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Thursday, February 21, 2019

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FILE - In this March 13, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump talks with reporters as he reviews border wall prototypes in San Diego. Disputes over Trump's border wall and California's bullet train have become mixed together as the feud between the White House and the nation's most populous state intensifies. The Trump administration said on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, it plans to cancel or claw back $3.5 billion in federal dollars allocated to California's high-speed rail project. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Border wall, bullet train: California vs. Trump escalates

The latest spat between the Trump administration and the state of California has put the state's bullet train project in the administration's crosshairs
The family of the Kentucky teen who was involved in an encounter with a Native American advocate at the Lincoln Memorial last month filed a defamation lawsuit against The Washington Post on Tuesday, seeking $250 million in damages for its coverage of the incident.

Family of Kentucky teen sues Washington Post over coverage of confrontation

The family of the Kentucky teen who was involved in an encounter with a Native American advocate at the Lincoln Memorial last month filed a defamation lawsuit against The Washington Post on Tuesday, seeking $250 million in damages for its coverage of the incident.
A group of U.S. Marines walk along a snow-covered trail during their advanced cold-weather training at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, in Bridgeport, Calif. After 17 years of war against Taliban and al-Qaida-linked insurgents, the military is shifting its focus to better prepare for great-power competition with Russia and China, and against unpredictable foes such as North Korea and Iran. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

US steps up winter-warfare training as global threat shifts

After 17 years of war against Taliban and al-Qaida-linked insurgents, Marines are going through advanced cold-weather training to prepare for future wars against foes such as Russian and North Korea
A sneaky piece of advertising software may be responsible for driving up millions of Android users’ mobile data usage and wasting their device’s battery life, according to researchers at the technology company Oracle.

Is your phone always low on battery and chewing through data? 'DrainerBot' could be to blame, Oracle says.

The software affects hundreds of Android apps that have been downloaded collectively more than 10 million times, the researchers said.
In this Feb. 9, 2019, photo released by Xinhua News Agency, tourists pose for souvenir photos in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. China is barring foreign travelers from Tibet over a period of several weeks that includes a pair of sensitive political anniversaries. Travel agencies contacted Wednesday, Feb. 20 said foreign tourists would not be allowed into the Himalayan region until April 1. (Jigme Dorje/Xinhua via AP)
China closes Tibet to foreigners for sensitive anniversaries
China is keeping foreign travelers out of Tibet during sensitive political anniversaries
Man convicted of killing wife inside marijuana grow room
A man who authorities say fatally shot his wife inside a marijuana grow room in their southwestern Michigan home has been convicted of murder
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street for the House of Commons for her weekly Prime Minister's Questions in London, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. May is due to go the Brussels to meet EU leaders for further negotiation on Brexit. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
3 UK Conservative lawmakers defect to new independent group
Three pro-European lawmakers have quit Britain's governing Conservatives to join a newly formed centrist group of independent legislators opposed to the government's conduct of Brexit
BishopAccountability.org group director Phil Saviano, left, and co-director Anne Barrett Doyle, attend a press conference at the foreign press association in Rome, Tuesday Feb. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope strives to fight cleric sex abuse with Vatican summit
Pope Francis is summoning church leaders from around the globe for a tutorial on clergy sex abuse, to educate church leaders who too often still try to protect the church's reputation by denying that priests rape children and by discrediting victims
Le Phuc Hai, 66, left, and To Gia Huy, 9, sit after having Trump and Kim haircuts in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Tuesday, Feb.19, 2019. U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have become the latest style icons in Hanoi, a week before their second summit is to be held in the capital city of Vietnam.(AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
Kim or Trump? Hanoi barber offers leaders' hairdos for free
Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un have become the latest style icons in Hanoi, a week before their second summit in Vietnam's capital
President Donald Trump listens during his meeting with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Where the investigations related to President Trump stand
Where the investigations related to President Trump stand
This image provided by the U.S. District Court in Maryland shows a photo of firearms and ammunition that was in the motion for detention pending trial in the case against Christopher Paul Hasson. Prosecutors say that Hasson, a Coast Guard lieutenant is a "domestic terrorist" who wrote about biological attacks and had a hit list that included prominent Democrats and media figures. He is due in court on Feb. 21 in Maryland. Prosecutors say Hasson espoused extremist views for years. Court papers say Hasson described an "interesting idea" in a 2017 draft email that included "biological attacks followed by attack on food supply." (U.S. District Court via AP)
Feds: Coast Guard lieutenant compiled hit list of lawmakers
Prosecutors say a Coast Guard lieutenant is a "domestic terrorist" who wrote about biological attacks and had what appeared to be a hit list that included prominent Democrats and media figures
locals and firefighters douse flames of a smoldering fire in a building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. The devastating fire raced through buildings in an old part of Bangladesh's capital and killed scores of people. (AP Photo)
Fire in centuries-old part of Bangladesh's capital kills 70
A devastating fire has raced through densely packed buildings in a centuries-old shopping district in Bangladesh's capital, killing at least 70 people
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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