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HIGHLIGHTING
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TRUMP (sent)
ELECTION 2020-TRUMP-GOVERNING AND POLITICS (upcoming)
TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-MCCONNELL (upcoming)
TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-DEMOCRATS (upcoming)
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WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
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WINTER WEATHER — A powerful winter storm is delivering severe weather across the Deep South after dropping snow along the Mexican border and paying a violent visit to New Orleans. SENT: 650 words, photos, video.
DECRIMINALIZING PROSTITUTION — Bill in Vermont would decriminalize prostitution. SENT: 700 words.
ROLLING STONES-TOUR — Rolling Stones returning to North America for 15-city tour. SENT: 185 words, photo.
1987-KIDNAPPING — Man charged in 1987 child abduction returned to Canada. SENT: 235 words.
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WASHINGTON/POLITICS
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TRUMP — President Donald Trump unleashes his fury against those who tried to remove him from office as he uses a prayer breakfast speech to condemn ``some very dishonest and corrupt people’’ who have put the country and his family through ``a terrible ordeal.’’ Trump plans to mark his Senate acquittal with a statement from the White House at noon and he has asked supporters to join in the East Room. By Jill Colvin, Jonathan Lemire and Zeke Miller. SENT: 950 words, photos. UPCOMING: 950 words, photos by 3 p.m.
ELECTION 2020-TRUMP-GOVERNING AND POLITICS — President Donald Trump this week made clear that, as he tries to win another term in the White House, he will have no qualms using the power of his office to try to court voters, blurring the line between public and private. By Jill Colvin and Aamer Madhani. UPCOMING: 850 words, photos by 4 p.m.
TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-MCCONNELL — In the aftermath of only the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s power over the Senate is indisputable. The Kentucky Republican advised Trump to make impeachment as partisan as possible, and it was that strategy that led to his speedy acquittal. By Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro. UPCOMING: 900 words, photos by 4 p.m.
TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-DEMOCRATS — The Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump has ended with the acquittal that everyone always saw coming, leaving Democrats to decide how to navigate the legislative and political landscape that they've helped reshape. Speaker Nancy's Pelosi's ostentatious ripping of Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday night underscored the acrid relationship that will make partisan cooperation on any issue difficult. By Alan Fram. UPCOMING: 900 words, photos by 3 p.m.
TRUMP-KENYA — Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta comes to his White House meeting with President Donald Trump with a warning: Africa is not a battlefield for proxy disputes with countries such as China. By Kevin Freking. SENT: 690 words, photos. UPCOMING: 800 words by 4 p.m.
ELECTION 2020-SANDERS-FUNDRAISING — Bernie Sanders says he raised $25 million in January and will use his presidential campaign's flush bank account to increase television and digital advertising in 10 states. By Will Weissert. SENT: 310 words, photos.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT-CHINA — The government says the number of FBI arrests in cases related to Chinese espionage has risen sharply in the past five years, corresponding with what official see as an urgent threat to American economic prosperity and intellectual property. ``The long-term existential threat to the security of our national is real," says the administration’s top counterintelligence official. By Eric Tucker. SENT: 500 words, photos.
TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-GRAVITY — President Donald Trump's acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial leaves his political fate in the hands of voters and his place in history to be judged in the passage of time. By Calvin Woodward and Michael Tackett. SENT: 830 words, photos.
TRUMP-BLACK VOTERS — President Donald Trump brought African American guests to his State of the Union speech, ran a Super Bowl ad boasting how he’s making the criminal justice system more equitable for black people and portrayed himself as the champion of education and job opportunities for people of color. The overtures mean nothing to black voters like Jovan Brown, who loathes Trump’s record on race and sees the president’s African American-heavy guest list at the State of the Union as his penchant for using “black people as a prop.” By Corey Williams. SENT: 980 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-BIDEN COMEBACK — Former Vice President Joe Biden is acknowledging his campaign “took a gut punch” in Iowa but says he isn't going anywhere as he tries to position himself in New Hampshire as the new "Comeback Kid.’’ By Hunter Woodall. SENT: 830 words, photos.
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NATIONAL
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SEXUAL MISCONDUCT-WEINSTEIN — Prosecutors at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial are on schedule to rest their case after more than two weeks of testimony, including graphic accounts from six among scores of women who’ve accused him of vile behavior. SENT: 500 words, photos.
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INTERNATIONAL
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IRAQ-US-FISSURES — Iraqi leaders scale back the furious calls for American forces to leave the country in the wake of the U.S. strikes that killed a top Iranian general and senior Iraqi militia leader, but that doesn't mean Baghdad isn't serious about rethinking the relationship. SENT: 1,340 words, photos.
TURKEY-PLANE — Passengers who lived through the crash landing in Istanbul that killed three people and left a Turkish plane crumpled into pieces say the plane's descent felt unusually fast. SENT: 710 words, photos.
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HEALTH & SCIENCE
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CHINA-OUTBREAK — China finishes building a second new hospital to isolate and treat patients of a virus that has killed more than 560 people and continues to spread, disrupting travel and people's lives and fueling economic fears. By Ken Moritgusu. SENT: 690 words, photos.
SPACE STATION — NASA astronaut Christina Koch, who has spent nearly 11 months in orbit on the longest spaceflight by a woman, landed safely in Kazakhstan along with two of her International Space Station crewmates. SENT: 300 words, photos.
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BUSINESS/ECONOMY
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CHINA-OUTBREAK-TOURISM — This should have been a good year for global tourism, with trade tensions gradually easing, certain economies growing and banner events like the Summer Olympics taking place in Tokyo. But the viral outbreak in China has thrown the travel industry into chaos, threatening billions in losses and keeping millions of would-be travelers at home. By Dee-Ann Dubin. SENT: 1,120 words, photos.
FINANCIAL MARKETS — Stocks are opening slightly higher on Wall Street following big gains in Asia after China cut tariffs on U.S. goods and Global stocks are up after President Trump was acquitted in an impeachment trial. SENT: 560 words, photos. UPCOMING: Will be updated through 5 p.m.
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ENTERTAINMENT
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OBIT KIRK DOUGLAS-A LIFE — Kirk Douglas, the muscular actor with the dimpled chin who starred in "Spartacus," "Lust for Life" and dozens of other films and helped fatally weaken the Hollywood blacklist, has died at 103. By National Writer Hillel Italie. SENT: 2,010 words, photos.
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SPORTS
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BBN—ROSE-REINSTATEMENT APPLICATION — Pete Rose asks Major League Baseball again to end his lifetime ban, saying the penalty is unfair compared with discipline for steroids use and electronic sign stealing. Rose's lawyers submitted the application to baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, who in December 2015 denied the previous request by the career hits leader. Rose agreed to the lifetime ban in August 1989 after an investigation found that Rose placed numerous bets on Cincinnati to win from 1985-87 while playing for and managing the team. By Baseball Writer Ronald Blum. SENT: 560 words, photos.
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