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Politics
1600: Trump thumbprints on scales of justice, NYT says
The Times reports that Trump sought to have a supporter put in charge of the Manhattan U.S. attorney's investigation of Michael Cohen last year. The president denies the allegation.
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Nation
Trump says he has 'absolute right' to declare emergency
President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that he would prevail over a multistate lawsuit challenging his emergency declaration to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall.
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Celebrities
Cops dismiss tip Smollett, 2 brothers seen in elevator
A Chicago police spokesman said video evidence allowed investigators to determine a police report stating the "Empire" star and two brothers questioned in the investigation into his alleged attack, had been seen in his building on the night in question.
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Nation
13 quotes that stood out in Trump's State of the Union
Here are 13 quotes that stood out from President Donald Trump's second State of the Union address.
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Business
Burberry apologizes for hoodie with noose knot
The chief executive and chief creative officer of luxury fashion powerhouse Burberry have apologized for putting a hoodie with strings tied in the shape of a noose on their London Fashion Week runway.
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Suffolk
Pols support universal background checks
Rep. Tom Suozzi and Linda Beigel Schulman, whose son died in the 2018 Parkland school shooting, pushed for federal legislation requiring a background check for anyone purchasing a gun.
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Sports
Notable sports deaths in 2019
A look at those athletes, coaches and sports personalities we lost in 2019. Tyler Trent ...
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Nation
Fact check: Trump's State of the Union claims
President Trump laced his speech with puffed-up numbers and partial truths Tuesday as he hailed an "economic miracle," warned of human traffickers flooding across the border and appeared to place Afghanistan in the Middle East instead of where it is, Asia.
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Sports
Notable sports deaths in 2019
A look at those athletes, coaches and sports personalities we lost in 2019. ...
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Nation
Trump denies asking for ally to oversee Cohen probe
President Donald Trump took to Twitter to denounce the 16 states who are suing to block his attempt to fund a southern border wall via a national emergency declaration.
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World
7 Syrian refugee children die in Canadian house fire
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Seven children, all members of a Syrian refugee family, died early ...
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World
Pope's sex abuse prevention summit explained
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is hosting a four-day summit on preventing clergy sexual abuse, ...