Stranger Than Fiction

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TOP NEWS

• Senate leader McConnell warned Republicans that they do not currently have the votes to block witnesses from testifying in the impeachment trial.

• Trump’s mideast peace plan was quickly rejected by Palestine Authority President Abbas.

• Cases of coronavirus have now surpassed the number of SARS cases during the 2002-2003 epidemic.

• Trump threatens to drop 9,000 South Korean workers if South Korea does not bear more of the cost of military funding.

• Top seed Rafael Nadal was knocked out by Alexander Zverev at the Australian Open.

• Apple surprised forecasters with a strong report on iPhone sales in Q4 2019 and continued growth of their services business, which includes Apple TV subscriptions.

THE ELECTION

• How Trump’s sophisticated social media machine works on Facebook

• Poll shows Warren faring better against Biden than Sanders

• Lobbyists bought tropical land from Biden’s brother

THE COMMENT

“Future U.S. leaders also might find it hard to walk back Trump’s effort to limit who counts as a “Palestinian refugee.” Some might even find useful the Trump definition, which would not cover all descendants of original displaced Palestinians, because it could ease Israeli concerns about agreeing to a broad “right of return” for Palestinian refugees.” - Nahal Toosi, Foreign Affairs Correspondent at Politico

THE STRANGEST

• Man with severe headaches learns he had tapeworm in his brain for 10 years

THE AV ROOM

• HOW MYST STUFFED A UNIVERSE ON A SINGLE CD-ROM

• KOBE BRYANT HELICOPTER FLIGHT PATH RECREATION

• HANGING OUT WITH THIEVES