Flooding threat at Oroville Dam eases slightly but evacuations remain

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Flooding threat at Oroville Dam eases slightly but evacuations remain

Los Angeles Times
“This is not a drill. Repeat this is not a drill,” the National Weather Service said Sunday, urging people living below Oroville Dam to evacuate.

Snow won’t let up until Monday afternoon

The Boston Globe
State and local officials braced Sunday for a one-two punch from a severe winter storm that could drop more than a foot of snow north of Boston by midday Monday and slam the area with high winds and coastal flooding.

As Flynn falls under growing pressure over Russia contacts, Trump remains silent

Washington Post
White House national security adviser Michael Flynn is under increasing political pressure and risks losing the confidence of some colleagues following reports that he misled senior administration officials about his discussion of sanctions with a

Trump friend says Priebus is ‘in way over his head’

Washington Post
One of President Trump’s longtime friends made a striking move on Sunday: After talking privately with the president over drinks late Friday, Christopher Ruddy publicly argued that Trump should replace his White House chief of staff.

KKK imperial wizard Frank Ancona is found dead

Sacramento Bee
Frank Ancona, the outspoken imperial wizard of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, was found dead Saturday near Belgrade, Mo.

Sex offender recently released from prison is charged with rape, murder of Ohio State student

Washington Post
Just a few days ago, Reagan Tokes was excited about graduation. “Today my dad emailed me diploma frames and told me to pick one out and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t tear up,” the Ohio State University student tweeted on Feb. 5. That was her last tweet.

CNN, The ‘Trump Dossier’ and ‘Fake News’

Huffington Post
In a “breaking news” story that unfolded on the evening of February 10, 2017, breathlessly recanted by a succession of on-air hosts, CNN reported that “multiple current and former U.S.

Immigration Agents Arrest 600 People Across US in One Week

New York Times
A protest on Saturday in New York City against President Trump’s immigration policy and the recent raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

DeVos’s Education Department misspells name of NAACP co-founder in tweet — and the apology had a mistake

Washington Post
(Update: tweets corrected). Education must not simply teach work – it must teach life. – W.E.B. DeBois pic.twitter.com/Re4cWkPSFA.
New York Times
Gavin Grimm sued his Virginia school district to use the boys’ bathroom, which corresponds with his gender identity. The school board appealed a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to the Supreme Court.

Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday Celebration gets community involved

Lincoln Journal Star
Rosie Franz, 7, waits to audition for the Abraham Lincoln impersonator contest while Aiden Schrader, 8, gets his hat adjusted by his father, Jason, on Sunday at Lincoln Southeast High School as part of the 17th annual Abraham Lincoln Birthday Celebration.

Democrats consider their future and who to pick as party chair

ABC News
Supporters of Congressman Keith Ellison’s bid to become the next Democratic National Committee chair held mismatched signs — some from a nurses’ union, others from different labor groups and the Minnesota representative’s formal campaign for the party …

Republican governors in charge

Washington Examiner
When the Republican Governors Association holds its winter meeting in Washington, D.C., this month, it will be a full house. The party now controls more state governorships than at any time in almost a century while also having a friendly president and …

Melania Trump, America’s First Lady in Absentia?

NBCNews.com
Since attending her husband’s inauguration, Melania Trump has stayed out of the spotlight – and largely out of the White House.

The folks packing Republican town halls

CNN
(CNN) These days, Deborah Johnson is on edge. She says she’s worried she won’t qualify for Social Security disability benefits, anxious about her middle son’s recovery from a car accident last year, and feeling the pervasive effects of her complex …

Houses evacuated after large wildfire in southeast Oklahoma City

NewsOK.com
Hundreds of acres burned Sunday in southeast Oklahoma City, and homes in the area were evacuated but not destroyed. No injuries were immediately reported with the wildfire.

2 Girls Critically Wounded In Separate Shootings

CBS Local
Chicago (CBS) – Two girls, ages 11 and 12, are fighting for their lives Sunday after they were shot in separate incidents Saturday night.

The Question I Would Like to Ask Betsy DeVos.

Huffington Post
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NJ woman pretended to be a superhero on Oculus escalator before falling to her death

New York Daily News
Jenny Santos, 29, was heading through transit hub when she lay down on escalator pretending to fly, and fell 34 feet to her death, officials said.

Democrats Wary of Icahn Self-Dealing as Trump Regulatory Adviser

New York Times
… □ President Trump will have a joint news conference with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada at 2 p.m. Monday. □ Mr. Trump’s nominee to be Treasury secretary, Steven T. Mnuchin, is likely to be confirmed by the Senate on Monday night

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