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Jackie Robinson Showed Me How to Fight On, Not Fight Back

Whether They Wanted it or Not, Jackie Robinson Raised Americans’ Consciousness

Trevor Noah Doesn’t Think Weather Reporters Ought to Freeze in the Cold

US Midwest freezes, Australia burns: This is the age of weather extremes - TODAYonline

Testimony by intelligence chiefs on global threats highlights differences with president - Philly.com

Huawei: US requests extradition of CFO Meng Wanzhou from Canada - Business Insider

Thai Officials Close Schools As Toxic Air Pollution Chokes Bangkok - NPR

Brazil dam disaster: 'Dead or alive, we just want to know' - Al Jazeera English

Intelligence community rebukes Trump’s favorite talking points during Senate hearing - ThinkProgress

Trump needs intervention on intelligence, Schumer writes in letter to Coats - Fox News

A Robot Named 'Tappy': Huawei Conspired To Steal T-Mobile's Trade Secrets, Says DOJ - NPR

Polar Vortex-Triggered Cold Outbreak So Cold NWS Warns to 'Minimize Talking' - The Weather Channel

Israeli ex-general gains ground after inaugural campaign speech: polls - Reuters

Pope Francis: Married Couples Need the Constant Pastoral Care of the Church - National Catholic Register

Schumer asks intel chiefs to educate Trump after 'extraordinarily inappropriate' criticism - CNN

Could You Last 11 Days Without the Internet? Tonga Finds Out the Hard Way

Britain needs President Trump to pressure Europe on Brexit - Washington Examiner

Cold War-like tensions escalate as world powers take sides in Venezuela - Washington Examiner

Testimony by intelligence chiefs on global threats highlights differences with president - Philly.com

Huawei and China, Facing U.S. Charges, Have Few Ways to Retaliate - The New York Times

White House explains Trump-Putin encounter at G20 - Fox News

Two wrenches in Washington's oil sanctions against Venezuela: China and Russia - Washington Examiner

One job of US-China trade negotiators will be to prevent a war - Washington Examiner

Pakistan Court Upholds Aasia Bibi's Blasphemy Acquittal - TIME

Canada Cuts More Diplomats From Cuba After Another Illness - TIME

Rep. Andy Biggs: The simple, constitutional way for Trump to build a border wall right now - Washington Examiner

The Taliban plays Trump for a fool - Washington Examiner

Migrant rescue crew 'held hostage' - BBC News

The Best Movies and TV Shows New to Netflix Australia in February

‘Russian Doll’: Programmer, Debug Thyself

Frida Kahlo Was a Painter, a Brand Builder, a Survivor. And So Much More.

For the Kremlin, Venezuela Is Not the Next Syria - The New York Times

Parliament Becomes Britain’s New Brexit Casualty - The New York Times

Venezuela opposition 'has met military', says Juan Guaidó - BBC News

An Angry Trump Pushes Back Against His Own ‘Naive’ Intelligence Officials - The New York Times

Brennan rips into Trump for criticizing intel chiefs: it shows 'your intellectual bankruptcy' | TheHill - The Hill

Venezuela Has 20 Tons of Gold Ready to Ship. Address Unknown - Bloomberg

'Putin's Chef' Has His Fingers In Many Pies, Critics Say - NPR

Trade war: Businesses on progress in US-China talks, deal prospect - CNBC

Mystery illness sees Canada halve its Cuba embassy staff - BBC News

Pakistan's Supreme Court Upholds Christian Woman's Blasphemy Acquittal - NPR

OHCHR 'deeply concerned' over settler attack on Palestinians - Al Jazeera English

Polar vortex: what is it and how is it linked to climate change? - The Guardian

Poll: Americans trust congressional Democrats more than Trump on border security - USA TODAY

U.S.-approved trustee for Russia's Deripaska has worked with him for years - Reuters

The return of a Taliban government? Afghanistan talks raise once-unthinkable question. - The Washington Post

Thai Officials Close Schools As Toxic Air Pollution Chokes Bangkok - NPR

Schumer urges Coats to stage intelligence intervention with Trump - POLITICO

Two wrenches in Washington's oil sanctions against Venezuela: China and Russia - Washington Examiner

White House explains Trump-Putin encounter at G20 - Fox News

Maduro and Venezuela's relationship to China, Russia, Turkey - CNN

China and Russia could disrupt US energy infrastructure, intelligence report warns on heels of Huawei indictments - CNBC

Israeli ex-general gains ground after inaugural campaign speech: polls - Reuters

Learning With: ‘A Merciless Cold Lingers in the Midwest’

Trump Again Attacks Intelligence Officials After They Contradict His False Claims - HuffPost

Venezuela Has 20 Tons of Gold Ready to Ship. Address Unknown - Bloomberg

Analyst: Trump treats Putin as a shadow adviser - CNN

$840M in gold bars prepared for loading onto Russian jet at Venezuelan airport: report - Fox News

The US faces threats from China, Russia and ISIS but Trump's rhetoric appears to be pushing America's allies away, a US intelligence report warns - Business Insider

Lack of Intelligence - Slate

Retired Admiral Says Donald Trump's 'Willful Ignorance' in Disregarding Intelligence Community 'Really Scares Me' - Newsweek

Trump Says He’ll Leave Decision of Whether to Release Special Counsel’s Report to Justice Dept.

On Politics: Trump Calls His Own Intelligence Officials ‘Naïve’

Another Go for Charles and Di, This Time With Music

A Black Legacy, Wrapped Up in Fur

Rescue Pets

How Much Do You Know About Your Family’s History?

Word + Quiz: upstage

What’s on TV Thursday: ‘30 for 30’ and ‘The Big Lebowski’

After Death on Subway Stairs, New Yorkers Lament Accessibility Issues

Las principales noticias del jueves

St. Louis Prosecutor Accuses Police of Obstructing Inquiry Into Killing of Officer

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

Jury Awards Rand Paul Over $580,000 in Damages From Attack

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

Quotation of the Day: A Merciless Cold Lingers in the Midwest

Mavericks Thump Knicks as Dirk Nowitzki Comes Alive at the Garden

Corrections: January 31, 2019

Palindromic Number

Samsung Forecasts Earnings Weakness Throughout 2019

China, Venezuela, Climate Change: Your Thursday Briefing

White House's Bolton says he met with Citgo executives - Reuters

Extreme Weather Is Already Breaking Records Around The World In 2019 - HuffPost

Wikileaks takes a swipe at the famously secretive Vatican - The Washington Post

Testimony by intelligence chiefs on global threats highlights differences with president - Philly.com

China's military-run space station in Argentina is a 'black box' - Reuters

One job of US-China trade negotiators will be to prevent a war - Washington Examiner

Canada Cuts More Cuba Diplomats After Another Illness - TIME

Even some Republicans balk as Trump targets US spy chiefs - CNN

Model who promised to spill Trump-Russia secrets now says she made claims to save her life - Washington Examiner

It is so cold in Chicago they're lighting railroad tracks on fire - Ars Technica

Polar vortex 2019: Temperatures to plunge to 'historic' lows not seen in decades - AOL

Thai Officials Close Schools As Toxic Air Pollution Chokes Bangkok - NPR

Saudi Arabia ends major anti-corruption campaign - BBC News

This Woman Creates Landscapes Using Embroidery And The Results Are Breathtaking

Ministers Think A Permanent Customs Union With The EU Is The Price For Solving The Backstop

This Woman Found Revenge Porn On Google Drive — And Now She's Fighting Back

A British Catholic Magazine Met With Steve Bannon To Come Up With A List Of “Catholic Influencers And Millionaires”

De Beers diamond sales plunge

Bolton's notes raise questions on U.S. military plans amid Venezuela tensions - Reuters

$840M in gold bars prepared for loading onto Russian jet at Venezuelan airport: report - Fox News

Dems use legal pad notes to push back on a South American troop deployment | TheHill - The Hill

Intelligence heads warn of more aggressive election meddling in 2020 - POLITICO

The 'polar vortex' is in the forecast. Here's what it means. - Grand Forks Herald

‘5,000 troops’: Photo of John Bolton’s notes raises questions about U.S. military role in Venezuela crisis - The Washington Post

China and Russia, Aligned More Closely, Seen as Chief Security Threat to U.S. - The Wall Street Journal

$840M in gold bars prepared for loading onto Russian jet at Venezuelan airport: report - Fox News

Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela Says He’s Open to Talks With Opposition

Bolton's not-so-subtle note about sending 5,000 US troops to Colombia may have just been a bluff to spook Venezuela's embattled Maduro - Business Insider

The 'polar vortex' is in the forecast. Here's what it means. - Grand Forks Herald

U.S. intel agencies: Russia and China plotting to interfere in 2020 election - NBC News

Intel officials reveal the greatest threats to US national security - New York Post

China and Russia could disrupt US energy infrastructure, intelligence report warns on heels of Huawei indictments - CNBC