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      Court filing: Manafort faces more than 19 years in prison

      Paul Manafort, the one-time chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, could spend more than 19 years in prison on tax and bank fraud charges, prosecutors said Friday. Court documents filed by special counsel Robert Mueller's office reveal that Manafort faces possibly the lengthiest prison term in the Russia investigation. The 69-year-old Manafort is also at serious risk of spending the rest of his life in prison if a federal judge imposes a sentence within federal guidelines.

      • White House press secretary Sarah Sanders questioned by investigators probing Russian election meddling
        White House press secretary Sarah Sanders questioned by investigators probing Russian election meddling
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      • Manafort faces up to 24 years in jail after breaking plea deal
        Manafort faces up to 24 years in jail after breaking plea deal
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    • India's PM Modi warns Pakistan of strong response to Kashmir attack
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      India's PM Modi warns Pakistan of strong response to Kashmir attack

      India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Pakistan on Friday to expect a strong response to a suicide attack that killed 44 paramilitary policemen in Kashmir, ratcheting up tension between the nuclear-armed neighbors. The car bomb attack on a security convoy on Thursday was the worst in decades of insurgency in the disputed region. India said it had "incontrovertible evidence" of Pakistani involvement, a statement quickly rejected by Islamabad.

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        US 'tells India it respects its right to self-defence' after cross-border militant attack kills 44 paramilitary police
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        Modi says Pakistan will pay 'huge price' for Kashmir bombing
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    • Pence visits Auschwitz after saying Iran plotting 'new Holocaust'
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      Pence visits Auschwitz after saying Iran plotting 'new Holocaust'

      US Vice President Mike Pence on Friday paid homage to victims of the Holocaust at the former Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, a day after he accused Iranian authorities of plotting a "new Holocaust". More than a million European Jews perished at the site located in then German-occupied southern Polish town of Oswiecim during World War II. Pence passed through the Auschwitz camp's infamous wrought-iron "Arbeit macht frei" ("Work makes you free") gate before laying a wreath at the death wall where the Nazis executed thousands of people.

      • Mike Pence calls out European nations for not withdrawing from Iran nuclear deal
        Mike Pence calls out European nations for not withdrawing from Iran nuclear deal
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      • After Auschwitz visit, Pence accuses Iran of Nazi-like anti-Semitism
        After Auschwitz visit, Pence accuses Iran of Nazi-like anti-Semitism
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    • Vatican defrocks ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after finding him guilty of sexual crimes
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      Vatican defrocks ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after finding him guilty of sexual crimes

      Former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been defrocked by Pope Francis after Vatican officials found him guilty of sexual crimes against minors and adults, the Vatican said Saturday. McCarrick was a powerful fundraiser in the church. He is the highest-ranking clergy to be laicized by the clerical state. The action strips McCarrick, 88, of priestly rights and bars him from celebrating Mass. In July 2018, Pope Francis accepted McCarrick's resignation amid the sex abuse scandal. McCarrick was a retired cardinal at the time and faced allegations of sexually abusing a minor nearly five decades ago when he was a priest in New York.

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        World bishops head to Vatican for sex abuse summit
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        The Latest: Cardinal calls McCarrick punishment 'important'
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    • Monster mudslides ravage California
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      Monster mudslides ravage California

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      Family of IS teen appeals to UK to help bring her home

      The family of a pregnant British teenager who ran away to join the Islamic State group urged the government Friday to help bring her home. Shamima Begum's family issued a statement appealing for government assistance "as a matter of urgency." Begum, now 19, resurfaced this week at a refugee camp in Syria where she gave an interview to the Times of London saying she didn't regret her decision, but wanted to come home. "Given Shamima's four-year ordeal, we are concerned that her mental health has been affected by everything that she has seen and endured," the family said in a statement to Britain's ITV, describing her words as those of child who had been groomed by IS recruiters.

      • Isil bride Shamima Begum has a legal right to return to the UK, head of MI6 says
        Isil bride Shamima Begum has a legal right to return to the UK, head of MI6 says
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      Watch a space harpoon impale a piece of space debris

      To clean up the growing mess, scientists at the University of Surrey have previously tested a net to catch chunks of debris. Now, they've successfully tested out a harpoon. The video below, released Friday by the university's space center, shows a test of the experimental RemoveDEBRIS satellite as it unleashes a harpoon at a piece of solar panel, held out on a 1.5-meter boom.

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      BofA Says a 'Real' Trade Deal Could Vault S&P 500 to Record High

      The firm's model on corporate earnings and equity valuations suggests that the market has priced in “a partial deal,” one where only some of the issues get resolved in favor of corporate America, according to strategists led by Savita Subramanian. In a best-case scenario, the S&P 500 could climb 5 percent to 10 percent when a “real deal” is struck. Companies from 3M Co. to Stanley Black & Decker Inc. have slashed their guidance this year, citing either trade tensions or weakening demand in China.

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      Make El Chapo pay for a border wall? Don't count on it

      After El Chapo's conviction in a drug-trafficking trial that included florid testimony of jewel-encrusted guns, a fleet of cash-laden jets and a personal zoo with roaming big cats, some Americans have floated an idea they see as poetic justice: Why not take some of the Mexican drug lord's billions in ill-gotten gains and make him pay for a border wall? For now, the U.S. Department of Justice says it will be seeking forfeiture of a fortune that Guzman's indictment valued at $14 billion. With Guzman, who faces life in prison for smuggling tons of heroin, meth, fentanyl and marijuana into the U.S., authorities know their forfeiture estimate is partly symbolic, to send a message to other traffickers that a conviction could cost them their fortune as well as their freedom, said Duncan Levin, a former federal prosecutor who specialized in forfeiture.

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      US 'tells India it respects its right to self-defence' after cross-border militant attack kills 44 paramilitary police

      The US has supported India's right to “self defence” against cross-border terrorism after an attack claimed by Pakistan-based militants killed at least 44 police officers in the disputed territory of Kashmir. In comments that will please Indian hawks but also raise fears that tensions between India and Pakistan could escalate yet further, US national security advisor John Bolton reportedly told his counterpart in Delhi, that America “offered all assistance to India” to bring the perpetrators of the attack to justice. Mr Bolton and Ajit Doval also “resolved to hold Pakistan to account for its obligations under UN resolutions”, India's foreign ministry said in a statement.

      • Modi says Pakistan will pay 'huge price' for Kashmir bombing
        Modi says Pakistan will pay 'huge price' for Kashmir bombing
        The Telegraph
      • U.S. adviser Bolton promises India support after Kashmir attack
        U.S. adviser Bolton promises India support after Kashmir attack
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    • After Auschwitz visit, Pence accuses Iran of Nazi-like anti-Semitism
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      Reuters

      After Auschwitz visit, Pence accuses Iran of Nazi-like anti-Semitism

      After visiting the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, Pence said the Nazi death camp had made him more determined to confront Tehran, saying it was "breathing out murderous threats, with the same vile anti-Semitic hatred that animated the Nazis in Europe." Iran's ancient Jewish community has slumped to an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 from 85,000 at the time of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, but is believed to be the biggest in the Middle East outside Israel. Pence, who said he was deeply moved by his Auschwitz visit, cited Iran's stated desire to destroy Israel as justification for singling out the country, rather than focusing on anti-Semitism across the Middle East. Iranian Brigadier General Hossein Salami, deputy head of the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said in January Iran's strategy was to wipe "the Zionist regime" (Israel) off the political map, Iran's state TV reported.

      • Europeans fire back at criticism from US over Iran
        Europeans fire back at criticism from US over Iran
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      • Vice President Mike Pence urges allies to leave Iran nuclear deal
        Vice President Mike Pence urges allies to leave Iran nuclear deal
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      During a school lockdown, 7-year-old writes note on her arm in case she dies

      WILMINGTON, Del. — A note that a Delaware student scrawled on her arm during a school lockdown is going viral online. Shelley Harrison Reed, the mother of the 7-year-old student, posted the haunting image on Facebook after her daughter came home following a lockdown at the Wilmington-area Odyssey Charter School on Feb. 7. Reed said it was the first school lockdown her daughter and 10-year-old son have ever experienced. She wrote they appeared to be fine once they got home.

    • US judge issues gag order in case of Trump advisor Roger Stone
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      US judge issues gag order in case of Trump advisor Roger Stone

      A US judge issued a gag order on Friday in the case against Roger Stone, the Trump advisor who has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the investigation into whether the president's election campaign colluded with Russia. Stone, 66, is charged with lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstruction stemming from his contacts with WikiLeaks, whose publication of Russian-hacked communications from Democrat Hillary Clinton's campaign gave a boost to Donald Trump. US District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered government and defense attorneys to refrain from "making statements to the media or in public settings that pose a substantial likelihood of material prejudice to this case."

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        Judge says Roger Stone can keep talking about his criminal case, but not on the courthouse steps
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      Honda's pickup trucks recalled because they can catch fire from car wash soap

      Honda is recalling more than 100,000 Ridgeline trucks because they could catch fire after being washed. The pickup trucks from model years 2017, 2018 and 2019 are affected by an issue stemming from fuel pump feed ports, which can be corroded over time by acids found in products like car wash soaps, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Corrosion can lead to cracks that may allow gas to leak out, increasing the risk of fire.

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      It Looks Like the Land Rover Discovery SVX Is Dead

      Land Rover showed a V-8–powered Discovery SVX concept in 2017, but U.K. media are reporting it's not going to reach production. The SVX name may still be used later, the sources report. UPDATE 2/15/19: Land Rover confirmed that the Discovery SVX concept will not reach production, at least not with the planned V-8 powertrain.

    • Top US cardinal expelled from Catholic priesthood over allegations he abused teenager and solicited sex during confession
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      The Independent

      Top US cardinal expelled from Catholic priesthood over allegations he abused teenager and solicited sex during confession

      A disgraced former US cardinal has been expelled from the Roman Catholic priesthood over allegations he abused a teenage boy and solicited sex during confession. The Vatican announced the defrocking of Theodore McCarrick on Saturday days before the Pope is to lead an extraordinary gathering of bishops from around the world over the sex abuse crisis engulfing the church. McCarrick, a once-powerful prelate and former Archbishop of Washington, is the highest profile church figure to be dismissed from the priesthood in modern times.

      • Theodore McCarrick is the first US cardinal to be defrocked
        Theodore McCarrick is the first US cardinal to be defrocked
        FOX News Videos
      • World bishops head to Vatican for sex abuse summit
        World bishops head to Vatican for sex abuse summit
        AFP
    • NASA mulls buying new rides to space from Russia amid program delays
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      Reuters

      NASA mulls buying new rides to space from Russia amid program delays

      The U.S. space agency has since had to rely on Russia's Roscosmos program to ferry astronauts to the orbital space station at a cost of roughly $80 million per seat, NASA has said. After 2019 there are no seats available on the spacecraft for U.S. crew, and a NASA advisory panel recommended on Friday that the U.S. space program develop a contingency plan to guarantee access to the station in case technical problems delay Boeing and SpaceX any further. A NASA spokesman on Friday characterized a solicitation request NASA filed on Wednesday as a contingency plan.

    • Gone in a New York minute: How the Amazon deal fell apart
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      Gone in a New York minute: How the Amazon deal fell apart

      Then Amazon made it official: It chose the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens to build a $2.5 billion campus that could house 25,000 workers, in addition to new offices planned for northern Virginia. Cuomo and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, Democrats who have been political adversaries for years, trumpeted the decision as a major coup after edging out more than 230 other proposals. But what they didn't expect was the protests, the hostile public hearings and the disparaging tweets that would come in the next three months, eventually leading to Amazon's dramatic Valentine's Day breakup with New York.

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        Rivian EV truck maker gets big money from Amazon
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      • Amazon's decision to ditch HQ2 is a black eye for NYC's tech scene
        Amazon's decision to ditch HQ2 is a black eye for NYC's tech scene
        Yahoo Finance
    • Isil bride Shamima Begum has a legal right to return to the UK, head of MI6 says
      World
      The Telegraph

      Isil bride Shamima Begum has a legal right to return to the UK, head of MI6 says

      The British Islamic State (Isil) bride Shamima Begum has a legal right to return to the UK the Head of MI6 has said. The Director General of MI6 has said that British citizens have a right to return home from Syria, even though they may still present a threat to national security. Alex Younger, the head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service - better known as MI6 - said he was "very concerned" about returning British nationals that had fought for or supported the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil).

      • Shamima Begum: Isis bride 'gives birth to healthy baby' amid debate over her return to UK, family says
        Shamima Begum: Isis bride 'gives birth to healthy baby' amid debate over her return to UK, family says
        The Independent
      • Bethnal Green Jihadi bride Shamima Begum 'has given birth to baby boy' her family announces
        Bethnal Green Jihadi bride Shamima Begum 'has given birth to baby boy' her family announces
        The Telegraph
    • Thousands in Iran attend funeral for slain Guard members
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      Associated Press

      Thousands in Iran attend funeral for slain Guard members

      Dozens of comrades circled caskets on the back of trucks on Saturday as thousands of mourners attended a mass funeral for 27 elite Revolutionary Guard soldiers killed in a suicide car bombing this week in Iran's Sistan and Baluchistan province. Shouts of "Death to America," and "Death to Zionism" could be heard from the crowd gathered in Bozorgmehr Square in the central city of Isfahan, where the soldiers were based. The head of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, threatened to retaliate against neighboring Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates over the attack.

      • Saudi crown prince seeks contracts and allies on Asia tour
        Saudi crown prince seeks contracts and allies on Asia tour
        AFP
      • Iran general says Pakistan backs group behind suicide bomb
        Iran general says Pakistan backs group behind suicide bomb
        AFP
    • More rain, snow expected in storm-battered California, following days of mudslides and floods
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      USA TODAY

      More rain, snow expected in storm-battered California, following days of mudslides and floods

      Although the worst of the storm had moved well inland Friday, forecasters said some leftover showers and snow was still likely to fall across the state on Friday and Saturday. The higher elevations of the Sierra could see an additional 3 to 6 feet of snow over the next few days, on top of the 3 feet that fell Thursday, the National Weather Service said. So much snow has fallen in the area that cities are running out of places to put the snow, according to Kevin Cooper of Lake Tahoe TV In Southern California, officials said rain-drenched hillsides could still loosen and collapse, bringing down mud, boulders and debris.

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        AccuWeather: Wintry mix expected
        WABC – NY
      • 'Super snow moon' on 19 February will be biggest and brightest of the entire year
        'Super snow moon' on 19 February will be biggest and brightest of the entire year
        The Independent
    • Trump's Emergency Declaration Is Contemptuous of the Rule of Law
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      National Review

      Trump's Emergency Declaration Is Contemptuous of the Rule of Law

      One thing that is abundantly clear from reading the full text of President Trump's declaration of a national emergency on the southern border — he's barely even deigning to explain why there is a particular crisis today, or why that crisis is so grave that it requires the military to combat it. Before today, legal writers were guessing at the statutes the president would use to justify defying the will of Congress and using the military to build his border wall. In his declaration, he's exclusively using 10 U.S.C. 2808 to reallocate up to $3.6 billion from Department of Defense construction projects — more than double the amount that Congress allocated for wall construction in its border compromise.

      • Trump plans to spend $8B on border barriers
        Trump plans to spend $8B on border barriers
        USA TODAY
      • No decision made on spending for Trump's wall: Pentagon chief
        No decision made on spending for Trump's wall: Pentagon chief
        AFP
    • Our Favorite Eco-friendly Finds Put Sustainable Materials to Stylish Use
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      Architectural Digest

      Our Favorite Eco-friendly Finds Put Sustainable Materials to Stylish Use

    • Archaeologists discover Incan tomb in Peru
      World
      AFP

      Archaeologists discover Incan tomb in Peru

      Peruvian archaeologists discovered an Incan tomb in the north of the country where an elite member of the pre-Columbian empire was buried, one of the investigators announced Friday. The discovery was made on the Mata Indio dig site in the northern Lambayeque region, archaeologist Luis Chero told state news agency Andina. Archaeologists believe the tomb belonged to a noble Inca based on the presence of "spondylus," a type of sea shell always present in the graves of important figures from the Incan period, which lasted from the 12th to the 16th centuries.

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