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Stuff and Things: The Secret World of Amazon's Power Reviewers
The New York Times - 26 Jan 2019 13:00
A clandestine society receives an unending stream of products. They create Amazon's reality. Is there such a thing as too much free stuff?
British Paper Apologizes, Pays "Substantial Damages" to Melania Trump Over Article
Slate - 26 Jan 2019 21:11
The Telegraph newspaper has apologized to Melania Trump for an article that it published in its magazine supplement last week that included several inaccurate statements about the first lady. It marked at least the third...
Huge crowds attend Invasion Day marches across Australia's capital cities
The Guardian - 26 Jan 2019 06:59
Scott Morrison talks of his ancestor's arrival on the continent, and defends celebration of Australia Day • Hundreds attend first dawn service to be held on Australia Day Scott Morrison has said 26 January 1788 was "pr...
Manchester United see off Arsenal to maintain manager's perfect start
The Guardian - 26 Jan 2019 00:06
By now, it has become a familiar sight: Ole Gunnar Solskjær hugging his staff, eyes twinkling, applauding his players and celebrating the return of Manchester United, as we used to know them. Quick, incisive football, w...
A 93-year-old woman who was charged with murder in her son's shooting death has died
USA Today - 26 Jan 2019 04:53
Anna Mae Blessing died in hospice care. She was accused of killing her son because he wanted to place her in an assisted-living facility.
Kamala Harris to kick off campaign with Oakland rally
CBSNews - 26 Jan 2019 06:42
Sen. Kamala Harris of California is kicking off her presidential campaign with a rally in Oakland on Sunday. Politico reporter and co-author of the California Playbook Jeremy White joined CBSN to discuss what to expect.
U.S. pushes U.N. Security Council to back Venezuela's Guaido
Reuters - 26 Jan 2019 06:04
The United States is pushing for a United Nations Security Council statement expressing full support for Venezuela's National Assembly as the country's "only democratically elected institution," but Russia is expected to...
Trump signs bill ending longest government shutdown in history
New York Post - 26 Jan 2019 04:35
President Trump signed a congressional resolution on Friday night that ended the longest government shutdown in US history. The bill temporarily opens the government for three weeks without giving Trump his coveted fundi...
Measles outbreak grows near Portland, region dubbed anti-vaccination 'hot spot'
New York Post - 26 Jan 2019 15:36
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- The number of confirmed measles cases near Portland grew to 31 on Friday -- an outbreak boosted by lower-than-normal vaccination rates in what has been called an anti-vaccination U.S. "hot spot." Publ...
What opens again now that the government shutdown is over?
CBSNews - 26 Jan 2019 16:02
Nine out of 15 federal departments were closed, as well as dozens of agencies and national parks
The small town of Sebring, Florida, struggles to make sense of 5 shooting deaths
USA Today - 26 Jan 2019 05:18
In Sebring, if you didn't know one of the shooting victims personally, then you knew someone who did. Five people died Jan. 23 at a SunTrust Bank.
Trump's Shutdown Was a Cruel Joke
The New York Times - 26 Jan 2019 04:42
It revealed the folly of the president's approach to politics.
St. Louis cop charged in Russian Roulette shooting death of fellow officer, police say
USA Today - 26 Jan 2019 03:58
A St. Police officer was charged with manslaughter Friday for allegedly shooting a colleague as the two played Russian Roulette, authorities said.
Germany agrees to end reliance on coal stations by 2038
The Guardian - 26 Jan 2019 16:47
Fossil fuels provide nearly 40% of country's power as tensions rise on phaseout timetable Germany has agreed to end its reliance on polluting coal power stations by 2038, in a long-awaited decision that will have major r...
Teacher strikes: What's next in your state
USA Today - 26 Jan 2019 16:43Russia urges North Africa to bring Syria back to Arab League
Miami Herald - 26 Jan 2019 16:43
Russia's foreign minister is pressing North African countries to support Syria's return to the Arab League, now that President Bashar Assad is largely seen as having won the Syrian civil …
In Trump ally Stone's case, Mueller finds crime in cover-up
Boston - 26 Jan 2019 16:38
Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone may be accused of lying and tampering with witnesses, but it's equally notable what he's not charged with: colluding with the Kremlin in a grand conspiracy to help Trump win the preside...
Britain prepares to recognise Guaidó as Venezuelan president
The Guardian - 26 Jan 2019 16:38
UK joins France, Germany and Spain to demand elections be called within eight days The UK has called for fresh and fair elections to be announced in Venezuela within eight days otherwise it will recognise Juan Guaidó as...
Russia fails to stop U.N. Security Council meeting on Venezuela
Reuters - 26 Jan 2019 16:36
Russia failed on Saturday to stop a U.N. Security Council meeting on Venezuela that was requested by the United States after Washington recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as the South American nation's head of stat...
Protesters storm Turkish military camp in Iraq's Kurdish region
Al Jazeera English - 26 Jan 2019 16:36
One person killed and two injured after protesters, angry over recent air strikes, attacked a Turkish base near Mosul.
The Latest: European nations give Maduro 8 days' deadline
Miami Herald - 26 Jan 2019 15:39
The Latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local): 8:35 a.m. Germany has joined France and Spain in saying it will recognize opposition leader Juan Guaido as the …
Backlog of untested rape kits is 'a public safety issue,' may let offenders slip away
ABC News - 26 Jan 2019 16:50
North Carolina has between 14,000 and 15,000 untested rape kits, and advocates say it's a "public safety issue."