Associated Press<\/p>\n
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:<\/p>\n
1. HOW TRUMP WILL BEGIN HIS FIRST WEEK IN WHITE HOUSE<\/p>\n
The president is packing it with meetings that suggest he’s keeping an open ear, including talks with congressional leaders and a breakfast and listening session with business leaders.<\/p>\n
2. VIOLENT STORMS LEAVE 18 DEAD, DESTROY HOMES IN US SOUTH<\/p>\n
The enormous system that spun off apparent tornados scattered destruction in communities from Mississippi to Georgia.<\/p>\n
3. SAMSUNG BLAMES DEFECTS IN BATTERIES FOR DEVICE FIRES<\/p>\n
Samsung’s mobile division president, Koh Dong-jin, ruled out any problems with other aspects of the Note 7, either in its hardware or its software.<\/p>\n
4. SYRIA TALKS FOCUSED ON CEASE-FIRE START IN KAZAKHSTAN<\/p>\n
The Russia- and Turkey-backed meeting will be the first between Syria’s warring sides in a year and is expected to focus on consolidating a shaky truce that has been in place since Dec. 30.<\/p>\n
5. TRUMP PROPERTIES WORLDWIDE FACE TERROR RISK<\/p>\n
Criminal gangs or militants could target buildings bearing his name in gold, abduct workers associated with his enterprises for ransom or worse.<\/p>\n
6. WHO FACES A MOMENT OF TRUTH ON SECRETARY OF STATE VOTE<\/p>\n
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida must decide whether to provoke the new president’s wrath by opposing his secretary of state nominee, Rex Tillerson.<\/p>\n
7. SANCTIONS SOUGHT AGAINST VENEZUELAN OFFICIALS FOR FOOD CORRUPTION<\/p>\n
The calls by members of Congress on both sides of the aisle come in response to an AP investigation that found trafficking in hard-to-find food has become big business in Venezuela.<\/p>\n
8. CALIFORNIA COMMUTERS FACE MESSY DRIVE AFTER INTENSE STORMS<\/p>\n
Flash flood watches and warnings are in effect for swaths of greater Los Angeles and across Southern California where multiple roads were closed or blocked by fallen trees.<\/p>\n
9. WHY TYPEWRITERS HAVE SURVIVED THIS LONG IN INDIA<\/p>\n
Outdated government regulations help the typewriter cling to life – but the end is near.<\/p>\n
10. WHAT TO WATCH FOR IN THE SUPERBOWL<\/p>\n
While much of the attention between now and the NFL championship game on Feb. 5 in Houston will be focused on Brady vs. Ryan, the truly key matchup could be Atlanta’s score-at-will offense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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