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Homeless among most vulnerable as brutal cold takes over
ABC News - 30 Jan 2019 22:00
Chicago's warming centers have extended their hours amid the frigid temps.
Police accused of shady tactics in probe of Russian roulette cop's death
New York Post - 30 Jan 2019 22:40
St. Louis’ top prosecutor is accusing the police department of using an “obstructionist tactic” to prevent drug and alcohol testing of cops who were present during the Russian roulette death of their colleague, acc...
Ex-White House aide Cliff Sims says Trump can be 'racially insensitive at times,' but isn't racist
The Week - 30 Jan 2019 04:53
Cliff Sims, former aide to President Trump and author of a new book about life inside the White House, may have disagreed with Trump about some things, but not his tepid response to the 2017 white supremacist rally in Ch...
Prosecutor: Drugs or alcohol might have role in St. Louis cop's Russian roulette shooting death
USA Today - 30 Jan 2019 04:02
Drugs or alcohol mighthave played a role intheRussian roulette shootingdeathof a St. Louis police officer, a prosecutorsaid. She also said police officers interfered with her investigators.
Suspected Pittsburgh synagogue shooter will face additional charges of hate crimes
USA Today - 30 Jan 2019 04:37Deaf women claim Delta agent wouldn't accommodate disability
New York Post - 30 Jan 2019 16:50
Two women who are deaf say they were barred from a Delta flight over an incident with a gate agent who refused to communicate with them via writing. Socorro Garcia, 34, and Melissa Yingst, 40, went to the gate agent to s...
Podesta: Hillary Clinton's not running for president in 2020
New York Post - 30 Jan 2019 04:51
Hillary Clinton's former campaign manager John Podesta on Tuesday beat back reports that she's mulling a presidential run in 2020. "I think this is media catnip," Podesta said on CNN Tuesday night. “I take her at her w...
Texas Official's Claim About Citizenship of 95,000 Is Called Into Doubt
The New York Times - 30 Jan 2019 04:35
Local elections officials find that many people whose citizenship had been questioned are, in fact, United States citizens.
Turkey: US Consulate translator convicted of terror charge
Miami Herald - 30 Jan 2019 17:09
Turkey's official news agency says a Turkish citizen who worked as a translator for the U.S. Consulate in Adana was convicted on terror charges but will be freed from prison. …
Bangladesh Prime Minister Hasina pledges to allow criticism
Miami Herald - 30 Jan 2019 17:02
Newly re-elected Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has opened Parliament by assuring the opposition that she will allow it to criticize her. Hasina is beginning a third consecutive five-year term …
DNA test kit companies help customers cope with surprising, life-changing results
ABC News - 30 Jan 2019 17:00
What's it like to work at a company call center explaining sensitive discoveries to stressed-out customers?
Swedish EU minister says Brexit deal non-negotiable
Reuters - 30 Jan 2019 16:59
Britain's agreement ON leaving the European Union is non-negotiable, Sweden's EU minister said on Wednesday, underlining the problems UK Prime Minister Theresa May will have extracting concessions from Brussels in the co...
Iran worried over delay in Chinese nuclear reactor redesign
Miami Herald - 30 Jan 2019 16:58
Tehran says that China has slowed down working on its redesign of a heavy water reactor in Iran, following the U.S. withdrawal from Tehran's nuclear agreement with world powers. Ali …
Atheist blogger appeals for funds to help him 'Escape Egypt'
Miami Herald - 30 Jan 2019 16:54
A prominent atheist video blogger says he has given up hope on life in Egypt and has launched a crowdfunding page called "Help Me Escape Egypt" to aid him in …
President Trump disputes his own intelligence chiefs on Iran, North Korea
USA Today - 30 Jan 2019 16:52US states could face weather colder than Antarctica
Al Jazeera English - 30 Jan 2019 16:49
Several states across US Midwest region are bracing for extreme, life-threatening weather.
Lebanon struggles to protect currency's value
Al Jazeera English - 30 Jan 2019 16:48
Beirut takes unprecedented measures to safeguard devaluing lira that threatens to worsen country's economic crisis.
Former Nazi death squad leader guilty of massacring French village under investigation for hate speech
Fox News - 30 Jan 2019 16:47
A 96-year-old former Nazi SS junior squad leader is being investigated in Germany over his involvement of in the massacre of 86 French men and boys in a French village in 1944.
Brazil arrests 5 to probe 'criminal responsibility' for dam collapse that killed at least 84
The Week - 30 Jan 2019 16:47
At least 84 people have been found dead in the days after a mining dam collapsed in Brazil, and experts say the tragedy could've been prevented. Brazilian authorities have now arrested five people who surveyed the dam la...
Teen was 'purposefully set on fire and burned alive': cops
New York Post - 30 Jan 2019 23:48
A 17-year-old Colorado girl who was found dead inside her home in 2017 was "purposefully set on fire and burned alive," police said as they hunt for three suspects in hopes of solving the murder more than a year after th...
Heavy and binge drinking may rewrite your DNA new study shows
USA Today - 30 Jan 2019 16:43
Heavy drinking can equal massive hangovers and maybe drunk texting your ex. But it turns out, if you are hitting the bottle too hard it can actually have serious health repercussions and may alter your DNA. Susana Victor...
Man offered women rides home from bars, then raped them: cops
New York Post - 30 Jan 2019 16:38
A man in Denver has been charged with raping four women after offering them rides home from bars, dating back nearly two years — and police believe there could be additional victims. Byron L. Whitehorn, 50, has been ch...