THE BIG STORY
Iowa Democrats have now reported 100% of the results — and there’s still no official winner
After a nightmarish delay, the Iowa Democratic Party (IDP) has now reported 100% of the results of Monday's presidential caucuses — and the winner is still unclear because of errors in the data.
The chair of the Democratic National Committee, Tom Perez, called on the IDP to “recanvass” the results — meaning a hand audit of the papers used in each precinct to ensure the math calculating delegates is correct.
While the IDP signalled it’ll only recanvass if one of the campaigns formally requests it, news outlets, including NBC News, have already said they will not project a winner off of the data.
As it stands, when it comes to raw votes, Pete Buttigieg trails Bernie Sanders slightly. However, because of the caucus system calculus, Buttigieg has an extremely narrow lead over Sanders in the delegate count — less than two delegates — in a virtual tie.
Despite the dead heat, Sanders claimed Iowa victory. Asked why he was declaring himself a winner when Buttigieg has claimed the same, Sanders said, “Because I got 6,000 more votes.”
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We've come to the end of the road. The president has been acquitted. In the last episode of our impeachment podcast, we ask Harvard law professor Noah Feldman how the constitution is holding up. Listen here. STAYING ON TOP OF THIS A Chinese doctor who tried to warn people of coronavirus in December has died from the virus
In December, ophthalmologist Dr. Li Wenliang was silenced by local authorities in Wuhan after he became one of first to warn people about a mysterious infection taking hold in the city.
That illness would turn into an epidemic — the coronavirus has infected more than 30,000 people and killed hundreds, most of them in China. Li contracted the virus himself, and his condition became critical. He died early Friday morning local time, according to the Wuhan Central Hospital.
When Li began warning friends online about a SARS-like virus infecting people in Wuhan, police made him and several other medical workers sign a document promising not to spread further “false” information online.
On Weibo, Li was being praised as a hero for speaking out about the virus.
SNAPSHOTS Ukraine says the US is holding up $30m worth of guns and ammo — and it wants its money back. Final approval for six arms deals has been held up for more than a year, and Ukraine has no idea why, four officials told BuzzFeed News.
Heartbroken families trying to adopt children in China are facing indefinite delays due to coronavirus. US families who had planned to fly to China and complete the adoption process in January and February are now grappling with the heartbreak of not knowing how long it will be until they meet their new sons and daughters and bring them home.
The first witness called by Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers said the “dogpile” of women saying the producer allegedly sexually assaulted them was “hideous.” Paul Feldsher, a film producer, was called to tell the jury about how Weinstein’s accuser allegedly told him about a consensual encounter she had with Weinstein. Feldsher had previously texted Weinstein, “I will continue to be that politically incorrect person who defends you.”
A purse worth $23,000 was stolen from Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop store. The store employees didn't notice until after the suspect was gone that a pricey handbag was missing.
BEHIND THE SCAM These fake local news websites have confused people for years. We found out who created them.
A BuzzFeed News investigation has identified a vast network of roughly 100 sites dating back to at least 2015 that have been plagiarizing stories from major news organizations, masquerading as local news and financial outlets, and manipulating Google News and search results.
These sites earn money through ads, through financial email subscriptions, or by referring people to dubious investments.
The sites succeed because they trade on the trustworthiness of local journalism by adopting names that evoke small-town newspapers. Some even adopt the names of now-shuttered outlets that once served communities.
They bank on the fact that the average person — and the people in charge of reviewing sites for Google News — will assume the Denton Daily or Jamestown Journal is a real news outlet. And they profit from it.
We traced the network back to Matt McGorty and his brother Tim. The McGortys did not respond to requests for interviews.
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