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Monday, January 20, 2020

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This 2009 photo provided by Sebastian Pfautsch shows a eucalyptus forest that burned during a 2009 wildfire in Victoria, Australia. As of early 2020, fires have consumed some 40,000 square miles of Australia this fire season and scientists say the effects on the nation's forests could be long-lasting. (Sebastian Pfautsch via AP)

Fires set stage for irreversible forest losses in Australia

Australia's forests are burning at a rate unmatched in modern times and causing ecological changes that scientists say are likely irreversible
Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at an oyster roast campaign event on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, in Orangeburg, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

King Day in SC drawing Democratic presidential hopefuls

The Democratic Party's leading presidential hopefuls are splitting their time between the critical early-voting states South Carolina and Iowa at events celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Harvey Weinstein leaves a Manhattan courthouse after a second day of jury selection for his trial on rape and sexual assault charges, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

#MeToo prosecutors deploy experts early to thwart defense

Harvey Weinstein's defense team is expected to go on the offensive against his accusers when his sexual assault trial opens in the coming days
Kansas City, Mo., police crime scene investigators gather evidence at the scene of a shooting at a nightclub in the early hours of Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, in Kansas City, Mo. Police say an armed security guard may have shot and killed a man suspected of fatally shooting a woman and injuring 15 more people outside a bar in Kansas City(Luke Nozicka/The Kansas City Star via AP)

Police: 2 dead, 15 hurt in shooting outside Kansas City bar

Police say an armed security guard shot and killed a man suspected of fatally shooting a woman and injuring 15 more people outside a bar in Kansas City, Missouri
This Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, photo shows a bust of actor James Dean at the Griffith Observatory in the Griffith Park area of Los Angeles. Travis Cloyd, who is leading the revival of Dean for his appearance in "Finding Jack," says his company will eventually offer the late actor's digital likeness for a range of roles in movies, TV and video games. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
James Dean revival spurs debate on raising the digital dead
The men bringing James Dean back to life for a forthcoming film want to give his digital likeness a whole new career
League's leader Matteo Salvini poses next to a tank that was used in an old fiction movie during an electoral rally, in Brescello, central Italy, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. (Stefano Cavicchi/LaPresse via AP)
Italy's Salvini dares lawmakers to vote to put him on trial
Italy's right-wing opposition leader Matteo Salvini is daring fellow senators to vote to put him on trial for alleged kidnapping for keeping migrants aboard a rescue ship when he was interior minister last year
Death of Chicago man shot in 2010 classified as homicide
The shooting of a Chicago man a decade ago on the city's West Side has been classified as a homicide after his recent death
Former German military translator on trial as Iran spy
A German-Afghan man who worked for years as an interpreter and adviser for the German military has gone on trial on charges of spying for Iranian intelligence
Report: Chicago Teachers Union spent $1.5M on lobbying
A published report says the Chicago Teachers Union spent almost $1.5 million on political activity including lobbying between March 2018 and July 2019
Bangladesh court sentences 5 ex-cops to death for killing
A Bangladesh court has sentenced five former policemen to death for opening fire on a motorcade of then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina 31 years ago, killing 24 of her supporters during an anti-government rally
California police: Driver rammed into car, killing 3 teens
An arrest has been made after authorities say a driver intentionally rammed another car in Southern California, killing three teenage boys and injuring three others
This undated photo provided by the Honolulu Police Department shows Officers Tiffany Enriquez, left, and Kaulike Kalama. Enriquez and Kalama were killed Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, while responding to a call. (Courtesy of Honolulu Police Department via AP)
Hawaii man suspected of killing 2 cops described as unhinged
A Hawaii handyman with a history of run-ins with police and neighbors faced eviction when authorities say he stabbed his landlord and killed two police officers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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