| Good morning and happy new year! It's Monday, Jan. 3, and there's no better way to start this week than with seven iconic clips of the late Betty White. Let's get caught up. But first, a reminder that this great deal is ending soon: Subscribe to The Washington Post for just $0.99 every four weeks. |
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| More changes may be coming this week to U.S. isolation guidance. - Why? There's been backlash after the CDC cut the isolation window from 10 to five days for people with no symptoms who test positive for the coronavirus.
- What's being considered: Adding a testing recommendation before people head back to work, infectious-disease expert Anthony Fauci said.
- Coming today: The FDA is expected to approve booster shots of the Pfizer vaccine for 12-to-15-year-olds.
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| Covid hospitalizations are rising sharply in Southern states. - That's the best way to track the impact of the omicron variant as cases continue to surge, Fauci said.
- The numbers: Hospitalizations are up 31% from last week, and about 1,500 Americans are dying each day.
- Where things could get worse: Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi, all states with lower vaccination rates and fewer mask mandates.
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| Two people are still missing after a devastating Colorado fire. - What we know: Officials are searching for a man and a 91-year-old woman, but snow complicated efforts this weekend.
- What happened: A blaze that started near Boulder last week destroyed nearly 1,000 buildings. We don't yet know the cause.
- Some good news: Forty dogs staying at a boarding facility in the path of the fire are all safe and accounted for.
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| Twitter banned Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's personal account. - Who is she? A first-term Republican congresswoman representing Georgia. Her official account is still active.
- Why the permanent suspension? She repeatedly violated the company's covid misinformation policy, Twitter said. Hours before, she had tweeted falsely about deaths tied to coronavirus vaccines.
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| An NFL star left the field in the middle of a game yesterday. - Antonio Brown is no longer with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the coach said after the team's win against the New York Jets.
- What happened? It's unclear, but the wide receiver's exit was dramatic. He tossed away his jersey, threw equipment into the stands, then left shirtless.
- It's part of a saga: Brown had just finished serving a suspension for misrepresenting his vaccination status.
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| You'll start seeing new labels on genetically modified foods. - Why? A law went into effect Saturday standardizing requirements across the U.S. The labels will say "bioengineered."
- What does that mean? A plant or animal with a new gene inserted to make it more nutritional or resistant to pests or disease. A few foods are like this, including some apples, corn and salmon.
- Why the change? Each state has its own rules, so this should standardize them. But watchdogs say there are too many loopholes.
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| Old-growth trees in Alaska are storing huge amounts of carbon. - The national forest where the Sitka spruces grow holds nearly twice as much CO2 as the U.S. emits from burning fossil fuels each year.
- Why this matters: The trees are key to fighting climate change, but they're also a high-end building material. The Biden administration ended all harvesting except by Alaska Natives and local operators this summer, but rules have gone back and forth for years.
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