COLORADO, NATION AND WORLD
Colorado Roundup
US plans $50B wildfire fight where forests meet civilization, including Colorado
As climate change heats up and dries out the West, administration officials said they have crafted a $50 billion plan to more than double the use of controlled fires and logging to reduce trees and other vegetation that serves as tinder in the most at-risk areas. Only some of the work has funding so far.
Nation
Blinken urges unity to fight ‘relentless’ Russian aggression
"The Ukrainian people chose a democratic and European path in 1991. They took to the Maidan to defend that choice in 2013, and unfortunately ever since you have faced relentless aggression from Moscow," Blinken said, referring to Ukraine's trajectory since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Major airlines cancel, change flights to US over 5G dispute
It was not clear how disruptive the cancellations would be. Several airlines said they would try to merely use different planes to maintain their service.
Biden to give away 400 million N95 masks starting next week
The Biden administration will begin making 400 million N95 masks available for free to Americans starting next week, now that federal officials are emphasizing their better protection against the omicron variant of COVID-19 over cloth face coverings.
Colorado and the Region
SIEGE ON THE US CAPITOL
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
The Trump White House
Far too little vote fraud to tip election to Trump, AP...
Democrat Joe Biden won Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and their 79 Electoral College votes by a combined 311,257 votes out of 25.5 million ballots cast for president. The disputed ballots represent just 0.15% of his victory margin in those states.
National Biz
Major airlines cancel, change flights to US over 5G dispute
It was not clear how disruptive the cancellations would be. Several airlines said they would try to merely use different planes to maintain their service.
Obituaries
Bob Saget, beloved TV dad of ‘Full House,’ dead at 65
"I am broken. I am gutted. I am in complete and utter shock. I will never ever have another friend like him," wrote John Stamos, who co-starred with Saget on "Full House. "I love you so much Bobby."
Fact Check
AP FACT CHECK: Trump seeds race animus with COVID falsehood
Donald Trump falsely declared in a weekend rally that public health authorities are denying the COVID-19 vaccine to white people because of their race.
Real Fake News
Report: Social media manipulation affects even US senators
"We've seen how easy it is for foreign adversaries to use social media as a tool to manipulate election campaigns and stoke political unrest," Murphy said. "It's clear that social media companies are not doing enough to combat misinformation and paid manipulation on their own platforms and more needs to be done to prevent abuse."
That's Weird
2,700-year-old toilet found in Jerusalem was a rare luxury
"A private toilet cubicle was very rare in antiquity, and only a few were found to date," said Yaakov Billig, the director of the excavation.
World
Blinken urges unity to fight ‘relentless’ Russian aggression
"The Ukrainian people chose a democratic and European path in 1991. They took to the Maidan to defend that choice in 2013, and unfortunately ever since you have faced relentless aggression from Moscow," Blinken said, referring to Ukraine's trajectory since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Gun Control Debate
Official: Alec Baldwin surrenders phone for shooting probe
Alec Baldwin has surrendered his cellphone to authorities as part of the investigation into a fatal shooting on a New Mexico film set last fall, a law enforcement official said.
National Politics
Big voting bill faces defeat as 2 Dems won’t stop filibuster
The Democratic senators, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, face strong criticism from Black leaders and civil rights organizations for failing to take on what the critics call the “Jim Crow filibuster.”
