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Travis Scott performs in Austin, Texas, in October 2018. Scott is set to perform at the 2019 Super Bowl halftime show.

Even With Rappers Set To Perform, Super Bowl's Halftime Show Remains Tone-Deaf

3:19pm January 18, 2019

Rappers Big Boi and Travis Scott have agreed to perform at the show while many others have rejected the NFL's request due to its handling of the Colin Kaepernick kneeling controversy.

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Demonstrators affiliated with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association protested the federal shutdown at a Capitol Hill rally earlier this month in Washington, D.C.

Federal Shutdown Has Meant Steep Health Bills For Some Families

3:15pm January 18, 2019

by Julie Appleby

An air traffic controller is just one employee locked into the terms of a health plan because of the ongoing federal shutdown. It's meant his child's hospital bills are "out-of-network."

On Wednesday in Harare, Zimbabwe, a police officer stands guard over people who were arrested during protests against increased gas prices.

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Zimbabwe Orders Second Internet Shutdown In A Week Of Deadly Protests

2:52pm January 18, 2019

Critics accuse the government of constricting Internet use to stop the circulation of images showing a security forces responding violently to protests over increased gas prices.

Fishermen wait to help people going to Colombia across the Arauca River near San Fernando de Apure in Venezuela in February 2017. More than 1 million Venezuelans are estimated to be living in Colombia.

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Fleeing Crisis, Some Venezuelans Are Recruited By Rebel Forces Fighting In Colombia

1:34pm January 18, 2019

by John Otis

Venezuelan migrants come into contact with Colombian guerrillas after crossing the river border. The migrants have turned up among captured and killed rebels, a Colombian military commander tells NPR.

A curious harbor seal checks out diver Mike Weber as he and other divers pick up golf balls in the waters off the coast of Northern California. His daughter wrote a paper about all the golf balls found in the ocean from nearby golf courses.

Teenage Diver Finds Tons Of Golf Balls Rotting Off California

12:10pm January 18, 2019

by Christopher Joyce

Alex Weber discovered more than 50,000 balls in the ocean near coastal California golf courses. When golf balls degrade, as these were doing, they release plastic particles and toxic chemicals.

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The IRS has recalled tens of thousands of furloughed workers to process tax refunds despite the government shutdown.

Attempts To Make Shutdown 'Painless' May Stretch Limits Of Federal Law

9:24am January 18, 2019

by Ayesha Rascoe

The Trump administration is trying to minimize the impact of the government shutdown by bringing furloughed workers back to work without pay. Critics say this may run afoul of the law.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, hugs TSA employee Miguel Pagarigan at the Sacramento International Airport Thursday. "Because of the shutdown and being furloughed ... I had to put a 'For Sale' sign on my house on Sunday," Pagarigan said.

Defying Trump Administration, Calif. Offers Federal Workers Unemployment Benefits

8:01am January 18, 2019

California Gov. Gavin Newsom called the Department of Labor's guidance that states not allow furloughed workers to collect unemployment "jaw-dropping."

Brad Smith, president of Microsoft Corp., speaks during a presentation on affordable housing in Bellevue, Wash., on Thursday. Microsoft Corp. said it will spend $500 million to develop affordable housing and help alleviate homelessness in the Seattle area

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Microsoft Pledges $500 Million Investment To Tackle Affordable Housing Crisis

11:13pm January 17, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

Most of the money will help preserve and build new homes for low and middle-income residents. A smaller portion will go toward homeless services and programs to keep people from being evicted.

A so-called "blood moon" seen during a total lunar eclipse in western Germany, on Sept. 28, 2015.

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Heads-Up For Sunday, A Super 'Blood Moon' Is On The Way

9:50pm January 17, 2019

by Ian Stewart

Not only will the moon be particularly close to Earth, but it will also be bathed in a reddish light just before midnight Eastern time.

Forensic workers gather at the scene of a deadly car bombing at a police academy in Bogotá, Colombia, on Thursday.

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Deadly Explosion At Bogotá Police Academy Stokes Fears Of Return To Dark Past

8:41pm January 17, 2019

by Amy Held

The attack, which left several people dead, was a reminder of the Colombian capital's violent history with guerrilla groups and drug cartels. No group claimed responsibility for Thursday's attack.