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TOP STORIES

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TRUMP’S FUTURE — With the House set to impeach him, President Donald Trump blames Democratic congressional foes for “tremendous anger” in the country that led to last week’s deadly attack on the Capitol by a mob of his supporters he egged on. Democratic lawmakers say Trump is a danger to democracy and should be removed. By Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller and Mary Clare Jalonick. SENT: 1190 words. UPCOMING: Developing, with updates from late-night vote on 25th amendment resolution. WITH: CAPITOL BREACH-THE LATEST, developing. WITH: CONGRESS-EXPLAINING TRUMP’S SECOND IMPEACHMENT — How President Donald Trump’s second impeachment, this time on a charge of “incitement of insurrection,” is expected to unfold Wednesday. UPCOMING: 800 words by 6 p.m., photo.

TRUMP — President Donald Trump takes no responsibility for his part in fomenting a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week, despite encouraging supporters to march on the Capitol and praising them while they were still carrying out the assault. Instead, he heads to Texas to trumpet his campaign against illegal immigration in an attempt to burnish his legacy with eight days remaining in his term. By Jill Colvin. SENT: 1,100 words. UPCOMING: Developing from afternoon event, about 3 p.m., 1,070 words by 5:30 p.m., photos, video.

TRUMP-VACCINES — Barely a month into a mass vaccination campaign to stop the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration unexpectedly shifts gears to speed the delivery of shots. A slow start had triggered widespread concern from states and public health officials. By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Zeke Miller. SENT: 870 words. UPCOMING: Developing, 890 words by 5 p.m., photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK — With the world in the darkest period since the early days of the pandemic, governors and local officials in hard-hit locations are showing little willingness to impose any new restrictions on businesses and in some cases are easing up in the rules. They are fatigued after months of shutdowns. UPCOMING: 900 words, photos by 3 p.m.

REL-VATICAN JUSTICE — A criminal investigation into a Vatican real estate investment is exposing weaknesses in the city state’s judicial system and its limited protections for those accused. That’s highlighting the incompatibility of the Holy See’s procedures with European norms. The Vatican has never been a democracy, but the incongruity of a government that is a moral authority on the global stage and yet an absolute monarchy is becoming increasingly evident. By Nicole Winfield. SENT: 1,165 words, photos.

OBIT-SHELDON ADELSON — Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire mogul, Republican mega-donor and power broker who built a casino empire spanning from Las Vegas to China and became a singular force in domestic and international politics, has died after a long illness. Adelson died at 87 from complications related to treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. By Kimberly Pierceall. SENT: 1,680 words, photos. WITH: ISRAEL-SHELDON ADELSON — Netanyahu says Israel to ‘forever’ remember Sheldon Adelson. SENT: 860 words, photos.

CONGRESS-RASKIN — As the House pushes to impeach President Trump for inciting a mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol, Rep. Jamie Raskin will be one of effort’s leading voices. But it won’t be all the Maryland Democrat and former constitutional law professor has on his mind. Raskin’s 25-year-old son committed suicide on New Year’s Eve and was buried the day before the violent insurrection. By Will Weissert. UPCOMING: 800 words by 5 p.m., photos.

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WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT

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LOTTERY JACKPOT — Lottery players will have a shot at the eighth-largest jackpot in U.S. history due to months without a winner of the big prize. A drawing will be held Tuesday night for the $625 million Mega Millions jackpot, the largest lottery prize in nearly two years. SENT: 165 words.

SPAIN BULLFIGHTING-SCHOOL PHOTO GALLERY — AP PHOTOS: Children learn Spain’s deadly art of bullfighting. SENT: 590 words.

JEFFREY EPSTEIN ASSOCIATE — Ghislaine Maxwell appeals bail rejection in sex abuse case. SENT: 230 words.

CLERGY ABUSE-MASSACHUSETTS — A Roman Catholic priest who delivered the homily at U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy’s funeral in 2009 has pleaded not guilty to child sexual abuse. SENT: 165 words.

CHILD DEATH PARENTS CHARGED — Parents charged with the murder of their 12-year-old daughter have been granted bail because prosecutors have not yet sought their indictment by a grand jury. SENT: 200 words.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-MEXICO TOURISM — For more than two weeks spanning the end of 2020 and the start of this year, it felt like tourism had returned to Mexico. Quintana Roo state, the country’s tourism crown jewel, home to Cancun, the Riviera Maya and Tulum, received 961,000 tourists during that stretch, down only 25% from the previous year. They were among tens of thousands of American tourists who descended on Mexico’s glittering Caribbean beaches at the close of 2020 and start of this year. SENT: 1,095 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-GERMANY — A surge of coronavirus deaths in the eastern German state of Saxony has boosted business for Meissen crematorium, but no one is celebrating. Normally the crematorium would have 70 to 100 caskets at this time of year, when the flu season takes its toll. Now it has 300 bodies waiting to be cremated. Each day dozens more are delivered to the building on a hill overlooking this ancient town. SENT: 755 words, photos.

GREECE-VIRUS-OUTBREAK-BURIED-IN-ISOLATION — COVID-19 victims endure harrowing isolation before and after death in Thessaloniki, the city in Greece most acutely affected by the pandemic. Under rules set by city authorities, people who were infected with the virus must be buried in segregated plots at two local cemeteries. While the burial regulations add to the grief of survivors, some health experts question if they serve an actual public health purpose. SENT 620 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-EUROPE VACCINES — The European Medicines Agency says AstraZeneca and Oxford University have submitted an application for their COVID-19 vaccine to be licensed across the 27-nation European Union. SENT: 435 words, photos.

IRAQ-FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS — Growing numbers of Iraqi women are finding some good under the movement restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic: They’re starting their own businesses from home. Using online shopping, social media and delivery services, they can by-pass some of the discrimination and harassment that often come with working in Iraq’s male-dominated, conservative society. SENT: 780 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-ASIA — India has started shipping COVID-19 vaccines to multiple cities, four days ahead of the nationwide inoculation drive. The first consignment of vaccines developed by the Serum Institute of India left the Indian city of Pune on Tuesday. Elsewhere in Asia, Micronesia has recorded its first case of the virus. And New Zealand will require a negative test for new arrivals from most countries. SENT: 780 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ONE GOOD THING-LEBANON DOLLS -- In the wake of a massive explosion that devastated Beirut, 93-year-old Yolande Labaki sought a way to bring healing to the Lebanese capital. The internationally recognized painter made dolls — 100 of them, distributed to children traumatized by the destruction. SENT: 400 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-VIRAL QUESTIONS-VACCINES-INFECTED — Health experts say people who have had the coronavirus should still plan on getting a COVID-19 vaccine once it’s available to them. After someone recovers from a COVID-19 infection, their immune response should protect them from getting infected with the virus again right away. But scientists don’t know exactly how long this immunity lasts or how strong it is. SENT: 300 words, photos.

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WASHINGTON/POLITICS

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UNITED STATES-IRAN — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accuses Iran of having secret ties with the al-Qaida network and imposed new sanctions on several senior Iranian officials. SENT: 390 words. UPCOMING: 500 words by 4 p.m., photo.

CAPITOL BREACH-EXPLAINING CHARGES — Prosecutors have brought dozens of cases after the deadly attack at the U.S. Capitol and more charges are expected in the coming days as investigators identify more members of the pro-Trump mob. Questions and answers about the investigation. By Alanna Durkin Richer. SENT: 920 words, photos.

CAPITOL BREACH-CRISIS ORATORY — In moments of crisis, leaders have sought to utter words to match the moment, hoping that the power of oratory can bring order to chaos and despair. Many presidents have met that moment: Lincoln, FDR, Reagan, Clinton, Bush and Obama. Donald Trump has not. UPCOMING: 900 words and photos. SENT: 1,185 words, photos.

CAPITOL BREACH-COVID — Fears are growing of a widespread COVID-19 outbreak in Congress after the violent siege of the Capitol. Three members have already tested positive as lawmakers return to Washington for a vote on impeaching President Donald Trump. By Kevin Freking. SENT: 360 words. UPCOMING: Developing, 700 words by 4 p.m., photos.

CAPITOL BREACH-HARVARD-STEFANIK — Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik has been removed from a panel at Harvard University for making comments that perpetuated President Trump’s baseless claims of widespread voter fraud, the school announced. SENT: 275 words, photo.

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INTERNATIONAL

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INDONESIA-PLANE CRASH — Indonesian navy divers searching the ocean floor have recovered the flight data recorder from a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board. The device is expected to help investigators determine what caused the Boeing 737-500 plane to nosedive into the ocean in heavy rain shortly after taking off from Jakarta on Saturday. SENT: 535 words, photos.

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-APARTHEID DEBATE — A leading Israeli human rights group has begun describing both Israel and its control of the Palestinian territories as a single “apartheid” regime. It’s an explosive term Israel’s government vehemently rejects. For a respected Israeli organization to adopt a term long seen as taboo even by many critics of Israel points to a broader shift in the debate over the Mideast conflict. By Joseph Krauss. SENT: 1180 words, photos.

SPAIN STORM AFTERMATH — Much of Spain struggled in the aftermath of a massive snowfall that hardened into ice amid a record cold snap that turned streets and roads into safety hazards in areas unaccustomed to extreme winters. SENT: 555 words, photos.

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NATIONAL

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FEDERAL EXECUTIONS-MONTGOMERY -- A judge has halted the U.S. government’s first execution of a female inmate in nearly seven decades, saying a court must first determine whether the Kansas woman who killed an expectant mother, cut the baby from her womb and then tried to pass off the newborn as her own is mentally competent. SENT: 885 words, photos.

MICHIGAN PIPELINE — Enbridge said it would defy Michigan’s demand to shut down an oil pipeline that runs through a channel linking two of the Great Lakes, contending that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s decision was based on bad information and political posturing. SENT: 615 words, photos.

GEORGE FLOYD-INVESTIGATION —A former Minneapolis police officer who held his knee to the neck of George Floyd for minutes will be tried separately from three other former officers accused in his death, according to scheduling orders filed. SENT: 655 words, photo.

SUPERVISED INJECTION SITE-PHILADELPHIA — A divided appeals court rejected a plan to open a supervised injection site in Philadelphia to try to reduce overdose deaths. The 2-1 panel agreed with U.S. Attorney William McSwain that the operation would violate a 1980s-era drug law aimed at “crackhouses.” SENT: 500 words.

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HEALTH & SCIENCE

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SCI-SPACE WINE — The International Space Station bid adieu to 12 bottles of French Bordeaux wine and hundreds of snippets of grapevines that spent a year orbiting the world in the name of science. SENT: 450 words, photos.

MED-CANCER DEATHS — Researchers are reporting another record one-year decline in the U.S. cancer death rate, a drop they continue to attribute to success against lung cancer. The overall cancer death rate has been falling since 1991. SENT: 220 words, photo.

LEAST TERN-RECOVERY —The interior least tern, a hardy Midwestern bird that survived a craze for its plumage and dam-building that destroyed much of its habitat, has soared off the endangered species list. SENT: 565 words, photo.

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BUSINESS/ECONOMY

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CAPITOL BREACH-SOCIAL MEDIA — Social media platforms are continuing to crackdown on fringe groups and conspiracy theories following last week’s deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol. Twitter suspended more than 70,000 accounts associated with the far right QAnon conspiracy and Facebook is removing posts and content fraudulently claiming that the U.S. election was stolen. SENT: 550 words, photos.

FINANCIAL-MARKETS — Stocks were drifting near their record heights, while Treasury yields keep marching higher amid expectations that the economy will pull out of its slump after a powerful recovery sweeps the globe later this year. SENT: 760 words, photo.

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ENTERTAINMENT

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TV-THE RESIDENT — Ignoring the virus was debated by writers of “The Resident,” but ultimately dismissed. Its fourth season kicks off Tuesday night with a pandemic storyline that sets the stakes for the fictional hospital’s workers, before looking ahead to life when the virus has been defeated. By Hilary Fox. SENT: 850 words, photos, video.

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SPORTS

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BKN-VIRUS OUTBREAK-NBA — The Washington Wizards say two of their players are going on the NBA’s health and safety protocols list. The announcement is the latest in a wave of bad news related to the coronavirus pandemic for the league in recent days. SENT: 420 words, photos.

BKC--T25-WISCONSIN-MICHIGAN — No. 7 Michigan tries to stay unbeaten against No. 9 Wisconsin in a Big Ten showdown. UPCOMING: 650 words, photos. Game starts 7 p.m.

HKN--NHL’S GAMBLE — Like the NBA, the NHL is going forward with a season without a bubble. Commissioner Gary Bettman, Players’ Association executive director Don Fehr and other top officials explain how hockey got to this point with a CBA that may have only staved off headaches and playing in mostly empty home arenas to start. By Hockey Writer Stephen Whyno. UPCOMING: 600 words, photos by 7 p.m.

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