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Fly, Eagles, fly

The Philadelphia Eagles won Super Bowl LII over the New England Patriots 41-33 Sunday night at U.S. Bank Stadium. After the Patriots took their first lead of the game, at 33-32 with 9:22 remaining, the Eagles could have wilted. But quarterback Nick Foles led the Eagles on a 14-play, 75 yard touchdown drive to retake the lead with 2:21 remaining on an 11-yard pass from Foles to tight end Zach Ertz. The drive included a fourth-down conversion near midfield, also on a pass from Foles to Ertz. Clearly, Foles and the Eagles are no longer underdogs after Sunday night's epic win. This is how Tom Brady and the Patriots squandered their Super Bowl shot. 

Two dead after Amtrak train collides with freight train in South Carolina

An Amtrak train apparently traveling on the wrong track collided with a CSX freight train early Sunday in South Carolina, killing two Amtrak employees and injuring more than 100 people, Gov. Henry McMaster said.  It was the second major crash for Amtrak in less than a week. On Wednesday, a train carrying Republican members of Congress to a retreat in West Virginia hit a garbage truck in rural Virginia. The crash killed one person in the truck and left others wounded.

Trump: Nunes memo 'totally vindicates' me

President Trump tweeted Saturday that the controversial memo released by a House committee "totally vindicates" him in the probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. The memo, written by Rep. Devin Nunes. R-Calif., and made public Friday, alleges the FBI and Justice Department abused their surveillance authority to target Trump campaign adviser Carter Page in 2016. The president's comment did not indicate whether he planned to take any action to stop the investigation, led by special counsel Robert Mueller. The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., ripped the four-page document as "deliberately misleading" in a rebuttal obtained by NBC News and reportedly sent to other Democrats in the House on Saturday.

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Nunes memo: FBI, Justice Department abused surveillance
The controversial Nunes memo is out. It claims the FBI and the Justice Department abused their surveillance authority on Trump's 2016 Presidential campaign. Democrats say the memo is misleading.
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Kylie Jenner gives birth to baby girl

Kylie Jenner is officially a mom. The 20-year-old reality star gave birth to her first child, a baby girl, on Thursday, according to an Instagram message that she posted Sunday. She also posted a YouTube video in a subsequent tweet showing the baby. 

Child death toll in flu season hits 53 as hospitalizations soar

Sixteen more children have died in a flu season that's recorded 53 child deaths and has seen hospitalization rates at their highest in nearly a decade, federal health officials said Friday. “This is a very difficult season,” said Anne Schuchat, acting director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Weeks after officials hoped the epidemic might have peaked, it is instead going strong, with illnesses widespread in 48 states and flu activity high in 42 states and the District of Columbia, as of the last full week of January. 

Colts player Edwin Jackson killed by suspected drunken driver

Indianapolis Colts player Edwin Jackson was one of two people killed early Sunday after being struck by a suspected drunken driver along Interstate 70. According to the Indiana State Police, the crash happened shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday along the westbound lanes of I-70, just west of Holt Road. Jackson, an inside linebacker originally from Atlanta, was signed by the Colts in January 2016 after signing to the practice squad on Dec. 22, 2015. He was placed on injured reserve in September 2017.

Thurman on Weinstein: 'He did all kinds of unpleasant things'

Uma Thurman is speaking out against disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. The Oscar-winning actress opened up about her own experience with Weinstein, whom she alleges made unwanted advances on her in a New York Times op-ed Saturday. "He pushed me down. He tried to shove himself on me. He tried to expose himself. He did all kinds of unpleasant things. But he didn’t actually put his back into it and force me," she said, recalling the alleged "attack" at Weinstein’s suite at the Savoy Hotel in London. "I was doing anything I could to get the train back on the track. My track. Not his track.”

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Uma Thurman: Weinstein 'tried to expose himself'
In a recent New York Times op-ed, actress Uma Thurman revealed Harvey Weinstein shoved her and 'tried to expose himself.' A Weinstein spokesperson says Weinstein misread her signals.
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Here's who made it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Ray Lewis is Squirrel Dancing his way into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Five years to the day of his final game — a triumph in Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans — the former Baltimore Ravens linebacker was elected to the 2018 class Saturday in his first year of eligibility, headlining a star-studded class that also includes wide receivers Terrell Owens and Randy Moss, linebacker Brian Urlacher and safety Brian Dawkins. The two senior committee nominees, Jerry Kramer and Robert Brazile, and contributor Bobby Beathard, a longtime general manager, completed the eight-man class.