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TOP STORIES
A resident digs a path from his house in St. John's, Newfoundland on Saturday, January 18, 2020. The state of emergency ordered by the City of St. John's is still in place, leaving businesses closed and vehicles off the roads in the aftermath of the major winter storm that hit the Newfoundland and Labrador capital. (Andrew VaughanThe Canadian Press via AP)
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TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT — House Democrats prepare to outline their case for removing President Donald Trump from office in a legal brief as opposing sides in the impeachment case look ahead to the opening of the historic trial in the Senate. Newly released documents from Democrats that were turned over by an indicted associate of Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani includes messages between the associate and an aide to a Trump ally in the House who opposed impeachment. By Zeke Miller and Eric Tucker. SENT: 990 words, photos. UPCOMING: Filing expected by 5 p.m. EST.
TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-SUSAN COLLINS — Facing perhaps her toughest reelection fight, veteran Sen. Susan Collins has parachuted into familiar terrain — the heart of a hot-button issue, this time President Donald Trump's impeachment. Her carefully parsed stance on calling witnesses and her track record of seeking bipartisan deals that sometimes fly and sometimes flounder on major issues such as immigration that have won her respect and scorn. By Alan Fram. SENT: 980 words, photos.
Pittsburgh's Xavier Johnson (1) goes up and makes a basket in front of North Carolina's Armando Bacot (5), Garrison Brooks (15) and Justin Pierce (32) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, in Pittsburgh. (AP PhotoKeith Srakocic)
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ELECTION 2020-IOWA — President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial will soon maroon several Democratic presidential candidates who are Senate jurors, meaning this may well be the last full weekend of campaigning in Iowa before the kickoff caucus. Their campaigns are scrambling to come up with ways to keep them on voters' radars in the early-voting states. The schedule of the unfolding trial in Washington could provide an advantage in Iowa for two leading candidates, Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg, who don’t serve in the Senate and don’t have any job right now. By Washington Bureau Chief Julie Pace. SENT: 850 words, photos.
SUPREME COURT-SCHOOL CHOICE — A Supreme Court that seems more favorable to religion-based discrimination claims is set to hear a case that could make it easier to use public money to pay for religious schooling in many states. The justices will hear arguments Wednesday in a dispute over a Montana scholarship program for private K-12 education that makes donors eligible for up to $150 in state tax credits. Montana is among 37 states that have provisions in their state constitutions that bar religious schools from receiving state aid. By Mark Sherman. SENT: 920 words, photos.
REDRAWING AMERICA-DATA RACE — The previously confidential computer records of a deceased Republican strategist reveal he was concerned that Democrats were developing better data that could give them an advantage in the next round of redistricting. By David A. Lieb and Gary D. Robertson. SENT: 1,000 words, photos. This story is this week's Sunday Spotlight.
BRITAIN-ROYAL RIFT — Buckingham Palace says Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, will no longer use the titles "royal highness" or receive public funds after a deal was struck for them to step aside as senior royals. The palace says the couple will repay some 2.4 million pounds of taxpayers' money that was spent renovating their home near Windsor Castle. SENT: 50 words, photos. Developing.
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WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
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SPACEX-CAPSULE TEST — Rough seas delay escape test for SpaceX crew capsule. SENT: 200 words, photo.
ODD-ICE DISK — Coming around again: Famous ice disk seems to be re-forming in Maine. SENT: 150 words.
CANADA-BLIZZARD — Newfoundland reeling after blizzard buries capital. SENT: 350 words, photos.
CHICAGO SHOOTING — Man arrested in December shooting of 13 people at Chicago house party. SENT: 200 words.
BRITAIN-RARE COIN — Rare coin of Britain's King Edward VIII fetches record $1.3 million. SENT: 130 words, photo.
EX-MAYOR-CHARITY-FRAUD — Florida ex-mayor gets 4+ years in prison for charity fraud. SENT: 130 words.
QUADRUPLE-SLAYING-UTAH — Boy arrested after shooting that killed 4 in small Utah town. SENT: 350 words, photos.
NETHERLANDS-TULIP-DAY — Away winter blues! Netherlands marks National Tulip Day. SENT: 200 words, photos.
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ELECTION SECURITY-CAUCUSES — Iowa and Nevada, two of the first three states to vote in the Democratic presidential race, will use new mobile apps to gather results from thousands of caucus sites. The technology is intended to make counting easier but raises concerns about hacking or glitches. The party is moving ahead with the technology amid warnings that foreign hackers could target the 2020 election. By Ryan J. Foley and Christina A. Cassidy. SENT: 940 words, photos.
FACT CHECK-WEEK — Size matters to President Donald Trump. So much that he exaggerates continually, sometimes spectacularly, the size of what he does. Just as his tax cuts are far from the biggest in history, the economy isn't the best ever and his election victory in 2016 was no landslide of historic proportions, Trump's two trade deals don't stand atop the field of presidential endeavors. The opening of the Senate impeachment trial stirred other fabrications from the president this past week. SENT: 2,600 words, photos. By Hope Yen and Calvin Woodward. Find AP Fact Checks at http://apne.ws/2kbx8bd
TEXAS 2020-SPECIAL ELECTION — The first big contest of 2020 may not be Iowa, but a race for a tiny Texas House seat. Presidential contenders Joe Biden and Michael Bloomberg, as well as former candidate Beto O'Rourke, are all trying to help Democrats win an obscure special election runoff for a state House district near Houston. SENT: 800 words, photos.
TRANSGENDER-YOUTH LAWS — Republican legislators in more than a dozen states are promoting bills that focus on transgender young people at the urging of conservative advocacy groups. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
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INTERNATIONAL
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RUSSIA-PUTIN-OPPOSITION — Russian President Vladimir Putin's call for constitutional changes could help him remain in power once his presidential term ends in 2024, yet it's drawn only a smattering of calls for protest. It was very different from what happened in 2011-2012, when efforts to engineer Putin's return to the presidency crushed Russian hopes for liberalization and sparked massive protests in Moscow. SENT: 960 words, photos. With RUSSIA-PUTIN — Putin says he opposes the idea of the country's leader being able to serve an unlimited time in office like the Soviet Union allowed. SENT: 260 words, photos.
CENTRAL AMERICA-MIGRANTS — More than a thousand Central American migrants have congregated on a bridge that spans the Suchiate River between southern Mexico and Guatemala as Mexican National Guardsmen attempt to impede their journey north. SENT: 360 words, photos.
IRAN-PLANE CRASH — Iran will send the black box flight recorders from the Ukrainian jetliner that it accidentally shot down to Ukraine for further analysis, an Iranian official said. French, American and Canadian experts will help analyze them in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital. SENT: 300 words, photo.
FRANCE-STRIKES — A French government minister warned that seditious groups bent on violence were hijacking the protest movement against pension reform that has gripped the country, after a fire damaged a renowned Paris restaurant patronized by President Emmanuel Macron. SENT: 470 words, photos.
LEBANON — Riot police have fired tear gas and sprayed water cannon near parliament in Lebanon's capital to disperse thousands of protesters. Riots broke out during a march against the ruling elite. SENT: 300 words, photos.
VENEZUELA-ASSEMBLY — The Venezuelan opposition led by Juan Guaidó in the coming days will likely make its third attempt to get inside its legislative building in downtown Caracas. SENT: 600 words, photos.
SOMALIA-ATTACK — Police in Somalia say at least two people were killed and more than 20 others wounded when a suicide car bomber targeted a construction site along a highway outside the capital. SENT: 200 words.
BREXIT — The British government has announced plans for special events on the night of Jan. 31 when the country officially leaves the European Union but the country's treasury chief has admitted that some U.K. business sectors will suffer as a result. SENT: 470 words, photo.
PHILIPPINES-VOLCANO — Philippine officials say they're bracing for a long crisis whether the Taal volcano erupts more disastrously or simmers precariously for weeks or months, as massive numbers of displaced villagers languish in emergency shelters. SENT: 540 words, photos.
NEPAL-MISSING TREKKERS — An avalanche has swept a popular trekking route in Nepal's mountains, leaving at least four South Koreans and three Nepali guides missing. SENT: 190 words, photo.
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NATIONAL
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WOMEN'S MARCHES — Thousands of people are gathering in cities across the country as part of nationwide Women's March rallies. The fourth annual marches on Saturday aim to harness the political power of women and are focused on issues such as climate change, reproductive rights and immigration. SENT: 600 words, photo. Developing.
PRO GUN RALLY-VIRGINIA-FEARS — An unprecedented show of force by gun-rights activists is expected on Monday in Virginia. They are angry over the state's new Democratic majority leadership and its plans to enact a slew of gun restrictions. By Alan Suderman and Denise Lavoie. SENT: 900 words, photos.
RESERVATIONS-DISASTER RECOVERY — Native American reservations across South Dakota are still struggling to recover from a storm last year that dumped snow and rain, swelling rivers and swallowing roads. SENT: 800 words, photos.
WINTER WEATHER — Officials in parts of the Midwest and Great Plains are urging people to stay inside amid a winter storm that's already caused trouble at airports in Chicago and Kansas City. SENT: 360 words, photos.
SUPREME COURT PORTRAITS — The artwork in the North Carolina Supreme Court building faces a review, following criticism of a towering portrait of a 19th-century chief justice who wrote a notorious decision on the rights of slaveholders. SENT: 900 words, photos.
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SPORTS
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BBO--SIGN STEALING-ROSE -- Pete Rose was banned indefinitely from baseball three decades ago for betting on games. The sport’s hit king is 78 now, and he tells the AP that those players who are guilty in the Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal should be punished, just as he was. SENT: 800 words, photos.
FBN--CHIEFS-STOPPING HENRY -- When the Chiefs plays the Titans on Sunday there's a good chance the AFC title will come down to this: stopping Tennessee running back Derrick Henry. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos by 6 p.m.
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