Stranger Than Fiction

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TOP NEWS

• Senate voted to acquit President Trump on both impeachment articles. 

• China is cutting tariffs on $75 billion of U.S. imports

• Scientists tracking the source of coronavirus say it likely came from bats

• Twitter reported their first billion dollar sales quarter

• The New York Times passed 5 million subscribers

• Buttigieg’s lead in Iowa is razor thin, with Bernie behind by single digits in delegate count.

• DHS suspends New York state access to travel programs over 'sanctuary' law

• A massive international consortium compared genomes from 2658 cases of 38 types of tumors, finding that 95% of cancer cases contained 4-5 driver mutations

THE ELECTION

• Biden and Warren shift strategies after falling behind in Iowa

• Warren says she needs to be “careful with money” going forward

• Bernie raised $25 million in January

THE COMMENT

“There’s no question in my mind that were their names not Biden, the president would never have done what he did,” Romney said in an eight-minute speech delivered in a Senate chamber that was nearly void of his colleagues. Later, he added: “Corrupting an election to keep oneself in office is perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one’s oath of office that I can imagine.”

THE STRANGEST

• Frostbitten cat fitted with 3D printed feet after losing all of her feet

THE AV ROOM

• CHRISTINA KOCH RETURNS TO EARTH

• GUNS CHEAPER THAN PHONES IN PAKISTANI TOWN

• REMEMBERING KIRK DOUGLAS