Thursday, January 31, 2019

St. Louis Prosecutor Accuses Police of Obstructing Inquiry Into Killing of Officer


By LIAM STACK from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2TlYgl3

An Angry Trump Pushes Back Against His Own ‘Naive’ Intelligence Officials


By MARK LANDLER from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2Gcqb3g

Jury Awards Rand Paul Over $580,000 in Damages From Attack


By NOAH WEILAND from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2GgXDp8

Undocumented Immigrant Who Worked at a Trump Golf Club Will Attend State of the Union


By MATT STEVENS from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2S0FxyM

Quotation of the Day: A Merciless Cold Lingers in the Midwest


By Unknown Author from NYT Today’s Paper https://nyti.ms/2sUhliK

Mavericks Thump Knicks as Dirk Nowitzki Comes Alive at the Garden


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/2sWxuUX

Corrections: January 31, 2019


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Palindromic Number


By DEB AMLEN from NYT Crosswords & Games https://nyti.ms/2FYVr6q

Samsung Forecasts Earnings Weakness Throughout 2019


By REUTERS from NYT Business https://nyti.ms/2G9LOkO

China, Venezuela, Climate Change: Your Thursday Briefing


By PENN BULLOCK from NYT Briefing https://nyti.ms/2S1jVCw

Space Image

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Ambrose Rookwood

Ambrose Rookwood.
Ambrose Rookwood (c. 1578 – 31 January 1606) was a member of the failed 1605 Gunpowder Plot, a conspiracy to replace the Protestant English King James I with a Catholic monarch. Born into a wealthy family of Catholic recusants, and educated by Jesuits at Flanders, Rookwood became a horse-breeder. He was enlisted into the plot in September 1605 by Robert Catesby, a religious zealot whose impatience with James's treatment of English Catholics had grown so severe that he conspired to blow up the House of Lords with gunpowder, looking to kill the king and much of the Protestant hierarchy. Rookwood's stable of fine horses was seen as essential for the uprising to succeed. The plan failed when the man left in charge of the gunpowder stored beneath the House of Lords, Guy Fawkes, was discovered there and arrested. After surviving an attack by the Sheriff of Worcestershire, Rookwood was imprisoned in the Tower of London and executed.

Lawmakers seek to end US support in Saudi-Yemen war

U.S. lawmakers said on Wednesday they expect Congress will pass a resolution ending U.S. involvement in the Yemen war, which would force President Donald Trump to issue the first veto of his presidency in order to continue supporting the Saudi-led coalition. Nathan Frandino has more.


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Russian 'hackers' leak Mueller probe evidence: court filing

U.S. prosecutors say self-proclaimed hackers have stolen evidence related to the Russia probe and spread it around online. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office calls it an attempt to tarnish the investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election. Eve Johnson reports.


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World in Pictures

Some of the best images of the day taken by Reuters photographers across the globe and selected by our editors.


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Guaido-appointed diplomat calls for support in DC

Carlos Alfredo Vecchio, representative for Venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido laid out a three-step process for a transition of power in Venezuela. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).


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U.S. Midwest gripped by deep freeze

Residents across the U.S. pull out their heaviest winter coats as a torrent of polar air brings record-low temperatures. Officials and media report that at least eight people have died as result of extreme cold weather so far. Rough cut (no reporter narration).


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Meet the military man trying to unseat Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's toughest rival in Israel's April ballot, former military chief Benny Gantz, vowed on Tuesday (January 29) sincere peacemaking and clean government in swipes at the premier, but did not rule out forming a coalition with him.


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SPECIAL REPORT: Inside UAE's unit of ex-US spies

A Reuters exclusive examines how a secret hacking team, based in Abu Dhabi, included former NSA operatives who helped the UAE spy on activists and opponents.


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Polar vortex strikes U.S. Midwest

A large swath of the United States was gripped by brutal cold and wind chills on Wednesday as record-low temperatures caused by a blast of Arctic air moved across the Midwest and into Eastern states, prompting residents to stay indoors. Zachary Goelman reports.


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Florida School Restricts Access to Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Poem

By BY AMANDA HOLPUCH from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/fIlhCeE