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TOP NEWS
Attorney General Bill Barr said Trump’s tweets make it impossible for him to do his job.
China says 1,700 medical workers have been infected with coronavirus. Six have died. The daily tally of new cases overall jumped to 5,090. U.S. labs are rushing to come up with a therapy or vaccine that could save lives or stem the outbreak.
Google is in talks to pay publishers for news content, mostly outside of the U.S. where there are stricter rules around digital ads.
5G wireless rollout is showing signs of slowing.
Retails sales in the U.S. rose 0.3% in January
Temps in Antarctica soar to near 70 degrees, toppling a record set days earlier.
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“In sixth grade,” I begin, “I fell madly in love. His name was David. He was tall, cute, kind of a bad boy — which I found tantalizing. He had no interest in me at all, but I doodled his name all over my diary. Wrote DT loves MM in giant hearts. You get the idea.” - Melanie McCabe on her “humiliating” Valentines Day story she tells her students every year.
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