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TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT — The Senate gavels in for the second day of prosecution arguments in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial as House Democrats deepen their case that he abused power and obstructed Congress for personal political gain ahead of the 2020 election. The challenge for the prosecution led by Rep. Adam Schiff is clear as Democrats try to convince not just fidgety senators but a divided American public in an election year. By Lisa Mascaro and Eric Tucker. SENT:1,020 words. UPCOMING: Developing from Senate session in progress, 1,090 words by 5 p.m., with updates into the night, photos, video, audio. WITH: TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-HIGHLIGHTS — Highlights of the day’s trial developments. UPCOMING: 700 words by 7 p.m., photos.
Harvey Weinstein, center, arrives at court for his rape trial, in New York, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. (AP PhotoRichard Drew)
TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-SCHIFF — Loved by the left and reviled by many on the right, Rep. Adam Schiff is the face of the House’s impeachment case against President Donald Trump. Though he has six managers by his side, Schiff sets the tone, working methodically to convince even his most ardent detractors that Trump deserves to be removed from office. By Mary Clare Jalonick. UPCOMING: 900 words by 5 p.m., photos, video.
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SEXUAL MISCONDUCT-WEINSTEIN — Actress Annabella Sciorra confronted Harvey Weinstein from a witness stand, her voice quivering as she recounted a rape accusation she kept largely private for decades. “I was punching him. I was kicking him. I was just trying to get him off of me" after he pushed his way into her apartment and pinned her on a bed in the early 1990s, Sciorra told the jury. She said he overpowered her, seizing her hands and holding them over her head, and raped her. By Michael R. Sisak and Tom Hays. SENT: 780 words, photos.
Anti-Brexit campaigner Steve Bray reacts to the photographer after a protest outside the European Parliament in Brussels, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. (AP PhotoFrancisco Seco)
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT-STATE LEGISLATURES — State lawmakers across the U.S. have reached a troubling milestone for allegations of sexual misconduct, even as they have taken significant steps to try to prevent and investigate such behavior. Recent complaints filed against Michigan state Sen. Peter Lucido mean at least 101 state legislators now have been publicly accused of sexual harassment or misconduct since the start of 2017, according to an Associated Press review. By David A. Lieb. UPCOMING: 850 words, photos by 5 p.m.
CHINA-OUTBREAK— Chinese authorities moved to lock down three cities with a combined population of more than 18 million in an unprecedented effort to contain the deadly new virus that has sickened hundreds of people and spread to other parts of the world during the busy Lunar New Year travel period. By Ken Moritsugu and Yanan Wang. SENT 1,200 words, photos. WITH: CHINA-OUTBREAK-WHO-Q&A — Q&A: WHO representative addresses China's new virus outbreak. SENT: 685 words, photos. WITH: CHINA-OUTBREAK-STUCK IN WUHAN — Those trapped in China virus lockdown expect lonely holiday. SENT: 760 words, photos. WITH: CHINA-OUTBREAK-WHO — WHO says illness not yet a global emergency. SENT: 430 words, photos.
ISRAEL-AUSCHWITZ LIBERATION ANNIVERSARY — Dozens of world leaders descended upon Jerusalem for the largest-ever gathering focused on commemorating the Holocaust and combating rising modern-day anti-Semitism — a politically charged event that has been clouded by rival national interpretations of the genocide. By Aron Heller. SENT: 1,200 words, photos. With AUSCHWITZ-MUSLIMS — A delegation of Muslim religious leaders has visited Auschwitz along with members of an American Jewish group. Organizers say they were “the most senior Islamic leadership delegation" ever to visit the site of a Nazi German death camp. SENT: 410 words.
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OBIT-JIM LEHRER — Jim Lehrer, co-host and later host of the nightly PBS "NewsHour" that for decades offered a thoughtful take on current events, has died, PBS said Thursday. He was 85. Lehner died “peacefully in his sleep,” according to PBS. He had suffered a heart attack in 1983 and more recently, had undergone heart valve surgery in April 2008. SENT: 945 words, photos.
OBIT-JOHN KARLEN — Emmy-winning character actor John Karlen, known for his roles on the television series “Dark Shadows” and "Cagney & Lacey," has died. SENT: 250 words, photo.
DAVOS FORUM-THUNBERG — U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is in no position to give economic advice until she goes to college and comes out with an economics degree. SENT: 590 words, photos.
DOOMSDAY CLOCK — The keepers of the Doomsday Clock have moved the symbolic countdown to global disaster to the closest point to midnight in its 73-year history. SENT: 400 words.
MUMMY'S VOICE — Researchers say they've mimicked the voice of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy by recreating much of its vocal tract using medical scanners, 3D printing and an electronic larynx. SENT: 325 words, video.
ODD-DOG BITES COW — A sheriff's deputy investigating a burglary in South Carolina had to use a stun gun on his K9 after the dog bit a cow, which then charged at the homeowner and the officer, the sheriff's office said. SENT: 180 words.
BRAZIL-PIANIST-BIONIC GLOVES — 'Magic' gloves let acclaimed Brazilian pianist play again. SENT: 675 words, photos.
TEXTING SUICIDE — A woman convicted of manslaughter for urging her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in text messages that included, "Just do it, babe," was released from jail. SENT: 575 words, photos.
SWITZERLAND-SMALLEST-GOLD-COIN — Switzerland mints world's smallest gold coin. SENT: 100 words, photo.
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WATER ROLLBACKS — The Trump administration lifts protections for America’s streams, creeks and other waterways, a move sought by farmers and developers but one clean water advocates say will threaten public health. SENT: 600 words. UPCOMING: 790 words by 5 p.m., photos.
BIRTH TOURISM — The U.S. issues new visa rules aimed at restricting “birth tourism," in which women travel to the United States to give birth so their children can have U.S. citizenship. Applicants will be denied tourist visas unless they can prove they have a specific medical need and have the money to pay for it — including transportation and living expenses. SENT: 750 words. UPCOMING: Developing, 790 words by 5 p.m., photos.
ELECTION 2020-KLOBUCHAR — The Senate impeachment trial comes at an inopportune time for all four senators in the Democratic primary, but it's a particularly bad moment for Amy Klobuchar. The three-term senator built her campaign on a strategy of a slow-and-steady build in Iowa, hoping to capitalize on a late surge ahead of the Feb. 3 caucus. Now her absence from the state could blunt the gains from a whirlwind of new endorsements. UPCOMING: 1060 words by 5 p.m., photos.
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OMAR-REELECTION — Rep. Ilhan Omar’s career in Congress was off to a rocky start just a year ago, with her provocative remarks on Israel stirring anger and some wondering over whether another Democrat would step forward to challenge her in 2020. That was then. Now, Omar’s about to kick off a reelection campaign with a massive bank account, no major challengers in sight from either party and a campaign slogan — “Send her back to Congress!” — that gleefully evokes President Trump’s attacks on her. SENT: 660 words, photo.
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AUSTRALIA-WILDFIRES — Three American crew members were killed when a C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker crashed while battling wildfires in southeastern Australia, officials said. SENT: 560 words, photos, video.
ISRAEL-US — Vice President Mike Pence says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main political rival Benny Gantz have been invited to Washington next week to discuss the "prospect of peace" with the Palestinians. SENT: 190 words, developing.
BREXIT — Britain’s delayed and disputed Brexit bill has become law. That removes the last U.K. obstacle to the country leaving the European Union in just over a week. SENT: 790 words, photos.
AP EXPLAINS-AFRICA-US MILITARY CUTS? — Even as destroyed U.S. military aircraft smoldered from an al-Shabab attack that killed three Americans this month in Kenya, the al-Qaida-linked group issued a taunting message to African troops: The U.S. will abandon you just as it did the Kurds. Islamic extremists are already exploiting possible U.S. military cuts in Africa that have caused a bipartisan outcry in Washington, as lawmakers stress the need to counter China and Russia and contain a growing threat from IS affiliates. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
AP EXPLAINS-AFRICA-LOCUST INVASION — Locusts by the millions are chomping their way across a large part of Africa in the worst outbreak some places have seen in 70 years. SENT: 820 words, photos.
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IMMIGRATION-FAMILY SEPARATION — Nine parents who were deported as the Trump administration separated thousands of migrant families landed back in the U.S. to reunite with children they had not seen in a year and a half. A federal judge found that the U.S. government had unlawfully prevented them from seeking asylum. SENT: 1,370 words, photos.
ABORTION-VIRGINIA — With a newly empowered Democratic majority at the Virginia General Assembly, abortion-rights advocates say the state has a chance to roll back decades of restrictions and become a “safe haven” for women in neighboring conservative states. SENT: 725 words, photos.
DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT-CHECKS REJECTED — A black Air Force veteran who tried to deposit settlement checks from a discrimination lawsuit is accusing his bank of racial discrimination after it rejected the checks and called police. After settling a lawsuit with his former employer, Sauntore Thomas now is suing TCF Bank, alleging racial discrimination. SENT: 360 words. UPCOMING: photos and video by 6:30 p.m.
PHILADELPHIA-ARCHBISHOP— The bishop of Cleveland will become the new leader of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, the Vatican announced, making him the first Hispanic archbishop to lead the region’s 1.3 million-member flock. SENT: 680 words, photos.
OBIT-GEORGE HERBERT WALKER III — George Herbert Walker III, cousin of two presidents, a former U.S. ambassador to Hungary and a prominent St. Louis businessman and philanthropist, has died at age 88. SENT: 250 words, photo.
MISSING MOTHER — The estranged husband of a missing Connecticut mother of five who is presumed dead has pleaded not guilty to murder and kidnapping charges. SENT: 430 words, photos.
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DAVOS FORUM — The United States, the European Union and what will soon be post-Brexit Britain, have all raised the prospect of negotiating and concluding trade deals between themselves by the end of this year. That would be some achievement given that most trade discussions take years. SENT: 900 words, photos.
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SPACE-COOKIES — The results are finally in for the first chocolate chip cookie bake-off in space. While looking more or less normal, the best cookies required two hours of baking time last month up at the International Space Station. It takes far less time on Earth, under 20 minutes. SENT: 600 words, photos.
CALIFORNIA-MONARCH BUTTERFLIES — The western monarch butterfly population wintering along California's coast remains critically low for the second year in a row, a count by an environmental group released showed. SENT: 450 words, photos.
ITALY-HERCULANEUM DISCOVERY— The eruption of Mount Vesuvius turned an incinerated victim's brain material into glass, the first time scientists have verified the phenomenon from a volcanic blast, officials at the Herculaneum archaeology site said. SENT: 335 words, photo.
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GRAMMY PRODUCER-SWAN SONG — After producing the Grammy ceremony telecast for 40 years, Ken Ehrlich is saying goodbye with this Sunday's broadcast. For his last act, he's gathering an all-star group to sing a song with special meaning to him: “I Sing The Body Electric” from the 1980 movie “Fame.” SENT: 1,020 words, photos.
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TEN--AUSTRALIAN OPEN — Nick Kyrgios reaches the third round at the Australian Open in a match of wild swings. He plays to the crowd, barks at his entourage and even pokes fun at the time-consuming habits of Rafael Nadal, whom he might soon be facing. By Tennis Writer Howard Fendrich. SENT: 900 words, photos. Play resumes 7 p.m.; Naomi Osaka-Coco Gauff match starts about 3 a.m. Friday.
GLF--FARMERS INSURANCE OPEN — Tiger Woods begins his year at Torrey Pines, needing one more victory to set the PGA Tour record for career titles. Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson and defending champion Justin Rose are also part of a field loaded with big names. By Golf Writer Doug Ferguson. UPCOMING: 700 words, phots by 8 p.m.
BKN--PELICANS-WILLIAMSON’S SURGE — Zion Williamson’s sublime 17-point surge in a span of barely more than three minutes in his NBA debut could become part of New Orleans sports lore. A narrow loss to the Spurs is overtaken by the prospect of a young superstar in the making. By Brett Martel. SENT: 700 words, photos.
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