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Cuomo to attend event at concentration camp in Poland

Leaders from around the world are to gather for the commemoration of the freeing of prisoners at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

2:11 'You are going to make it:' LIers who survived Auschwitz
They represent an aging number of Holocaust survivors on Long Island and across the world whose dwindling ranks take with them firsthand, eyewitness accounts of Nazi atrocities.
9:41 PM
Janison: The less-than-airtight POTUS defense
Even on a favorable playing field, Trump's impeachment defense team has managed to forfeit credibility on several points.
9:39 PM
Xi calls situation grave as China scrambles to contain virus
Millions of people traveling during the holiday have fueled the spread of the outbreak nationwide and overseas after it began in the city of Wuhan in central China.
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Is abuse of power an impeachable offense?
The debate over that question is part of the Trump impeachment trial.
1:31 + FOR OUR SUBSCRIBERS LIers want to hear from impeachment witnesses
Nassau and Suffolk residents say they want the Senate to subpoena witnesses and new documents in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
2:33 Trump's lawyers say Dems want to overturn election
President Donald Trump's lawyers plunged into their impeachment trial defense by accusing Democrats of striving to overturn the 2016 election.
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Get complete coverage of the House's impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.
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1:46 House Dems say oust Trump or he'll betray again
Trump, eyes on the audience beyond the Senate chamber, bemoaned the schedule in a tweet, saying "looks like my lawyers will be forced to start on Saturday, which is called Death Valley in T.V."
1:38 Chicago woman is 2nd U.S. patient with new virus from China
The woman in her 60s returned from China on Jan. 13 without showing any signs of illness, but three or four days later she called her doctor to report feeling sick.
Outbreak casts pall over China new year as deaths surpass 40
All 41 deaths have been in China, including 39 in Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak, one in Hebei and one in Heilongjiang.
House is given tape of Trump calling for ambassador's ouster
ABC News reported that a speaker who appears to be Trump says on the recording, "Get rid of her! Get her out tomorrow. I don't care. Get her out tomorrow. Take her out. OK? Do it."