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Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch Has Retired From Foreign Service

6:28pm January 31, 2020

by Michele Kelemen

Marie Yovanovitch, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine until last spring when she was ousted following a disinformation campaign by the president's private lawyer, is retiring — not resigning.

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Authorities say a black SUV ran through two checkpoints at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.

Shots Fired After SUV Storms Past Mar-A-Lago Checkpoints; 2 People In Custody

6:15pm January 31, 2020

by Merrit Kennedy

"This is somebody that obviously was impaired somehow and is driving very recklessly," Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw told reporters. "I'm not so sure she knew where she was going."

Trump Administration Travel Ban Expands To 6 Additional Countries

5:23pm January 31, 2020

by Joel Rose

Three years after the Trump administration announced the travel ban, it is expected to expand to 6 additional countries. Department of Homeland Security officials announced details today.

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seal is a photograph taken in Washington, D.C., in June.

Trump Administration To Curb Immigrants From 6 Nations, Including Nigeria

5:18pm January 31, 2020

by Bill Chappell

The U.S. has now placed 13 nations under varying travel bans. The new policy restricts immigrant visas for citizens of Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Eritrea, Myanmar, and Kyrgyzstan.

Smoke rises after South Korean soldiers set a blast to remove land mines in the Demilitarized Zone in 2002. The Korean Peninsula had been the last region the U.S. military was allowed to use the weapon — until Friday, when the Trump administration lifte

Trump Administration Loosens Obama-Era Restrictions On Land Mine Use

3:46pm January 31, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

The White House says it's lifting a ban on the weapon's use outside the Korean Peninsula. The administration calls it an "important tool," though statistics show it is most dangerous to civilians.

The Ain al-Asad air base, northwest of Baghdad, was one of the Iraqi bases targeted by Iranian missile strikes seen earlier this month.

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Pentagon Increases U.S. Injury Toll From Iranian Attack Yet Again — To 64

12:42pm January 31, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

The missile strikes in Iraq earlier this month did not kill any U.S. service members. But in the weeks following, the number of troops diagnosed with traumatic brain injury has gone up repeatedly.

During a visit to StoryCorps in New York this month, brothers Raymond (left) and Derrick Storms talk about how they opened up to each other later in life and unexpectedly built a close relationship.

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'I Just Needed Help.' How 2 Brothers Opened Up To Forge A Bond In Adulthood

12:23pm January 31, 2020

As kids, Raymond and Derrick Storms were not close. They had to confront anger, mortality — and each other — in order to reclaim their brotherhood.

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The view from onstage at the Battle Arena in Los Angeles. This is the 375-seat arena that holds regular season games for teams competing in the North American Esports league called the League Championship Series (LCS). The 10 teams in the LCS play League

Esports Evangelists Want To Bring Gaming To A Broader Audience

12:07pm January 31, 2020

by Tom Goldman

Competitive video gaming — esports — has become a global phenomenon with billions in revenue and hundreds of millions of fans. But a divide remains between those who embrace it, and those who don't.

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Self-defense student Megan Fleury holds her hands up and faces a potential assailant.

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Kidnapping Threat Is Higher For Native Women, So They're Learning Self-Defense

10:49am January 31, 2020

by Quincy Walters

In some communities, Native American women are kidnapped and killed at a rate 10 times higher than the national average.
Now, some are teaching each other to fight back.

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Health Care Issues Motivate Iowa Voters To Turn Out For Caucuses

8:50am January 31, 2020

by David Greene

Health care consistently polls as the top issue Iowa voters care about. In the western part of the state, one doctor faces growing debt as he sometimes treats patients without coverage for free.

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