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1. Stimulus
President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled a $1.9 trillion proposal to boost the US economy and provide aid to those struggling in the pandemic. Dubbed the American Rescue Plan, it includes beefed-up stimulus checks, enhanced unemployment aid, an eviction moratorium and more assistance for small businesses, states and schools. The detailed plan will be one of the first tests of Biden's power. Conservatives will likely balk at its cost, especially since Biden plans to unveil a follow-up recovery plan that will include billions more in spending. But Biden's more progressive colleagues will likely keep the pressure on for more spending and widespread aid.
2. Coronavirus
By the time Biden is sworn in as president next week, 400,000 people across the country could be dead from Covid-19, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicts. Some hospital systems are now completely overwhelmed, and health care workers are scrambling to find places to store remains and begging their communities to stay home to stem the influx of patients and the rising death toll. In the UK, hospitals are so packed that nearby hotels are turning floors into Covid-19 recovery wards. The UK has also banned arrivals from some Latin American countries and Portugal following reports of a new coronavirus variant in Brazil.
3. Capitol riot
"FBI agents are coming to find you." That's the message FBI Director Chris Wray had yesterday for violent Capitol insurrectionists. The Justice Department announced about 10 new charges in connection with last week's riot, including for two people who allegedly hurt police officers and a man who shocked many by carrying a Confederate flag inside the Capitol. Police officers at the scene of the Capitol breach have shared harrowing accounts of the violence. One said rioters grabbed for his weapon and shouted, "Kill him with his own gun." In the aftermath, some members of Congress have said they've gotten threats and fear for their lives. At the Defense Department, longstanding efforts to stamp out extremism among military members have taken on a new urgency after it became clear veterans were involved in last week's violence.
4. Federal execution
Another federal death row inmate was executed yesterday after the Supreme Court denied his legal team's last-ditch effort for a stay of execution. Lawyers for Corey Johnson argued he had an intellectual disability and that executing him while he was recovering from Covid-19 would amount to cruel and unusual punishment. Johnson was sentenced to die after he was convicted of killing seven people in 1992 as a part of the drug trade in Virginia. As Biden prepares to take office, dozens of members of Congress are pushing to abolish the death penalty in all jurisdictions. Biden himself has pledged to abolish the federal death penalty, which was renewed in practice by the Trump administration. One more person, Dustin Higgs, is scheduled to be executed during Trump's presidency. Higgs' execution is set for today.
5. Belgium
Violent protests erupted in the Belgian capital of Brussels yesterday over the death of a man in police custody. The Brussels prosecutor's office says it has opened an investigation into "involuntary manslaughter" after a 23-year-old Black man lost consciousness at a police station shortly after being arrested. He later died at a hospital. The man's cause of death isn't clear. His family was told he had a "cardiac abnormality" but that the condition wouldn't be the sole cause of death. Toxicology reports also didn't reveal anything that would explain the death. Some protesters carried Black Lives Matter signs and shouted, "We want the truth." About 100 people were arrested during the demonstrations.
BREAKFAST BROWSE
Jacksonville Jaguars hire Urban Meyer as head coach
Henceforth known as THE Jacksonville Jaguars.
A Dolly Parton statue may be erected at the Tennessee Capitol
It would be an inspiration for all of those times you encounter an unglamorous problem and think, "What would Dolly do?"
Patrick Dempsey spills details on 'Enchanted' sequel
The details don't matter, just give it to us. Give it to us now!
Electric eels hunt in packs, research finds
"Alexa, add, 'Being hunted down by a pack of electric eels,' to my list of irrational fears."
The number of new skyscrapers has dropped amid pandemic slowdown
A shame, because they seem like they'd be great to social distance in.
THIS JUST IN ...
North Korea shows off submarine missile
Pyongyang during a military parade unveiled a new submarine-launched ballistic missile. North Korea's state-run news agency deemed the missile the "world's most powerful weapon." Leader Kim Jong Un likes to show off or discuss his country's weaponry -- as a show of force or as a threat.
TODAY'S NUMBER
That's how many Chinese firms the US Defense Department added to a list of companies the agency claims are owned or controlled by China's military. Businesses on the list are subject to harsh restrictions, including a ban on American investment. This latest round of companies includes smartphone maker Xiaomi.
TODAY'S QUOTE
"I didn't want to be the next George Floyd."
Jacob Blake, the Black man who was shot and seriously wounded in August by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Blake was paralyzed from the waist down after the encounter, and the incident drew widespread protests. Blake described the ordeal during his first interview since the shooting, with "Good Morning America."
TODAY'S WEATHER
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