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Tiffany Trump wears white, the color chosen by Democrats as a political statement, at State of the Union
USA Today - 6 Feb 2019 04:59Trump calls border security an 'urgent national crisis' in State of the Union speech
USA Today - 6 Feb 2019 04:59'A Match Into a Can of Gasoline': Measles Outbreak Now an Emergency in Washington State
The New York Times - 6 Feb 2019 12:00
Measles, believed to be largely wiped out as a public health crisis two decades ago, is affecting dozens of children.
Julian Edelman spikes ceremonial puck drop before Bruins game
Boston - 6 Feb 2019 10:49
What did you think, Gronk?
Trump to meet North Korean leader Feb. 27-28 in Vietnam
Boston - 6 Feb 2019 05:01
President Donald Trump says he will hold a two-day summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un Feb. 27-28 in Vietnam to continue his efforts to persuade Kim to give up his nuclear weapons
Only four of nine Supreme Court justices attend Trump's 2019 State of the Union address
USA Today - 6 Feb 2019 04:47Why women lawmakers wore white to the State of the Union
New York Post - 6 Feb 2019 04:41
Democratic women lawmakers wore symbolic “suffragette” white to President Trump’s State of the Union Address on Tuesday night — including freshman New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who donned a snow-colored...
Jerry Sandusky to get new prison sentence
New York Post - 6 Feb 2019 04:23
Former Penn State football coach and convicted pedophile Jerry Sandusky is going to get a new prison sentence. A Pennsylvania appeals court ordered the re-sentencing on Tuesday in a 119-page ruling. Sandusky’s mandator...
Scoot over Microsoft: Apple again the most valuable U.S. company
Reuters - 6 Feb 2019 23:49
Apple won back its crown as the most valuable publicly listed U.S. company on Wednesday, ending the session with a market capitalization above recent leaders Microsoft and Amazon.com.
Taliban: Half of US troops to leave Afghanistan by May 1
Miami Herald - 6 Feb 2019 16:59
A Taliban representative says the U.S. has promised to withdraw half of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of April. Speaking on Wednesday on the sidelines of a meeting …
Climate change threatening Madagascar's lemurs
CBSNews - 6 Feb 2019 16:58
Climate change and loss of habitat are threatening a majority of the world's lemur population in Madagascar. Lemurs play a crucial role when it comes to studying life-threatening human diseases. CBS News foreign correspo...
FBI raids Puerto Rico bank amid Venezuela sanction probe
Miami Herald - 6 Feb 2019 16:57
FBI agents have raided a bank in Puerto Rico amid allegations over violations of U.S. sanctions imposed on those who do business with Venezuela's government. FBI spokesman Luis Rivera-Santana told …
Republican, Democratic strategists break down Trump's State of the Union address
CBSNews - 6 Feb 2019 16:57
In his second State of the Union address, President Trump covered a wide range of issues, including immigration, North Korea and abortion. Michael Graham, a CBSN political contributor and Republican strategist, and Lynda...
Sri Lanka leader asks rights groups not to oppose executions
Miami Herald - 6 Feb 2019 16:53
Sri Lanka's president has urged human rights groups not to stand in the way of his plans to execute drug traffickers and other criminals in the coming months, ending a …
"She Persists": An Unprecedented Show of Art by Women in "the People's House"
The New Yorker - 6 Feb 2019 00:03
Andrea K. Scott on "She Persists," an exhibition at Gracie Mansion that was curated by Jessica Bell Brown, at the invitation of Chirlane McCray.
Woman cleared after sister accused of prostitution stole identity
New York Post - 6 Feb 2019 16:51
Sisterly love this is not. A New Jersey woman busted for prostitution played a dirty trick on her sister - trying to beat the rap by identifying herself to cops as her younger sibling, according to reports. Samantha Humi...
Why women need to stop being perfect and start being brave
ABC News - 6 Feb 2019 16:50
Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code and author of "Brave, Not Perfect," shares in a personal essay how she works to make bravery a habit everyday.
Florida choir director passes "passion and purpose" onto students
CBSNews - 6 Feb 2019 16:50
Only on "CBS This Morning," we are revealing this year's Grammy Music Educator Award: West Orange High School choir's leader, Jeffery Redding. As we count down to Sunday's Grammy Awards, Jamie Wax introduces us to Reddin...
Florida pol rejects calls to resign over high school blackface photo
New York Post - 6 Feb 2019 16:48
A Florida politician is rejecting calls to resign after a high school photo showing him in blackface surfaced - claiming the image was merely a prank with a black classmate. State Rep. Anthony Sabatini, a 30-year-old Rep...
Aid convoy headed to isolated Syrian camp near Jordan
Miami Herald - 6 Feb 2019 16:46
The United Nations and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent are dispatching more than 100 trucks of humanitarian aid from Damascus to Syrians stranded near the border with Jordan. The convoy …
Taliban claims U.S. agreed to major Afghan withdrawal in 2 months
CBSNews - 6 Feb 2019 16:45
Negotiators for Islamist insurgent group say White House envoy promised half of U.S. forces would come out by end of April