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National Park Service to use entrance fees to keep operating

The National Park Service says it is taking the extraordinary step of dipping into entrance fees to pay for staffing at its highly visited parks in the wake of the partial government shutdown.

Storm creates havoc in California with mudslides, power outages

Tens of thousands of people lost power Sunday after a powerful winter storm swept through Northern California, while another storm system in the southern part of the state unleashed mudslides in wildfire burn areas and trapped motorists on a major highway.

Amid trade tensions, Chinese tech firms lay low at CES

The CES 2019 gadget show, which kicks off Sunday, will showcase the expanding influence and sway ofChina’s rapidly growing technology sector. But some of its firms are stepping back from the spotlight amid rising U.S.national-security concerns over Chinese tech and a trans-Pacific trade war launched by President Donald Trump.

Trash-collecting boom in Pacific Ocean breaks apart

A trash collection device deployed to corral plastic litter floating in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii has broken apart and will be hauled back to dry land for repairs.

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Knicks’ Kanter to skip London trip, fearing assasination

New York center Enes Kanter will not travel to London for the Knicks’ upcoming international gamebecause he believes he could be assassinated for his opposition to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Poland shuts down 13 escape rooms after 5 girls killed in fire

Polish officials have shut down 13 escape room entertainment sites for safety flaws and the prime minister asked people Sunday to report such lapses to firefighters and police after five teenage girls were killed in a fire.

Romanian engineer Iordachescu, dies at 89

Eugeniu Iordachescu, a Romanian civil engineer who devised an ingenious way to save 12 churches and many other historic buildings from being destroyed by the country’s former Communist strongman, has died. He was 89.

Airports security screeners calling off work during government shutdown

The federal agency tasked with guaranteeing U.S. airport security acknowledged an increase in the number of its employees calling off work during the partial government shutdown .

Man charged with murder in Houston girl’s drive-by shooting death

A black man was arrested and charged with murder in the killing of a 7-year-old black girl in a drive-by shooting in Houston that her family believed was racially motivated but that prosecutors said Sunday was a case of mistaken identity.

US to leave Syria once IS beaten, Kurds safe, says Trump advisor

U.S. troops will not leave northeastern Syria until Islamic State militants are defeated and American-alliedKurdish fighters are protected, a top White House aide said Sunday, signaling a pause to a withdrawal abruptly announcedlast month and initially expected to be completed within weeks.