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Trump, in Interview, Calls Wall Talks ‘Waste of Time’ and Dismisses Investigations

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By PETER BAKER and MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2S4OkzR

Mitch McConnell Calls Push to Make Election Day a Holiday a Democratic ‘Power Grab’

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By MATTHEW HAAG from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2sVyFE4

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

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

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

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

Juan Guaidó: Venezuelans, Strength Is in Unity

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By JUAN GUAIDÓ from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2D4X3rJ

The Hit Podcasters Breaking Down Harry Potter, Chapter by Chapter

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By RENAN BORELLI from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/2Sjz0P2

Raising Children Without the Concept of Sin

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By JULIA SCHEERES from NYT Well https://nyti.ms/2G0GcZR

University of Iowa Student Is Among More Than 20 Dead in Midwestern Deep Freeze

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By JULIE BOSMAN and MITCH SMITH from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2UseVDK

The 25 Most Influential Movie Scenes of the Past 25 Years

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The 25 Most Influential Movie Scenes of the Past 25 Years While many of the last quarter-century's films have awed, inspired and offered up iconic entries into the cultural canon, only some — and particularly, only a few individual moments — have genuinely influenced how future films were made. January 31, 2019 at 05:54PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2HGkKMc

Senate Rebukes Trump Over Troop Withdrawals From Syria and Afghanistan

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By CATIE EDMONDSON from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2HHeKmD

Polar Vortex Updates: Bitter Cold Weather Spreads East

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By MITCH SMITH, JULIE BOSMAN and MONICA DAVEY from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2sXzI6p

Here's An Illustration Of How Insanely Cold It Is In Chicago

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Here's An Illustration Of How Insanely Cold It Is In Chicago ​How long does it take water to freeze solid on a pane of glass in -40°F windchill? January 31, 2019 at 02:28PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2MIZwwb

Scientists Turn Birds Into Activity Trackers For The Sea

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Scientists Turn Birds Into Activity Trackers For The Sea This cheaper, easier way to map surface currents could be a boon to the renewable energy industry. January 29, 2019 at 02:09AM via Digg http://bit.ly/2DDkQ3c

One Lawyer, One Day, 194 Felony Cases

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By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and JUGAL K. PATEL from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2BeZrvJ

Ending The Age Of Animal Cruelty

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Ending The Age Of Animal Cruelty Billions of animals die each year for our plates. What if they didn't have to? January 29, 2019 at 08:00PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2sQIdjG

This Is Your Brain Off Facebook

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By BENEDICT CAREY from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2TmA4zh

‘I’m Going to Die Here,’ She Told the Guards. They Didn’t Listen.

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By SARAH MASLIN NIR from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2RWiAg9

Cold Weather Tips From Chicagoans Who Really Know What They’re Talking About

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By JULIE BOSMAN and MONICA DAVEY from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2RX77gG

Apple Was Slow to Act on FaceTime Bug That Allows Spying on iPhones

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By NICOLE PERLROTH from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2FY6oVP

The Super Bowl That Trump’s America Deserves

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By FRANK BRUNI from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2RpZjij

You Know the Lorena Bobbitt Story. But Not All of It.

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By AMY CHOZICK from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2BcEzFw

The Closeness Of Different Kinds Of Relationships Over Time, Visualized

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The Closeness Of Different Kinds Of Relationships Over Time, Visualized If there's one thing everyone can agree on about relationships, it's that they're complicated. Here's a perfect visual depiction of their complexity. January 30, 2019 at 05:21PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2G8NJpA

Polar Vortex Live Updates: Extreme Cold Weather Hits Midwest

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By MONICA DAVEY and JULIE BOSMAN from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2DHJFuP

Trump Calls Intelligence Officials ‘Naive’ After They Contradict Him

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By EILEEN SULLIVAN from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2GdqeM3

Can China Turn the Middle of Nowhere Into the Center of the World Economy?

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By Unknown Author from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/2B78gYo

How Much Prices Have Changed For Different Goods And Services Over The Last 20 Years, Graphed

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How Much Prices Have Changed For Different Goods And Services Over The Last 20 Years, Graphed This visualization really says a lot about why it's harder to get by today than it was in 1999. January 29, 2019 at 10:19PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2UtH8Kx

U.S. Midwest Freezes, Australia Burns: This Is the Age of Weather Extremes

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By SOMINI SENGUPTA from NYT Climate https://nyti.ms/2DGTPfb

Jussie Smollett, Star of ‘Empire,’ Attacked in What Police Call a Possible Hate Crime

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By SOPAN DEB from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2MCyPcq

A Closer Look at the Polar Vortex’s Dangerously Cold Winds

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By YULIYA PARSHINA-KOTTAS, KARTHIK PATANJALI, JEREMY WHITE, BENJAMIN WILHELM and EVAN GROTHJAN from NYT Science https://nyti.ms/2B9tBka

Chris Christie Says Jared Kushner’s Father Committed a ‘Loathsome’ Crime

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By DANIEL VICTOR from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2DJlZ9I

The Futuristic Art Of NASA

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The Futuristic Art Of NASA In 1975, scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, dreamt up ideas for habitats that could house human civilization in space. Rick Guidice was a freelance illustrator with a background in architecture when NASA tasked him with creating the artistic renderings. January 29, 2019 at 11:26PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2FXx35k

The All-American Nightmares of Jordan Peele

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The All-American Nightmares of Jordan Peele How do you top a movie that shook Hollywood? The auteur behind "Get Out" has a simple plan: Scare the hell out of you. January 29, 2019 at 06:54PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2HFOitq

A Security Company Cashed In On America's Wars — And Then Disappeared

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A Security Company Cashed In On America's Wars — And Then Disappeared Sabre International Security employed guards for the Canadian embassy in Kabul. When a bombing left many of them dead or wounded, the company vanished. January 29, 2019 at 11:26PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2MJ0rwQ

The Polar Vortex: Hard Facts About Cold Weather

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By KATE TAYLOR from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2TkGezR

In Critical Brexit Vote, Theresa May Survives

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By STEPHEN CASTLE from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2DI5pH4

On North Korea and Iran, Intelligence Chiefs Contradict Trump

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By DAVID E. SANGER and JULIAN E. BARNES from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2MEe54e

Joshua Trees Destroyed in National Park During Shutdown May Take Centuries to Regrow

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

‘I’m Cold and I’m Afraid’: Across Midwest, Homeless Await Deep Freeze

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By JULIE BOSMAN and MONICA DAVEY from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2G9rwrw

How to Disable FaceTime to Avoid Eavesdropping Bug

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By MATTHEW HAAG from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2G9QW8k

It’ll Be a While Before Anyone Underestimates Nancy Pelosi Again

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By GAIL COLLINS and BRET STEPHENS from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2FUJzCv

A Mother’s Fatal Fall on Subway Stairs Rouses New Yorkers to Demand Accessibility

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By MICHAEL GOLD and EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS from NYT New York https://nyti.ms/2sUkkry

PG&E’s Bankruptcy Filing Creates ‘a Real Mess’ for Rival Interests

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By IVAN PENN from NYT Business https://nyti.ms/2G6TRi9

In a Stumble for Apple, a FaceTime Bug Lets iPhone Users Eavesdrop

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By BRIAN X. CHEN from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2MFzbPr

Kindness Is a Skill

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By DAVID BROOKS from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2FYOBy7

Howard Schultz, Please Don’t Run for President

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By MICHELLE GOLDBERG from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2MDizIj

Gracie Gold’s Battle for Olympic Glory Ended in a Fight to Save Herself

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By KAREN CROUSE from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/2CUPpjB

My Crazy Kurdistan Road Trip

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My Crazy Kurdistan Road Trip The Kurdish region of Iraq is home to spectacular peaks, wild rivers and fiercely hospitable people, and it could be the Middle East's next big adventure tourism destination. But there's one small catch: it's still dangerous as hell. January 30, 2019 at 01:24AM via Digg http://bit.ly/2Uv9Iv7

Historian Confronts Historian Confronts The Super Wealthy At Davos: 'No One Raises The Real Issue Of Tax Avoidance' Wealthy At Davos:

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Historian Confronts Historian Confronts The Super Wealthy At Davos: 'No One Raises The Real Issue Of Tax Avoidance' Wealthy At Davos: "It feels like I'm at a firefighters conference and no one's allowed to speak about water." January 29, 2019 at 04:19PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2FXbVw2

Germs in Your Gut Are Talking to Your Brain. Scientists Want to Know What They’re Saying.

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By CARL ZIMMER from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2UpJcTU

Prominent Democrats Form Pro-Israel Group to Counter Skepticism on the Left

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By JONATHAN MARTIN from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2G58zGw