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10 Things to Know for Tuesday

Posted January 22, 2018 6:00 am

By The Associated Press

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, left, hugs Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, Pool) The Associated Press

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday:

1. US BACK IN BUSINESS

The government shutdown ends as Senate Democrats agree to support a spending bill in return for a promise that the Senate will debate immigration policy soon.

2. WHAT'S ROILING PALESTINIANS

Vice President Pence tells the Knesset the U.S. is accelerating plans to move its embassy to Jerusalem and cement recognition of the city as Israel's capital.

3. HOW POPE IS MAKING AMENDS

The pontiff apologizes for insisting that victims of pedophile priests show "proof" to be believed, saying it was a "slap in the face" to victims that he never intended.

4. BILL COSBY RETURNS TO STAGE

The entertainer tells stories at a Philadelphia club in his first public performance since 2015 as a retrial in his sex assault case looms.

5. CLASHES TEST US, TURKEY RELATIONS

Intense fighting flares as Turkish troops and their allies attempt to drive U.S.-allied Kurdish militia fighters from an enclave in northwestern Syria.

6. THREE USA GYMNASTICS BOARD MEMBERS RESIGN

The Indianapolis-based group trains Olympians, including many who say they were sexually assaulted by a team doctor, Larry Nassar.

7. TRUMP RAISING BARRIERS ON IMPORTS

The president approves tariffs on imported solar-energy components and large washing machines in a bid to help U.S. manufacturers.

8. NO CASHIERS, NO REGISTERS, NO CASH

At Amazon's new concept grocery store in Seattle, shoppers take items, walk out and are billed via the company's technology.

9. MEGYN KELLY FUELS FEUD WITH ACTRESS

The NBC host says Jane Fonda has no business lecturing anyone on offensiveness, given her history of criticizing the U.S. during the Vietnam War.

10. WHO NEEDS TIME TO HEAL

A week off before the Super Bowl is just what the doctor ordered for two of the Patriots' most vital players - QB Tom Brady (injured throwing hand) and tight end Rob Gronkowski (concussion).

Bill Cosby performs comedy at the LaRose Jazz Club in Philadelphia on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. It was his first public performance since his last tour ended amid protests in May 2015. Cosby has denied allegations from about 60 women that he drugged and molested them over five decades. He faces an April retrial in the only case to lead to criminal charges. (AP Photo/Michael R. Sisak) The Associated Press

A customer scans his Amazon Go cellphone app at the entrance as he heads into an Amazon Go store, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, in Seattle. The store, which opened to the public on Monday, allows shoppers to scan their smartphone with the Amazon Go app at a turnstile, pick out the items they want and leave. The online retail giant can tell what people have purchased and automatically charges their Amazon account. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) The Associated Press

In this combination photo, Jane Fonda appears at the 2017 ACLU SoCal's Bill of Rights Dinner in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Dec. 3, 2017, left, and Megyn Kelly poses on the set of her new show, "Megyn Kelly Today" in New York on Sept, 21, 2017. Kelly says Jane Fonda "has no business lecturing anyone on what qualifies as offensive" after the actress criticized her for bringing up the subject of plastic surgery in an interview last September. Fonda glared at Kelly and objected to the topic and, in an interview with Variety published over the weekend, called the question inappropriate and said she was stunned it was brought up. Kelly noted Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, that Fonda had discussed the topic of her own surgery in the past (Photos by Richard Shotwell, left, Charles Sykes/Invision/AP) The Associated Press

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