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| Good morning, Daily Briefing readers. A big cleanup is underway on the East Coast after a deadly nor'easter wreaked havoc. An American woman will appear in court accused of leading an all-female battalion of Islamic State militants in Syria. And the Cincinnati Bengals will face-off against the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl 56 after a wild day of football. |
| It's Jane, with Monday's news. |
| 💣 North Korea confirmed it test-launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of reaching the U.S. territory of Guam. |
| 🔵 The U.N. Security Council is scheduled to meet for the first time on Russia's troop buildup and threatening actions against Ukraine at the request of the U.S. |
| 🔴 She "embodied love": Cheslie Kryst, the 2019 winner of the Miss USA pageant and a correspondent for the entertainment news program "Extra," has died at age 30. |
 | | Miss USA Cheslie Kryst onstage at the 2019 Miss Universe Pageant. | | Paras Griffin, Getty Images | |
| 💰 The one-year extension Tom Brady signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the 2022 season included a $20 million signing bonus – with $15 million of it to be paid on Feb. 4, 2022, according to a report. |
| 🚔 Two Connecticut detectives involved in the death investigations involving two Black women have been suspended from their duties and put on administrative leave, city officials announced. |
| 📺 "Emily in Paris" has a surprising "fan" in Peyton Manning, the Hall of Fame quarterback revealed on "Saturday Night Live." |
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| 🎧 On today's 5 Things podcast, national correspondent Deborah Barfield Berry talks about the renewed fight for voting rights legislation. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
| Here's what's happening today: |
Crews continue clearing snow on East Coast after 'historic nor'easter' |
| Crews and residents are continuing to clear snow on the East Coast Monday after a "historic nor'easter" swept across the region over the weekend. Authorities on Long Island reported three storm-related deaths. More than 100,000 lost power at the height of the storm, mostly in Massachusetts. Boston tied its record for biggest single-day snowfall on Saturday, with 23.6 inches, the National Weather Service said. Meanwhile, some sections of New York City were blanketed by more than foot of snow. The storm stretched from Maine to the Carolinas and the cold reached even farther: The temperature in Tallahassee, Florida, dipped below 20 degrees for the first time in more than 10 years. The storm became a bomb cyclone when it rapidly strengthened, or underwent bombogenesis, between Friday and Saturday afternoon as it rolled up the East Coast, AccuWeather said. |
 | | The Old Massachusetts State House is enveloped in whiteout conditions as a storm pushes through Boston on Jan. 29, 2022. | | Scott Eisen, Getty Images | |
Super Bowl LVI preparations begin after Bengals, Rams advance |
| Super Bowl preparations will begin for the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams Monday, after the two teams claimed conference titles Sunday. The Bengals advanced after erasing an 18-point deficit against the Kansas City Chiefs, winning the AFC title game in overtime, 27-24. In the NFC, the Rams had a comeback of their own, defeating the San Francisco 49ers, 20-17, after trailing 10 points in the fourth quarter. Super Bowl LVI will be played on Feb. 13, at SoFi Stadium, the Rams' home field in Los Angeles. |
| 🏈 Super Bowl 56: Cincinnati Bengals vs. Los Angeles Rams live stream, time, TV, betting odds, halftime show. |
 | | San Francisco 49ers free safety Jimmie Ward pulls on the jersey of Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp. | | Gary A. Vasquez, USA TODAY Sports | |
| 📸 Scroll through the gallery of the best photos from the championship games. |
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| 🔴 Ravaged by ongoing war, people in Ukraine's Luhansk region want the shooting to end. |
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| 🗳 "This is a time of reckoning": Civil rights activists are ramping up efforts to press Congress to advance voting rights legislation, including returning to Selma, Alabama. |
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American woman accused of leading Islamic State battalion to appear in court |
| A former Kansas resident charged with joining the Islamic State and leading an all-female battalion of AK-47-wielding militants in the Syrian city of Raqqa in late 2016 is scheduled for an initial appearance at U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, on Monday. Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, has been charged with providing material support to a terrorist organization, according to the U.S. attorney. The criminal complaint was filed under seal back in 2019 but made public Saturday after Fluke-Ekren was brought back to the U.S. Friday to face charges. Her alleged participation in the Islamic State had not been publicly known before Saturday's announcement. Prosecutors say Fluke-Ekren wanted to recruit operatives to attack a college campus in the U.S. and discussed a terrorist attack on a shopping mall. |
'America's Golden Girl': NBC to air special honoring the life and career of Betty White |
| NBC will air a one-hour special, "Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl" Monday night (10 ET/PT), a month after the beloved actress died at the age of 99. President Joe Biden will join a lineup of A-list stars featured in the event dedicated to the life of the star of such iconic TV comedies as "The Golden Girls" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." Other celebrities scheduled to appear include Cher, Carol Burnett, Goldie Hawn, Drew Barrymore, Ellen DeGeneres, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Jean Smart, Tracy Morgan and Bryan Cranston. The NBC special comes several weeks after the documentary "Betty White: A Celebration" was released in theaters nationwide by Fathom Events. |
 | | A man walks a dog past a new mural of the late actress Betty White by artist Corie Mattie, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2022, in Los Angeles. | | Chris Pizzello, AP | |
Spotify to add advisories to podcasts discussing COVID-19 information |
| Following protests of Spotify kicked off by Neil Young over the spread of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, the music streaming service said that it will add content advisories before podcasts discussing the virus in the coming days. In a post Sunday, Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek laid out more transparent platform rules, saying that the advisories will link to Spotify's fact-based COVID-19 hub in what he described as a "new effort to combat misinformation." The move comes after backlash stirred by Young, who had his music removed from Spotify after the tech giant declined to get rid of episodes of "The Joe Rogan Experience," which has been criticized for spreading virus misinformation. Ek did not specifically reference Rogan or Young in his post. |
ICYMI: Some of our top stories yesterday |
| 🚨 Nine people were dead and another was clinging to life in Nevada after a car raced through a red light and slammed into several vehicles, North Las Vegas police said. |
| 📺 "Today" show anchor and meteorologist Dylan Dreyer is saying goodbye to the weekend team to spend more time with her family. |
| 🔵 Howard Hesseman, enshrined in pop culture history for his role as radio disc jockey Dr. Johnny Fever on CBS sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati," has died. He was 81. |
| 📱Can't get enough of Wordle? A student has created a website archiving previous Wordle puzzles, allowing players to dive in to the dozens they missed. |
Dry January: Booze-free living doesn't have to end today |
| Monday marks the end of the month of January, and with it the official end of Dry January, the popular trend in which people go alcohol-free for 31 days to reflect on the influence drinking has on their lives. Dry January can have a range of health benefits, doctors told USA TODAY, including feeling more alert and well rested. So why not keep it going all year? Staying off the sauce means having a good plan, says research psychologist Dawn Sugarman. "If you enjoy drinking because you feel less stressed, you can work on figuring out what are some other ways you can reduce stress in your life. It's really examining your relationship with alcohol." |
| Contributing: The Associated Press |
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