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Inmate confesses to killing two molesters in prison
CBSNews - 21 Feb 2020 23:18
Jonathan Watson said one of the molesters would watch PBS Kids in front of the other inmates, which he saw as a taunt
Tennessee executes man convicted in four killings
USA Today - 21 Feb 2020 04:37
Tennessee death row inmate Nicholas Todd Sutton was executed Thursday night by the electric chair. Sutton was convicted of killing four people.
'Parasite' studio responds to Trump after he criticizes Oscar win, Brad Pitt's speech
USA Today - 21 Feb 2020 04:30How did an ex-con get away with living in his daughter's college dorm?
Boston - 21 Feb 2020 04:46
The case of an ex-convict charged with forcing some college students into prostitution after moving in on campus with his daughter has raised questions about the screening and security of student housing
Caroline Tocci is running the Boston Marathon in honor of her late cousin
Boston - 21 Feb 2020 19:00
"Vanessa always wanted to run Boston, so this year, I'm doing it for her."
Thai court to decide fate of Thanathorn's Future Forward Party
Al Jazeera English - 21 Feb 2020 06:07
Charismatic leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and his young party fight for political survival amid legal hurdles.
Mom of missing Idaho children arrested in Hawaii; Kauai police don't believe children are on island
USA Today - 21 Feb 2020 04:02Lawmakers use wheelchairs for a day after boy challenges them to "spend a day in my wheels"
CBSNews - 21 Feb 2020 21:49
14-year-old Alex Johnson has used a wheelchair since first grade. The 8th grader recently challenged Tennessee lawmakers to "spend a day in my wheels," and they took him up on it. Ten state lawmakers spent their workday ...
Authorities announce arrest in 1999 case of newborn baby found dead in trash bag
ABC News - 21 Feb 2020 16:26
Almost 21 years after a baby was found dead inside a trash bag on a road in North Carolina, forensic genealogy has helped investigators trace the mother and arrest her.
Coronavirus to be big topic for G20 as China reports uptick in cases
Reuters - 21 Feb 2020 04:52
China reported an uptick in new cases of coronavirus on Friday although the rise in infections remained at its slowest pace since January, a downward trend which the World Health Organization (WHO) has called encouraging...
Donald Trump bashes Brad Pitt, Joe Biden and polls during Colorado rally
USA Today - 21 Feb 2020 04:16Increased Voter Turnout Could Benefit Republicans Or Democrats In 2020
FiveThirtyEight - 21 Feb 2020 13:00
Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Poll of the Week Most polls survey people who are either registered — or at least likely — to vote, but a new Knight Foundation poll interviewed over 12,000 people...
Erdogan phones 2 European leaders, wants end to Idlib push
ABC News - 21 Feb 2020 16:48
Turkey's President has spoken with two European leaders by phone and called for an end to a Syrian government offensive on the last rebel stronghold in the country that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people
US and Taliban to sign peace agreement at end of month, Pompeo says
New York Post - 21 Feb 2020 16:19
Afghan, international andTalibanforces will observe the reduced violence period beginning at midnight (1930 GMT), an Afghan official andTalibanleaders said earlier.
Germany reopens hate speech, gun law debates after shisha bar killings
Reuters - 21 Feb 2020 14:34
Germany's government faced calls to toughen gun ownership laws and step up efforts to track far-right sympathizers, after the suspect in one of its worst mass shootings since World War Two was found to have published a r...
China says January-February trade to take sharp hit from virus outbreak
Reuters - 21 Feb 2020 04:51
China's January and February exports and imports will be hit by the coronavirus outbreak that has severely disrupted the world's second-largest economy, the country's commerce ministry said on Friday.
What a Party in Japan May Tell Us About the Coronavirus's Spread
The New York Times - 21 Feb 2020 04:28
Will the virus spiral beyond China? Public health experts are closely studying cluster cases in other Asian countries.
Trump says Roger Stone has a 'very good chance of exoneration'
The Week - 21 Feb 2020 04:15
After his longtime friend and former adviser Roger Stone was sentenced to 40 months in prison on Thursday, President Trump announced that he has "a very good chance of exoneration." Stone was found guilty last year of ly...
Lebanon confirms first case of coronavirus, two more suspected
Reuters - 21 Feb 2020 16:50
Lebanon confirmed its first coronavirus case on Friday and said it was monitoring two other potential cases after a 45-year-old woman arriving from Iran on Thursday tested positive, Health Minister Hamad Hassan said.
Doug Collins denies interest in national intelligence post after Trump names him as option
New York Post - 21 Feb 2020 16:08
A day after tapping Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell as acting director of national intelligence, President Trump said he was considering naming Rep. Doug Collins as the nominee.
Toyota plans partial output resumption at all four China plants
Reuters - 21 Feb 2020 10:56
Toyota Motor Corp said on Friday it planned for all four of its vehicle assembly plants in China to be in operation from next week after weeks of stoppages due to the coronavirus outbreak, although output at some plants ...
Coronavirus brings out anti-Chinese sentiment in South Korea
Al Jazeera English - 21 Feb 2020 19:49
Racism witnessed globally spreads to South Korea as panic over new virus outbreak begins to take root.