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Last year, South Dakota had
the USA’s highest percentage
of people moving into a state.
Relocation percentages:

68 % in


32% out


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TOMORROW Moving out
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Movers Study of 48 contiguous U.S. states
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INSPIRES DRAMA


Amazon’s ‘Sneaky
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IN MONEY


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IN SPORTS


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NEWSLINE


01.11.

During a special briefing Friday,
leaders of the intelligence commu-
nity gave Donald Trump a synopsis
of unsubstantiated and salacious
allegations that Russian operatives
obtained potentially compromis-
ing personal and financial informa-
tion about the president-elect, a
U.S. official confirmed Tuesday.
The official, who is not autho-
rized to comment publicly, said
the document was provided along
with the intelligence communi-
ty’s assessment that Russia had

meddled in the U.S. election.
The separate document repre-
sented a summary of a 35-page
compilation of documents pre-
pared by a former foreign intelli-
gence officer. The officer, the
official said, is known to U.S. in-
telligence, but the contents of the
document have not been verified.
Trump responded Tuesday
evening by Twitter, calling the re-
port “FAKE NEWS - A TOTAL
POLITICAL WITCH HUNT!”
The decision to present the in-
formation to Trump, first report-
ed by CNN, was made after it was
determined that the document —
in many forms — had been circu-
lated widely to political opposi-
tion researchers, U.S. lawmakers,

journalists and others. CNN said
it reviewed the compilation of the
memos, which originated as re-
search commissioned by anti-
Trump Republicans and later by
Democrats. Buzzfeed posted the
intelligence documents.
The summary document in-
cludes allegations that informa-
tion was exchanged over a long
period of time between the Rus-
sian government and Trump
representatives.
The news came on a day when
the Senate Intelligence Commit-
tee conducted hearings into the
alleged Russian hacking of the
Democratic National Committee
and emails provided to the web-
site WikiLeaks. Chairman Rich-

ard Burr, R-N.C., said the panel
will conduct an independent re-
view of the intelligence commu-
nity’s report about Russian
interference to help Trump.
FBI Director James Comey de-
clined to answer questions from
Sen. Ron Wyden, D - Ore., about
whether the FBI is investigating
possible contacts between the
Trump campaign and the Russian
government.
“I think the American people
have a right to know this,” Wyden
said. “And if there is a delay in de-
classifying this information and
releasing it to the American peo-
ple, and it doesn’t happen before
Jan. 20 (Inauguration Day), I’m
not sure it’s going to happen.”

Trump told Russia has dirt on him


David Jackson
and Kevin Johnson
USA TODAY

Document


includes


allegations


that


Moscow


obtained


salacious


info on


president-


elect


“I think
the
American
people
have a
right to
know
this.”
Sen. Ron Wyden ,
D - Ore.

It was little more than eight
years ago and 3 miles away that
Barack Obama embraced the
promise of his presidency, ad-
dressing a jubilant crowd in
Chicago’s Grant Park at a vic-
tory celebration on election
night 2008.
A political lifetime later, be-
fore a sea of supporters at Mc-
Cormick Place on Tuesday,
Obama delivered what is likely
to be his final formal address to
the nation. His hair was grayer,
his tone more somber. Since

election night 2016, his mes-
sage has been aimed at rallying
downcast supporters and de-
fending a legacy that his succes-
sor has vowed to dismantle.
In his speech, he recited a lit-
any of his proudest achieve-
ments, among them the
economic recovery from the
Great Recession, the diplomatic
outreach to Cuba, the nuclear
accord with Iran, the death of
Osama bin Laden, extension of
health care coverage to another
20 million people and more.
“That’s what we did,” he said
to cheers. “That’s what you did.
You were the change. Because
of you, by almost every mea-

PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS,AP

President
Barack Obama
speaks during
his farewell
address
Tuesday at
McCormick
Place in
Chicago.

OBAMA LOOKS BACK:


‘THAT’S WHAT WE DID’


Proud president says grateful goodbye to nation


JOSHUA LOT T,AFP/GETTY IMAGES
People attend President Oba-
ma’s farewell address in Chi-
cago on Tuesday. Obama tried
to encourage supporters.

Susan Page
@susanpage
USA TODAY

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WASHINGTON Alabama Sen.
Jeff Sessions, President-elect
Donald Trump’s attorney gen-
eral nominee, rejected on Tues-
day the “false caricature” of his
views on racial tolerance.
Facing a barrage of chal-
lenges to his
record on civ-
il rights en-
forcement, he
asserted that
the Justice
Department
under his di-
rection would
“never falter
in its obliga-
tion to pro-
tect the rights
of every
American, particularly those
who are most vulnerable.’’
The 70-year-old former fed-
eral prosecutor and state attor-
ney general arrived to a
marble-encrusted hearing
room packed with protesters.
Before he could take his seat
at the witness table, protesters
wearing Ku Klux Klan cos-
tumes erupted with shouts of
“white power” before they were
ushered out, the first clash of

Hecklers


disrupt


Sessions


hearing


Attorney general
nominee says he’ll
protect rights of all

Kevin Johnson
USA TODAY

v STORY CONTINUES ON2A

USA TODAY
Sen. Jeff
Sessions

IN LIFE

CHARLESTON, S.C. Afederal dis-
trict court jury decided Tuesday
to sentence Dylann Roof to death
for his June 2015 attack on a
black church’s Bible study group
after the panel found that life in
prison offered no possibility of


redemption for the 22-year-old.
Jurors took about three hours
to make their decision after lis-
tening to closing arguments from
prosecutors and Roof, who told
the panel in a brief, disjointed
statement that he continues to
stand by his slaying of nine peo-
ple at Emanuel African Method-
ist Episcopal Church here. Roof
looked down and shuffled papers
as U.S. District Judge Richard

Gergel read his death
sentence.
Following the deci-
sion, Roof asked Gergel
to appoint a new defense
team in preparation for a
motion in which he will
ask for a new trial. The
judge said he would take
that matter up after a
formal sentencing hear-
ing, scheduled for
Wednesday morning.
Roof, who served as his own at-
torney, had been represented by
David Bruck and Kimberly Ste-

vens, who continue to
serve as his standby
counselors. Following the
sentencing, the team sent
out a brief statement.
“We want to express
our sympathy to all of the
families who were so
grievously hurt by Dy-
lann Roof ’s actions,” the
statement read. “We are
sorry that despite our
best efforts the legal proceedings
have shed so little light on the
reasons for this tragedy.”
Roof told the the jury of 10

women and two men that only
one of them needed to vote for
life for that sentence to be im-
posed. Gergel later instructed the
panel that a hung jury would re-
sult in a sentence of life in prison
rather than a mistrial.
If the U.S. District Court jury
had not decided on the death
penalty, Roof would have faced a
death-penalty trial in South Car-
olina’s 9th Judicial Circuit Court.
Judge J.C. Nicholson on Thurs-
day ordered that trial to be put on
hold indefinitely. It was to have
begun Jan. 17.

Federal jury sentences Dylann Roof to death


White supremacist seeks new defense team


as he prepares to request a new trial


Tonya Maxwell and Tim Smith
USA TODAY Network


AP
Dylann Roof
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