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  Women's marches push power of the vote

  USA TODAY - Ledge King, Jinitzail Hernandez and Trevor Hughes

  Hundreds of thousands of marchers flooded streets across the country Saturday and Sunday to criticize President Trump, vowing to protect women’s rights, the environment and American ideals of free speech, religious freedom and tolerance. From Boston to Denver to Reno, and at the nation’s capital …

• No signs of progress amidst partial government shutdown

  

  Andrew Hamilton

  

  Few Signs Of Progress As Partial Government Shutdown Enters Second Day

  NPR - Kelsey Snell , Miles Parks , Brett Neely , Arnie Seipel

  Updated at 10:01 p.m. ET The Senate will vote at noon on Monday to end the government shutdown. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took to the floor Sunday evening and laid out a plan to restore government funding for three weeks and consider immigration proposals, while bipartisan talks …

• Truly a horrific event.

  

  Andrew Hamilton

  

  The Las Vegas attack is the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history

  CNN - By Doug Criss

  CNN — When a gunman opened fire on a crowd gathered for a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip, he killed at least 58 people – making the Sunday night incident the deadliest mass shooting in the United States. Below is a list of the 10 deadliest single-day mass shootings from 1949 to the present. …

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  Iraqis say Trump’s travel ban ignores their service to the US

  CNN

  Baghdad, Iraq CNN — Two prosthetic legs lean against the wall in the bedroom, black shoes protruding from the trousers. In another corner sit several suitcases, packed, stacked and ready to go. Omar Hameed plans to strap the legs on when he finally gets the go-ahead to head to Baghdad International …

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  Andrew Hamilton

  

  Jews hand Muslims keys to synagogue after Texas mosque burns

  CNN

  CNN — The congregation of the Victoria Islamic Center in Texas was devastated. Its mosque was destroyed over the weekend in a fire, the cause of which is unknown. Then an act of kindness revived their spirits – the leaders of the local Jewish congregation gave them the keys to their synagogue so they …

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  U.S. military probing more possible civilian deaths in Yemen raid

  Reuters - Ayesha Rascoe

  DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Wednesday it was looking into whether more civilians were killed in a raid on al Qaeda in Yemen on the weekend, in the first operation authorized by President Donald Trump as commander in chief. U.S. Navy SEAL William “Ryan” Owens was …