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Utah man accused of releasing rodents in hotel rooms to get free stays
New York Post - 17 Feb 2020 04:57
A Utah man was arrested for allegedly releasing mice and hamsters in various hotel rooms and then complaining to management in order to get a free stay, a report said Ryan State, 37, is accused of using the rodent ruse t...
Japan keeps high coronavirus alert as nationals return from China
Reuters - 17 Feb 2020 04:36
Japan evacuated more nationals from the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak on Monday, while concerns about the spreading disease raised the possibility that organizers may cut the number of participants at next month'...
780 million affected by China virus crackdown
CNN - 17 Feb 2020 17:09
• Four Chinese cities completely sealed off • Why China is destroying some of its cash
John Henry acknowledges ire surrounding Mookie Betts trade
Boston - 17 Feb 2020 19:33
Red Sox team ownership addressed the Mookie Betts trade on Monday.
Dozens of women join Evelyn Yang in accusing doctor of assault
CBSNews - 17 Feb 2020 16:59
Anthony T. DiPietro says a lawsuit that initially included 17 women when it was filed in 2018, and had grown to more than 30 a month ago, now could include up to 70 women
Porto forward Moussa Marega walks off pitch after suffering racist abuse
CNN - 17 Feb 2020 16:58
Porto striker Moussa Marega walked off the pitch during a match against Vitoria de Guimaraes Sunday after he was subjected to racist abuse from opposition fans.
Virginia lawmakers reject assault weapon ban
ABC News - 17 Feb 2020 16:56
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's push to ban the sale of assault weapons has failed after members of his own party balked at the proposal
Hospital video shows officers tackle, tase and punch teen
CBSNews - 17 Feb 2020 16:54
16-year-old brought by mother to ER for possible mental health emergency now faces four criminal charges; mom says "trained adults - who should have been able to handle the situation and help - made the whole thing entir...
'No chance of survival': 2 men killed in Colorado avalanche despite desperate search
USA Today - 17 Feb 2020 16:52
Searchers have recovered the bodies of two Colorado men who died after being caught in a weekend avalanche in central Colorado.
US Democrats face internal strife ahead of Nevada, South Carolina
Al Jazeera English - 17 Feb 2020 16:47
Democratic leaders find themselves bogged down in a struggle between the progressive and moderate wings of the party.
Let Bernie Madoff, and Many More, Out of Prison
The New York Times - 17 Feb 2020 16:47
Compassionate release has to apply to unsympathetic prisoners, if we mean what we say about ending mass incarceration.
More passengers, including Americans, test positive for coronavirus on Diamond Princess cruise
New York Post - 17 Feb 2020 16:46
Coronavirus has continued to spread aboard the Diamond Princess cruise in Japan, with another 99 passengers -- including Americans -- testing positive for the illness, despite a mandatory quarantine, health officials sai...
'I've told my stories': One of the last survivors of the USS Arizona has died at 97
USA Today - 17 Feb 2020 16:45
Donald Stratton was one of the last crewmen to escape the USS Arizona and one of its last survivors. He died at home in Colorado.
EU ministers back new mission to enforce Libya arms embargo
Al Jazeera English - 17 Feb 2020 16:39
Foreign ministers agree on creating new mission to block entry of arms, since current rule is routinely flouted.
Alla Ilyina, who escaped coronavirus quarantine in Russia, ordered back to hospital
New York Post - 17 Feb 2020 16:34
Alla Ilyina, 32, was placed under a 14-day coronavirus quarantine at the Botkin Hospital for Infectious Diseases in St. Petersburg after returning from a trip to China last month.
Pakistan: Several killed in suicide attack at religious rally
Al Jazeera English - 17 Feb 2020 16:29
Explosion takes place near rally organised by the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jammat party in the centre of Quetta.
Ex-Steeler Antwaan Randle El's brother charged with double homicide
New York Post - 17 Feb 2020 16:28
The brother of former Pittsburgh Steeler Antwaan Randle El surrendered to cops over the weekend in connection to the shooting deaths of two women in Wisconsin, authorities said. Marcus Randle El, 33 -- who also played fo...
Americans return to U.S. after two weeks on coronavirus-affected cruise
Reuters - 17 Feb 2020 16:26
More than 300 U.S. citizens, including 14 infected with the coronavirus, were in the United States and under quarantine on Monday after spending the previous two weeks stuck on a cruise ship with the largest cluster of c...
More rain expected for the flooded South as new storm moves across country
ABC News - 17 Feb 2020 14:08
We are watching a storm system move across the country to bring more rain to the already flooded South.
Rise in coronavirus infections prompts Japan to limit public crowds
Reuters - 17 Feb 2020 14:01
Japan canceled the emperor's birthday celebrations next week as it moved on Monday to limit crowds to contain the spread of the coronavirus, and said it will close the Tokyo Marathon to all but elite professional runners...
Fmr. Australia PM calls own party members' climate change conduct "idiotic"
CBSNews - 17 Feb 2020 02:45
Malcolm Turnbull, a political conservative who served as Australia's prime minister up until August of 2018, was bounced out of office by the right-wing of his own party largely over his support for cutting carbon emissi...
Coronavirus cases rise again in China's Hubei province
Reuters - 17 Feb 2020 02:35
The number of reported new cases of coronavirus in China's Hubei province rose on Monday after two days of falls, as authorities imposed tough new restrictions on movement to prevent the spread of the disease which has n...