Moderna and Pfizer predict their boosters will become annual shots for the next few years. / Ars Technica "If it's purely left to be a commercial decision, I'm not so sure that decision will necessarily be the best one." The WHO wants science—not vaccine
The Morning News will not publish on Monday. See you Tuesday. Tsunami waves caused by a giant underwater volcanic eruption hit the Pacific country of Tonga. / BBC News Six months after anti-government demonstrations, Cuban courts begin imposing draconian sentences on protesters. / The Guardian Uganda illegally detains novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija
The Supreme Court has blocked the Biden administration's Covid requirements for large businesses, but will allow a vaccine mandate for health workers to proceed. / Associated Press Jan. 6 prosecutors have filed the rarely used charge of seditious conspiracy against the leader of the Oath Keepers. / Associated Press The
China cancels a growing number of flights from the United States because of passengers who later test positive for Covid-19. / Reuters One woman in a locked-down China city is locked in with a blind date. / BBC News Kazakhstan's protests in six objects, from a Birkin bag
The latest lockdowns in China are throttling factories and ports, further disrupting supply chains for companies like Samsung, Volkswagen, and Nike. / Sky News Australia Pfizer's Omicron-specific vaccine will be ready by March—though that's likely too late, given the current speed of infections. / CNBC A
A World Health Organization official says the Omicron variant will infect more than half of Europe in the next two months. / CNN Hundreds of thousands of students in Los Angeles return to school from winter break. Chicago schools reopen tomorrow. / The Los Angeles Times, ABC7 Related: In case you missed
The US is now averaging 700,000 new Covid cases per day. / USA Today A malfunctioning space heater caused a fire in a Bronx apartment building that killed 19 people, including nine children. / News 12 Brooklyn With Omicron, pediatric hospitalizations—while still the lowest compared to other groups—have hit
The three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced to life in prison. / NBC News Kazakhstan's former anti-terror chief has been arrested on charges of attempting to overthrow the government following the recent violent protests. / Associated Press Texas claims 246 people died in the 2021 winter
Kazakhstan orders security forces to "fire without warning" amid a crackdown on anti-government protests. / BBC News The situation presents Russia with yet another opportunity to reassert influence in its former Soviet domain. / The New York Times When Putin issues demands down the barrel of a gun, "
Garland has told Justice Dept. employees that prosecutors remain "committed to holding all Jan. 6 perpetrators, at any level, accountable under law." / Associated Press One year after Jan. 6, here are the numbers on where the legal efforts stand. / BuzzFeed News In unrest sparked by rising gas prices
