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An impromptu memorial sits outside the General Francisco de Paula Santander Police Academy, a day after a car bomb exploded at the site, in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. Colombia blames the National Liberation Army, ELN, rebels for the deadly attack that left more than 20 dead and wounded many others. (AP Photo/John Wilson Vizcaino) XCOL105 XCOL105

Colombia blames ELN rebels for deadliest attack in 15 years

Colombia authorities said Friday that the man who carried out Thursday's brazen car-bomb attack against the police academy, which killed 21 and injured dozens more, was a longtime member of the National Liberation Army, or ELN.  VIEW

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File-In this Dec. 13, 2018, file photo, teen migrants walk in line inside the Tornillo detention camp in Tornillo, Texas. Government investigators say many more migrant children may have been separated from their parents than the Trump administration has acknowledged. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File) WX103 WX103
Nation & World

Government may have split up thousands more migrant families than it acknowledged

Rihanna at the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, May 7, 2018. Rihanna and Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton LVMH are in the midst of a deal that would make her the first female designer of color at the world’s largest luxury conglomerate. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)
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Rihanna, LVMH make a deal and, possibly, history

In an undated handout provided by her daughter, a scarf knitted by Claudia Weber which became a social-media sensation in Germany. Weber varied the colors in her four-foot “Bahn-Verspätungsschal,” or “rail delay scarf” to chart her year of frustrating commutes; a symbol of Germans mounting criticism of its rail service, the scarf fetched $8,650 for charity. (Sara Weber via The New York Times)
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Commuter knits a ‘rail delay scarf.’ It fetches $8,650 on eBay.

Caitlyn Taussig and her mother, Vicki, mend fences on their ranch in Kremmling, Colo., Aug. 11, 2017. Against the vast blue skies and craggy prairies, female ranchers have found the same independence and adventure that first lured their male antecedents, but they are also forging a new path. (Amanda Lucier/The New York Times) XNYT61 XNYT61
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Female ranchers are reclaiming the American West  VIEW

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FILE – In this Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, file photo, Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald in 2014, listens during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago. A judge rejected allegations that the shocking video of McDonald’s death proved that police officers staged a cover-up in the fatal shooting of McDonald. Van Dyke was convicted in Oct. 2018 of second-degree murder and aggravated battery, and will likely go to prison for at least several years when he’s sentenced Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool, File) ILCHT400 ILCHT400

After cover-up trial, officer who shot teen to be sentenced  VIEW

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, in Washington, on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. Pelosi postponed an official trip to Europe and Afghanistan due to security concerns on Friday after President Donald Trump grounded her military flight and divulged the itinerary, and her aides said the administration leaked plans for her and the lawmakers accompanying her to fly commercially. (Sarah Silbiger/The New York Times) XNYT16 XNYT16

Pelosi cancels Afghanistan trip, cites Trump ‘leak’  WATCH

World

In this Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019 photo, an injured man is helped at a private hospital after an alleged assault by a group of uniformed soldiers in Harare, Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe on Friday faced a “total internet shutdown,” a media group said, after a days-long violent crackdown on people protesting a dramatic fuel price increase. Badly injured people streamed into a hospital in the capital after alleged assaults by security forces. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) XTM111 XTM111

Zimbabwe in ‘total internet shutdown’ amid violent crackdown  VIEW

Consumer News

This Friday, Jan. 11, 2019 photo shows a plant-based burger made from wheat protein, coconut oil, potato protein and other ingredients in Bellevue, Neb. Released on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, a report from a panel of nutrition, agriculture and environmental experts recommends a plant-based diet, based on previously published studies that have linked red meat to increased risk of health problems. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Less beef, more beans: Experts say world needs a new diet

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In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2019 aerial image taken from a drone video and provided by the City of Westbrook, Maine, a naturally occurring ice disk forms on the Presumpscot River in Westbrook, Maine. (Tina Radel/City of Westbrook via AP) BX101 BX101

Giant rotating ice disk stops moving