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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

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Flowers and candles are placed Monday at a memorial for Kobe Bryant near the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, died in a helicopter crash Sunday.

Kobe Bryant's helicopter flew in fog that grounded other aircraft

Coroner's officials worked to recover victims' remains Monday from the hillside outside Los Angeles where a helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others crashed in weather so foggy that local police departments had grounded their own choppers.
Sen. Mitt Romney, a Utah Republican, arrives Friday at the Senate for a Republican lunch before work resumes in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

Key GOP senators say Bolton account bolsters case for witnesses

Two GOP senators said the explosive revelations in a draft of a book by former National Security Adviser John Bolton have bolstered the case for the Senate to hear new testimony in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.
Trader Gregory Rowe works Monday on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stocks tumbled at the open on Wall Street following a sell-off in markets in Europe and Japan as investors grow more concerned about the potential economic impact of an outbreak of a deadly coronavirus.

Stocks tumble around the world on virus jitters

Stocks slumped and bonds rallied as concern over the impact of a deadly virus that originated in China rattled global markets.
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday in the Oval Office of the White House.

'I think we might have a chance': Trump says he'll release Middle East peace plan Tuesday

President Donald Trump said there's a chance the Middle East peace plan he plans to release on Tuesday -- after three years in development -- wins the support of Palestinians and Arab nations but that he can live with its rejection.
In this image from video, personal attorney to President Donald Trump, Jay Sekulow, speaks during the impeachment trial against Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)
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Diginitaries arrive to put candles at a memorial site at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp gathered for commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the Soviet army's liberation of the camp, using the testimony of survivors to warn about the signs of rising anti-Semitism and hatred in the world today. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Auschwitz survivors warn of rising anti-Semitism 75 years on
Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp prayed and wept as they marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the camp by the Soviet army
Downing of jet in Iran reveals Islamic Republic's wider woes
The downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in Iran, killing 176 people, has revealed wider woes facing the Islamic Republic
Greece: 14 injured in suspected migrant smuggling car crash
Greek police say a car carrying Syrians crashed early Monday in northern Greece, injuring all 14 people in the vehicle
A worker in a hazardous materials suit takes the temperature of a truck driver at a checkpoint in Huaibei in central China's Anhui Province, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. China on Monday expanded sweeping efforts to contain a viral disease by extending the Lunar New Year holiday to keep the public at home and avoid spreading infection as the death toll rose to 80. (Chinatopix via AP)
Malaysia bans travelers from virus-affected area in China
Malaysia's government has announced it will ban travelers from the central Chinese city of Wuhan and other parts of surrounding Hubei province beginning immediately
Authorities battle Atlantic storm to intercept cocaine yacht
An international drug operation involving authorities from six countries captured a yacht carrying almost 2 metric tons of cocaine in the middle of an Atlantic storm
Rep. Doug Collins, R-Georgia, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, speaks to reporters outside the Senate as defense arguments by the Republicans resume in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Collins expected to try ousting new GA senator in GOP battle
A Republican official says conservative Georgia Rep. Doug Collins is expected to challenge newly appointed Sen. Kelly Loeffler for her Senate seat this year
FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2019, file photo, New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks at a press event at U.N. headquarters. Ardern said Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020 that New Zealand's general election will be held on Sept. 19. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
New Zealand's Ardern seeking reelection in Sept. 19 vote
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern may be lauded around the world as a liberal icon but whether she can translate that into a reelection victory in September remains uncertain
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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