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MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Thousands took to the streets on Australia Day on Friday to protest against the celebration of the start of white colonization and persecution of Aboriginal Australians 230 years ago. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2Eab0od

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives open coalition talks with their Social Democrat (SPD) partners on Friday, four months after the September election that left Europe's largest economy in an unprecedented state of political limbo. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2Bva1vI

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's pro-government Supreme Court late on Thursday excluded the opposition coalition from registering ahead of this year's presidential election, possibly splintering President Nicolas Maduro's foes by pushing political parties to put forward competing candidates. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2BtkRTa

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is offering a path to citizenship for up to 1.8 million young illegal immigrants but insists on measures that would curb some legal immigration programs and provide a border wall with Mexico, senior White House officials said on Thursday. from Reuters: U.S. http://ift.tt/2FihLDG

(Reuters) - A lawsuit challenging the U.S. federal government's approval of work requirements for Medicaid recipients in Kentucky could rein in the power of the Trump administration to reshape the health insurance program for the poor, legal experts said. from Reuters: U.S. http://ift.tt/2nbrvbn

DENVER (Reuters) - A man who police believe shot and killed a deputy sheriff near Denver was in custody on Thursday while authorities sought two other men for questioning about what led up to the incident, officials said. from Reuters: U.S. http://ift.tt/2nfAxFt

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday it was withdrawing a provision of the Clean Air Act that requires a major source of pollution like a power plant to always be treated as a major source, even if it makes changes to reduce emissions. from Reuters: U.S. http://ift.tt/2EaSaNW

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department's internal watchdog said Thursday it recovered five months of missing text messages between two Federal Bureau of Investigation officials whom Republicans have accused of bias against President Donald Trump. from Reuters: U.S. http://ift.tt/2nci63D

(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court halted the planned execution on Thursday of an Alabama man convicted of murdering a police officer in 1985 after attorneys petitioned to spare the man's life, arguing that he had suffered several strokes that left him unable to remember the crime. from Reuters: U.S. http://ift.tt/2DPkZ4u

CHICAGO (Reuters) - An Illinois judge on Thursday denied a Chicago-area transgender student's demand to use the girls' locker room at a local high school without being restricted to a private changing area inside the locker room. from Reuters: U.S. http://ift.tt/2DNQSKQ

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alaska's Republican senator said on Thursday she will ask Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to remove certain sensitive offshore areas of Alaska from his proposed strategy to increase oil and gas drilling in federal waters. from Reuters: U.S. http://ift.tt/2GhbKIZ

Fox News Breaking News Alert Fire erupts at South Korean hospital, killing at least 39 01/26/18 12:51 AM

Fox News Breaking News Alert Trump said he wanted to fire Mueller last June but later backed off, source tells Fox News 01/25/18 10:10 PM

Fox News Breaking News Alert Trump immigration proposal could provide path to citizenship for 1.8 million in US illegally 01/25/18 5:57 PM

Fox News Breaking News Alert Mitt Romney likely to announce run for Utah's Senate seat next week, Fox Business reports 01/25/18 4:34 PM

Fox News Breaking News Alert Missing text messages between two FBI employees have been located, according to a DOJ official 01/25/18 12:44 PM

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning Casey Affleck, who has been accused of sexual harassment by female crew members on an earlier film, has withdrawn as a presenter at the 2018 Academy Awards, a spokeswoman for the organization said on Thursday. from Reuters: Entertainment News http://ift.tt/2rDe5dZ

(Reuters) - A former teen model has accused illusionist David Copperfield of drugging and sexually assaulting her in 1988 after he judged a modeling competition in Japan that she took part in. from Reuters: Entertainment News http://ift.tt/2nd4dTv