Firefighters responded to the three-story row home at 869 North 23rd Street around 6 a.m. Wednesday. When firefighters responded to the scene they found heavy flames coming from the second floor of the home.
Fire officials say that companies began working to put out the fire, and in the process discovered that there were multiple fatalities.
Wednesday night, authorities confirmed that the fire claimed the lives of 12 people, including eight children. That total was one less than officials provided during a press conference on the morning of the fire. The ages of the victims have not yet been released.
The victims were escorted to the Medical Examiner's Office later, Wednesday evening, by police and fire officials.
Two other victims, including a child, were taken to area hospitals and listed in critical, but stable condition. Eight people were able to safely evacuate the home, according to fire officials.
"This is without a doubt one of the most tragic days in our city's history," Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said Wednesday morning, as he called for prayers. "Losing so many kids is just devastating."
The property is owned, operated, and inspected by the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) and had been split into two units. Officials say as many as 26 people lived in the building, with eight living in the lower unit and 18 living in the upper unit.
All flights to and from Almaty are temporarily canceled, the source said.
Kazakhstan's internal affairs ministry said on Wednesday evening that eight police and national guard troops were killed and 317 were injured in several regions during the riots.
Demonstrators stormed and torched public buildings, the worst unrest for more than a decade in the tightly controlled country.
The Cabinet resigned, but that failed to quell the anger of the demonstrators, who have taken to the streets in response to a fuel price increase from the start of the new year.
Though the unrest was triggered by the price rise, there were signs of broader political demands in a country still under the shadow of three decades of one-man rule.
U.S. President Joe Biden will say his predecessor, Donald Trump, had "singular responsibility" for the Jan. 6 attacks during a speech on Thursday marking the first anniversary of the deadly event, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said on Wednesday.
Biden and his top aides have been reluctant to talk directly about Trump since he took office last January, even as the Republican former president continued to spread lies about his election loss.
On Thursday, though, Biden will “lay out the significance of what happened in the Capitol and the singular responsibility President Trump has for the chaos and carnage that we saw and he will forcibly push back on the lies spread by the former president in an attempt to mislead the American people and his own supporters as well as distract from his role in what happened," Psaki said.
Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, both Democrats, will speak on Thursday morning at the U.S. Capitol, one year after a mob loyal to Trump raided the complex in a failed attempt to stop the counting of Electoral College votes that officially delivered Biden's election victory.
Biden has been "clear eyed about the threat the former president represents to our democracy and how the former president constantly works to constantly undermine basic American values and rule of law," Psaki said.
She added that the president sees the deadly attacks as a “tragic culmination of what those four years under President Trump did to our country.”
Since that day, the “silence and complacency” of many members of the Republican Party, who have backed or failed to refute Trump's election lies "has stuck with him as well,” she said.
A spokesman for Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Psaki's statements.
"The actions we have taken thus far will not be our last," Garland said. "The Justice Department remains committed to holding all January 6th perpetrators, at any level, accountable under law -- whether they were present that day or were otherwise criminally responsible for the assault on our democracy."
Garland is under increasing pressure from the left. Critics have called for the department to prosecute not just those who breached the Capitol that day but also the political actors and operatives -- including former President Donald Trump -- who orchestrated the failed attempt to reverse the 2020 election results and whose incendiary rhetoric inflamed the riot.
Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego of Arizona recently called Garland an "extremely weak" and "feckless" attorney general "who has not been helpful in terms of preserving our democracy."
Wednesday, Garland called the Capitol breach an "unprecedented attack on our democracy" as he pledged that the department would do everything "in our power to defend the American people and American democracy."
"We will defend our democratic institutions from attack. We will protect those who serve the public from violence and threats of violence," he said. "We will protect the cornerstone of our democracy: the right of every eligible citizen to cast a vote that counts."
He responded to the questions being raised about the speed of the investigation and what it will cover.
"Our answer is, and will continue to be, the same answer we would give with respect to any ongoing investigation: as long as it takes and whatever it takes for justice to be done -- consistent with the facts and the law," he said.
Promising that the department will continue to "speak through our work," he said complex investigations are built "by laying a foundation," with the straightforward cases the ones that are resolved first.
"In circumstances like those of January 6th, a full accounting does not suddenly materialize," Garland said, laying out the various ways evidence is collected and leads are followed.
His speech also implicitly pushed back on criticism from Trump allies who have claimed that the department's prosecutions are politicized. Garland said the department was following "the facts," and "not an agenda or an assumption."
"The central norm is that, in our criminal investigations, there cannot be different rules depending on one's political party or affiliation," he said. "There cannot be different rules for friends and foes. And there cannot be different rules for the powerful and the powerless."
At the one-year mark of the insurrection, the committee is piecing together a definitive timeline of how Trump resisted pleas from his own advisers, allies, family members and lawmakers to halt the violence down Pennsylvania Avenue.
The committee is ramping up its closed-door work with the goal of holding public hearings as early as this spring.
Many Pence-world witnesses have testified without a subpoena, according to one source with direct knowledge of the closed-door hearings.
Both Pence's former chief of staff Marc Short and former press secretary Alyssa Farah, who later served as communications director to Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, are among those cooperating with the committee.
Keith Kellogg, who joined Pence in the Capitol during the insurrection through his role as his national security adviser, also has given a deposition.
One source familiar with their involvement said Short and Kellogg would not have cooperated without the approval of Pence.
"I cooperated fully and will continue to do so,” Grisham told reporters as she left a closed-door hearing at the Capitol. She did not answer questions about the nature of her testimony.
A committee spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The meeting came about after Grisham and Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., a member of the panel, spoke by phone about her knowledge of what happened inside the White House on the day of the riot. The news about the meeting was first reported by CNN.
The committee sees its eyewitnesses as building a "case" to combat doubts raised by former President Trump and his Republican allies.
A committee aide told Axios: "Members are still discussing potential formats and timing for the committee’s hearings."
"The Select Committee views upcoming hearings as one of its most important opportunities to lay out facts and provide answers to the American people about the January 6th attack and its causes," the aide added.
"[W]e want to tell a story ... reaching as many people as we can. The Select Committee’s business meetings so far have been held in the evening, and that’s certainly an option ... for future hearings."
The committee's chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) told Bloomberg's Billy House the hearings could open in late March or early April. I'm told they could extend into summer.
The chief, J. Thomas Manger, who took over the force in July, told the Senate Rules Committee that the Capitol Police were already addressing 90 of the agency inspector general’s 103 recommendations. They include streamlining intelligence operations and purchasing badly needed new equipment.
“We fully understand the need to restore confidence in our ability to fulfill our mission each day, no matter the circumstances,” Chief Manger said in written testimony to the committee, which last month heard critiques of the agency from the inspector general, Michael A. Bolton. “The men and women of the U.S. Capitol Police proved their mettle on Jan. 6. I take full responsibility for restoring confidence in the leadership of the department. We have accomplished a great deal, with more work to be done.”
Mr. Bolton told the committee that only about 30 of his recommendations had been implemented. Chief Manger said another 60 were in progress, and that he had assigned an inspector to ensure that all of them are ultimately put in place.
A majority of Americans expect a repeat in the next few years of something like the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol — and just half say they now have faith in American democracy, according to a new Axios-Momentive poll.
The big picture: The survey shows that fewer than six in 10 Americans say President Biden legitimately won the 2020 election — a share that hasn't changed since our poll last year, published hours before the Jan. 6 insurrection.
The doubts have survived Biden's inauguration and months of governance, as well as the lack of evidence of any substantial election fraud — and multiple investigations and audits that debunked former President Donald Trump's lie that the election was stolen.
What they're saying: "It's dispiriting to see that this shocking thing we all witnessed last year hasn't changed people's perceptions," said Laura Wronski, senior manager for research science at Momentive.
Either Biden "hasn't done enough" or "it shows that he never had a chance," she said. "The partisan division is still the story."
By the numbers: In a Momentive poll conducted Jan. 4-5, 2021 just ahead of Biden's certification, 58% of Americans said they accepted that Biden had legitimately won the election. That number is now at 55%, essentially a wash from a year ago.
About 57% of Americans — about half of Republicans and seven in 10 Democrats — say more events similar to Jan. 6 are likely to happen in the next few years.
The revelation came after CNBC reported last month that Lindell has spent $25 million since Election Day 2020 to push false claims of election fraud.
“I wasn’t there on January 6th and yes they did subpoena my phone records but we filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief against the January 6th committee and Verizon to completely invalidate this corrupt subpoena,” Lindell said in a text message to CNBC on Wednesday, the eve of the one-year anniversary of the attack on the Capitol.
Agency director Rochelle Walensky endorsed a recommendation earlier in the day of the agency’s vaccine advisory panel that endorsed the boosters for 10 million young people. The group’s unequivocal message about the importance of boosters makes it simpler for federal health officials to send out a strong and unambiguous message to parents and others.
“It is critical that we protect our children and teens from COVID-19 infection and the complications of severe disease,” Walensky said in a statement. She said data show that boosters “help broaden and strengthen protection against omicron and other variants.”
Officials continue to stress the role of vaccines and booster shots in reducing severe disease against an explosively spreading variant that has hospitalized children, as well as adults, although its effects are believed to be less severe than those of the delta variant.
The advisory panel had voted 13-to-1 in favor of boosters for 12- to 17-year-olds. The CDC had previously said 16-and 17-year-olds were eligible for a booster but stopped short of saying they should get them. The action Wednesday expanded the recommendation to include older teens, as well as the 12-15-year-olds who were the primary focus of the meeting.
“We’re using the terminology now ‘keeping your vaccinations up to date,’ rather than what ‘fully vaccinated’ means,” White House chief medical adviser Anthony S. Fauci said during a National Institutes of Health lecture Tuesday. “Right now, optimal protection is with a third shot of an mRNA or a second shot of a J&J.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called Tuesday for third shots of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine to be administered within five months of the initial two-shot series, shortening the time frame before a booster by a month. A CDC advisory panel is expected to recommend boosters for teenagers in a meeting Wednesday.
Early studies have indicated a booster of Pfizer Inc.‘s vaccine provides a 25-fold increase in neutralizing antibodies that fight the variant, Moderna Inc.‘s booster produces a 37-fold increase in antibodies, and two doses of Johnson & Johnson‘s vaccine cut hospitalizations in South Africa by 85%.
Fauci and other health leaders as well as President Joe Biden have pressed for months about the importance of getting both vaccinated and boosted. But the CDC’s definition of fully vaccinated has remained two weeks after the primary dose or doses. That decision has prompted questions at multiple White House press conferences as to whether the agency plans to change the definition of fully vaccinated.
“Individuals are considered fully vaccinated against Covid-19 if they’ve received their primary series. That definition is not changing,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said at a White House press briefing Wednesday.
The two-week ban on passenger flights from Australia, Canada, France, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, Britain and the United States will take effect Sunday and continue until Jan. 21.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam also announced that restaurant dining will be forbidden after 6 p.m. for two weeks starting Friday. Game arcades, bars and beauty salons must also close during that period.
"We have to contain the pandemic to ensure that there will not be a major outbreak in the community again," Lam said at a news conference, adding that the city is "on the verge" of another surge.
The dismissed employees make up about 1% of Mayo’s 73,000 workforce. Officials say while it’s sad to lose valuable employees, it’s essential to keep patients, the workforce, visitors and communities safe.
People released Tuesday can return to Mayo Clinic for future job openings if they get vaccinated.
Both mandates take effect 5 p.m. Thursday. Minneapolis' order requires face coverings in "any indoor locations where members of the public may gather, visit or patronize," while St. Paul's applies to businesses licensed by the city.
"We have to keep our city healthy and moving. Wearing a mask is an obvious next step to do both," Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said in a news release Wednesday. "The surging numbers of cases and hospitalizations from the Omicron variant demand immediate action to keep our residents healthy while making every effort to allow schools and businesses to remain safe and open across our Twin Cities."
After imposing face covering requirements at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, both mayors rescinded their mask mandates in June, as larger portions of the populations received vaccinations.
Both Minneapolis and St. Paul started again requiring face coverings in city-owned buildings in August as the delta variant fueled an increase in cases.
"Reinstating the masking requirement is an important step in keeping our communities safe amid the surge of COVID-19 cases in St. Paul," Mayor Melvin Carter said in a news release. "This, alongside our work to ensure St. Paul residents have the tools and access they need to get vaccinated are paramount to recovering from this pandemic and building toward our future."
While the 2022 show had been moving full speed ahead to take place on Jan. 31 before a full audience at its traditional venue, the Crypto.com Arena (formerly known as the Staples Center) in downtown Los Angeles, the recent Covid-19 surge has caused the postponement or cancellation of multiple events across the country. Sources tell Variety that even though the Crypto.com Arena has a basketball or hockey game or a concert booked nearly every night until mid-April, enough artists and executives voiced reluctance about appearing to convince the Academy to postpone the show.
Sources close to the situation also tell Variety that the show will probably move to April or May, which would seem to rule out holding it at the Crypto.com Arena. The Grammys traditionally require a 10-day-plus lockout of the venue in which they are held, and according to the Crypto.com Arena’s schedule, another such opening will not be available at that venue until June or even later, although a scaled-down show is a possibility. The sources added that a rumored move to the Hollywood Bowl also seems unlikely for logistical reasons.
A joint statement from the Recording Academy and its television partner, CBS, issued on Wednesday reads: “After careful consideration and analysis with city and state officials, health and safety experts, the artist community and our many partners, the Recording Academy and CBS have postponed the 64th annual Grammy Awards show. The health and safety of those in our music community, the live audience and the hundreds of people who work tirelessly to produce our show remains our top priority. Given the uncertainty surrounding the Omicron variant, holding the show on January 31st simply contains too many risks. We look forward to celebrating Music’s Biggest Night on a future date, which will be announced soon.”
The top-ranked Djokovic landed in Australia late Wednesday after receiving a medical exemption from the Victoria state government that would shield him from the strict vaccination rules in place for this year's first major tennis tournament, which begins Jan. 17.
But border authorities did not accept the exemption. The Australian Border Force issued a statement saying Djokovic failed to meet entry requirements.
Health Minister Greg Hunt said the visa cancellation followed a review of Djokovic's medical exemption by border officials who looked "at the integrity and the evidence behind it.''
The president of Djokovic's native Serbia's blasted the "harassment'' of the star, who was detained overnight at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport. The 20-time major winner had to wait more than eight hours at the airport to find out if he would be allowed into the country.
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison said nobody was above the rules.
"Mr. Djokovic's visa has been canceled. Rules are rules, especially when it comes to our borders," Morrison posted on Twitter. "No one is above these rules. Our strong border policies have been critical to Australia having one of the lowest death rates in the world from COVID, we are continuing to be vigilant.''
Pfizer, which is making an equity investment worth $150 million for the latest deal, partnered with BioNTech in 2018 for an Influenza vaccine and again in 2020 for the COVID-19 shot that has been used across the world and has brought in billions in sales for the companies.
The companies said on Wednesday they expect to begin clinical trials of the shingles vaccine, which will combine Pfizer's antigen technology and BioNTech's Messenger RNA platform technology, in the second half of 2022.
MRNA vaccines prompt the human body to make a protein that is part of the pathogen, triggering an immune response. BioNTech is also developing a vaccine targeting Malaria based on the technology.
If successful, the shingles vaccine will compete with GlaxoSmithKline's two-dose vaccine Shingrix, which was approved by U.S. FDA in 2017. The vaccine brought in about 2 billion pounds in revenue in 2020.
An estimated 1 million cases of shingles occur annually in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“The Court can and should order a new trial,” Maxwell’s attorneys wrote to Judge Alison Nathan in a letter late Wednesday afternoon.
Maxwell’s attorneys were responding to a letter filed earlier in the day by prosecutors in the case, who requested Nathan launch an inquiry and hold a hearing about the juror’s statements to several media outlets.
The juror, identified by only his first and middle names, Scotty David, told Reuters that he shared his own experience with sexual abuse as the panel was deliberating, which helped convince some panelists to convict Maxwell. Jurors were supposed to disclose if they or a member of their family had been a victim of sexual abuse in a questionnaire at the start of jury selection.
A man from near Marshall was reported missing and the remains were found in the 5900 block of Marshall Road. BCSO and the coroner’s office are working on identifying the remains.
On Wednesday, the mayor of Superior said the missing people were “presumed deceased”and cadaver dogs were being utilized in the recovery.
President Joe Biden will be in Colorado Friday to tour the damage left by the Marshall Fire and discuss federal support for the victims, according to Rep. Joe Neguse and the White House.
Neguse, the Democrat who represents the area that includes Superior and Louisville where the fire burned last Thursday, said he, the president and Gov. Jared Polis would tour the fire damage and talk about federal relief.
A news release from the White House confirmed President Biden and the First Lady would visit Boulder County before heading to Las Vegas for the late Sen. Harry Reid's memorial service. The White House said further details would be forthcoming.
“We cannot expect our communities to bear the burden of this disaster on their own. We must bring the full force of the federal government to bear as our communities work to rebuild and recover,” Neguse said in a statement. “I’m deeply grateful to President Biden and his Administration for authorizing a swift Disaster Declaration this past weekend to begin the flow of federal funds to our community, and I look forward to hosting him on the ground on Friday to share firsthand the powerful stories of Boulder County’s resilience and strength.”
“We welcome a visit by the president to see firsthand the devastation that Boulder County has experienced,” Polis said of the president’s visit during a news conference Wednesday morning. “We look forward to conveying to the president the needs of the community both short-, medium- and long-term around housing and around rebuilding. And I think it’ll be valuable for him to see some of the impact firsthand.”
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) convened a Zoom call late Wednesday afternoon as a cross-section of lawmakers from Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) to Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) have expressed openness to reforming the outdated bill.
A person familiar with the call characterized it as a "wide-ranging discussion of election issues," including the option to update the Electoral Count Act of 1887 to clarify the role the vice president and Congress play in certifying presidential elections.
Besides Collins, the participants were Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), the person told Axios.
Why it matters: The discussion came on the eve of the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack, the culmination of former President Trump’s efforts to take advantage of ambiguities in the bill to challenge the 2020 election results.
In particular, the Electoral Count Act doesn’t specify if the vice president is merely ceremonial or if the VP actually has the power to refuse to certify certain electors, as Axios reported Tuesday.
Private job growth totaled 807,000 for the month, well ahead of the Dow Jones estimate for 375,000 and the November gain of 505,000. The November total was revised lower from the initially reported 534,000.
The total was the best for the job market since May 2021′s 882,000 figure, according to the ADP data.
Hiring was broad-based, though leisure and hospitality led with 246,000 new positions. Trade, transportation and utilities contributed 138,000, professional and business services increased by 130,000, and education and health services added 85,000.
While service-related professions led with 669,000 new hires, the goods-producing side also showed strong gains. Manufacturing rose 74,000 and construction contributed 62,000 to the total.
The job gains came the same month that soaring Covid cases sparked renewed fears of an economic slowdown. The U.S. earlier this week reported 1 million new positive cases in a single day as the omicron variant has run rampant through the population.
However, the ADP report, compiled with Moody’s Analytics, covers through the middle of December, before the worst of the escalation.
“December’s job market strengthened as the fallout from the Delta variant faded and Omicron’s impact had yet to be seen,” said Nela Richardson, ADP’s chief economist. “Job gains were broad-based, as goods producers added the strongest reading of the year, while service providers dominated growth.”
The state Board of Pardons in November recommended the pardon for Plessy, who boarded the rail car as a member of a small civil rights group hoping to overturn a state law segregating trains. Instead, the protest led to the 1896 ruling known as Plessy v. Ferguson, which solidified whites-only spaces in public accommodations such as transportation, hotels and schools for decades.
At a ceremony held near the spot near where Plessy was arrested, Gov. John Bel Edwards said he was “beyond grateful” to help restore Plessy’s “legacy of the rightness of his cause … undefiled by the wrongness of his conviction.”
Keith Plessy, whose great-great-grandfather was Plessy’s cousin, called the event “truly a blessed day for our ancestors … and for children not yet born.”
Since the pardon board vote, “I’ve had the feeling that my feet are not touching the ground because my ancestors are carrying me,” he said.
The Season 4 finale of Yellowstone, which saw a major character getting killed off, also established new series L+SD highs in the adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 demographics. It delivered 1.9 million P18-49, up 95% vs. S3 (975K) and 2.6 million P25-54, up 100% vs. S3 (1.3 million). The boost has helped Yellowstone become the #1 series of 2021 across broadcast, cable and premium in both demos.
The finale’s simulcast on Paramount Network and CMT attracted 10.3 million total viewers, up +79% vs. S3 finale (5.8 million). On premiere night, including simulcast and Paramount Network encores, the episode amassed more than 11 million viewers.
Additionally, Yellowstone was the #1 most social show on Sunday. The finale marked the series’ most social telecast ever, surpassing the prior season finale by +115%. Season 4 ranked as the #1 most social cable drama during its run.
“Yellowstone continues to shatter records with more than 11 million viewers tuning into the season finale, proving we’ve hit a cultural nerve – from the center of the country to each of the coasts – and still have lots of room to grow on linear,” said Chris McCarthy, President and CEO, ViacomCBS Media Networks. “Our strategy to franchise Yellowstone into a universe of series to fuel growth for Paramount+ is already exceeding expectations with 1883 and Mayor of Kingstown proving to be two of the top titles.”
In the last official act of the 2000 presidential election process prior to the inauguration of George W. Bush, the House and Senate will meet in joint session Saturday afternoon to formally ratify last month's Electoral College vote.
Members of both chambers will meet in to sign off on the 'certificates of vote' submitted by all 50 states following the electors' December 18 vote. The certificates enumerate each state's electoral allocation for former Texas Gov. George W. Bush and his Democratic rival for the White House, current Vice President Al Gore.
Normally an obscure process, the Electoral College vote was thrust into the spotlight by this past year's protracted, post-presidential election legal wrangling.
Members of the Electoral College remained true to their party pledges when they gathered to vote in their state capitals last month following 36 days of near electoral chaos, as the presidential ballot tally in Florida was contested on a number of fronts.
On that day, 271 of the nation's 538 electors cast their votes for Bush, while Gore received 267 votes.
One District of Columbia elector left her ballot blank to protest Washington's lack of representation in the national legislature. Still, the District submitted all three of its votes for Gore when its certificate of vote was filled out.
Saturday's proceedings in the House, though symbolic, are almost certain to offer a fair amount of similarly symbolic drama.
For starters, this joint session of Congress will be presided over by Gore, who will be acting in his capacity as president of the Senate.
Gore won the November 7 popular vote by slightly more than 500,000 votes, but Bush amassed wins in a collection of states whose electoral allocations boosted him over the 270-vote margin required by the Constitution for a presidential victory.
Democratic Reps. Peter Deutsch and Alcee Hastings said they would contest the procedure when the House and Senate meet at 1 p.m. EST on Saturday.
A spokeswoman for Deutsch, who was highly visible during the struggle over recounts, would rise to protest the lack of a quorum in the House. A "quorum" is defined as at least half the membership of a legislative body.
The chamber's Republican leaders did not tell their rank-and-file members that Saturday's session was mandatory, meaning a significant number of lawmakers might be out of town. Theoretically, if there is not a majority present, the affirmation of the certificates of vote cannot go forward, and would not be allowed to do so until itinerant members of the House flew back to Washington.
"The House would have to go into an immediate recess," said Deutsch spokeswoman Elizabeth Assey.
But there is a catch. In a joint session such as this one, a member of the Senate has to rise to support the House member's call for a quorum. If no member of the Senate rises, Deutsch's call can be ruled out of order, and the counting may proceed.
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Good Thursday morning. Here’s what is happening:
WTXF-TV: 12 people, including eight children, were killed in a row home fire in Philadelphia Wednesday morning.
The Jerusalem Post: Protesters seized control of the airport in Kazakhstan's largest city Wednesday as the government resigned amid ongoing protests and riots.
Reuters: President Joe Biden is expected to take aim at former President Trump in a speech Thursday on the one year anniversary of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
CNN: Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday more action is coming against those responsible for the January 6 attack.
Axios: Several people close to former Vice President Mike Pence have been cooperative with the January 6 committee.
NBC News: Former Trump press secretary Stephanie Grisham also says she has 'cooperated fully' with the January 6 committee.
Axios: The January 6 committee may hold prime-time hearings later this year.
The New York Times: The chief of the U.S. Capitol police said he is committed to more security improvements.
Axios: A majority of Americans expect a January 6 repeat in the coming years.
CNBC: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s phone records were subpoenaed by the January 6 committee.
Washington Post: The CDC has recommended the Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot for teens aged 12 to 17.
Bloomberg Law: Dr. Anthony Fauci says federal health leaders want to begin using ‘vaccinations up to date’ rather than ‘fully vaccinated.’
NPR: Hong Kong has banned flights from the U.S. and seven other countries as omicron surges.
WCCO-TV: The Mayo Clinic has fired 700 employees who did not get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Star Tribune: The mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, have reinstated mask mandates for private businesses.
Variety: The Grammy Awards have been postponed amid rising COVID-19 cases.
ESPN: Tennis star Novak Djokovic was denied entry into Australia because he failed to meet the requirements for an exemption to COVID-19 vaccination rules.
Reuters: Pfizer and BioNTech plan to develop a shingles vaccine following their COVID-19 shot based on mRNA technology.
New York Post: Ghislaine Maxwell’s defense attorneys have requested a new trial after a juror revealed he was the victim of childhood sexual abuse.
KDVR-TV: Authorities in Colorado said they found human remains as they searched for two people missing after the Marshall Fire.
KMGH-TV: President Joe Biden will visit Colorado on Friday to tour damage from the Marshall Fire.
Axios: A bipartisan Senate group is in talks about election reform.
CNBC: Private job growth totaled 807,000 in December, more than doubling expectations.
The Associated Press: Louisiana’s governor posthumously pardoned Homer Plessy, whose arrest led to ‘separate but equal’ U.S. law for half a century.
Deadline: Paramount’s ‘Yellowstone’ set a ratings record with its season finale Sunday, drawing 9.3 million viewers.
This day in history: President George W. Bush was officially declared the winner of 2000 election. Dispatch from CNN ahead of that day’s Joint Session of Congress:
Birthdays: Comedian Kate McKinnon is 37, CBS TV host Julie Chen is 51, Eric Trump is 37 and New Orleans Saints Quarterback Jameis Winston is 27.
One more thing. From NPR’s All Things Considered: Rep. Jamie Raskin on growing through trauma in year since Jan. 6 and his son's death.
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