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CHICAGO (AP) — University of Illinois President Tim Killeen is being offered a new contract that would extend his tenure four years and hike his annual compensation by about 40%, officials revealed Tuesday.

Ann Killion and Susan Slusser will receive the Kathy Wolff Women in Baseball award Tuesday night at the San Jose Elks Club.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers advanced a bill Tuesday designed to protect the free-speech rights of student journalists in public high schools while holding them directly accountable for stories that are libelous.

SEATTLE (AP) — Freezing temperatures and more snowfall created hazardous driving conditions and caused more school delays and closures in the Puget Sound area.

BELLAIRE, Texas (AP) — Suspect at large after shooting at high school in Bellaire, Texas, city says in tweet.

BRUSSELS — Britain, France and Germany ratcheted up pressure on Iran Tuesday to cease its violations of a landmark nuclear deal, stressing that they want to resolve differences through talks while starting the clock on a process that could result in a so-called “snapback” of U.N. sanctions.

Talk about retail therapy: A new penthouse being built in Palm Beach, FL, will sit atop the upscale Tiffany & Co. It’s available for $17.5 million.

1 Racial comments: Japan’s deputy prime minister described the country as the only one in the world with a single race, language and 2,000-year-old monarchy, sparking criticism that he was ignoring an indigenous ethnic group and Japanese racial diversity. Taro Aso, who is also finance minister, has made a series of remarks in the past deemed insensitive and discriminatory. Indigenous Ainu people have lived in what is now northern Japan for thousands of years and were officially recognized by a... Читать дальше...

A peek inside the oddly decorated home owned by Dr. Phil; plus, energy-saving myths costing you money; and the latest decor trend that's a nod to Grandma.

1 Buttigieg boost: Quentin Hart, the black mayor of Iowa’s most racially diverse city, is backing Pete Buttigieg for president, giving the former South Bend, Ind., mayor a rare boost from a minority leader. Hart said he was supporting Buttigieg in part for what he called the Democrat’s effort to address racial economic disparity in South Bend. Like Waterloo, which Hart represents, South Bend is a once-thriving Midwestern city with a high unemployment rate and a history of racial discord. The campaign... Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — The average pay for America's private university presidents grew by 10.5% in 2017, with dozens receiving more than $1 million and three topping the $5 million mark, according to an annual survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

LITHONIA, Ga. (AP) — A man was charged with murder for killing a 14-year-old Atlanta-area boy whose friend stole the man's phone and ran, authorities said.

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts real estate developer accused of paying $220,000 to get his son into the University of Southern California faces a new tax fraud charge.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A new proposal designed to lower property taxes while boosting aid for public schools won public support Tuesday from a majority of Nebraska lawmakers on a key legislative committee.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers kicked off the first day of the 2020 legislative session Tuesday by approving a proposal that would assure continued taxpayer funding of faith-based foster care and adoption agencies even if they exclude LGBT families and others based on religious beliefs.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republicans on the losing side of the Louisiana House speaker’s vote bristled Tuesday in the aftermath of the divisive leadership competition, an indication the GOP may have difficulty capitalizing on its legislative gains from the fall elections.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic senator said Tuesday he has at least 51 votes to support a bipartisan resolution asserting that President Donald Trump must seek approval from Congress before engaging in further military action against Iran.

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese security forces fired volleys of tear gas at protesters who responded with rocks outside the country's central bank in pitched street battles that lasted for hours late Tuesday. The clashes ended a day of rallies that followed a lull in the three-months-long protests.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Teaching vacancies throughout Arizona have increased by more than 150 positions compared to last year, a report said.

WA Marine Warnings and Forecast for Wednesday, January 15, 2020

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SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Portland OR

239 PM PST Tue Jan 14 2020

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...Rough bar conditions expected.

- GENERAL SEAS...10 to 12 ft tonight building to 12 to 15 ft

Wednesday.

- FIRST EBB...Strong around 730 PM Tuesday. Seas to 14 ft with

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An official investigation into reports of large drones flying in groups over the western U.S. plains in the hours after sunset has confirmed nothing illegal or out of the ordinary, a finding of little solace to folks who say the truth is still out there.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The University of Connecticut, one of many public research schools across the country facing lower government funding, released a report Tuesday saying it generates about $5.3 billion for the state of Connecticut each year.

WORCESTER , Mass. (AP) — Four years after the pilot program launched in the city, state treasurer Deborah Goldberg visited Worcester Thursday to promote the rollout of the now-statewide BabySteps college savings program.

ATLANTA (AP) — Gov. Brian Kemp is appointing three new members to seven-year terms on the Georgia state Board of Education, which makes policy for the state's nearly 1.8 million public school students.

WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency has taken a significant step toward protecting the world’s computer systems, alerting Microsoft to a vulnerability in its Windows operating system rather than keeping quiet and exploiting the flaw to develop cyberweapons as the agency typically would, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.