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Former acting and deputy director of the CIA calls president’s remarks likening Russian regime to the U.S. “very bizarre”

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota lawmaker whose committee was debating whether to allow concealed guns in the Capitol said he hit a panic button just to see how quickly authorities would respond.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota lawmaker whose committee was debating whether to allow concealed guns in the Capitol said he hit a panic button just to see how quickly authorities would respond. Rhoden announced what he'd done after several minutes, but his comments were the only indication that he had hit a panic button meant to alert authorities. The bill would allow people who have an enhanced pistol permit to bring guns into the Capitol, which has no metal detectors or other security checks at its entrances.

European banking officials Monday warned against easing U.S. banking regulations, saying it could lead to a new financial crisis, and denied the eurozone is engaged in currency manipulation as suggested by President Donald Trump’s trade adviser.

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of an ex-convict in the arson fire at a Florida mosque (all times local):

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of an ex-convict in the arson fire at a Florida mosque (all times local):

A flaming meteor was captured on camera across Wisconsin and northern Illinois skies early Monday morning. Photo: University of Wisconsin-Madison Police

Lyle Denniston, Constitution Daily's Supreme Court correspondent, explains why a technical dispute over language could delay a federal appeals court ruling on President Donald Trump's immigration executive order until February 17 at the earliest.

Former teacher gets suspended sentence in drug investigation KEENE, N.H. (AP) — A former New Hampshire high school teacher has received a suspended sentence after she pleaded guilty in a drug-related investigation.

Apple reclaimed the top spot of the smartphone market last quarter for the first time since 2011, in large part due to the release of new iPhones and Samsung's exploding Galaxy Note 7s.

Carter Hutton was still taking college classes when he got to learn on the job what it was like to be an NHL goaltender.

Carter Hutton was still taking college classes when he got to learn on the job what it was like to be an NHL goaltender.

Carter Hutton was still taking college classes when he got to learn on the job what it was like to be an NHL goaltender.

Carter Hutton was still taking college classes when he got to learn on the job what it was like to be an NHL goaltender.

In 2013, nine young undocumented activists walked from Mexico up to border officials in the United States and demanded to be let in and granted asylum. They were wearing their graduation caps and gowns—a uniform that had become the unofficial symbol of the DREAMer movement. They walked arm in arm, flanked by reporters and cameras. If their plan failed, they risked never being able to return to the United States, the country where they grew up, ever again.

For new UKIP leader Paul Nuttall the “capital of Brexit” may be Stoke-on-Trent, but that did not stop one man from targeting him and Nigel Farage with an egg while they were canvassing in the city.
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Steve Hewlett marries in hospital after being told his treatment for oesophageal cancer must end.

New Jersey officials say television manufacturer Vizio and a subsidiary will pay $2.5 million to settle allegations that they surreptitiously tracked consumers' viewing habits and sold the information to marketing companies and data brokers.

INDIANAPOLIS — A trade association will soon adorn gas pumps across Indiana with ads opposing a Republican plan to use higher fuel taxes to pay for infrastructure repairs, a tricky sell in a conservative state much more accustomed to cutting taxes than raising them. The ads at gas pumps, filling stations and convenience stores will

NNSA’s use of cloud-based computing enhanced its abilities to collaborate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Secret Service, and local law enforcement partners on preventative radiological and nuclear detection efforts during the 58th Presidential Inauguration Jan. 20. NNSA supported this event using Radiological Assistance Program (RAP) and Nuclear Radiological Advisory Team (NRAT) equipment and personnel drawn from across the Department of Energy.  The teams worked closely... Читать дальше...

Seven immigrant entrepreneurs talk about what Trump's ban (currently blocked by court order) has meant for their businesses and how they're responding.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The recent winner of a special election to represent the Davenport area has been sworn into the state House.

The Sports Xchange
Major League Baseball has made formal proposals to the players' union to make changes to intentional walks and the strike zone, ESPN.com reported Monday.

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President Trump promised real change in US foreign policy, and in at least one clear regard he has already delivered: Where President Obama spent six years waging covert drone warfare in Yemen and nearly two years quietly supporting brutal Saudi intervention in the Gulf state’s civil war, Trump drew national outrage to this heretofore ignored conflict in nine days flat.

He did so by ordering a commando raid to take out a leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Читать дальше...

Alex Butler
Feb. 6 (UPI) -- It's always hard to miss Shaquille O'Neal at a public event. Simone Biles is a different story.