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TOP STORIES

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TRUMP’S FUTURE — Impeachment pressure mounting, the House works swiftly to try to oust President Donald Trump from office, pushing the vice president and Cabinet to act first in an extraordinary effort to remove Trump in the final days of his presidency. Trump faces a single charge -- “incitement of insurrection” - in an impeachment resolution that could go to a vote by mid-week. By Lisa Mascaro, Darlene Superville and Mary Clare Jalonick. SENT: 940 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing, 950 words by 5 p.m.

VIRUS OUTBREAK — The U.S. is entering the second month of the biggest vaccination effort in history with a major expansion of the campaign, opening football stadiums, major league ballparks, fairgrounds and convention centers to inoculate a larger and more diverse pool of people. After a frustratingly slow rollout involving primarily health care workers and nursing home residents, states are moving on to the next phase before the first one is complete, making shots available to such groups as senior citizens, teachers, bus drivers, police officers, firefighters and people with underlying medical conditions. By Lisa Marie Pane and Patty Nieberg. SENT: 1,080 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST (sent)

CAPITOL-BREACH-THE-IMAGERY — Many in the mob that attacked the Capitol did so while livestreaming, posting on Facebook and taking selfies, turning the Capitol into a theater of real-time far-right propaganda. Journalists documenting the chaos captured the storming of the Capitol. But the pervasive self-documentation of the rioters told another story: the on-the-ground culmination of an online alternative reality, one fueled by QAnon conspiracies, false claims of fraud in the election and Trump’s own rhetoric. Taken together, the fragmented feeds from Wednesday’s incursion form a tableau of an ill-conceived insurrection. Experts of far-right extremists expect some images will be used as fodder for recruitment. By Jake Coyle. SENT: 1,360 words, photos. An abridged version of 1,000 words is available.

CAPITOL BREACH-PIPE BOMBS — As thousands of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, federal agents were also working to detonate two pipe bombs found at the Republican and Democratic national committees. The focus on the insurrection temporarily shifted attention away from the explosives threat, but investigators are increasingly concerned about the potential for an attack on so-called “soft targets” at the nation’s capital. By Michael Balsamo. UPCOMING: 600 words by 4 p.m., photos.

CAPITOL BREACH-BUSINESS BACKLASH — Corporate America is hitting pause on its financial relationship with Republicans, with some of the biggest names in business — Goldman Sachs, Marriott, Blue Cross Blue Shield — announcing temporary suspensions of political donations to lawmakers in the aftermath of Wednesday’s deadly assault on Capitol Hill by Trump supporters. The moves represent a desire to protect corporate brands and growing discomfort with outgoing President Donald Trump. By Josh Boak, Brian Slodysko and Ken Sweet. SENT: 370 words, photo. UPCOMING: 800 words by 5 p.m., photos.

ISRAEL-POLITICS-NETANYAHU’S NEMESIS — For years, Gideon Saar was one of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s most loyal and vocal supporters, serving as Cabinet secretary and government minister. Now, the telegenic Saar, armed with extraordinary political savvy and a searing grudge against his former boss, could prove to be Netanyahu’s greatest challenge. By Tia Goldenberg. SENT: 990 words, photos. With ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS — Israel announces new settlements, risking Biden’s anger (sent).

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WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT

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REL-VATICAN-WOMEN — Pope Francis has changed church law to explicitly allow women to do more things during Mass, granting them access to the most sacred place on the altar, while continuing to affirm that they cannot be priests. SENT: 470 words, photo.

BEN & JERRY’S-DOGGIE DESSERT — Ben & Jerry’s isn’t just for people anymore. The venerable Vermont ice cream company said Monday it’s introducing a line of frozen dog treats, its first foray into the lucrative pet food market. SENT: 450 words.

OBIT-NANCY-BUSH-ELLIS — Nancy Bush Ellis, sister and aunt of presidents, dies. SENT: 250 words, photo.

LOTTERY JACKPOTS — After a long stretch of relatively paltry prizes, U.S. lottery players now have a choice of jackpots that offer combined prizes of more than $1 billion. SENT: 320 words.

PHILIPPINES-VOLCANO ANNIVERSARY-PHOTO GALLERY — The island is a ghost town, its trees just dead sticks in a gray landscape, its homes and school ash-covered and damaged by continuing earthquakes and the explosive volcanic eruption that occurred one year ago. SENT: 350 words, 19 photos.

TRUMP-BELICHICK — Trump to honor Belichick with Presidential Medal of Freedom. SENT: 200 words, photos.

POLICE OFFICER-KIDNAP-SLAYING — Tennessee police officer charged in kidnap-slaying. SENT: 160 words, photos.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-BRITAIN — The U.K. opened seven mass vaccination centers as it moved into the most perilous moment of the COVID-19 pandemic, with exhausted medical staff reeling under the pressure of packed hospitals and increasing admissions. SENT: 590 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-CALIFORNIA — California’s coronavirus catastrophe reached a staggering new level Monday as Johns Hopkins University data showed the nation’s most populous state has recorded more than 30,000 deaths since the pandemic started nearly a year ago. SENT: 560 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-SOUTH-AFRICA — South Africa is struggling to cope with a spike in COVID-19 cases that has already overwhelmed many hospitals, as people returning from widespread holiday travel have spread the country’s more infectious coronavirus variant. SENT: 730 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-CHINA-WHO — China says a group of experts from the World Health Organization are due to arrive Thursday for an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 690 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-INDIA-VACCINE — India took a regulatory shortcut for their homegrown vaccine, a move touted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a success in India’s self-reliance. But several groups and unions representing scientists and doctors have expressed their concerns over scant evidence of effectiveness for the vaccine by Indian drugmaker Bharat Biotech. SENT: 960 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-SAVING PLACES — The boarded up windows and For Rent signs are all over the place in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood. Nearby, the Broadway theaters are all dark. But the economic darkness brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has had a few bright spots. A couple of well-loved venues have gotten financial boosts, thanks to online fundraising campaigns and even a telethon. SENT: 310 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-ZIMBABWE-FUNERALS — Zimbabwe, battling a spike in new COVID-19 cases, has banned families from transporting their dead relatives between cities, as part of new measures to stop traditional funeral rites that are believed to be increasing the spread of the disease. The announcement stops the custom where families take the dead to their areas of birth for ceremonies and burial. SENT: 330 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-UKRAINE-VILLAGE DOCTOR — Riding a horse-drawn cart, Dr. Viktoria Mahnych trots along country roads to attend to her patients in several villages nestled in the Carpathian Mountains in western Ukraine. The country of 42 million has recorded more than 1.1 million confirmed COVID-19 infections and nearly 20,000 deaths. Mahnych, 30, now fears that the long holidays, during which Ukrainians frequented restaurants and other entertainment venues, attended festive parties and crowded church services, will trigger a surge in new coronavirus infections and make her job even more difficult. SENT: 450 words, photos.

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WASHINGTON/POLITICS

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BIDEN-CIA-DIRECTOR-BURNS — William Burns, a well-known figure in diplomatic circles around the world, is President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to lead the CIA, a selection likely to be embraced by the rank and file at the nation’s premier spy agency. SENT: 800 words, photos.

PENCE — Last week it was President Donald Trump putting intense pressure on Vice President Mike Pence to block election certification. This week, it’s House Democrats trying to put the squeeze on Pence, asking him to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office. By Jill Colvin. UPCOMING: 800 words by 5 p.m., photos.

BIDEN INAUGURATION — The theme for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration will be “America United,” an issue that’s long been a central focus for Biden but one that’s taken on added weight in the wake of the violence at the U.S. Capitol last week. SENT: 520 words, photo.

BIDEN-VACCINATION — President-elect Joe Biden receives his second COVID-19 vaccine shot. UPCOMING: 300 words by 4 p.m., photos.

BIDEN-UKRAINE SANCTIONS — The Trump administration has sanctioned more than a half-dozen associates of a Ukrainian lawmaker blamed by U.S. officials for interfering in the 2020 presidential election by releasing edited audio recordings of President-elect Joe Biden. SENT: 250 words.

MELANIA TRUMP — Melania Trump says she is “disappointed and disheartened” by the deadly riot at the Capitol last week by supporters of her husband. But in breaking her silence, she also lashed out at people she said have used the tragic event to spread “salacious gossip, unwarranted personal attacks and false and misleading accusations about me.” SENT: 450 words, photos.

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INTERNATIONAL

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ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS - Israel on Monday advanced plans to build 800 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank, a move that could strain ties with the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden. SENT: 530 words, photo.

YEMEN — Aid agencies were thrown into confusion over the Trump administration’s out-the-door decision to designate Yemen’s Iranian-backed rebels as a terror organization, which they warned could wreck the tenuous relief system keeping millions alive in a country already near famine in the world’s worst humanitarian disaster. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.

FRANCE-UN-CLIMATE-BIODIVERSITY — At least 50 countries committed to protecting 30% of the planet, including land and sea, over the next decade to halt species extinction and address climate change issues, during a global summit aimed at protecting the world’s biodiversity. SENT: 640 words, photos.

SPAIN-STORM AFTERMATH — The Spanish capital of Madrid was still trying to get back on its feet after a 50-year record snowfall that paralyzed large parts of central Spain and hampered the delivery of coronavirus vaccines. SENT: 560 words, photos.

HONG KONG-JUDICIARY — Hong Kong’s new top judge warns that the semiautonomous Chinese territory’s courts need to show they are impartial amid a flurry of politically charged cases or risk losing public trust. SENT: 370 words, photos.

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NATIONAL

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HOTEL-CONFRONTATION — A white woman who wrongly accused a Black teenager of stealing her cellphone and tackled him at a New York City hotel appeared to back off her apology in a TV interview, suggesting without evidence that maybe he did try to steal her phone after all. SENT: 510 words, photos.

BOY WITNESS KILLED — Prosecutors believed justice was served nearly two decades ago when Adrian Peeler was sentenced to a combined 60 years in state and federal prisons for his roles in Bridgeport’s cocaine trade and the 1999 killings of an 8-year-old murder trial witness and the boy’s mother. SENT: 800 words, photo.

FEDERAL-EXECUTIONS-MONTGOMERY — A woman who killed a pregnant woman, cut a baby from her womb and then passed off the newborn as her own is set to die for the crime. Lisa Montgomery would be the first woman executed by the federal government in some six decades if her execution happens as scheduled on Tuesday at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. SENT: 880 words, photo.

NEW-ORLEANS-DISTRICT-ATTORNEY — A New Orleans city council member takes the oath of office as the city’s new district attorney facing a pandemic-related backlog of cases and high expectations from criminal justice reform advocates who rallied around his autumn campaign — despite his indictment on federal tax charges. SENT: 740 words, photo.

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BUSINESS

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FINANCIAL-MARKETS — Stocks are slipping as trading cools on Wall Street and in markets around the world following their strong record-setting runs. SENT: 860 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing.

GADGET SHOW-GOING VIRTUAL — Every January, huge crowds descend on Las Vegas for the CES gadget show, an extravaganza of tech and glitz intended to set the tone for the coming year in consumer technology. CES kicks off this week, but thanks to the pandemic, it will be in a radical new format — a “virtual” show taking place only in cyberspace. SENT: 920 words, photos.

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SPORTS

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FBC-NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP — Top-ranked Alabama goes for another national title for Nick Saban, this time going up against No. 3 Ohio State in the final game of a pandemic-altered season. By College Football Writer Ralph D. Russo. UPCOMING: Game starts at 8 p.m..

FBC--T25-COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLL — The final AP Top 25 is released following completion of the national championship game between Alabama and Ohio State. By College Football Writer Ralph D. Russo. UPCOMING: 400 words, photos, by 8:30 p.m.

TOKYO-PUBLIC-OPINION — More than 80% of people in Japan who were surveyed in two polls in the last few days say the Tokyo Olympics should be canceled or postponed, or say they believe the Olympics will not take place. The polls were conducted by the Japanese news agency Kyodo and TBS — the Tokyo Broadcasting System. By Sports Writer Stephen Wade. SENT: 370 words, photos.

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