CBS All Access' "Twilight Zone" reboot gets premiere date

"Twilight Zone" fans can soon enter the fifth dimension all over again

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Venezuelan leader responds to protests with military show of force

One protester said they've had enough of an oppressive regime under President Nicolas Maduro

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Sarah Sanders: "God wanted Trump to become president"

The White House press secretary told the Christian Broadcast Network in an interview that she believes God wanted Trump to win

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The Beatles' historic final concert held on rooftop 50 years ago

By the time they performed, it had been more than two years since their last live show

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"I hope y'all find peace": Texas inmate says before execution

Robert Jennings received lethal injection for killing Officer Elston Howard during a robbery part of a crime spree in July 1988

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Gov't cites "avalanche of evidence" in El Chapo trial closing arguments

Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman faces multiple drug and murder conspiracy charges that could land him in jail with a life sentence if convicted

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Nimble Stand review: A thoughtful, well-designed wireless charging pad

Traeger Timberline 850 Wi-Fi grill review: The ideal smoker/barbecue for the smart home

High-end materials, smart design, and quality construction combine with Wi-Fi connectivity and a strong app to make a first-class grill/smoker combo.

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Deep freeze grips U.S. Midwest, blamed for at least 12 deaths

A blast of icy polar air brought dangerously low temperatures to the U.S. Midwest on Wednesday, causing at least three more deaths while halting mail delivery and forcing residents who pride themselves on their winter hardiness to huddle indoors.

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Oink, moo and brrr: Polar vortex strikes U.S. farm belt

Farmers from North Dakota to Iowa buckled down for some of the coldest weather in a generation on Wednesday, throwing extra rations to pigs or building igloos for chickens in the teeth of sub-zero temperatures and bone-chilling winds.

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In 'Icebox of the Nation,' arctic blast is just another day

The town that embraces its nickname as the "Icebox of the Nation" barely paused on Wednesday for the polar vortex that is gripping the U.S. Upper Midwest.

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Senate hearings to probe unsafe housing of U.S. military families

Troubled by widespread health and safety hazards uncovered by a Reuters investigation into U.S. military housing, Congress will hold hearings next month to ensure that “what we’re seeing now can never happen again,” said Michigan Democrat Gary Peters, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

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Senator Rand Paul gets $580,000 after neighbor broke his ribs

A Kentucky jury has awarded U.S. Senator Rand Paul more than $580,000 in damages against a next-door neighbor who broke six of the Republican lawmaker's ribs in a gardening dispute.

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U.S. secretly ships Cold War-era plutonium to Nevada

The U.S. government secretly shipped a large amount of deadly plutonium from a South Carolina site that produced the radioactive metal for nuclear bombs during the Cold War to Nevada, the Trump administration revealed on Wednesday.

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New York settles with sellers of 'fake' online followers, 'likes'

New York's attorney general on Wednesday said she has resolved a probe into a group of Colorado companies that once sold fake followers, "likes" and views on social media platforms, in the first U.S. settlement to deem such sales illegally deceptive.

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U.S. lawmakers urge Pentagon to revise climate change report

Three Democratic U.S. lawmakers, including the House armed services committee chairman, on Wednesday urged the Pentagon to revise a report on climate change, saying it omitted required items such as a list of the 10 most vulnerable bases.

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Elephant seals take over California beach during U.S. shutdown

A herd of elephant seals took over a popular California beach while it was closed during the federal government shutdown and the animals show no sign of wanting to leave.

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Chicago police to release images after attack on 'Empire' actor

Chicago police said on Wednesday they would soon release images of "persons of interest" in the assault of "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett in which two men yelled racial and homophobic slurs and wrapped a rope around his neck.

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Texas executes man for killing police officer in botched 1988 robbery

The state of Texas on Wednesday executed a man convicted of shooting a Houston police officer to death during a botched robbery of an adult book store in 1988, the state's Criminal Justice Department said.

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U.S. safety board opens probe into deadly Florida highway crash

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Wednesday it would send a team of eight to probe a deadly Jan. 3 crash in Florida that killed seven, including five children traveling to Disney World.

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Youngest member of murderous Manson 'family' again recommended for parole

The California parole board recommended on Wednesday that Leslie Van Houten, the youngest of Charles Manson's murderous "family" of followers, be released early from the life prison term she is serving for her role in the cult's 1969 killing spree.

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