Putin vows to redouble his war on Ukraine.
POLICE SEARCH FOR BROOKLYN SUBWAY MASS SHOOTER Authorities were still searching for the man who unleashed a smoke device and opened fire aboard a crowded New York subway car, wounding 10 people and causing injury to more than a dozen others. Police located a U-Haul van linked to the attack and named Frank James as a person of interest. No one was arrested, and the motive was unknown. [HuffPost] PUTIN DOUBLES DOWN IN UKRAINE Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to continue his war on Ukraine until his objectives are met in a rare public appearance. His forces are now focused on the eastern part of Donbas, where Ukraine said it was investigating a claim that a poisonous substance had been dropped on its troops. President Joe Biden called Russia's invasion of its neighbor a genocide for the first time. [AP] DOJ DENIES REQUEST ON TRUMP RECORDS The Department of Justice rejected a request by the House Oversight Committee to disclose the contents of records that former President Donald Trump took to his Florida residence after leaving the White House, saying it needed to protect confidential information that may compromise an ongoing investigation. [AP] NEW YORK LT. GOV RESIGNS New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin resigned following his arrest on charges of participating in a scheme to obtain campaign contributions from a real estate developer in exchange for Benjamin's agreement to get a grant of state funds for a nonprofit organization the developer controlled. Benjamin pleaded not guilty and was released with bail set at $250,000. [AP] |
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U.S. RECORDS HIGHEST DEATH TOTAL EVER IN 2021 The U.S. recorded its highest death total in history in 2021, attributed largely to COVID-19 and overdoses. While scientists expected the vaccine rollout would help reduce pandemic-related deaths compared to 2020, new variants coupled with vaccine hesitancy and resistance to public health guidance led to an increase. [AP] EX-ROGER STONE AIDE MADE SHADY PLEA TO TRUMP FANS BEFORE JAN. 6 Jason Sullivan, a QAnon promoter and former aide to GOP political consultant Roger Stone, called on Trump supporters to "descend on the Capitol" to prevent the certification of Joe Biden's election win. "If we make the people inside that building sweat, and they understand that they may not be able to walk in the streets any longer if they do the wrong thing, then maybe they'll do the right thing," he said on conference call a week before the Jan. 6 insurrection. [HuffPost] JUDGE WON'T JAIL MEN ACCUSED OF IMPERSONATING FEDERAL AGENTS A federal judge decided to release two men who were arrested last week for impersonating federal Homeland Security officers, tricking actual U.S. Secret Service agents — including one assigned to Jill Biden — and offering them free gifts and apartments at a luxury apartment building in Washington. [AP] ELON MUSK SUED OVER DELAYED TWITTER FILING Investor Marc Rasella sued Elon Musk for waiting beyond the Securities and Exchange Commission deadline to declare that he acquired a 9.2% stake in Twitter. Rasella said he lost money selling Twitter shares at "artificially deflated prices" unaware of Musk's investment, which led the share price to rise by more than 27%. [HuffPost] ALYSSA NAKKEN MAKES SPORTS HISTORY Alyssa Naken, a San Francisco Giants assistant coach, became the first female coach to make an appearance on field during a Major League Baseball game. It's one of multiple shattered ceilings for the former Sacramento State softball star, who became the first female full-time MLB coach when she joined the Giants' major league coaching staff in January 2020. [HuffPost] |
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