something went terribly wrong with Trump's defense

  31-01-2021 23:32 via cnn.com
  
  Just over a week before the start of his second impeachment trial, former President Donald Trump's entire legal team has walked away. What already promised to be an unpredictable and unprecedented show on the Senate floor just got even messier, as it appears that Trump will insist on repeating the same dangerous lie that sparked the Capitol riot -- that the election was stolen from him -- and led to his (second) impeachment in the first place.
  
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• Connecticut man arrested for 2004 murder of 16-year-old girl

  31-01-2021 23:27 via cnn.com
  
  Police in Waterbury, Connecticut, arrested and charged a local man for the murder of a 16-year-old girl whose 2004 death had long been unsolved.
  
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• Much of Western Australia goes into five-day lockdown after hotel guard tests positive to UK Covid variant

  31-01-2021 23:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Restrictions imposed in Perth, Peel and south-west, with schools suspended and residents only allowed to leave home for essential reasons• Follow the global coronavirus liveblog• Western Australia hotspots
  • NSW hotspotsWestern Australia has imposed a five-day lockdown in metropolitan Perth, the Peel region and the state’s south-west region amid fears a hotel quarantine worker who has tested positive to Covid-19 has contracted the highly contagious UK variant.South Australia
  
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• Major nor'easter expected to impact 110 million with heavy snow, winds

  31-01-2021 22:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Some areas around New York City might see up to 18 inches of snow.
  
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• Variants are spreading across the U.S. Here's where they are, state by state.

  31-01-2021 21:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  There are 3 variants NBC News is tracking: The U.K., the South African and the Brazilianvariants, each of which have been found in the country.
  
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• Wendy Williams' biopic is as brutally honest as she is

  31-01-2021 21:52 via cnn.com
  
  "Wendy Williams: The Movie" chronicles the former shock jock's rise to fame, and shares new intimate details about Williams' struggle with addiction and her divorce. A Lifetime documentary called "Wendy Williams: What a Mess!" aired after the biopic.
  
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• UK school principal plans to come out to pupils, staff during online assembly

  31-01-2021 21:38 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The principal of an exclusive private school plans to make history in the UK by coming out as gay during an online assembly.
  
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• How lawmakers made it nearly impossible to legalize abortion in Honduras

  31-01-2021 21:31 via cnn.com
  
  This week, lawmakers in Honduras changed the country's constitution to make it virtually impossible to legalize abortion in the future -- an extreme election-year move that critics warn will further endanger women's health.
  
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• Thousands of protesters detained in Russia

  31-01-2021 21:27 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports that thousands of opposition protesters calling for the release of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny have been detained amid a crackdown by Russian security forces.
  
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• Russian protester shares why he's demonstrating amid security crackdown

  31-01-2021 21:27 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports that thousands of opposition protesters calling for the release of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny have been detained amid a crackdown by Russian security forces.
  
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• Russian protester on why he is demonstrating amid security crackdown

  31-01-2021 21:27 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports that thousands of opposition protesters calling for the release of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny have been detained amid a crackdown by Russian security forces.
  
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• CNN reporter briefly detained as thousands of protesters take to the streets Russia

  31-01-2021 21:27 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports that thousands of opposition protesters calling for the release of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny have been detained amid a crackdown by Russian security forces.
  
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• Two GOP senators vow to keep open mind in impeachment trial

  31-01-2021 21:25 via cnn.com
  
  Two Republican senators said Sunday they'll remain fair jurors and listen to the evidence presented during former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial set to begin February 9.
  
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• Russian police arrest protesters demanding Navalny's release – video

  31-01-2021 21:23 via theguardian.com
  
  More than 4,000 people, including Alexei Navalny’s wife, Yulia Navalnaya, were detained at rallies across Russia as supporters of the Kremlin critic took to the streets to protest against his imprisonment. Security measures, riot police and national guards troops shut down metro stations in Moscow and blocked off streets to prevent a repeat of last week’s record protests, some of the largest since 2012 Alexei Navalny protests: Moscow in lockdown as police detain thousands Contin
  
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• U.S. condemns 'harsh tactics' as thousands detained at Navalny protests in Russia

  31-01-2021 21:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday condemned the "persistent use of harsh tactics" against protesters for a second week straight.
  
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• 'SNL' asks: What's left that's still working?

  31-01-2021 21:03 via cnn.com
  
  "Saturday Night Live" returned for its first show of 2021, and had one question on its mind: "What still works?"
  
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• Powerful nor'easter could bring up to 18 inches of snow to NYC

  31-01-2021 20:32 via cnn.com
  
  Over 100 million Americans will feel winter's sting early this week as a powerful nor'easter takes aim at the most densely populated cities along the East Coast.
  
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• WHO team investigating pandemic visits wet market, receives flu data

  31-01-2021 20:30 via cnn.com
  
  A team of World Health Organization investigators in China researching the origins of the coronavirus tell CNN they now have months of Chinese influenza data which might contain vital clues as to the early spread of the virus.
  
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• French citizens protest against Amazon for small town facility, 'precarious' workers rights

  31-01-2021 20:13 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Demonstrators gathered in a number of towns across France
  
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• Trump legal team unknown as impeachment trial nears

  31-01-2021 20:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Those close to the former president are unable to identify anyone who will represent him during the Senate proceedings.
  
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• Thousands detained in Russia amid rallies for Alexey Navalny

  31-01-2021 20:06 via cnn.com
  
  The wife of opposition leader Alexey Navalny was detained Sunday in Moscow, according to the Navalny team, as she joined protesters across the country in rallying in her husband's name.
  
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• InfoWars' Alex Jones helped jump-start January 6 rally organization efforts

  31-01-2021 19:53 via cnn.com
  
  Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones helped jumpstart the organization efforts that eventually materialized into the "Stop the Steal" rally on January 6, according to the grassroots organizer who filed the permits.
  
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• GOP senators pitch Biden on slimmed-down Covid relief bill

  31-01-2021 19:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Republicans propose a relief package that is much smaller than Biden’s $1.9 trillion proposal.
  
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• 100-year-old UK fundraising hero Tom Moore hospitalized with Covid-19

  31-01-2021 19:13 via cnn.com
  
  Tom Moore, the World War II veteran who raised millions for a British charity supporting the UK's National Health Service by walking laps of his garden before his 100th birthday, has been hospitalized with Covid-19 and pneumonia, his daughter Hannah said on Twitter Sunday.
  
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• ‘That hurricane is coming’: expert warns US to brace for virulent Covid strain

  31-01-2021 19:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Leading infectious disease expert predicts that deadlier British strain will become dominant this spring A leading infectious disease expert predicted on Sunday that the deadlier British variant of Covid-19 will become the dominant strain of the virus in the US and could hit the country like a hurricane.The worrying forecast came as the total of confirmed infections in the US passed the 26m mark, with the death toll advancing steadily towards the grim milestone of half a million after on Sunday
  
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• Disproportionate number of current and former military personnel arrested in Capitol attack, CNN analysis shows

  31-01-2021 19:01 via cnn.com
  
  Active military personnel and veterans are over-represented among the first 150 people to be arrested and have records released for federal offenses in the violence and insurrection at the US Capitol.
  
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• A culture war is raging in Poland. The battleground: Women's bodies

  31-01-2021 18:46 via cnn.com
  
  The Polish government has imposed a near-total ban on abortions, including the termination of pregnancies with fetal defects, delivering a major blow to pro-choice advocates and sparking protests in one of Europe's most devout Catholic countries.
  
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• A culture war is raging in Poland

  31-01-2021 18:46 via cnn.com
  
  The Polish government has imposed a near-total ban on abortions, including the termination of pregnancies with fetal defects, delivering a major blow to pro-choice advocates and sparking protests in one of Europe's most devout Catholic countries.
  
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• Angry sports fans armed with fireworks and flares storm team's football field

  31-01-2021 18:44 via cnn.com
  
  Supporters of the Marseille football club in France marched onto the team's training ground in protest. A fire broke out and forced the club to postpone a match. CNN's Don Riddell has more.
  
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• Angry sports fans armed with fireworks and flares storm football field

  31-01-2021 18:44 via cnn.com
  
  Supporters of the Marseille football club in France marched onto the team's training ground in protest. A fire broke out and forced the club to postpone a match. CNN's Don Riddell has more.
  
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• Ongoing siege following car explosion at hotel gate in Somalia's capital

  31-01-2021 18:41 via cnn.com
  
  Somalia security forces are fighting armed gunmen to end a siege at a hotel in the east African country's capital Mogadishu on Sunday, according to police.
  
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• Hilton Valentine, guitarist of The Animals, has died at 77

  31-01-2021 18:00 via cnn.com
  
  The Animals' guitarist Hilton Valentine, best known for the iconic opening riff on the English rock band's arrangement of "The House of the Rising Sun," has died at the age of 77.
  
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• Top epidemiologist says Biden administration needs to focus on first vaccine doses

  31-01-2021 17:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  “The hurricane is coming" Michael Olsterholm said. "We have to call an audible."
  
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• Somalia's al-Shabab rebels attack hotel in Mogadishu

  31-01-2021 17:35 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A hotel in Somalia's capital has been hit by an explosion and an attack by jihadist rebels, police have confirmed.
  
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• Tesla's dirty little secret: Its net profit doesn't come from selling cars

  31-01-2021 17:13 via cnn.com
  
  Tesla posted its first full year of net income in 2020 -- but not because of sales to its customers.
  
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• An autographed Tom Brady rookie card got auctioned for $555,988

  31-01-2021 16:58 via cnn.com
  
  A Tom Brady rookie football card signed by the superstar quarterback has been auctioned on eBay for $555,988.
  
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• 'They were unjust to me,' says teenager freed after blasphemy sentence quashed in Nigeria

  31-01-2021 16:31 via cnn.com
  
  Omar Farouq had an argument last year with a colleague that would change his life.
  
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• Katie Sturino is calling on fashion designers for more inclusive sizing

  31-01-2021 16:08 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Chloe Melas spoke to entrepreneur Katie Sturino about how she's on a mission to empower women to feel good at any size.
  
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• Biden plans first major foreign policy speech on restoring 'America's place'

  31-01-2021 16:00 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden plans to deliver his most substantive foreign policy remarks since becoming president on Monday, according to a senior administration official, marking his opening attempt at pivoting away from his predecessor's "America First" approach to the world.
  
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• 10 GOP senators offer counterproposal for Covid-19 relief plan and request meeting with Biden

  31-01-2021 15:51 via cnn.com
  
  A group of 10 Republican senators on Sunday called on President Joe Biden to throw his support behind their own Covid-19 relief package framework, asking the President to work with them on drafting the legislation.
  
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• 'The best advert for Brexit': European press reacts to EU Covid vaccine row

  31-01-2021 15:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Continental newspapers give harsh verdicts on the European commission’s actionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMany EU countries may have more than enough to deal with domestically – from surging Covid cases in Portugal to forthcoming regional elections in Spain and political turmoil in Italy – but the events of Friday night, and of the preceding few days, have not gone unremarked in the European press.Fears over delays in receiving vaccines an
  
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• The real cost of being the ultimate Samsung fan: Nearly $91,000

  31-01-2021 15:27 via cnn.com
  
  Samsung, the world's biggest phone maker, is also one of the largest consumer electronics and appliance makers in the world, selling everything from televisions to refrigerators.
  
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• 'We crushed it': How did West Virginia become a national leader in Covid vaccination?

  31-01-2021 15:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  West Virginia, a small, rural state with an older population, was expected to struggle with Covid and any vaccine rollout. Things turned out differently.
  
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• Libyan delegation heads to Geneva to pick interim prime minister

  31-01-2021 15:11 via theguardian.com
  
  UN-overseen process will also chose a three-person presidency council, before national polls in DecemberAbout 70 Libyans are travelling to Geneva in an effort to end their country’s political divisions by picking a new interim prime minister and a three-person presidency council.The process, overseen by the UN, is being held amid rumours of bribery and allegations that it is being imposed on the country by the UN. Continue reading...
  
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• Scrambling to save tens of thousands of lives

  31-01-2021 15:08 via cnn.com
  
  Congress was convulsed by controversy over the incendiary behavior of a freshman Republican from Georgia. Wall Street was roiled by insurgent amateurs trading in GameStop stock to punish giant hedge funds. But in a week of extremes, the biggest underlying story -- and the central challenge facing the Biden administration -- was the race to save tens of thousands of lives at risk to Covid-19.
  
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• Gamestop proves the death of the individual investor was greatly exaggerated

  31-01-2021 14:48 via cnn.com
  
  Say what you will about the GameStop mania. It does illustrate one positive thing about today's stock market: There are still some people willing to invest in individual companies instead of merely tossing their money into index funds.
  
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• Biden's reversal of transgender military ban brings new hope to thousands

  31-01-2021 14:27 via cnn.com
  
  They dreamed of serving, and now they can after President Joe Biden lifted the Trump-era ban on most transgender Americans joining the US military.
  
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• Palmeiras fans gather to celebrate dramatic Copa Libertadores win despite the pandemic

  31-01-2021 14:23 via cnn.com
  
  Palmeiras fans ignored social distancing rules and gathered in large groups to celebrate the Brazilian team's dramatic victory in the Copa Libertadores on Saturday.
  
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• COVAX head: It's not going to be all smooth sailing

  31-01-2021 13:57 via cnn.com
  
  The COVAX initiative is aiming to deliver up to two billion doses of coronavirus vaccine to poorer countries by the end of 2021. CNN's Ivan Watson speaks exclusively to Aurélia Nguyen, the head of COVAX.
  
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• What Biden's 'pathway to citizenship' would actually mean

  31-01-2021 13:54 via cnn.com
  
  Luis Tapia would finally get a driver's license.
  
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