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North Carolina's elections board on Monday set dates for the redo of a congressional election it ordered after finding the results of the 2018 vote were tainted by a ballot fraud scheme. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2IQ4qcE via IFTTT

A U.S. judge on Monday acquitted a former top foreign exchange trader at Barclays Plc accused of illegally trading ahead of an $8 billion transaction for Hewlett-Packard Co, without letting the case go to a jury. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2tPf7BH via IFTTT

The anonymous sole winner of a $1.5 billion U.S. Mega Millions drawing last fall has come forward to claim the jackpot, choosing to collect a record one-time cash sum of more than $877 million, South Carolina's lottery commission said on Monday. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2Hed4PC via IFTTT

New England dug out from more than a foot of snow on Monday that snarled commutes, canceled nearly 1,800 airline flights and was blamed for injuries to five people after a commuter jet slid off a snowy runway in northern Maine, forcing the airport to close. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2tQiRCX via IFTTT

A rapidly growing number of counties in at least four states are declaring themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries, refusing to enforce gun-control laws that they consider to be infringements on the U.S. constitutional right to keep and bear arms. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2HeQ17s via IFTTT

Alabama residents and rescue teams on Monday sifted through the splintered remnants of homes torn apart by a string of tornadoes that killed at least 23 people, including three children, in the deadliest burst of twisters to hit the United States since 2013. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2NJenqO via IFTTT

Actor Luke Perry, who rose to superstardom on the teen-oriented 1990s U.S. television drama "Beverly Hills 90210" and then aged into a fatherly role on comic-based "Riverdale," died on Monday at the age of 52 after suffering a "massive" stroke last week, his publicist said. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2HcMmXz via IFTTT

A weekend camping trip ended in tragedy for 10-year-old Taylor Thornton, identified on Monday as one of at least 23 people killed by the deadliest U.S. tornadoes in more than five years. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2ELSc0m via IFTTT

Juan Corona, a serial killer found guilty of murdering 25 farmworkers whose bodies were found buried in Northern California orchards, died on Monday at the age of 85, state prison officials said. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2tSqKaU via IFTTT

California's High-Speed Rail Authority on Monday urged the Trump administration to abandon plans to withhold $929 million in funding and seek to claw back $2.5 billion the state has already received for a rail project, calling the effort "disastrous" and "unlawful." from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2IQLsT6 via IFTTT

(This February 19 story has been refiled to correct conversion to kilometers to show 836.8 km, not 826.8 km, in paragraph seven) from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2Vabmm5 via IFTTT

A pair of tornadoes killed at least 23 people on Sunday in Alabama, causing infrastructure damage with at least 150 miles per hour (241 kph) winds in the deadliest twister to hit the United States in almost six years. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2tOK0WV via IFTTT

A succession of tornadoes ripped through Alabama's Lee County on Sunday with winds of 150 miles per hour (241 kph), killing at least 23 people including children in the deadliest such storms to strike the United States in almost six years. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2tQxczr via IFTTT