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Unaware of the terrifying history of Heelshire Mansion, a young family moves into a guest house on the estate where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms. Katie Holmes stars in STXfilms and Lakeshore Entertainment’s Brahms: The Boy II, alongside Christopher Convery (“Gotham”), Owain Yeoman (The Belko Experience) and Ralph Ineson (The Witch). William Brent Bell returns to direct Brahms: The Boy II. The producers are Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg, Eric Reid, Gary Lucchesi, and Richard Wright in addition to Matt Berenson, Jim Wedaa and Roy Lee.

Source: Brahms: The Boy II - Trailer

SpaceX has intentionally destroyed one of its rockets in an unmanned emergency escape test to prove it can keep the capsule’s astronauts safe in a crisis - its last major barrier before launching manned flights into space.

Source: SpaceX launches, purposefully destroys rocket in critical astronaut escape test

Facebook Inc on Saturday blamed a technical error for Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s name appearing as “Mr Shithole” in posts on its platform when translated into English from Burmese, apologizing for any offense caused. Source: [url=http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/H_MwqNAahQ4/facebook-says-technical-error-caused-vulgar-translation-of-chinese-leaders-name-idUSKBN1ZH0IB]Facebook says technical error caused vulgar translation of Chinese leader's name[/url]

Players from two teams at the center of baseball’s sign-stealing scandal faced their fans on Saturday for the first time since the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox ousted their managers amid the fallout from the investigation into Houston’s elaborate scheme.

Source: Astros, Red Sox look ahead in wake of sign-stealing scandal

Qatar condemned the storming of Libya's eastern Zueitina oil export port by forces from areas controlled by the Libyan National Army (LNA), Qatar's state news agency said on Sunday. Source: [url=http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/1WizrAMxw7g/qatar-condemns-storming-of-libyas-eastern-zueitina-port-idUSKBN1ZI05E]Qatar condemns storming of Libya's eastern Zueitina port[/url]

Baltimore’s state’s attorney, Marilyn Mosby, took aim at the city’s police union Saturday after union officials condemned a violent attack Friday night against a city police officer.

Source: Baltimore state’s attorney blasts... after video shows mob attacking officer

Chinese authorities and the World Health Organization (WHO) say a new strain of coronavirus is behind the outbreak of pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan, which has erupted just ahead of the Lunar New Year, the country's biggest festival. Source: [url=http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/YwKi2shIks8/factbox-new-coronavirus-outbreak-in-chinese-city-of-wuhan-idUSKBN1ZI04G]Factbox: New coronavirus outbreak in Chinese city of Wuhan[/url]

China reported 17 more cases of pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus strain on Sunday, stoking worries of it spreading as the country gears up to celebrate Chinese lunar new year when hundreds of millions of people travel. Source: [url=http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/M3pD0A_Pd7k/china-virus-cases-spike-17-new-infections-reported-idUSKBN1ZI028]China virus cases spike, 17 new infections reported[/url]

U.S. President Donald Trump marked the 60th anniversary of the signing of the current U.S.-Japan security treaty with a call for a stronger and deeper alliance between the two countries, despite criticizing the pact six months ago. Source: [url=http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/z7e5pNWCvTg/trump-marks-u-s-japan-security-pact-with-call-for-stronger-deeper-alliance-idUSKBN1ZI050]Trump marks U.S.-Japan security pact with call for stronger, deeper alliance[/url]

Mexican officials have closed a section of their border with Guatemala, following a push by thousands of migrants to make their way across a bridge over the Suchiate River. 

Source: Mexico blocks 2,500 migrants from crossing at Guatemala entry point, authorities say

Mexican officials have closed a section of their border with Guatemala, following a push by thousands of migrants to make their way across a bridge over the Suchiate River. 

Source: Mexico blocks 2,500 migrants from crossing at Guatemala entry point, authorities say

Mexican officials have closed a section of their border with Guatemala, following a push by thousands of migrants to make their way across a bridge over the Suchiate River. 

Source: Mexico blocks 2,500 migrants from crossing at Guatemala entry point, authorities say

Trump Organization executive vice president Eric Trump said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and her party's impeachment of his father will ultimately end in his reelection this coming November.

Source: Eric Trump: Pelosi, impeachment are 'walking my father into 2020' victory

Iran-aligned Houthis attacked a military training camp in the Yemeni city of Marib on Saturday, killing‮ ‬60 military personnel and wounding dozens others, Saudi state television said on Saturday evening. Source: [url=http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/HfneC8SULmI/sixty-killed-in-houthi-attack-on-camp-in-yemens-marib-idUSKBN1ZH0L6]Sixty killed in Houthi attack on camp in Yemen's Marib[/url]

A simmering feud between 2020 rivals Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and former Vice President Joe Biden over Sanders accusations that Biden had long advocated cutting Social Security broke out into a verbal fist fight on Saturday, as Biden called a Sanders campaign video “a lie” and “a doctored tape” and the Sanders campaign accusing Biden of “trying to doctor his own public record.”

Source: Biden, Sanders trade fire over Social Security

A young male juvenile armed with a gun killed three children and a woman in Grantsville, Utah on Friday and put a fifth victim in the hospital, authorities said Saturday.  

Source: Utah boy arrested after shooting that killed 4, injured 1 in same family, police say

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will no longer be working members of Britain's monarchy and they will pay their own way in life as they embark on an independent future, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday. Source: [url=http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/oI7ttm90Tls/uks-harry-and-meghan-to-drop-titles-and-retire-as-working-royals-idUSKBN1ZH0K4]UK's Harry and Meghan to drop titles and retire as working royals[/url]

Central American migrants entered Mexico from Guatemala in small groups on Saturday after brief clashes earlier in the day when dozens of people tried to force their way across the border and were pushed back by Mexican security forces. Source: [url=http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/D2nnclLzTFc/migrants-enter-slowly-at-guatemala-mexico-border-after-scuffles-idUSKBN1ZH0GT]Migrants enter slowly at Guatemala-Mexico border after scuffles[/url]

Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said it was his call to release hundreds of politically charged text messages between former FBI agent Peter Strzok and former FBI lawyer Lisa Page to the media, according to a Friday court filing by the Department of Justice. 

Source: Rod Rosenstein says he authorized release of Strzok-Page texts: DOJ

Police detained 185 protesters in central Brussels on Saturday after the environmental protest group Extinction Rebellion staged demonstrations at a car show in protest at the auto industry's role in CO2 emissions that cause climate change. Source: [url=http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/k_kP1EsxWYk/police-detain-185-climate-protesters-at-brussels-car-show-idUSKBN1ZH0NN]Police detain 185 climate protesters at Brussels car show[/url]

Libyan rival camps and their foreign backers will attend a summit in Berlin on Sunday to discuss ways to end a proxy war over the capital Tripoli and the oil producer, which has displaced 140,000 and now more than halved the country's crude output. Source: [url=http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/29rw4WgdGks/foreign-powers-to-discuss-ways-out-libya-crisis-with-rival-camps-idUSKBN1ZH0NJ]Foreign powers to discuss ways out Libya crisis with rival camps[/url]

House impeachment managers file their opening briefings in their case against President Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

Source: House Democrats urge Senate to 'eliminate the threat' of Trump, in opening impeachment trial salvo

President Trump's legal team on Saturday issued a full-throttled defense to the articles of impeachment, refuting the substance and process of the charges while accusing House Democrats of engaging in a "dangerous attack" on the right of the American people to freely choose their president. 

Source: Trump lawyers respond to articles of impeachment: 'Constitutionally invalid'

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is preparing to impose new restrictions on low-skilled migrants moving to Britain on the first day after the Brexit transition period ends in December, the Telegraph reported. Source: [url=http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/c2o92i0Tnug/uk-pm-johnson-to-impose-new-restrictions-on-low-skilled-migrants-post-brexit-telegraph-idUSKBN1ZH0MO]UK PM Johnson to impose new restrictions on low-skilled migrants post-Brexit: Telegraph[/url]

Canada's federal government will help Newfoundland on the Atlantic coast dig out in the wake of a massive winter blizzard that buried cars and left thousands without power, a Cabinet minister said on Saturday. Source: [url=http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/fjbl-4eFuDk/canadas-government-to-help-newfoundland-dig-out-after-massive-blizzard-idUSKBN1ZH0FF]Canada's government to help Newfoundland dig out after massive blizzard[/url]