A.M. Links: Hillary Clinton Delays 2016 Campaign, Obamacare Tax Penalty Comes Due, Earthquake Hits Northern California

Damon Root | 1.29.2015 9:00 AM

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  Due to the lack of strong primary competition from fellow Democrats, Hillary Clinton may delay the official start of her 2016 White House campaign, which was initially set to begin in April.

• Millions of Americans will be required to pay an Obamacare tax penalty to the I.R.S. this year because they did not have health insurance last year.

• An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 struck northern California yesterday afternoon.

• The disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 has officially been declared an "accident."

• The jury will hear opening statements today in the murder trial of NFL star Aaron Hernandez.

• The number of new Ebola cases in West Africa appears to be declining.

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Damon Root is the author of A Glorious Liberty: Frederick Douglass and the Fight for an Antislavery Constitution (Potomac Books).