Sessions met with Russian envoy Kislyak before confirmation
Former senator Jeff Sessions spoke twice with Russia's ambassador Sergey Kislyak last year, including a private September meeting in his office. Officials say the talks were not disclosed at his confirmation hearing and did not appear relevant to lawmakers' questions.
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Sergey Kislyak
U.S
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Kislyak
Armed Services Committee
Judiciary Committee
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al Franken
D-Minn
Sarah Isgur Flores
Manhunt Ends as Accused Killer Captured in Kansas
Kansas authorities say 28 year old Alex Deaton was captured after a multistate rampage that began with a carjacking in Albuquerque New Mexico. He allegedly killed his girlfriend and another woman in Mississippi and wounded several others before being booked in Kansas after a pursuit and vehicle crash.
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LaSalle County
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Crossville
Illinois
Chicago records 146 years with no snow in January February
The National Weather Service logged no snow on the ground in Chicago for January and February, a 146 year first noted at 6 am at O Hare Airport. Meteorologists cite a changing climate and warn of possible more unusual events ahead.
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Amy Seeley
WGNTV
Tom Skilling
Oldest Earth fossils claimed from 3.7 billion-year rocks in Canada
Researchers at University College London report fossils in Quebec rocks dating at least 3.7 billion years old, suggesting life arose within 200 to 500 million years of Earth’s formation. The team used thin sections and isotopic analysis to argue a biological origin, while critics call the findings du biofossils or doubt the fossil interpretation.
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Martin van Kranendonk
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Australia
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Flintridge
Calif
van Kranendonk
Zinke Confirmed Interior Department Chief by Senate Vote
The Senate approved Ryan Zinke 68 to 31 to head the Interior Department which guards about 500 million acres. Critics fear he may oppose Bears Ears designation while supporters cite his hunting and Western background.
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United States
Montana
Maria Cantwell
D-Wash
Utah
Bears Ears National Monument
U.N. Report Details Syrian Convoy Bombing and War Crimes
U.N. investigators said Syrian government air craft bombed and strafed a humanitarian convoy, killing 14 aid workers and halting relief. The panel highlighted daily airstrikes by Syrian and Russian forces on eastern Aleppo from July to the December fall, destroying hospitals and leaving orphanages and schools obliterated.
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