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VENEZUELA-AT&T — The U.S. government is trying to pressure DirecTV to pull the rug from under what they consider Nicolás Maduro’s propaganda machine. The U.S. wants the company, which is wholly owned by Dallas-based AT&T, to stand up forcefully to government censors — or risk being caught in violation of U.S. sanctions barring Americans from doing business with Maduro. By Joshua Goodman. UPCOMING: 2,120 words by 8 a.m., photos.
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TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT — As the impeachment trial of Trump opens in the Senate, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says new evidence reinforces the need for senators to call additional witnesses. By Lisa Mascaro. SENT: 1,180 words, photos, video. With TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-DOCUMENTS — Giuliani associate names Trump, Pence, more in Ukraine plan.
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IRAN — Iran's supreme leader says President Donald Trump is a "clown" who only pretends to support the Iranian people but will “push a poisonous dagger” into their backs, as he strikes a defiant tone in his first Friday sermon in Tehran in eight years. By Amir Vahdat and Joseph Krauss. SENT: 670 words, photo.
ELECTION 2020-TRUMP — “Women for Trump.” “Black Voices for Trump.” “Latinos for Trump.” President Donald Trump's surrogates are making an aggressive effort to stretch his appeal beyond the working-class white voters who propelled him to victory in 2016. By Jill Colvin. SENT: 1,010 words, photos.
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BRITAIN-ROYAL RIFT-SHRINKING MONARCHY — The British monarchy is changing with the scandal surrounding Prince Andrew, and with Prince Harry's decision to break away. There will be fewer senior royals working to support Queen Elizabeth II. By Gregory Katz. SENT: 1,060 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-EVELYN YANG — The wife of Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang says she was sexually assaulted by an obstetrician while she was pregnant with the couple's first child. SENT: 820 words, photos.
CHINA-RUSSIA-THE LEADERS — Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping have established themselves as the world’s most powerful authoritarian leaders in decades. Now it looks like they want to hang on to those roles indefinitely. By Daria Litinova and Ken Moritsugu. SENT: 1,290 words, photos.
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ELECTION 2020-SENATE-ARIZONA — U.S. Sen. McSally of Arizona calls CNN reporter “liberal hack.” SENT: 310 words, photo.
BRITAIN-SOCIAL MEDIA WARNING — U.K. psychiatric group cites social media dangers to the young. SENT: 250 words.
OVERTURNED SEMI-PIGS — Crews round up over 1,700 piglets after semi overturns. SENT: 90 words, photos, video.
FRANCE-GASTRONOMY-BOCUSE — French chef Bocuse restaurant loses 3rd star after 55 years. SENT: 180 words, photo.
SAG AWARDS-PRESENTERS — Scarlett Johansson, Sterling K. Brown among SAGs presenters. SENT: 170 words, photos.
NEPAL-MENSTRUAL EXILE — Menstruation huts destroyed in Nepal, where exile persists. SENT: 220 words.
PEOPLE-REP.-AYANNA-PRESSLEY — Rep. Ayanna Pressley goes public with alopecia and baldness. SENT: 690 words, photos.
EYE-DROP-POISONING — Woman pleads guilty to poisoning husband with eye drops. SENT: 300 words, photo.
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CHINA-TRAVEL RUSH — As the Lunar New Year approaches, Chinese travelers flock to train stations and airports to take part in a nationwide ritual: the world's biggest annual human migration. Around 3 billion trips will be made during the Spring Festival travel rush. SENT: 290 words, photos. With CHINA-POPULATION — China population now over 1.4 billion as birthrate falls.
UKRAINE-POLITICS — Ukraine's prime minister submits his resignation, days after he was caught on tape saying the country's president knows nothing about the economy. SENT: 380 words, photo.
PHILIPPINES-VOLCANO — An erupting Philippine volcano remains life-threatening despite weaker emissions and fewer tremors, an official says and advises thousands of displaced villagers not to return to the danger zone. SENT: 530 words, photos.
GERMANY-ANTI-SEMITISM — A court in eastern Germany will consider next week a Jewish man’s bid to force the removal of an ugly remnant of centuries of anti-Semitism from a church where Martin Luther once preached. SENT: 860 words, photos.
INDONESI-JAPAN-NEW-CAPITAL — Japan's SoftBank is offering to invest $30 billion to $40 billion in the development of a new Indonesian capital, an official says. The billionaire founder and chief executive of SoftBank Group Corp., Masayoshi Son, hinted at partnering with the Indonesian government to fund the project when he met President Joko Widodo last week in the capital, Jakarta. SENT: 440 words, photo.
JAPAN-PATERNITY LEAVE — Japan's environment minister became father to a boy and is going ahead with his planned paternity leave — still a rarity in Japan where men are under pressure to put work before family. SENT: 380 words, photo.
CENTRAL AMERICA-MIGRANTS — U.S. officials are crediting tough measures taken over the past year and cooperation from regional governments for sharply reducing the number of Central American migrants who responded to a call for a new caravan. SENT: 770 words, photos.
ARGENTINA-ELEPHANT — Mara is an Asian elephant that will soon leave her obsolete enclosure in the former Buenos Aires zoo to be moved to a special sanctuary in neighboring Brazil. SENT: 860 words, photos.
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ELECTION 2020-BIDEN-SEWELL — Joe Biden secures a weighty Deep South endorsement for his presidential campaign, with Alabama’s lone Democratic House member announcing her support for the former vice president. SENT: 810 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-SANDERS-WARREN — Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have spent the past year championing many of the same, sweeping progressive ideas as they look to lock down their often-overlapping support from the party's left wing. They couldn't stay friends forever. SENT: 870 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-STEYER — Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer is wrapping up a two-day campaign swing through Nevada, riding high on recent polling showing him ascendant in the early voting state. SENT: 910 words, photos.
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ALASKA-CHURCH ABUSE — A review commissioned by the Archdiocese of Anchorage finds credible evidence of sexual misconduct by 14 people who served in the archdiocese dating to 1966, a church leader announces. SENT: 780 words, photos.
CONGRESSMAN-STOCK-INDICTMENT — A judge must decide the fate of former U.S. Rep. Christopher Collins after his lawyers and prosecutors disagreed over how he should be punished for conspiring in an insider trading scheme. SENT: 380 words, photo.
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FEDERAL-RESERVE-NOMINATIONS — Trump says that he intends to nominate two people to serve on the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, an institution he has repeatedly attacked for not cutting rates deeply enough. By Economics Writer Christopher Rugaber. SENT: 470 words, photo.
ONE-PERSON-RAIL-CREWS — This year’s scheduled completion of a $15 billion automatic railroad braking system will bolster the industry’s argument for eliminating one of the two crew members in most locomotives. By Business Writer Josh Funk. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
CARLOS GHOSN — The legal team of Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn issues a statement refuting the latest allegations by the Japanese automaker against the fugitive businessman. By Business Writer Yuri Kageyama. SENT: 350 words, photo.
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ON BASEBALL-SIGN STEALING — Technology unleashed baseball's Analytics Era, and now it's holding the sport prisoner. By Baseball Writer Ronald Blum. SENT: 850 words, photos.
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EMINEM-SURPRISE ALBUM — Rapper Eminem again drops a surprise album, releasing “Music to Be Murdered By”— along with a video that calls for changes to gun laws. SENT: 300 words, photo.
GRAMMYS CEO — The Recording Academy places Deborah Dugan, its president and CEO of just six months, on administrative leave following an allegation of misconduct by a senior leader at the organization. By Music Writer Mesfin Fekadu. SENT: 400 words, photo.
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