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Things You Need to Know — compiled Feb. 19

Search for security aide stepped up

President Donald Trump brought more contenders for national security adviser to his Palm Beach club for in-person interviews.

Trump clarifies Sweden remark

After suggesting a major incident had happened in the Scandinavian country, the American president now says he was referring to something he saw on TV.

Iraqi forces target Islamic State

Ground units pushed into a belt of villages outside of Mosul, and plumes of smoke rose into the sky early in the morning as U.S.-led coalition jets struck militant positions and militarized Iraqi police fired artillery.

SpaceX completes Florida liftoff

The SpaceX rocket soared from NASA’s long-idled moonshot pad, sending up space station supplies from the exact spot where astronauts embarked on the lunar landings nearly a half-century ago.

Less smoking in tobacco country?

For more than two years, Dr. Ralph Alvarado, a state senator, has led the effort to restrict smoking in Kentucky, a state with the highest rate in the country. But his efforts have so far been thwarted by the cultural legacy of tobacco.


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