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Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s L train shutdown-aversion plan may be on track for derailment — as MTA board members spent Tuesday afternoon picking it apart. The 17-member board has final approval over the last-minute plan via a simple-majority vote — and if they decide to torpedo it, it’s back to plan A with the entire tunnel going...

It’s the latest sign that the the idea of promoting social and environmental progress together is gaining steam.

Three-quarters of Americans -- including 60 percent of self-identified Democrats and 61 percent of those who identify as pro-choice -- support restricting legal abortion to the first three months of pregnancy at most, according to a new poll released Tuesday.

1. Ebola outbreak in the Congo surpasses 600 cases  Axios
2. Ebola Has Gotten So Bad, It’s Normal  Foreign Policy
3. Ebola outbreak in Congo spreads as confirmed cases top 600 | TheHill  The Hill
4. Ebola death toll tops 400 in Democratic Republic of Congo  Daily Mail
5. Ebola outbreak continues in the Congo as obstacles challenge health care workers  CNN
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Al Hart a retired talent manager is reunited with his first client Buddy Green when they are both in the same retirement community. Buddy gave up show business 50 years earlier and was a pretty good comic. The pair decide to try again and start a comedy tour across the country.

Ahead of Paris Saint Germain’s last-16 Champions League tie against Manchester United, Angel Di Maria has opened up on his time at Old Trafford. The two clubs are scheduled to meet in the first leg encounter on February 12, which is being billed as one of the standout fixtures of the competition’s next phase. Di Maria […]

FAYETTEVILLE (KFSM) — A Farmington man accused of stabbing a man to death in 2016 was acquitted Tuesday (Jan. 15) because he was suffering from schizophrenia at the time of the incident. Judge Mark Lindsay ordered Jeremy Steven Borders be committed to the state Department of Human Services, nullifying Borders’ first-degree murder charge. Borders was arrested in June 2016 after Fayetteville police said he fatally stabbed Joe Bob Scarborough. Police found Borders near Old Farmington Road and Green Point Terrace... Читать дальше...

The mother says that she had a private arrangement before the birth to transfer guardianship to her aunt.

Panthers owner David Tepper gave Eric Reid a job when no other team was willing to. And with the Panthers safety accusing the league (and by extension, the NFLPA) for singling him out for excessive random drug tests, his boss tried to navigate carefully around questions about his situation. Asked if he shared Reid’s view [more]

Brian Dozier turned down a more lucrative deal to join what he hopes is a playoff team with the Nationals.

Brian Dozier signs with the Nationals, turns down more lucrative deal for shot at postseason run

WASHINGTON (AP) — Brian Dozier turned down a more lucrative deal to join what he hopes is a playoff team with the Nationals. The 31-year-old signed a $9 million, one-year contract with Washington that makes him the new second baseman and a potentially a bridge from Daniel Murphy to prospect Carter Kieboom. Dozier said Tuesday […]

Subscribers took to Twitter to joke about cancelling Netflix in favor of a cable-TV plan.

Christie was fired from the presidential transition in 2016, and says he was told that Trump's son-in-law was behind the 'execution'

A study released last month by 416Labs, a Toronto-based consulting and research firm, supports the view that mainstream U.S. newspapers consistently portray Palestine in a more negative light than Israel, privilege Israeli sources, and omit key facts helpful to …

Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Chris Jones is leaving the Canadian Football League for the Browns, David William Naylor of TSN reports. Jones will take a job in a defensive capacity, though his exact title is unclear. New Browns coach Freddie Kitchens quarterbacked Alabama in 1997 when Jones was a graduate assistant. Jones served as head [more]

The blend of Israeli Jewish and Arab cultures, Hebrew and Arabic, village origins and the Tel Aviv bubble – all of this informed the life and work of 24-year-old actor Ala Dakka, who preferred not to define his identity. But now, he's reached a turning point

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Panthers are preparing for life without Cam Newton next season in case the team's franchise quarterback can't make it back from a lingering shoulder injury.

Panthers owner: Team needs contingency plan behind QB Newton

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Panthers owner David Tepper says it’s important for the team to have a solid contingency plan in place at quarterback next season given the uncertainty surrounding franchise QB Cam Newton’s bothersome right shoulder. Newton struggled most of the season throwing the ball more than 15 yards downfield because of a lingering […]

“You don’t really do something like this by yourself," says award winner.

BRUSSELS—Saying they were tired of getting jerked around by some “has-been pseudo-monarchy,” fed-up European Union officials rejected the United Kingdom Tuesday and gave the British people 30 days to vacate Europe. “Listen, we’re so goddamn sick of this nonsense—grab your stuff and get the hell out,” said European…