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State confirms first flu-related pediatric death of season  WCVB Boston

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Texas A&M student tested for possible coronavirus exposure, had traveled to China  Fox NewsChinese city of 11 million on lockdown amid deadly virus l ABC News  ABC NewsIs China Setting Itself Up for Another Epidemic?  The New York TimesHow the new coronavirus compares to Ebola, Zika and SARS  Washington PostHow worried should we be about the coronavirus? | TheHill  The HillView full coverage on Google News

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Former Insys CEO sentenced to prison time for pushing opioids  CBS Evening NewsPharmaceutical Executive John Kapoor Sentenced To 66 Months In Prison In Opioid Trial  NPRJohn Kapoor, founder of Insys Therapeutics, sentenced to 66 months in landmark fentanyl bribery case  USA TODAYFounder of Opioid Maker Sentenced to 5½ Years in Prison  The Wall Street JournalFormer Billionaire John Kapoor, Founder Of Insys Therapeutics, Sentenced To 5.5 Years In Prison  ForbesView full coverage on Google News

(Bloomberg) -- The FBI has decided to restrict all information collected from surveillance of former Trump campaign aide Carter Page in 2016 and 2017 after serious mistakes were uncovered in court applications for the wiretaps, according to a new court filing.Two of four court applications to conduct surveillance on Page weren’t valid because they didn’t have sufficient evidence to establish probable cause to believe he was acting as an agent of a foreign power, U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg wrote in an order released Thursday.The FBI acted in response to a blistering report from the Justice Department’s internal watchdog that found 17 “significant errors or omissions” in its efforts to obtain wiretaps against Page after he left the Trump campaign in late 2016 and the first half of 2017. President Donald Trump and his conservative supporters have frequently cited flaws in the FBI’s pursuit of Page as evidence Trump was the victim of a “witch hunt.”The Federal Bureau of Investigation told Boasberg in December that it decided to “sequester all collection the FBI acquired pursuant to the Court’s authorizations” of all four applications, according to the order, reported earlier Thursday by the Wall Street Journal.The FBI said the restrictions would remain in place pending a review of related investigations and possible litigation.“The government has not described what steps are involved in such sequestration or when it will be completed,” Boasberg wrote. “It has, however, undertaken to provide an update to the court when the FBI completes the sequestration.”Boasberg is the presiding judge of the secretive court that oversees the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which approves classified wiretap applications.Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department’s inspector general, said in his report in December that “significant questions regarding the FBI chain of command’s management and supervision of the FISA process” were raised because “many basic and fundamental errors were made on four FISA applications by three separate, hand-picked teams, on one of the most sensitive FBI investigations.”Trump has called the findings in the report “far worse than I ever thought possible” and the actions it cited a “disgrace.”Nonetheless, Horowitz said in his report that the FBI acted properly when it began a broad investigation into whether then-candidate Trump or people around him conspired with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election. Horowitz also said he found no political bias in the FBI’s decision to conduct surveillance of Page and other Trump campaign officials, but said his office was given unsatisfactory answers by FBI officials on the failures in the Page warrant applications.Boasberg’s order directs the FBI to give the court a detailed description by Jan. 28 of steps being taken to restrict access to the Page material, including information that may have been disclosed to Justice Department prosecutors or people outside the FBI. The bureau is also directed to explain its review of the Horowitz report, as well as related investigations and litigation.To contact the reporter on this story: Chris Strohm in Washington at cstrohm1@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Bill Faries at wfaries@bloomberg.net, Larry Liebert, John HarneyFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.

Thousands of Canadians have signed a petition demanding Prince Harry and Meghan Markle pay for their own security costs, amid mounting concern the country could be saddled with a bill costing millions of dollars.Since the couple announced they were giving up formal royal duties and public money, they have been holed up in a $20m private mansion on a secluded cove on Canada’s Victoria Island.

Officials across the United States probed potential cases of a new coronavirus on Thursday, while a divided World Health Organization declined to dub the deadly outbreak a health emergency and authorities confirmed the first death outside the virus’s Chinese city of origin.Brazos County, Texas, officials said they had isolated a potential 2019 novel coronavirus patient at home, pending precautionary testing. The individual had recently visited Wuhan, China, where 17 people have died and hundreds more have fallen sick since last month. Texas A&M University confirmed that one of its students was identified as the possible case there and said the “immediate health risk to the campus community” was low.Meanwhile, a sick individual representing another potential case in California reportedly arrived at Los Angeles International Airport from Mexico City on an American Airlines flight at about 6:45 p.m. local time on Wednesday. They were taken to the hospital with flu-like symptoms, NBC Los Angeles reported. It’s not yet clear when the results of the evaluation on the suspected cases will be available, but local health authorities in Los Angeles County said it was “very possible” the area will see cases of the virus, since so many people travel from China to Southern California. The LA County Department of Public Health said in a statement that there have been no confirmed local cases of the virus, that “currently the risk of local transmission is low,” and that the county responds to suspected cases by working with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “to assess and test.”Coronavirus Patient Had Close Contact With 16 in Washington StateOfficials with the CDC did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Beast regarding either suspected case. A patient in Washington state was announced as the first official U.S. case of the virus on Tuesday.Also on Thursday, an emergency committee convened in Geneva by the World Health Organization decided against declaring a global health emergency and planned to re-evaluate the issue in 10 days, while acknowledging the “urgency” of the situation. Such a declaration is rare and reserved for “serious, sudden, unusual or unexpected” outbreaks and would have given the organization broader authority to shape global responses to the virus, reported The New York Times. The organization said in a press release that committee members were split, with some believing it was “still too early” to designate the outbreak a global health emergency.Two days earlier, the CDC announced the first U.S. case of the virus in Washington state: a man in his 30s who became ill days after returning from Wuhan, China on Jan. 15. Because of the man’s travel history, officials collected a clinical specimen and sent it to the CDC overnight, where laboratory testing confirmed the diagnosis through a real time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction test, also known as rRT-PCR.The CDC said at the time that it was in the final stages of developing a version of the test that would be able to confirm cases outside of CDC facilities. Until those tests are shared with the CDC’s domestic and international partners, they must take place on site in Atlanta. The man in Washington state reportedly had close contact with at least 16 people since returning from China—before he was isolated from the public—and the CDC said Tuesday that it had deployed a team to trace his contacts and “determine if anyone else has become ill.”During a recent update, hospital officials said the Washington patient was resting comfortably, making progress, and being cared for by a group of volunteer nurses.The first death linked to the virus outside of Wuhan was confirmed by provincial authorities more than 600 miles north of that city on Thursday afternoon. The 80-year-old victim had lived in Wuhan—a major port city of 11 million people—for more than two months, according to the health department in the province of Hebei. Wuhan is now under total quarantine.The man’s death marked the 18th total fatality caused by the virus, which can infect both animals and people, and cause severe illnesses in the respiratory tract, including SARS. The CDC has confirmed limited person-to-person spread of the virus, but officials have not fleshed out just how easily it is spread. Associated symptoms include fever, cough, and trouble breathing. Roughly 800 people died during a 2003 SARS outbreak.Last Friday, the CDC began entry screening of thousands of passengers at airports in San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles—the U.S. airports that receive most travelers from Wuhan, China. Similar screenings were added this week in Atlanta and Chicago.Eric Toner, a senior scientist with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and the University’s School of Public Health, told The Daily Beast on Thursday that the current risk to the average person in the United States remained “low” but that screening methods were also “far from perfect.”“The important thing is to identify people as early as possible, get them tested, and get them isolated,” said Toner. “That’s how you control the introduction of a contagious disease into a country.”“But I’d be shocked if we don’t see some more cases,” he added.Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.

Canada's Transportation Safety Board said Thursday it has been invited by Iran to participate in the download and analysis of the flight recorders from the downing of a Ukraine International Airlines jet “whenever and wherever” that takes place. Iran has acknowledged that its armed forces fired two Russian anti-aircraft missiles at the jetliner that crashed after taking off from Tehran's main airport earlier this month, killing all 176 people on board. Fifty-seven Canadians died and 138 of the passengers were headed to Canada.

Democrats are continuing to make their impeachment argument by citing President Trump's allies and officials, this time getting in a dig at Rudy Giuliani in the process. Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas), one of the impeachment managers who spoke Thursday in Democrats' second day of opening arguments in the Senate's trial, took apart the conspiracy theory pushed by Trump that it was Ukraine, not Russia, that interfered in the 2016 election by hacking the Democratic National Committee.To make her point that this theory has no basis in reality, Garcia referred to the words of Trump's former Homeland Security adviser, Tom Bossert, who told ABC News last year this "conspiracy theory" has been "completely debunked." Bossert in the clip played in the Senate went on to voice frustrations with Giuliani, Trump's personal lawyer, for pushing this conspiracy theory, quoting a former senator's magazine article as saying that one of the "ways to impeach oneself" is "hiring Rudy Giuliani."Previously, Garcia played a clip of FBI Director Christopher Wray stating in an interview, "We have no information that indicates that Ukraine interfered with the 2016 presidential election." This was another example during Democrats' impeachment arguments of using clips from Trump allies and officials to make their argument after House Judiciary Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) made strategic use of 1990s-era quotes from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Alan Dershowitz, a member of Trump's impeachment defense team, to argue abuse of power is impeachable. HuffPost's Ryan Reilly reports that when Bossert in the clip quipped that hiring Giuliani is a way to self-impeach, there were "a lot of laughs on both sides of the Senate chamber." > A portion of ex-Homeland Security adviser Tom Bossert's interview with @GStephanopoulos last summer on the debunked theory of 2016 election meddling was played by House impeachment managers during the Senate trial.> > Watch his exchange on @ThisWeekABC. https://t.co/jfWy6wWWqf pic.twitter.com/ze8hQfg2is> > -- This Week (@ThisWeekABC) January 23, 2020More stories from theweek.com Democrats walked right into Mitch McConnell's trap 5 brutally funny cartoons about Mitch McConnell's impeachment rules The Oprah's Book Club controversy, explained

Officials believe they've found the 'Pillowcase Rapist.' The suspect was building a 'dungeon' beneath his home, officials say  CNNNo Bond For Man Accused Of Being 'Pillowcase Rapist'  CBS MiamiProsecutor: DNA match leads to Florida ‘pillowcase rapist’  Washington PostProsecutor: DNA match leads to Florida 'pillowcase rapist'  WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando‘Pillowcase Rapist,’ Who Terrorized Florida in the 1980s, Has Been Caught, Officials Say  The New York TimesView full coverage on Google News

Senate GOP uses Trump's executive privilege threat as rallying cry against subpoenas  CNNImpeachment backfire? Key GOP senator 'offended' by Nadler charge, as trial tests patience and stamina  Fox NewsTrump isn't at the Senate trial. Doesn't mean he isn't being heard.  CNNWill Any Republican Senators End This Charade?  The New YorkerRep. Steve Scalise: Trump impeachment is a shameless Democratic abuse of power  Fox NewsView full coverage on Google News

Trump says he expects to release Middle East peace plan by Tuesday | TheHill  The HillTrump says Middle East plan to be unveiled before Israel's PM and opposition leader visit White House Tuesday  CNNTrump is preparing to release his Middle East peace plan, will brief Israel’s Netanyahu in Washington, Pence says  The Washington PostDonald Trump invites Israeli leaders to Washington to hear peace plan details  The GuardianPresident Trump says he will release Middle East Plan by Tuesday  Washington ExaminerView full coverage on Google News

Another person has died from flu in Kansas City, health department says  KMBC Kansas CityView full coverage on Google News

Early release of Michelle Carter outrages family of victim Conrad Roy  New York Post Michelle Carter, Convicted In Teen Texting Suicide, Is Released From Prison | TODAY  TODAYI Love You Now Die Review: The Complicated Case of Michelle Carter  Collider.comMichelle Carter, convicted in texting suicide case, released from prison  CNNMichelle Carter, of texting suicide case, freed from jail  Yahoo NewsView full coverage on Google News

Forcing Apple to adopt a universal charger would create "an unprecedented volume of electronic waste" and inconvenience millions of people, the tech giant has said.

Scientists have resurrected the voice of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian priest by recreating his vocal tract with a 3D printer.

Humankind, like Cinderella, has only until midnight - but the strike of the Doomsday Clock will bring far more serious repercussions than those that faced the Disney princess.

A transgender woman in Russia who was sentenced to three years in a men's prison for child pornography charges has had her conviction overturned.

The brain of a man killed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD burned at such a high temperature that it turned into glass, scientists have said.

League One Tranmere shock Premier League Watford in an FA Cup third-round replay to set up a tie against 12-time winners Manchester United.

With hundreds of millions set to travel, China tries to corral the deadly virus in Hubei province.

Spain's government is to meet in emergency session after the storm carved a swathe of destruction.

The UK requested Anne Sacoolas's extradition "on charges of causing death by dangerous driving".

The new environmental rules will dismantle protections for millions of miles of waterways in the US.

Can't get a new witness? Call Donald J. Trump.

Each side has 24 hours over three days to make their opening arguments in the impeachment trial. House manager Adam Schiff said the facts against President Trump are "damning."

It's day two for House Democrats to convince senators that President Donald Trump should be removed from office — and a test for senators who seem to be growing more restless by the hour as the impeachment trial drags on.

CNN Opinion is curating commentators' smartest takes on the second day of President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial. The views expressed below are their own.

John Kapoor, billionaire founder of drug company Insys Therapeutics, was sentenced for orchestrating the scheme of bribes and bogus prescriptions by doctors.       

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she was "stunned" by remarks given by House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler.      

The report found that 20 cities and regions nationwide — including Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Miami and Louisville — contained high PFAS levels.       

Kelly Ripa revealed that she "shut down" her daughter Lola's debit card because her spending was getting out of hand in college.      

President Donald Trump will discuss his still-secret Middle East peace plan next week with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Benjamin Gantz.       

The new travel restrictions include five cities as the death toll climbed to 25. In the epicenter, anxiety prevailed as mistrustful residents crowded into hospitals.

Now it’s up to Governor Cuomo to build on the departing subway chief’s impressive progress.

Lawmakers, required to sit through the trial in silence and without their phones, have grown increasingly comfortable testing those rules as the trial wears on.

The authorities say DNA evidence has tied Robert Eugene Koehler, 60, to more than two dozen sexual assaults. A “dungeon in progress” was found under his house, a prosecutor said.

The move, which would be unlikely to happen until after the Senate impeachment trial, could enhance her chances of becoming vice president but could also anger liberals in California.

Twenty U.S. states sued the Trump administration on Thursday to block what they called its latest effort to allow blueprints for making guns from 3-D printers to be released on the internet, threatening a proliferation of "ghost guns" that spread violence.

A new coronavirus has killed 25 people in China and infected more than 800, the government said on Friday, as the World Health Organization declared it an emergency but stopped short of declaring the epidemic of international concern.

China confirmed 830 cases of patients infected with the new coronavirus as of Jan. 23, while the death toll from the virus has risen to 25, the National Health Commission said on Friday.

Democrats worked methodically at U.S. President Donald Trump's impeachment trial on Thursday to dismantle his long-standing allegation that Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden acted improperly toward Ukraine while vice president.

On the second day of House Democrats laying out their case in the U.S. Senate for removing President Donald Trump, there was little sign on Thursday that their arguments had changed any minds among Republican senators who control the chamber.

The World Health Organization (WHO) held off designating a new fast-spreading coronavirus as an international health threat, but did deem it a crisis within China, where the pathogen has infected some 830 people and killed 25. Read Full Article at RT.com

A mummified Egyptian priest dead for millennia has been granted the gift of gab after scientists used 3D printed vocal cords to recreate his voice, fulfilling the priest’s dying wish to be heard from the afterlife. Read Full Article at RT.com

Mothers-to-be traveling to the US to give birth in order to obtain automatic American citizenship for their children may find themselves denied visas under controversial new rules aimed at curbing ‘birth tourism.’ Read Full Article at RT.com

US President Donald Trump will finally unveil his ‘great’ plan for peace in the Middle East before Israeli leaders visit Washington next week. While the Palestinians may not like it, it will be good for them, Trump said. Read Full Article at RT.com

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has upped the ante, telling the elite at Davos that they must urgently drop carbon emissions to “real zero.” But living a carbon-free life is exhausting, as ICYMI’s Butchy found out. Read Full Article at RT.com

Officials believe they've found the 'Pillowcase Rapist.' The suspect was building a 'dungeon' beneath his home, officials say  CNNNo Bond For Man Accused Of Being 'Pillowcase Rapist'  CBS MiamiProsecutor: DNA match leads to Florida ‘pillowcase rapist’  Washington PostProsecutor: DNA match leads to Florida 'pillowcase rapist'  WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando‘Pillowcase Rapist,’ Who Terrorized Florida in the 1980s, Has Been Caught, Officials Say  The New York TimesView full coverage on Google News

Senate GOP uses Trump's executive privilege threat as rallying cry against subpoenas  CNNImpeachment backfire? Key GOP senator 'offended' by Nadler charge, as trial tests patience and stamina  Fox NewsTrump isn't at the Senate trial. Doesn't mean he isn't being heard.  CNNWill Any Republican Senators End This Charade?  The New YorkerRep. Steve Scalise: Trump impeachment is a shameless Democratic abuse of power  Fox NewsView full coverage on Google News

Trump says he expects to release Middle East peace plan by Tuesday | TheHill  The HillTrump says Middle East plan to be unveiled before Israel's PM and opposition leader visit White House Tuesday  CNNTrump is preparing to release his Middle East peace plan, will brief Israel’s Netanyahu in Washington, Pence says  The Washington PostDonald Trump invites Israeli leaders to Washington to hear peace plan details  The GuardianPresident Trump says he will release Middle East Plan by Tuesday  Washington ExaminerView full coverage on Google News

Another person has died from flu in Kansas City, health department says  KMBC Kansas CityView full coverage on Google News

Early release of Michelle Carter outrages family of victim Conrad Roy  New York Post Michelle Carter, Convicted In Teen Texting Suicide, Is Released From Prison | TODAY  TODAYI Love You Now Die Review: The Complicated Case of Michelle Carter  Collider.comMichelle Carter, convicted in texting suicide case, released from prison  CNNMichelle Carter, of texting suicide case, freed from jail  Yahoo NewsView full coverage on Google News

Trump's Senate impeachment trial: What happened on Day Three

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Enthusiastic opening to the 2020 World Judo Tour

Two of 4 warrants letting FBI spy on ex-Trump aide Carter Page were not valid, says DOJ

GOP senators turn to 'fidget spinner' toys during Trump impeachment trial

Netflix Shares Rise 7% As Wall Street Sees Comcast Subscriber Losses As A Boost  DeadlineComcast is raising rates for cable subscribers as it moves toward streaming  The VergeComcast shares fall despite earnings beat  CNBCNBCUniversal Fourth-Quarter Earnings Drop, 'Cats' a Drag on Film Unit  Hollywood ReporterComcast cable prices likely to go higher in advance of streaming Peacock launch  USA TODAYView full coverage on Google News

As March for Life kicks off, pro-life women are fighting to redefine female 'empowerment'  Fox NewsIn Presidential First, Trump Will Attend Anti-Abortion March for Life  The New York TimesWhite House declares Roe v. Wade anniversary as National Sanctity of Human Life Day  Washington ExaminerAt the March for Life, Trump will be greeted as a pro-life hero — because he is one  The Washington PostAbby Johnson: March for Life 2020 -- Here's why the conversation on abortion needs to radically shift  Fox NewsView full coverage on Google News

Donald Trump was asked about Elon Musk. His answer was incoherent.  CNNTesla owners ‘toss coins’ to Elon Musk: ‘The Witcher’ game coming soon to Tesla Arcade?  TeslaratiElon Musk is about to get even richer: Morning Brief  Yahoo FinanceElon Musk Tesla compensation package tranches explainer - Business Insider  Business InsiderWant To Ask Elon Musk A Question On An Earnings Call? Here's How  BenzingaView full coverage on Google News

What does Trump actually believe on climate change?  BBC NewsMnuchin says Greta Thunberg can explain US economic policy after she studies economics in college  CNNTrump says 'with me, there's no lying' -- and makes 14 false claims about impeachment and Ukraine  CNNOn climate change, American voters sound more like Team Greta than Team Donald Trump  USA TODAYNewt Gingrich: Trump triumphs at World Economic Forum while Democrats pursue baseless impeachment  Fox NewsView full coverage on Google News

Huge star ate its dead neighbor, creating brightest supernova ever, scientists say  Fox NewsNew insights about the brightest explosions in the Universe  Phys.orgThe mystery behind a superbright supernova may just have been solved  Space.comScientists reveal mystery behind the brightest supernova ever  InverseA giant star ate its dead neighbor and caused one of the brightest supernovas ever, new study suggests  Livescience.comView full coverage on Google News