Wednesday, January 31, 2024

A Sin City Landmark Will Be Razed (Newser Morning 8)

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January 31, 2024
 
 
"It's so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas."
—Paul Cezanne
 
1
House Republicans voted along party lines after midnight Wednesday to move toward impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for a "willful and systematic" refusal to enforce immigration laws, the AP reports. Keep reading
 
2
When the Tropicana Las Vegas opened in 1957, Nevada's lieutenant governor unlocked the door to what would become a Sin City landmark for more than a half-century. Keep reading
 
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At a Glance
Artifacts sent back to Nepal from museums in the United States are displayed at the Department of Archaeology in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. Nepalese heritage activists and the Nepal government worked together to get dozens of artifacts repatriated from the Rubin Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, and Brooklyn Museum. Many archaeologically significant artifacts were illegally stolen from Nepal over several decades. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
 
3
Brian Wilson's wife of 28 years, famously portrayed by Elizabeth Banks opposite John Cusack's Brian in the 2014 film Love & Mercy, died Tuesday at age 77. Keep reading
 
4
On the eve of a planned hearing in the divorce proceedings of the special prosecutor in Georgia's election interference case against former President Trump, a tentative settlement was reached in the divorce, meaning the Wednesday hearing is off. Keep reading
 
5
One of the victims of a Minnesota home invasion and triple murder wasn't supposed to be at home at the time. Keep reading
 
6
Five professional hockey players who were members of Canada's 2018 World Junior Championships team have been charged with sexual assault in London, Ontario. Keep reading
 
7
The son of the imam fatally shot outside his New Jersey mosque on January 3 was arrested Friday on a firearms charge. Keep reading
 
8
The television audiences for the NFL playoffs and last Sunday's conference championship games are the highest on record going back to 1988. Keep reading
 
This Day in History
On Jan. 31, 1958, the United States entered the Space Age with its first successful launch of a satellite, Explorer 1, from Cape Canaveral.
Find out what else happened on this date here.
 
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