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The Coronavirus Global Health Emergency, an Amazon Rival, and More News

WHO is declaring and a startup is daring, but first: a cartoon about the power of passwords. Here's the news you need to know, in two minutes or less. Want to receive this two-minute roundup as an email every weekday? Sign up here! Today’s News The coronavirus is officially a global health emergency Last week, the World Health Organization decided against declaring the coronavirus outbreak an international health emergency in part because the disease seemed to only be spreading through people who had been to Wuhan, China. But now the…

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Kobe Bryants Wife Vanessa “Can Hardly Keep It Together,” Shes “Devastated & Relying on Her Faith” to Get Her Through

ShareTweetPin As one can only imagine, Vanessa Bryant is overwhelmed with grief after losing her husband of nearly twenty years and her 13-year-old daughter Gianna to a helicopter crash on Sunday. There were no survivors of the chopper crash that killed nine after erupting in Calabasas, California.   View this post on Instagram   Mamba and Queen #vacai A post shared by Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) on Aug 8, 2019 at 11:10am PDT As friends and fans publicly mourn the loss of an NBA legend, Vanessa has understandably kept mostly to…

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Japan ski resort hit by avalanche; 1 feared dead, 7 survive

This Feb. 10, 2009, aerial photo shows the Tomamu ski resort in Shimukappu village, central Hokkaido, northern Japan. An avalanche occurred at the ski resort on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, hitting a group of eight foreign skiers. (Kyodo News via AP) SKI PATROL MEMBER DIES AFTER FOUND UNCONSCIOUS, THIRD DEATH OVER WEEKEND IN LAKE TAHOE AREA One skier who escaped from the snow called police asking for help, said village official Atsushi Tada. The caller said one of them, a Frenchman in his 40s, was feared dead, but six others…

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Deer tramples man in a McDonald’s parking lot

(CNN)Everybody knows stepping into a parking lot creates the possibility of getting run over by a car — but by a deer? Ken looks to his right, sees the deer and looks directly at it. Showing no sign of stopping, the deer runs right over him, knocking him down. After a quick beat or two on the ground, Ken rolls to his feet and jumps back up. The deer didn’t stop. Worthy, a retired detective, said he’s seen some things on the job but this particular deer encounter caught him…

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The Conflict Between The U.S. & Iran Got A Little More Hopeful

Alex Wong/Getty Images News/Getty Images Will The U.S. Go To War With Iran? This Is Hopeful By Madhuri Sathish Jan 9, 2020 On Thursday, Jan. 2, the Pentagon announced that a prominent Iranian general had been killed in a drone strike ordered by President Donald Trump. The announcement that General Qassem Soleimani had been killed sparked widespread mourning in Iran, as well as global concerns that Trump was escalating existing tensions in region. But will the U.S. go to war with Iran? Both countries seem to want deescalation instead. After…

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Iraq Tells Trump GTFO After Soleimani Strike

On Sunday, just days after the voted to oust American troops from the country and Tehran advance the cause of peace. President Donald Trumps truculent response? Threaten Iraq with sanctions if it expels U.S. troops: If they do ask us to leave, if we dont do it in a very friendly basis, we will charge them sanctions like theyve never seen before ever. Itll make Iranian sanctions look somewhat tame. Tehrans announcement about its nuclear program Sunday indicated that the efforts Iran and the United States made in recent months…

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