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politics U.S. influence wanes sharply under Trump, slips behind China for first time in worldwide poll Rob Beschizza

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politics Tech billionaires censor Seth Rogen for telling too much truth at science award show Ellsworth Toohey

News Watch a drunk news anchor drawl his way through segment Rob Beschizza

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politics International students told to arrive in U.S. before Trump inauguration to avoid travel ban Rob Beschizza

News Can Opener bridge strikes again Gail Sherman

News Restaurant reservations have become the hot new scalping racket Mark Frauenfelder

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nypd NYPD debuts windshield boot to trap parking offenders Rob Beschizza

politics Trump's former advisers say he praised Hitler and other dictators in private Mark Frauenfelder

authoritarianism 'Parasite' actor found dead after 19-hour Police Interrogation Natalie Dressed

tabloids King Charles robs the dead in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Trader Joe's Sarah and Nam Soon Ahn, of "Ahnest Kitchen," review Trader Joe's new ready-to-eat kimbap Jennifer Sandlin

Science Some optimism about the claim of a room-temperature superconductor Ruben Bolling

pigs George Orwell on the real meaning of Animal Farm: get rid of the pigs Thom Dunn

twitter Elon Musk compared Twitter Files to a government Truth & Reconciliation Commission Thom Dunn