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Time magazine has named 4 journalists and a newspaper as its 2018 "Person of the Year" for standing up for the truth in the face of persecution and violence. The group, which Time calls "the guardians" includes slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

President Donald Trump meets Tuesday at the White House with presumptive House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer as they try to avoid a partial government shutdown amid a dispute over Trump's promised border wall.

Cities across the southeast are still digging out from the massive snowstorm that hit the region Sunday. Many schools are closed for a second day. Thousands are still without power.

A 102-year-old woman from Australia has broken the record for the oldest skydiver in the world when she jumped from 14,000 feet Sunday to raise money for motor neuron disease.

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