1/28: A new government warning of tough weeks ahead in the pandemic could complicate plans to re-open schools.

83,000 people have died in January, the deadliest month of the pandemic so far. The CDC projects another 85,000 could die in the next three weeks. School safety concerns are putting in-person learning on hold. In a new terror alert, the Homeland Security department warns about the persistent threat from anti-government extremists. This morning, Putin critic and Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny lost an appeal to be released from jail. President Biden has launched a new government effort to fight global warming, signing a series of executive orders. One of them blocks any new leases for oil and gas drilling on public lands. Extreme rain in Northern California triggered massive mudslides in areas already devastated by last year's wildfires. NFL lineman Chad Wheeler is accused of choking and beating a woman last Friday.

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