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5 things you need to know Tuesday

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President Trump signs executive orders, including a temporary travel ban against people from seven majority-Muslim countries, at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Jan. 27, 2017.

Trump to issue streamlined immigrant travel ban

Following legal battles over his executive order imposing a temporary travel ban, President Trump plans to issue a revised version of the ban targeting majority-Muslim countries as early as Tuesday. The new order, according to a draft obtained by the Associated Press, would focus on the same seven countries — Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen —  but would only bar entry to those without a visa and who have not entered the United States. People from those countries who already have permanent U.S. residency (green cards) or visas would not face any restrictions.

High court wades into Mexico border battle

The Supreme Court hears oral arguments Tuesday in a case that has strained the already tense ties between the U.S. and Mexico. Either the justices will decide, as two lower federal courts before them have, that 15-year-old Sergio Adrián Hernández Güereca was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent without any legal recourse for his distraught parents — or that Jesus Mesa, the agent, can be sued for damages for violating the boy's constitutional rights. Lower courts have ruled that because Hernandez was a Mexican citizen who was in Mexico when he was killed, he lacked protections under the Constitution.

Protesters in El Paso held a candlelight vigil in June 2010 following the cross-border killing of a Mexican teenager by a U.S. Border Patrol agent.

Israeli soldier sentenced for killing wounded Palestinian

A military court sentenced an Israeli soldier to 18 months in prison Tuesday for fatally shooting a Palestinian attacker as he lay wounded in a street in the occupied West Bank. Elor Azaria was convicted last month of the manslaughter of Abdel Fatah al-Sharif in Hebron in March 2016. Sharif was incapacitated and did not pose an immediate danger, the Jaffa Military Court heard previously. A video that emerged of Azaria shooting Sharif moments after he tried to stab another soldier went viral. Azaria’s lawyers said they will appeal. The case deeply divided Israel, where military service is compulsory.

Israeli soldier Elor Azaria, who shot dead a wounded Palestinian assailant, sits with his mother Oshra and his father Charlie at the military court in Tel Aviv on Jan. 31.

Storm continues to roll through Northern California

Heavy rains are expected to drench Northern California on Tuesday after a stormy Monday battered the Golden State. . The downpour could bring 8 inches of rain and winds up to 65 mph to the state, just days after up to 10 inches of rain soaked parts of Southern California. Flood warnings could last through the end of the week in some areas, and authorities warned residents near the San Joaquin River, east of San Francisco, to be prepared to evacuate "in the unlikely event that a problem develops” — all this in a state that faced a severe drought only two months ago and concerns last week that Oroville Dam's emergency spillway would collapse.

Pop-Tarts made into pizza, tacos, even 'fries'

Kellogg's breakfast cereal bar in New York is going to be converted into a shrine for the humble Pop-Tart this week. From Tuesday through Sunday, the Pop-Tarts Cafe is going to make the pastries into various dishes, including pizza, burritos, tacos and more.  The Pop-Tarts Burritos are actually more like crepes and come in three varieties: S'mores, Nutty Caramel Banana and Chocolate-covered Strawberry.

Pop-Tarts Tacos use chopped Cookies & Creme Pop-Tarts as the filling. The sour creme is actually frosting.

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