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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Monday claimed responsibility for a series of airstrikes on Iranian military targets in Syria, drifting further away from its longstanding policy of playing down or covering up its military activities in the war-torn country. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2FRP9VD via Latest News

President Donald Trump's latest offer of a deal to resolve the government from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2REgBx1 via Latest News

Plunging temperatures after a wet winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of the U.S. Northeast were expected to flash freeze much of the region on Sunday and make travel dicey during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday. "Any water that remains on the road will freeze into a sheet of ice and make conditions quite hazardous," said Rich Otto, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service (NWS). Sub-zero temperatures tied to gusting winds prompted the NWS to issue wind chill advisories and warnings for more than 10 states, from North Dakota and other parts of the central United States to East Coast metropolitan centers including Washington, New York and Boston. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2FOe6Rx via Latest News

TLAHUELILPAN, Mexico (AP) — The latest on the deadly fire at a Mexican fuel pipeline (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2MmDIXc via Latest News

A Russian pop star with close links to Donald Trump and who reportedly helped set up the 2016 Trump Tower meeting, has cancelled an upcoming US tour, with his agent citing fears he may be arrested by FBI agents working for Robert Mueller. Emin Agalarov, the Azerbaijan-son of Azerbaijani-Russian oligarch Aras Agalarov, announced he was cancelling the five-date tour that included performances in both the US and Canada. “I really hate to be recording this message, but I’m left without a choice, due to circumstances beyond my control, I am forced to postpone my scheduled US and Canadian tour,” Agalarov said in a message posted on Facebook and Instagram. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2T7vnZI via Latest News

New Jersey Democrat Rep. Jeff Van Drew says he did not vote Nancy Pelosi for speaker because his constituents wanted someone with new ideas. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2T1tBJG via Latest News

Temperatures fell to single-digits Fahrenheit (about -20 C) from New York City to Boston and through northern New England and froze melting snow late on Sunday and early Monday, said Marc Chenard at the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland. "Boston will be just 3 degrees (Fahrenheit) this morning, with wind chills of minus 12 or more," he said. "New York City and D.C. will be in that same range, maybe hitting the teens later today. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2FF13D0 via Latest News

British Airways will paint one of its Boeing 747's in a retro scheme that dates to the 1960s as part of an effort to commemorate its 100th birthday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2U6KHWK via Latest News

Samsung may reduce mobile phone manufacturing in India    SamMobile Samsung stopped television production in India in the last quarter following the Indian Government's decision to impose 5% duty on open cell LED panels. View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News http://bit.ly/2W7uTF5 via Technology

Google Assistant's New Dark Mode Cards Look Horrible    Thurrott.com The Google Assistant app is rolling out dark mode cards, and they look pretty terrible    Android Police Google Assistant is latest Google service to gain dark mode option    Android Authority Elementary OS Challenge: Let's Talk About Dark Themes    Forbes Google Assistant begins receiving dark mode cards    PhoneDog View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News http://bit.ly/2MplyUq via Technology

Why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dropped into a 'Donkey Kong 64' session on Twitch    Mashable Streamers of a session of 'Donkey Kong 64' on Sunday were treated to a cameo from newly elected Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. from Technology - Latest - Google News http://bit.ly/2W9eaku via Technology

BEIJING (AP) — A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial for global commerce and rich in fish and potential oil and gas reserves: from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2AYiD0u via Latest News

Mexico has opened an investigation into what caused a deadly pipeline explosion, including possible negligence by authorities, the attorney general said Monday, as the death toll rose to 91 people. It is still unclear exactly how events unfolded leading up to the Friday blast, which occurred as hundreds of people rushed to collect fuel in buckets and jerrycans from a geyser of gasoline that was spouting from an illegal pipeline tap near the town of Tlahuelilpan, in the central state of Hidalgo. Attorney General Alejandro Gertz said investigators were trying to determine who tapped the pipeline -- whether locals acting alone or one of the criminal gangs that have turned fuel theft into a booming industry in Mexico. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2CD2yNZ via Latest News

Flight schedules appeared to be on the rebound Monday after a rough weekend. But only after 4,600 mostly storm-related cancellations since Friday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2FFJRgj via Latest News

Women from various political and ideological backgrounds challenged the 2019 Women’s March by marching in protest and organizing alternative rallies near the Washington, D.C. event on Saturday. The third annual Women’s March took place in Freedom Plaza, a more confined space than in years past, suggesting that organizers anticipated smaller crowds after facing allegations of anti-Semitism and defending Nation of Islam’s anti-Semitic leader Louis Farrakhan. Following the development of those controversies, conservative group Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) organized a rally across the street in the name of “all women” at the same time as the Women’s March. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2FFBwta via Latest News

Bloomberg erroneously reported earlier that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesman, George Charamba, dismissed rumors of a palace coup, citing a tweet from the account. Charamba does not have a Twitter account, Regis Chikowore, principal director at the information ministry, said by phone. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2S4UL5q via Latest News

Rudy Giuliani said President Trump recalls discussing the Trump Tower Moscow project with Michael Cohen until late 2016. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2T4kyrp via Latest News

The youngest woman ever elected to Congress has responded to producer Aaron Sorkin’s demand that the new intake of Democrats ‘stop acting like young people’ - saying if politicians do not show up and fight for them, they cannot expect their vote. Speaking on CNN, where he was promoting his Broadway production of To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway, the 57-year said he liked the newly elected young Democrats in Congress, but suggested they needed to act differently. “I really like the new crop of young people who were just elected to Congress. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2U2Wc1j via Latest News

BEIJING (AP) — China's population growth rate continued to slow in 2018, spelling possible trouble ahead as a swelling number of retirees pushes up against a shrinking labor pool. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2MmdnrZ via Latest News

Google has kicked off 2019 by getting hit with yet another multimillion-dollar fine from a European regulator. Stemming from an investigation that began in May -- the day after Europe's strict new data privacy rules known as GDPR went into effect -- France's data protection authority has announced a $57 million fine against Google in the first such GDPR penalty levied against a US technology company. In a statement explaining the action, the French agency known as the CNIL noted that the fine is a result of deficiencies that include Google not being clear enough about the way user data is handled to present personalized ads. The CNIL's statement goes on to note that "the infringements observed deprive the users of essential guarantees regarding processing operations that can reveal important parts of their private life since they are based on a huge amount of data, a wide variety of services and almost unlimited possible combinations." The penalty is also connecte...