Coronavirus Live Updates: U.S. Tightens Controls as Death Toll Passes 250

The Trump administration announced a temporary ban on foreigners who have recently visited China. Qantas joined the list of airlines suspending flights to mainland China.

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Mary Higgins Clark, Queen of Suspense and a Fixture on Best-Seller Lists, Dies at 92

Mary Higgins Clark, a fixture on best-seller lists for decades whose more than 50 novels earned her the sobriquet Queen of Suspense, died Friday in Naples, Fla. She was 92, and had homes in Saddle River, N.J., Manhattan and Cape Cod.

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Lakers vs. Blazers Live Updates: Team Pays Tribute to Kobe Bryant

The Lakers resumed their schedule on Friday night with their first game since Bryant’s death in a helicopter crash. LeBron James will play, but Carmelo Anthony is out.

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Despite Evidence, Republicans Rallied Behind Trump. This Was Their Reasoning.

Several Senate Republicans said that even if President Trump did everything impeachment managers said, he should not be removed.

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A Dishonorable Senate

Republican legislators abdicated their duty by refusing to seek the truth. The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/opinion/republicans-impeachment-congress.html
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Bernie’s Angry Bros

The Sanders online army resembles President Trump’s most ardent supporters in more ways than either side might care to admit.

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Requiem for a Dream

Britain exits Europe. It will be poorer, above all in its shriveled heart. I have covered many stories that marked me over the past 40 years, in war zones and outside them, but none that has affected me as personally as Britain’s exit from the European Union.

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Does It Matter Who the Democrats Choose?

In terms of actual policy, probably not very much. At this point, the Democratic presidential nomination is very much up in the air.

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Once Skeptical, Senate Republicans Are All In on Trump

In pressing toward their preordained vote of acquittal, Senate Republicans made it clear they see their fortunes and futures intertwined with the president’s. WASHINGTON — President Trump’s control of Senate Republicans is nearly complete.

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Republicans Block Impeachment Witnesses, Clearing Path for Trump Acquittal

The narrow vote came after Republican senators said they did not need to hear more evidence, and pressed toward acquitting President Trump next week.

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Trump Administration Restricts Entry Into U.S. From China

The travel disruption sent shocks through the stock market and rattled industries that depend on the flow of goods and people between the world’s two largest economies.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/business/china-travel-coronavirus.html
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Diplomat at Center of Trump Impeachment Retires From State Department

On a July 25 telephone call with the president of Ukraine, President Trump described Ambassador Yovanovitch as “bad news” and said, ominously, “She’s going to go through some things.

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5 Takeaways From the Trump Impeachment Trial

The Senate voted against hearing from new witnesses in President Trump’s impeachment trial after the House managers and the defense team made their final cases on hearing witnesses.

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Modern Love Podcast: Tan France Reads ‘A Role I Was Born to Play’

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Brexit Has Arrived. But Boris Johnson’s Reign Is Just Beginning.

With his signature campaign promise fulfilled, the prime minister can now reshape Britain for a generation. Mr. Seymour writes about British politics.

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Hillary Clinton Slams Bernie Sanders for Not Working to Unite Democrats in 2016

In a podcast interview on Friday, Mrs. Clinton also described the caucuses in Iowa, where Mr. Sanders leads in some polls, as “undemocratic.”

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Latin America Roundup: Loft raises $175M, Softbank invests in Mexico’s Alphacredit and Rappi pulls back

Brazil’s famously-tricky real estate market has long drawn international investors to the region in search of tech solutions.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/31/latin-america-roundup-loft-raises-175m-softbank-invests-in-mexicos-alphacredit-and-rappi-pulls-back/
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Skymind Global Ventures launches $800M fund and London office to back AI startups

Skymind Global Ventures (SGV) appeared last year in Asia/US as a vehicle for the previous founders of a YC-backed open-source AI platform to invest in companies that used the platform. Today it announces the launch of an $800 million fund to back promising new AI companies and academic research.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/31/skymind-global-ventures-launches-800m-fund-and-london-office-to-back-ai-startups/
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Britain Is Leaving. Europe Has to Change.

There’s an enormous danger in doing nothing. HAMBURG, Germany — It’s happening: The United Kingdom is leaving the European Union on Friday. After decades of steady enlargement, the organization will lose its first member.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/opinion/eu-brexit-uk.html
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Alexander, Conceding Case Against Trump, Announces Vote to Block Witnesses

The Tennessee Republican said House Democrats proved that the president withheld military aid to pressure Ukraine to investigate his political rival, but that it was not impeachable.

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Coronavirus Live Updates: Infections Up Tenfold in One Week, to Nearly 10,000

The United States issued a red alert, its strongest warning, urging Americans to avoid travel to China. More than 200 people have died, the authorities said.

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Battered at the Polls, Pro-Europe Britons Gird for the Next Fight

Having bet it all on stopping Brexit and lost, Remainers now look to keeping Britain as close to the European Union as possible. LONDON — They marched by the hundreds of thousands to stop Brexit. They mourned when Prime Minister Boris Johnson walloped their side in the latest election.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/world/europe/brexit-remainers.html
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Britain’s Brexit Shrug: Just ‘Get On With It’

For the last three years, Britons have debated Brexit. Now that it is here, there is a sense of relief even though the country still must decide what sort of Brexit it wants.

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They Heard Kobe Bryant’s Helicopter Go Down. Then They Prayed.

At a church down the hill from a disaster, Sunday played out in small moments: a low-flying helicopter, a note slipped to the pastor, a driver looking for nine clients who never arrived. CALABASAS, Calif.

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Helicopter in Kobe Bryant Crash Wasn’t Legal to Fly in Poor Visibility

The pilot who flew Mr. Bryant and seven others through deteriorating weather was certified to fly under instrument conditions. But the company he worked for was not.

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Microsoft will now pay up to $20k for Xbox Live security exploits

Think you’ve found a glaring security hole in Xbox Live? Microsoft is interested. The company announced a new bug bounty program today, focused specifically on its Xbox Live network and services.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/30/microsoft-will-now-pay-up-to-20k-for-xbox-live-security-exploits/
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Spotlight Falls on Democrats From Trump-Friendly States

Attention has centered on four Republicans who might break ranks in President Trump’s impeachment trial. But Democrats have their own list of potential defectors.

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New York Is Urged to Consider Surge Pricing for Taxis

The city could become one of the first in the United States to allow yellow cabs to raise prices when demand is high.

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Tax System Favoring Central Park Co-ops and Brooklyn Brownstones Could End

New York City property taxes, long considered inequitable, could face a big overhaul under a plan from a mayoral commission.

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Trump’s Middle East Plan: Starting Point or Dead End?

The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/opinion/peace-plan-trump.html
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Did I Just Get Yanged?

Andrew Yang is showing what healthy populism looks like. It was New Year’s Eve, and I had decided to spend it with Andrew Yang. A self-described “Asian man who’s good at math,” Mr. Yang had raised an impressive $16.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2019 for his presidential campaign.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/opinion/sunday/andrew-yang-2020.html
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Trump Lawyer’s Impeachment Argument Stokes Fears of Unfettered Power

An argument by one of the president’s lawyers, Alan M. Dershowitz, prompted a backlash. He said he was misinterpreted.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/us/politics/dershowitz-trump-impeachment.html
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The DOJ Is Finally Suing US Telecom Providers for Robocalls

The defendants have allegedly connected hundreds of millions of fraudulent robocalls to US residents.

from Wired https://www.wired.com/story/doj-sues-us-telecom-providers-for-robocalls
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When Will We See Bolton’s Book?

The fate of his memoir is up to government censors. That’s troubling. The writers are lawyers at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/opinion/trump-john-bolton-book.html
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Amazon quietly publishes its latest transparency report

Just as Amazon was basking in the news of a massive earnings win, the tech giant quietly published — as it always does — its latest transparency report, revealing a slight dip in the number of government demands for user data.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/30/amazon-government-demands-data/
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Day 9 of Trump’s Trial: Tedium and Tea-Leaf Reading

A second day of questions revealed little. On Friday, things get interesting. Ms. Cottle is a member of the editorial board.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/opinion/impeachment-senate-trial.html
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Bernie Sanders Is Still Sad About the Dodgers

And he knows how to nurse a grudge. BURLINGTON, Iowa — The role was not an artistic stretch.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/us/politics/bernie-sanders-baseball.html
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Fred Silverman, 82, Is Dead; a TV Force When Three Networks Ruled

A top executive at CBS, ABC and then NBC, he shepherded series like “All in the Family,” “Laverne & Shirley” and “Hill Street Blues.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/arts/television/fred-silverman-dead.html
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Watch Rocket Lab’s first launch of 2020 take an NRO payload to orbit

Rocket Lab’s first mission of the year, and 11th commercial flight overall, is planned to take off this afternoon from New Zealand and bring a payload from the National Reconnaissance Office to orbit. You can watch the launch, “Birds of a Feather,” right here.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/30/watch-rocket-labs-first-launch-of-2020-take-an-nro-payload-to-orbit/
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Publisher engagement startup Insticator bets on commenting with Sqwuak It acquisition

Insticator, a startup helping publishers add elements like polls, quizzes and suggested story widgets to their content, has made its first acquisition — a commenting platform called Sqwuak It.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/30/insticator-acquires-sqwuak-it/
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American Life Expectancy Rises for First Time in Four Years

Life expectancy, the most basic measure of the health of a society, rose slightly in 2018, after a rare and troubling decline driven by the opioid epidemic.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/us/us-life-expectancy.html
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This amazing new planetarium show is like Google Earth for the universe

We were sailing past the rings of Saturn, the disc of rocks, ice, and moonlets that circle our second-largest neighbor—so naturally my whole body was rattling.

from Pocket https://www.fastcompany.com/90453808/this-amazing-new-planetarium-show-is-like-google-earth-for-the-universe
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To Senate Republicans, a Vote for Witnesses Is a Vote for Trouble

Lawmakers fear allowing new testimony would tie up the Senate indefinitely and open the door to a cascade of new accusations.

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KPCB has already blown through much of the $600 million it raised last year

Kleiner Perkins, one of the most storied franchises in venture capital, has already invested much of the $600 million it raised last year and is now going back out to the market to raise its 19th fund, according to multiple sources.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/29/kpcb-has-already-blown-through-much-of-the-600-million-it-raised-last-year/
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Tesla Reports Strong Results, but Challenges Loom Ahead

The electric automaker posted $105 million in fourth-quarter profit on $7.4 billion in revenue. It delivered a record 112,000 vehicles. 

from Wired https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-strong-results-challenges-ahead
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‘American Dirt’: Who Gets to Write Fiction?

Readers react negatively to criticism of a new and acclaimed novel about migrants. Re “Hype Over Novel on Migrants Turns Into Backlash for Author” (front page, Jan. 26):

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/29/opinion/letters/fiction-art.html
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An *Untitled Goose Game* Tribute Unleashes Chaos on Your Desktop

An enterprising developer has brought chaotic goose energy to Windows with Desktop Goose. 

from Wired https://www.wired.com/story/desktop-goose-windows-extension
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Tesla closes Shanghai factory over coronavirus concerns

Tesla was ordered by the Chinese government to shut down its Shanghai factory over concerns about the coronavirus, a closure that will delay Model 3 production and ultimately put slight downward pressure on profits in the first quarter, the automaker’s finance chief Zach Kirkhorn said during an e

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/29/tesla-closes-shanghai-factory-over-coronavirus-concerns/
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All eyes are on the next liquidity event when it comes to space startups

At the FAA’s 23rd Annual Commercial Commercial Space Transportation Conference in Washington, DC on Wednesday, a panel dedicated to the topic of trends in VC around space startups touched on public vs.

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Why Having Hunter Biden Testify Would Be Bad for Trump

If it means John Bolton would also testify in the impeachment trial, it could help the Democrats. Ms. Drew is a journalist based in Washington who covered Watergate.

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San Francisco Joins the Move to Ban Cars From a Major Street

New York has cleared Times Square and 14th Street, while Oslo is banishing drivers from its city center.

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As Biden Makes Push in Iowa, His Ground Game May Have Some Gaps

Democratic officials and some activists for the candidate say Joe Biden’s Iowa organization is weak in some areas, which could hurt him on caucus night. Biden aides say they have plenty of boots on the ground.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/29/us/politics/joe-biden-iowa-caucus.html
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As Coronavirus Explodes in China, Countries Struggle to Control Its Spread

The time to prevent more epidemics is now, and countries are trying to seize the moment. Australians flown home from Wuhan, China, will be quarantined on an island for two weeks. Americans, also evacuated from Wuhan, will be “temporarily housed” on an air base in California.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/29/health/china-coronavirus-outbreak.html
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Is the World Ready for the Coronavirus?

Distrust in science and institutions could be a major problem if the outbreak worsens. The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/29/opinion/coronavirus-outbreak.html
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