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  • Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is traveling to Washington, D.C. to meet with President Joe Biden at a low point in US-Mexico relations.
  • Mr. Stubbs (his tail was bitten off years ago) was taken in by the Phoenix Herpetological Society. There, The Arizona Republic reports, an orthopedic care specialist realized a silicone tail could be designed for him. Now, Mr. Stubbs sports a $6,000 prosthetic.
  • The House Jan. 6 committee preps for a primetime hearing. Poll: A majority of Americans blame Trump for Jan. 6 insurrection. The pipeline that brings natural gas from Russia to Germany is to reopen.
  • NPR's John McChesney reports that Visa and Mastercard have agreed on a single technical standard that they say will allow for secure purchases over the Internet. The two credit card giants had been pursuing different systems with conflicting security specifications. Today's announcement means banks and consumers will not have to worry about choosing one system over the other.
  • In 2016, a home that strawberry growers were building in California was set on fire after protests from neighbors. The workers were part of the H-2A agricultural work visa program.
  • two days of talks in Havana today, focusing on the migration accord reached two years ago that grants 20,000 immigrant visas to Cubans every year.
  • American Electric Power, an Ohio-based company, has agreed to a $4.6 billion settlement of a lawsuit over pollution controls at its power plants. The Justice Department says it's the biggest environmental enforcement settlement ever.
  • Prime Minister Theresa May is taking flak from across the ideological spectrum amid a series of resignations. Some are demanding a no-confidence vote; others are demanding an entirely new referendum.
  • He was elected general secretary of the Communist Party of China early Thursday morning. But those hoping for change in China say the make-up of the party's elite makes it unlikely major reforms will come anytime soon.
  • Over the past decade, hundreds of thousands of foreign-born high-tech workers have come to the United States thanks to the H-1B visa guest worker program. A new album mixes Indian and Western musical influences to take a lighthearted look at the techie immigrant's life in America.
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