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Senate Evidence Clarifies Mystery Calls Around Trump Tower Meeting

By NICHOLAS FANDOS, MAGGIE HABERMAN and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2WuKYVs via IFTTT

Trump, in Interview, Calls Wall Talks ‘Waste of Time’ and Dismisses Investigations

By PETER BAKER and MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2S4OkzR via IFTTT

Mitch McConnell Calls Push to Make Election Day a Holiday a Democratic ‘Power Grab’

By MATTHEW HAAG from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2sVyFE4 via IFTTT

An Angry Trump Pushes Back Against His Own ‘Naive’ Intelligence Officials

By MARK LANDLER from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2Gcqb3g via IFTTT

Undocumented Immigrant Who Worked at a Trump Golf Club Will Attend State of the Union

By MATT STEVENS from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2S0FxyM via IFTTT

Juan Guaidó: Venezuelans, Strength Is in Unity

By JUAN GUAIDÓ from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2D4X3rJ via IFTTT

The Hit Podcasters Breaking Down Harry Potter, Chapter by Chapter

By RENAN BORELLI from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/2Sjz0P2 via IFTTT

Raising Children Without the Concept of Sin

By JULIA SCHEERES from NYT Well https://nyti.ms/2G0GcZR via IFTTT

University of Iowa Student Is Among More Than 20 Dead in Midwestern Deep Freeze

By JULIE BOSMAN and MITCH SMITH from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2UseVDK via IFTTT

Senate Rebukes Trump Over Troop Withdrawals From Syria and Afghanistan

By CATIE EDMONDSON from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2HHeKmD via IFTTT

Wikipedia article of the day for February 1, 2019

The Wikipedia article of the day for February 1, 2019 is Tropical Storm Marco (1990) . Tropical Storm Marco was the only tropical cyclone to make landfall in the United States during the 1990 Atlantic hurricane season. The 13th named storm of the season, Marco formed from a cold-core low pressure area along the northern coast of Cuba on October 9, and tracked northwestward through the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Its circulation produced 65 mph (100 km/h) winds over the western portion of Florida before weakening to a tropical depression and moving ashore near Cedar Key. The cyclone combined with a cold front and the remnants of Hurricane Klaus to produce heavy rainfall in Georgia and the Carolinas. After interacting with the nearby Hurricane Lili, Marco continued northward until being absorbed by a cold front. In Florida, the cyclone triggered flooding of some roadways. Rainfall across its path peaked at 19.89 inches (505 mm) in Louisville, Georgia. The flooding c...

Polar Vortex Updates: Bitter Cold Weather Spreads East

By MITCH SMITH, JULIE BOSMAN and MONICA DAVEY from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2sXzI6p via IFTTT

One Lawyer, One Day, 194 Felony Cases

By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and JUGAL K. PATEL from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2BeZrvJ via IFTTT

This Is Your Brain Off Facebook

By BENEDICT CAREY from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2TmA4zh via IFTTT

‘I’m Going to Die Here,’ She Told the Guards. They Didn’t Listen.

By SARAH MASLIN NIR from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2RWiAg9 via IFTTT

Cold Weather Tips From Chicagoans Who Really Know What They’re Talking About

By JULIE BOSMAN and MONICA DAVEY from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2RX77gG via IFTTT

Apple Was Slow to Act on FaceTime Bug That Allows Spying on iPhones

By NICOLE PERLROTH from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2FY6oVP via IFTTT

The Super Bowl That Trump’s America Deserves

By FRANK BRUNI from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2RpZjij via IFTTT

You Know the Lorena Bobbitt Story. But Not All of It.

By AMY CHOZICK from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2BcEzFw via IFTTT

Wikipedia article of the day for January 31, 2019

The Wikipedia article of the day for January 31, 2019 is Ambrose Rookwood . Ambrose Rookwood (c. 1578 – 31 January 1606) was a member of the failed 1605 Gunpowder Plot, a conspiracy to replace the Protestant English King James I with a Catholic monarch. Born into a wealthy family of Catholic recusants, and educated by Jesuits at Flanders, Rookwood became a horse-breeder. He was enlisted into the plot in September 1605 by Robert Catesby, a religious zealot whose impatience with James's treatment of English Catholics had grown so severe that he conspired to blow up the House of Lords with gunpowder, looking to kill the king and much of the Protestant hierarchy. Rookwood's stable of fine horses was seen as essential for the uprising to succeed. The plan failed when the man left in charge of the gunpowder stored beneath the House of Lords, Guy Fawkes, was discovered there and arrested. After surviving an attack by the Sheriff of Worcestershire, Rookwood was imprisoned in the Towe...

Polar Vortex Live Updates: Extreme Cold Weather Hits Midwest

By MONICA DAVEY and JULIE BOSMAN from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2DHJFuP via IFTTT

Trump Calls Intelligence Officials ‘Naive’ After They Contradict Him

By EILEEN SULLIVAN from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2GdqeM3 via IFTTT

Can China Turn the Middle of Nowhere Into the Center of the World Economy?

By Unknown Author from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/2B78gYo via IFTTT

U.S. Midwest Freezes, Australia Burns: This Is the Age of Weather Extremes

By SOMINI SENGUPTA from NYT Climate https://nyti.ms/2DGTPfb via IFTTT

Jussie Smollett, Star of ‘Empire,’ Attacked in What Police Call a Possible Hate Crime

By SOPAN DEB from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2MCyPcq via IFTTT

A Closer Look at the Polar Vortex’s Dangerously Cold Winds

By YULIYA PARSHINA-KOTTAS, KARTHIK PATANJALI, JEREMY WHITE, BENJAMIN WILHELM and EVAN GROTHJAN from NYT Science https://nyti.ms/2B9tBka via IFTTT

Chris Christie Says Jared Kushner’s Father Committed a ‘Loathsome’ Crime

By DANIEL VICTOR from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2DJlZ9I via IFTTT

The Polar Vortex: Hard Facts About Cold Weather

By KATE TAYLOR from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2TkGezR via IFTTT

In Critical Brexit Vote, Theresa May Survives

By STEPHEN CASTLE from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2DI5pH4 via IFTTT

On North Korea and Iran, Intelligence Chiefs Contradict Trump

By DAVID E. SANGER and JULIAN E. BARNES from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2MEe54e via IFTTT

Joshua Trees Destroyed in National Park During Shutdown May Take Centuries to Regrow

By LIAM STACK from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2sRiGXt via IFTTT

‘I’m Cold and I’m Afraid’: Across Midwest, Homeless Await Deep Freeze

By JULIE BOSMAN and MONICA DAVEY from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2G9rwrw via IFTTT

How to Disable FaceTime to Avoid Eavesdropping Bug

By MATTHEW HAAG from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2G9QW8k via IFTTT

It’ll Be a While Before Anyone Underestimates Nancy Pelosi Again

By GAIL COLLINS and BRET STEPHENS from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2FUJzCv via IFTTT

A Mother’s Fatal Fall on Subway Stairs Rouses New Yorkers to Demand Accessibility

By MICHAEL GOLD and EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS from NYT New York https://nyti.ms/2sUkkry via IFTTT

PG&E’s Bankruptcy Filing Creates ‘a Real Mess’ for Rival Interests

By IVAN PENN from NYT Business https://nyti.ms/2G6TRi9 via IFTTT

In a Stumble for Apple, a FaceTime Bug Lets iPhone Users Eavesdrop

By BRIAN X. CHEN from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2MFzbPr via IFTTT

Kindness Is a Skill

By DAVID BROOKS from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2FYOBy7 via IFTTT

Howard Schultz, Please Don’t Run for President

By MICHELLE GOLDBERG from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2MDizIj via IFTTT

Gracie Gold’s Battle for Olympic Glory Ended in a Fight to Save Herself

By KAREN CROUSE from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/2CUPpjB via IFTTT

Wikipedia article of the day for January 30, 2019

The Wikipedia article of the day for January 30, 2019 is Mascarene grey parakeet . The Mascarene grey parakeet (Psittacula bensoni) was a parrot from the Mascarene islands of Mauritius and Réunion in the western Indian Ocean that became extinct by the 1760s. It has been classified as a member of the tribe Psittaculini, along with other parrots from the islands. Subfossil bones of this parakeet found on Mauritius were very similar to those of other Mascarene parrots. The subfossils were connected with 17th- and 18th-century descriptions of small grey parrots on Mauritius and Réunion, together with a single illustration published in a journal describing a voyage in 1602. The Mascarene grey parakeets had long tails and were larger than the many green species of the genus Psittacula. They were hunted for their meat, and were considered to be crop pests. Captured individuals would call out to summon a whole flock, a behaviour that may have contributed to their rapid annihilation. Deforest...

Germs in Your Gut Are Talking to Your Brain. Scientists Want to Know What They’re Saying.

By CARL ZIMMER from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2UpJcTU via IFTTT

Prominent Democrats Form Pro-Israel Group to Counter Skepticism on the Left

By JONATHAN MARTIN from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2G58zGw via IFTTT

If the Earth Is Warming, Why Is It So Cold Outside?

By KENDRA PIERRE-LOUIS from NYT Climate https://nyti.ms/2DFmxx6 via IFTTT

She Walked Into an Elevator on Friday Night. She Wasn’t Rescued Until Monday.

By MICHAEL GOLD and ALI WINSTON from NYT New York https://nyti.ms/2sTPFdX via IFTTT

They Created a Muslim Enclave in Upstate N.Y. Then Came the Online Conspiracies.

By RICK ROJAS from NYT New York https://nyti.ms/2RmDgsA via IFTTT

Another Side of #MeToo: Male Managers Fearful of Mentoring Women

By KATRIN BENNHOLD from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2ThrpxP via IFTTT

As Government Reopens, the New Congress Tries to Begin Again

By NICHOLAS FANDOS from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2G41OVu via IFTTT

Duke University Apologizes Over Professor’s Email Asking Chinese Students to Speak English

By SARAH MERVOSH from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2ReUacN via IFTTT

The Blessing of a Rescue Dog

By MARGARET RENKL from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2MC8M52 via IFTTT