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'Crushes Thrive in Small Spaces'
The New York Times - 31 Jan 2020 07:00
If Tinder is about your first impression, working on a cruise ship is about your 15th impression, or 29th.
WHO declares coronavirus global emergency; State Department raises travel warning to highest level
USA Today - 31 Jan 2020 04:50
The virus, centered in the city of Wuhan, has now infected more people in China than were sickened there during the 2002-2003 outbreak of SARS.
GOP Sen. Murkowski asks Trump's lawyers a pointed question about John Bolton
The Week - 31 Jan 2020 04:36
During President Trump's impeachment trial on Thursday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) brought up the issue of witnesses, asking Trump's defense team, "Why should this body not call Ambassador Bolton?"
Former National...
Iowa has a 'front row seat to the lunacy' of left, Trump tells Des Moines rally on eve of key vote
USA Today - 31 Jan 2020 05:09Russia says it will begin bringing citizens out of China from February 1
Reuters - 31 Jan 2020 16:56
Russia said on Friday it would begin moving its citizens out of China via its Far Eastern region on Feb. 1, in response to the coronavirus outbreak, regional authorities said.
How Not to Be an Influencer During a Coronavirus Outbreak
Slate - 31 Jan 2020 23:21
A tale of innocent clout chasing gone awry in Arizona.
High school student allegedly used Plenty of Fish app to lure man into robbery
New York Post - 31 Jan 2020 05:13
A Florida high school student allegedly set up a man she met on a dating app to be robbed at gunpoint and shot, police said. Ja’Kila Taylor, 18, lured the 31-year-old victim to her grandmother’s house Jan. 18 after c...
Factbox: Latest on the coronavirus spreading in China and beyond
Reuters - 31 Jan 2020 04:48
A coronavirus outbreak that began in Wuhan, the capital of China's central province of Hubei, has spread to more than 9,800 people globally, surpassing the total from the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic. The new virus has killed...
U.S. declares coronavirus a public health emergency
Reuters - 31 Jan 2020 23:43
The Trump administration on Friday declared a public health emergency over the coronavirus outbreak and said it would take the extraordinary step of barring entry to the United States of foreign nationals who have travel...
State of emergency declared in Australia capital
CNN - 31 Jan 2020 16:47
A state of emergency has been declared in Australia's capital city of Canberra as bushfires move rapidly in the area, according to authorities from the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
Australian police warn public to stop taking pictures of wildfires
Fox News - 31 Jan 2020 16:45
Australian officials are fed up with people trying to take pictures of wildfires.
Cement trucks at coronavirus hospital sites in China are now celebrities
New York Post - 31 Jan 2020 16:30
There's concrete evidence the construction of hospitals in Wuhan for coronavirus victims is providing widespread entertainment - with 40 million people watching the action online giving cement trucks nicknames.
3 Belgian Doctors Acquitted of Manslaughter for Involvement in Euthanasia of Mentally Ill Man, 38
Time - 31 Jan 2020 10:22
(BRUSSELS) — A Belgian court on Friday acquitted three doctors of charges of manslaughter by poisoning in a case that has been seen as a key test of Belgium’s euthanasia laws. The three doctors were involved in the e...
Mexican Activist Who Devoted His Life to Protecting Monarch Butterflies Found Dead Near Forest Preserve
Time - 31 Jan 2020 05:03
(OCAMPO, Mexico) — Relatives of an anti-logging activist who was found dead don’t know whether he was slain or died accidentally, but they said Thursday that they are sure of one thing: Something bad is happening to ...
Helicopter company linked to Kobe Bryant crash suspends flights
CBSNews - 31 Jan 2020 04:49
Island Express Helicopters said it will decide "day by day" how long its fleet will be grounded in wake of Sunday's crash, which killed nine people.
Never-before-seen photos of Kobe Bryant in high school before he became Lakers legend
USA Today - 31 Jan 2020 21:48Amazon shares jump on milestone of 150 million Prime members
CBSNews - 31 Jan 2020 15:53
The retailer's shares rose almost 11% in pre-market trading after reporting strong holiday results on Thursday.
U.S. tells citizens not to travel to China as virus toll tops 200
Reuters - 31 Jan 2020 04:48
The U.S. government warned Americans not to travel to China as the death toll from a new coronavirus reached 213 on Friday and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency.
Republicans confident they can block new Trump trial witnesses, but uncertainty remains
Reuters - 31 Jan 2020 04:40
Democratic prosecutors and Republican defenders at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial on Thursday barreled toward a confrontation over new witnesses, something that would deny Trump the swift conclusion of the ma...
Trump Called Powell an 'Enemy.' 'Ugh' Was a Response Inside the Fed.
The New York Times - 31 Jan 2020 04:26
Internal emails show that Federal Reserve leaders emailed around an article in which a Republican senator defended the chair.
Japan to enforce special measures for coronavirus from Saturday: NHK
Reuters - 31 Jan 2020 02:28
Japan plans to bring forward the date that the coronavirus will become a "designated infectious disease" to Saturday from Feb. 7, public broadcaster NHK said.
Chinese city of Wuhan says it should have acted sooner to contain virus
Reuters - 31 Jan 2020 16:53
Wuhan, the epicenter of a coronavirus that has quickly spread beyond China's borders in recent days, should have taken measures sooner to contain it, the city's Communist Party chief said on Friday.