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Acting secretary of education faces controversy, resistance

The new acting secretary of education, Dr. John King Jr., steps into a role his predecessor, Arne Duncan, left deep in controversy. With support for Common Core waning and student debt skyrocketing, King faces a series of challenges.

CBS News

King lays out his goals for nation’s education system

U.S. Department of Education

Canada has welcomed 10,000 Syrian refugees

Canada just welcomed its 10,000th Syrian refugee since November, and resettlement workers said the heavy influx has gone smoothly despite a Toronto housing shortage and a pepper-spray incident in Vancouver.

Reuters

Iran releases US sailors after brief detention

Iran released 10 US sailors after holding them overnight, bringing a swift end to an incident that rattled nerves ahead of the expected implementation of a nuclear accord between Tehran and world powers.

Yahoo! News

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Iran releases the 10 US sailors it detained yesterday

Slate

In State of the Union speech, Obama touts economic gains, vows to keep America safe

President Obama offered a stirring defense of his economic record in an election-year State of the Union address. Addressing critics, he argued that “anyone claiming that America’s economy is in decline is peddling fiction.”

The Hill

What have other presidents achieved in Year 8?

Christian Science Monitor

In GOP response, Haley slams Trump attitude

CNN

EU moves to discipline Poland’s ruling party for seizing heightened control over state

The European Commission took a first step to discipline Poland’s new ruling party for seizing heightened control over the state, fueling a debate about whether eastern Europe is slipping back into its authoritarian past.

Bloomberg

IN-DEPTH

Residents of besieged Syrian town describe starvation, ‘heartbreaking’ conditions

Several residents of the besieged Syrian town of Madaya have been able to leave one day after aid convoys were allowed in amid reports of widespread starvation.

ABC News

Half of US teens breathe secondhand smoke

Despite widespread laws banning smoking in public places, new research indicates nearly half of American teens who’ve never used tobacco are exposed to harmful secondhand smoke – many in their homes and family cars.

philly.com

Read the study here

Pediatrics

HUMAN RIGHTS

US Supreme Court strikes down Florida law empowering judges to impose death penalty

The Supreme Court struck down Florida’s system of letting judges, not juries, decide whether convicted criminals deserve the death penalty. The 8-1 ruling is significant because Florida has nearly 400 prisoners on death row.

USA TODAY

China arrests secretly held rights lawyers

China arrested several Chinese human rights lawyers on suspicion of subverting state power after months of secret detention, one of their colleagues said, the latest move by authorities to crack down on dissent.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Despite Russian threats, NATO missile defense plan In Europe must continue, US official says

NATO allies must continue to build up missile defenses despite complaints from Russia after North Korea’s claims last week that it tested a hydrogen bomb.

International Business Times

Presidential candidates weigh in on Russia, Putin, Middle East

U.S. News & World Report

In wake of sex assaults, Germany reveals plans to relax deportation rules for foreign criminals

Germany has announced plans to relax its restrictions on deporting foreign criminals after an unprecedented wave of mob sex assaults in Cologne and other cities on New Year’s Eve.

CNN

TERROR

Bomber linked to ISIS kills 10 in Turkey attack

The suicide bomber who killed at least 10 foreigners in a popular central Istanbul tourist area belonged to ISIS, officials said – an attack that shows the group’s nerve, reach and capacity for terror.

CNN

Sunni mosques in Iraq attacked after ISIS-claimed blasts

Reuters

Pakistan makes arrests in India terror attack

Pakistani authorities carried out raids at different places following attack on the Pathankot air base in India, leading to some arrests, intelligence officials said.

New Delhi TV

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Crude oil price hits 12-year low

Abundant crude oil and weakening energy demand from China’s huge economy helped push global crude oil prices down to the lowest level in 12 years.

Voice of America

Tumbling oil trades below $30 a barrel for first time in 12 years

Reuters

US regulators reject VW emissions recall plan

The California Air Resources Board has rejected Volkswagen‘s plan to recall cars with 2-liter diesel engines that trick emissions tests, saying the company’s plan is incomplete.

NPR

Volkswagen chief apologizes over emissions scandal on first US trip

The Economic Times

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GOOD NEWS

Good Samaritan gives homeless man his shirt

Joey Resto, 23, was taking the downtown train to his home in Brooklyn after work this when he noticed a homeless man without a shirt shivering from the cold.

ABC News

Workers are seeing more jobs, higher wages

US employers advertised slightly more jobs in November as overall hiring edged up and more Americans quit their jobs. The changes pressure employers to raise wages to attract and retain workers.

U.S. News & World Report

NGOs AND NONPROFITS

Ringling circus elephants to be retired early

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is ending its elephant acts a year and a half early, and will retire all of its touring elephants in May. The move is a victory for animal rights activists and local governments.

CBS News

PayPal sets Guinness fundraising record

PayPal was awarded the Guinness World Record title for “Most money raised online for charity in 24 hours,” with users giving more than $45.8 million globally on Giving Tuesday, more than doubling the previous record.

NonProfit Times

ENVIRONMENT

4 days after declaring an emergency, Michigan governor provides water to Flint

Four days after declaring a state of emergency over a water crisis in Flint, Michigan, Gov. Rick Snyder is providing the city with bottled water. Local churches and organizations have been providing water.

NBCNews.com

Environment group warns against reducing manatees’ endangered status

A US government move to downgrade the conservation status of manatees and green sea turtles is premature, an environment group has warned, despite encouraging signs that both species are recovering.

Guardian

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Calais migrants move into new housing blocks

It is the first time migrants at Calais will have had access to proper accommodation since the closure of the notorious Sangatte camp in 2002, amid fears the new facilities will act as a “pull factor” for asylum seekers.

Telegraph.co.uk

Refugee crisis diverts aid from world’s poor

Donor countries are dipping into their aid budgets to deal with the migration crisis or diverting money that would have gone to sub-Saharan Africa to countries that are deemed to be fragile, but are not classified as LDCs.

Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Milky Way grew from the inside out

Scientists have made a cosmic growth chart of the Milky Way galaxy, an innovative blending of data collected by the ongoing Sloan Digital Sky Survey and a new technique to determine the ages of stars.

Discovery News

Giant icebergs slow global warming

Researchers have found that the plume of cold water released from massive icebergs increases carbon storage in the seas - far more than previously thought.

Deutsche Welle

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Umberto Bridge in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Alberto Biscalchin via Flickr) Photo used under CC BY

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