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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “When I took my post as secretary general of the Council of Europe just over a year ago, I did not think that I would ever have to write about the possibility of the United States taking military action against a member state,” Alain Berset writes.

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From @theathletic.com: Indiana won its first college football national championship, finishing the season undefeated with a 27-21 win over Miami. nyti.ms/49Q0Icb

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “A.I. doesn’t have to be perfect to be better. It just has to be better,” writes Robert Wachter.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “This is tyranny,” Keith Ellison, Minnesota’s attorney general, told our columnist Lydia Polgreen as she was reporting from Minneapolis. “We now don’t have to speculate as to what American fascism looks like. It’s right outside the door.”

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The popularity of ‘Heated Rivalry,’ it seems, is a welcome burst of enthusiasm for gay life in a new era of anti-gay prejudice,” write the social scientists Tessa Charlesworth and Eli Finkel.

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The charter for President Trump's “Board of Peace” would establish him as its chairman and asks countries to pay more than $1 billion for permanent membership. Critics reacted furiously, saying it could undermine the United Nations. Here's what to know. nyti.ms/4pNJjXw

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A memorial service was held on Sunday at the California Academy of Sciences to mourn the passing of Claude, an albino alligator who entertained crowds for years by not doing much at all. San Francisco has long embraced those who stand out from the crowd, and Claude certainly did.

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Each week this January, we’re sharing a program of workouts to help you get moving. Here are five of our more challenging workouts.

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More than 100 vehicles slid and crashed into one another in a chain-reaction pileup on a highway in Michigan on Monday, as a lake-effect snowstorm caused treacherous conditions. Numerous injuries were reported, but no deaths, according to the Michigan State Police. nyti.ms/4sPhSzf

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A fire tore through a mall in Karachi this past weekend, leaving at least 23 people dead and dozens missing. The fire, which burned for nearly 24 hours, is the latest tragedy that urban planners and shopkeepers blamed on mismanagement in Pakistan’s largest city. nyti.ms/4pQZB1D

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Jennette McCurdy's new novel, “Half His Age,” about a teen’s sexual relationship with her teacher, marks a bold new chapter in McCurdy’s evolution as a writer, and an even more dramatic break from her past public persona as a Nickelodeon star.

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A smaller version of the Sphere in Las Vegas is in the works for National Harbor, in the Washington, D.C., metro area. The new venture in Maryland would have 6,000 seats, compared with the 18,600-seat Sphere in Nevada. nyti.ms/45NbTkA

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Spaniards were in grief and shock after a high-speed crash between two trains in southern Spain killed at least 40 people on Sunday. The victims included a police officer, journalists and a family returning from a musical.

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The battle for control of the House of Representatives this fall will be decided by a small fraction of the chamber’s seats. Republicans are clinging to a five-seat edge, the narrowest margin in modern times. See how redistricting and retirements could play a role in the midterms.

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A year after the first measles cases were reported in Texas, the virus continues to circulate, with outbreaks at the Utah-Arizona border and South Carolina. Now, an international panel of experts must determine whether it will cost the U.S. its designation as a country that eliminated the disease.

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News Analysis: President Trump's effort to coerce European leaders over Greenland has already fundamentally altered the alliance between Europe and the U.S. that formed in the aftermath of World War II, veteran observers of European politics say. nyti.ms/3YJjMUm

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For decades, Valentino Garavani designed paeans to the allure of red and the carefully placed ruffle, spreading the word from Rome to Paris and beyond. nyti.ms/3NRFvag

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Weight-loss drugs may have a surprising perk for airlines: lower fuel costs, as slimmer passengers lighten their aircraft’s loads. The four major U.S. airlines could together save as much as $580 million per year on fuel thanks to GLP-1s, a new study found.

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Protesters interrupted a Sunday church service in St. Paul, Minnesota, over a pastor’s apparent work as an ICE official. The Justice Department says it's investigating. nyti.ms/4a0cn9s

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The northern lights could be visible much farther south than usual Monday night. Here's where you might have a chance to see them, and what's causing the display. nyti.ms/49vwbS6

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A high school track star has been posting mile-long challenges on social media, each more absurd than the last. Few have resonated more than his “chicken mile” — which he pulled off in a swift 4 minutes and 57 seconds. “The chicken did pretty good overall,” he said. “Didn’t poop on me.”

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“It’s completely hopeless now to tour in the U.S..” Many overseas musicians, theater companies and others face new and seemingly insurmountable obstacles to perform in the U.S. with the Trump administration's travel restrictions on 19 countries.

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Health care workers in Minneapolis and St. Paul said the crisis conditions brought on by the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown are wearing down overworked and understaffed medical institutions, and deteriorating patients’ trust in what are supposed to be safe havens.

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Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, will attend the oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Wednesday over whether President Trump has the authority to remove Lisa D. Cook, a governor at the central bank. nyti.ms/4r1Dl6m

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A fire tore through a crowded mall in Karachi this past weekend, leaving at least 23 people dead and dozens missing on Monday. It was the latest tragedy that urban planners and shopkeepers have blamed on chronic mismanagement in Pakistan’s largest city.

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A pet cow named Veronika can scratch her back with a broom, the first scientifically documented case of tool use in cows. “Perhaps the absurd thing was not the absurdity of a cow using tools," one researcher said, "but the absurdity of us never thinking that a cow might be intelligent.”

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BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has been enlisted to help build Ukraine’s recovery plan. In Kyiv and other European capitals, its role has generated more questions than answers, as the Trump administration steers rebuilding plans toward U.S. business interests.

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In a text message over the weekend, President Trump told Norway’s prime minister, Jonas Gahr Store, that since being denied the Nobel Peace Prize, he no longer felt obliged to “think purely of Peace.” Read the full text messages between the two leaders here. nyti.ms/4r1eHTd

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Just before President Trump took office, Border Patrol agents led by Gregory Bovino arrested immigrants in California’s agricultural heartland using the same playbook later seen in places like Chicago and Minneapolis. Then a federal judge ordered them to stop. nyti.ms/3NSnEjt

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Breaking News: Valentino Garavani, the last of the great 20th-century couturiers and a designer who defined the image of royalty in a republican age for all manner of princesses — crowned, deposed, Hollywood and society — died on Monday at his home in Rome. He was 93. nyti.ms/49OFrj6

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