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Trial highlights: Conspiracy theories and fidget spinners | Hosted
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Highlights of Thursday's session , which wrapped around 10:30 p.m. were also seen with spinners on their desks. WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats argued that President Donald Trump sought a phony investigation of a political rival and pursued a discredited conspiracy theory about Ukraine, while restless senators played with a new toy Thursday during Trump's impeachment trial.

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China coronavirus outbreak: Death toll climbs as authorities lock down more cities in unprecedented bid to contain virus
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China was in emergency mode on Friday as the number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus rose to 830 and the death toll hit 26. China's National Health Commission released new figures early Friday, noting the death toll also has risen to 25. As the cases of coronavirus exposure increases, officials in 10 cities in China's central Hubei province have suspended public transportation.

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Mavericks make 22 3-pointers, beat Trail Blazers 133-125 - Houston Chronicle
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But a tough loss and issues with the officiating had the Portland Trail Blazers star in a foul mood. Luka Doncic scored 27 points to go with nine assists and six rebounds, and the Dallas Mavericks made 22 3-pointers in a 133-125 victory Thursday night with a complete team performance that overcame Lillard's hot shooting. Dallas had six players make at least three 3-pointers, and it was the sixth time this season the Mavericks made 20 3s, with Seth Curry and Jalen Brunson leading the way with four each.

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15-year-old Gauff upsets '19 champ Osaka at Australian Open | Hosted
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“You don't want to lose to a 15-year-old, you know?”. Osaka made 30 unforced errors, Gauff merely 17. MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Coco Gauff plays nothing like what her age - still just 15 - or her ranking - 67th and rapidly rising - would suggest.

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Coronavirus concerns stall momentum as New Year celebrations begin
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It's the first increase in three months and the highest reading since August last year. US indices edged marginally higher though the concerns about the spreading coronavirus prevented any significant gains. With parts of Asia already starting to celebrate the Lunar New Year and others approaching some extended breaks, the activity in the markets was noticeably muted during this morning's session.

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Prince Charles Lands in Israel on First Official Visit | Al Bawaba
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Prince Charles is the latest dignitary to arrive in Israel for the event, taking place on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp and International Holocaust Memorial day on Sunday. Prince Charles met with Rivlin at the Israeli president's Jerusalem residence, where he told Charles that Israel "deeply appreciates" his attendance at the memorial event. "It starts with the Jewish people but we never know where it ends.

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Australia bushfires: US firefighters killed in air tanker crash named | World News | Sky News
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Three US firefighters who died when their air tanker plane crashed in a "fireball" while battling bushfires in southeastern Australia have been named. The cause of the crash is not known. He said field reports showed there had been a "pretty significant fireball associated with the plane crash".

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Trump to Unveil Long Postponed Mideast Peace Plan | Voice of America - English
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U.S. President Donald Trump says he plans to release his long delayed Middle East peace plan before hosting Israeli leaders at the White House next Tuesday. It's a plan that really would work,” Trump told reporters as he flew to Florida for a Republican Party meeting. They want to see peace,” Trump said.

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Shanghai Disneyland closes over China virus concerns
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SHANGHAI, China - Shanghai Disneyland will close until further notice this weekend due to a deadly virus outbreak that has infected hundreds of people in China, the amusement park said Friday, January 24. The closure comes as China entered its nearly week-long Lunar New Year holiday, and the home of Mickey Mouse had prepared special "Year of the Mouse" celebrations for its guests. The entertainment conglomerate opened its $5.5 billion theme park in Shanghai in June 2016, Disney's sixth amusement park and third in Asia.

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Indiana uses late charge to beat No. 11 Michigan State 67-63 - San Antonio Express-News
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Michigan State: Trips to Indiana just haven't been kind to the Spartans lately. Clearly, Michigan State performed closer to expectations than it did at Purdue. Michigan State: Aaron Henry had 12 points, while Gabe Brown had 10 points and four 3s.

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George Soros budgets $1b to fight dictators, including Trump | P.M. News
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“Trump… has managed to overheat an already buoyant economy. US financier and philanthropist George Soros on Thursday pledged one billion dollars for a new university network project to battle the erosion of civil society in a world increasingly ruled by “would-be and actual dictators” and beset by climate change. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Soros said humanity was at a turning point and the coming years would determine the fate of rulers like President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping as well as the world itself.

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John Kass: Harvey Weinstein, the onetime Hollywood 'God,' brings his prop walker to first day of rape trial - Twin Citie...
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So, what is the truth of Harvey Weinstein? The sexual assault trial of creepy Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein - once described by Meryl Streep as “God” - began Wednesday in New York. Harvey treated his walker as a friend.

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NFL player Brown surrenders himself to Florida police
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LOS ANGELES, USA - NFL player Antonio Brown turned himself into a Florida police station on Thursday, January 23, in response to an incident involving an alleged argument with a delivery truck driver. Brown was wanted on an arrest warrant on 3 criminal charges, including felony burglary with battery. Police were called and when they arrived investigators said Brown, 31, refused to come out of his home.

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Thousands gather for Baghdad rally to demand US troops leave - Connecticut Post
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BAGHDAD (AP) - Thousands of supporters of an influential, radical Shiite cleric gathered Friday in central Baghdad for a rally to demand that American troops leave the country amid heightened anti-US sentiment after a drone strike ordered by Washington earlier this month killed a top Iranian general in the Iraqi capital. Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose party won the most number of seats in the May 2018 parliament elections, had called for a “million-man” demonstration to demand he withdrawal of American troops following the U.S. drone strike near Baghdad's airport that killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and senior Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, sparking the ire of Iraqi officials from across the political spectrum. In a statement Friday, al-Sadr - whose followers fought U.S. troops after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion to oust dictator Saddam Hussein - issued a list of conditions for American military presence in Iraq.

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Thursday's golf: Woods opens with 69 at Torrey North to start new year
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Jon Rahm, playing alongside Woods, was in the large group at 68. “It was nice to kind of keep the round going a little bit,” Woods said. Rory McIlroy, who played in the group in front of Woods, was among those at 67.

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Doomsday Clock moves closest to midnight in 73-year history
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The keepers of the Doomsday Clock on Thursday moved the symbolic countdown to global disaster to the closest point to midnight in its 73-year history, citing “existential danger” from nuclear war and climate change. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which was founded after the creation of the atomic bomb in World War II and focuses on the greatest threats to human survival, said it moved the clock from two minutes to midnight to 100 seconds to midnight - a 20-second advance. The Doomsday Clock didn't move in 2019 but in 2018 it advanced by 30 seconds from 2½ minutes before midnight to two minutes to midnight.

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Alaska pot shops to be among 1st in US to allow consumption - Houston Chronicle
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Marijuana shops in Alaska will be among the first nationally where onsite use would be permitted. Alaska's rules for onsite consumption took effect in 2019, after years of discussion. The rules call for consumption areas to be separated from the rest of the property, either by a secure door and having a separate ventilation system or by being outdoors.

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Trump vs. Bloomberg: Fortunes collide in pricey knife fight » Albuquerque Journal
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Bloomberg has hit Trump in another way that might hurt more. Arzt added that Trump always sought the limelight while Bloomberg shied away from it until he ran for mayor. Trump has responded by calling Bloomberg “Mini Mike” on Twitter, trying to ridicule his 5-foot-8-inch stature.

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Trump to host Netanyahu and his rival to discuss Mideast peace | India Post
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Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, whose administration is boycotting Trump, immediately rejected the US move. After many postponements, the peace initiative was expected in the autumn. Netanyahu welcomed the invitation, saying Trump “is seeking to give Israel the peace and security it deserves”.

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Pharma Founder Gets 66 Months For Bribing Doctors To Overprescribe Deadly Opioids | Zero Hedge
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But when Americans look back at the opioid crisis, they'll remember that at least one executive of a major opioid manufacturer and distributor was sentenced to a fairly weighty sentence - five-and-a-half years (66 months) in federal prison - for an illegal kickback scheme that effectively involved bribing doctors to prescribe potentially lethal doses of fentanyl. But most of the doctors Insys targeted weren't oncologists. The fentanyl spray that was the company's main product was approved in 2012.

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Swedish police seek more 'diversity' to tackle migrant crime - but applicants with foreign backgrounds struggle to make ...
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Stockholm instructed the police to increase the number of women and minorities within their ranks, in order to “to boost competence and increase representation,” as law enforcement struggles to deal with rising migrant crime. Police commissioner Max Lutterman explained to Swedish Radio that Swedish cops need to have better “language and cultural competence” skills, which he believed personnel with foreign backgrounds would possess. An estimated twenty-five percent of those who applied to join the police last fall had foreign backgrounds, but more than half of them reportedly failed to make the grade.

Germany's Merkel in Turkey for talks with Erdogan - SFGate
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“The success of the (Berlin) plan depends on its implementation on the ground,” Erdogan said. Cyprus last week denounced Turkey as a "pirate" state that flouts international law. ISTANBUL (AP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that the “environment of chaos” in Libya threatens to affect the whole Mediterranean basin and urged international pressure to force the head of Libya's eastern-based forces to abide by a tentative truce.

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