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Today's Top News Compilation - Thursday, Jan 2nd, 2020

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Closing arguments set to begin at bribery trial of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Closing arguments are set to begin at the bribery trial of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez
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3 Columbia University officials lose posts over texts that 'touched on ancient antisemitic tropes'

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Columbia University has removed three administrators from their positions and will keep them on indefinite leave after finding that text messages they exchanged during a campus discussion about Jewish life “touched on ancient antisemitic tropes.”
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Chief prosecutor defends Vatican's legal system after recent criticism of pope's absolute power

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The Vatican’s chief prosecutor has strongly defended the integrity and fairness of the city state’s justice system
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This time, it's war: Paris Olympics will no longer be personal for Ukraine athletes

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Parkinson’s Expert Visited the White House Eight Times in Eight Months

  • News source: Emily Baumgaertner and Peter Baker
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An expert on Parkinson’s disease from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center visited the White House eight times in eight months from last summer through this spring, including at least once for a meeting with President Biden’s physician, according to official visitor logs.

The expert, Dr. Kevin Cannard, is a neurologist who specializes in movement disorders and recently published a paper on Parkinson’s. The logs, released by the White House in response to a request from The New York Times, document visits from July 2023 through March of this...
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Poll compares whether Trump, Hunter Biden should get prison sentences, according to US adults

  • News source: FOX News
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A new poll has found that Americans are more divided over whether President Trump should face prison time compared to Hunter Biden following their respective convictions in criminal trials.

The survey of 1,088 U.S. adults conducted by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research from June 20-24 revealed that 48% of adults believe Trump should head to prison after being found guilty in New York of 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, while 50% said he should not.

Of those polled, nearly 8 of every 10 Democrats believe...
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Violent holiday weekend sees mass shootings in Michigan, Illinois and Kentucky

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A shooting at a block party in Detroit left two people dead and more than a dozen wounded, capping a violent holiday weekend in the U.S. that also saw mass shootings in Kentucky and Chicago
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French court rules American man detained can be extradited

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A French court has ruled that the American, accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said “So I raped you” can be extradited to the United States
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'Bob's Burgers' actor pleads guilty to interfering with police during Capitol riot

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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An actor known for comedic roles in the movie “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” and the television series “Bob’s Burgers” has pleaded guilty to interfering with police officers trying to protect the U.S. Capitol from a mob’s attack
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Trump Presses G.O.P. for Platform Draft That Softens Stance on Abortion

  • News source: Maggie Haberman, Shane Goldmacher and Jonathan
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Donald J. Trump told officials on Monday that he supports a draft of a new Republican Party platform, one that reflects the presumptive nominee’s new position on abortion rights and slims down policy specifics across all areas of government.

The draft platform, as described to The New York Times by people briefed on it, cements Mr. Trump’s ideological takeover of the G.O.P. The platform is even more nationalistic, more protectionist and less socially conservative than the 2016 Republican platform that was duplicated in the 2020 election.

Mr. Trump...
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Biden tells congressional Democrats that calling for him to drop out 'only helps Trump and hurts us'

  • News source: FOX News
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President Biden is urging congressional Democrats to stop questioning whether he should end his re-election bid and "move forward as a unified party" in order to defeat former President Trump in their 2024 election rematch.

And the president, in a letter sent to congressional Democrats on Monday as they return from the July 4th holiday recess, reiterated that he's "firmly committed to staying in this race" and argued that any further questioning of his candidacy "only helps Trump and hurts us."

Following his extremely rough debate performance a week and a half ago in his first face-to-face showdown with Trump, the president has been attempting to prove that he still has the stamina and acuity to handle the toughest and most demanding job in the world. And he's trying to prove that he has the fortitude to defeat Trump.
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Macron asks French PM to stay on as political deadlock continues

  • News source: BBC News - World
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France's president asks his prime minister to remain in post "to ensure the country's stability".
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Liberian president cuts his salary by 40%

  • News source: BBC News - World
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President Boakai says the move is intended to show "solidarity" with Liberians who are struggling financially.
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South African football star held up at gunpoint

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Portia Modise appeals to fans to help get her car back after being robbed outside her home in Soweto.
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Napoleon's pistols sell for €1.69m at auction

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The historic weapons are classed as national treasures and France has banned their export.
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