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Mike Stobbe / Associated Press:
CDC recommends shorter COVID isolation, quarantine for all  —  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Monday cut isolation restrictions for Americans who catch the coronavirus from 10 to five days, and similarly shortened the time that close contacts need to quarantine.
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CDC:
CDC Newsroom  —  CDC Updates and Shortens Recommended Isolation and Quarantine Period for General Population  —  Given what we currently know about COVID-19 and the Omicron variant, CDC is shortening the recommended time for isolation from 10 days for people with COVID-19 to 5 days …
Matt Stieb / New York Magazine:
CDC Shortens Quarantine Period to 5 Days for Those Without Symptoms  —  With the Omicron variant causing a surge in cases in many parts of the country, the Centers for Disease Control updated its recommended quarantine period for those who have tested positive for COVID-19 …
Allahpundit / HotAir:
Now he tells us: There's no federal solution to COVID, says Biden
Discussion: Fox News and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Flight disruptions continue with thousands more cancellations as Omicron thins airline crews.
Felix Light / The Moscow Times:
Russian Court Orders Closure of Renowned Rights Group Memorial  —  For Memorial's supporters, the move is a hammer blow to Russia's already beleaguered civil society.  —  Russia's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the shuttering of Memorial, Russia's oldest human rights watchdog …
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Polina Ivanova / Financial Times:
Russia's Supreme Court orders closure of Memorial civil rights group  —  Organisation has documented Soviet-era atrocities for more than three decades  —  Russia's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the closure of Memorial, the country's oldest civil rights group, after prosecutors accused …
DW.COM:
Russia orders closure of human rights group Memorial  —  Prosecutors accused Memorial International, the country's oldest human rights NGO, of distorting history while investigating crimes committed under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.  —  Russia's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the closure …
Reuters:
Russian court extends jail term for Gulag historian to 15 years
Discussion: Insider and Agence France-Presse
Reuters:
U.S., Russia set for Jan. 10 security talks amid Ukraine tensions  —  U.S. and Russian officials will hold security talks on Jan. 10 to discuss concerns about their respective military activity and confront rising tensions over Ukraine, the two countries said.
Discussion: NBC News and Raw Story
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James Bruno / Washington Monthly:
How Back-Channel Diplomacy Can Prevent War With Russia
Discussion: Politico
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
Russia ‘not bluffing’ on NATO rollback, warns of ‘large-scale conflict in Europe’
David Axelrod / New York Times:
No, the Build Back Better Act Isn't Dead Yet  —  Mr. Axelrod was a senior adviser to President Barack Obama and chief strategist for the 2008 and 2012 Obama presidential campaigns.  —  Joe Biden must be having flashbacks.  —  In early 2010, when Democrats lost a special election …
Discussion: Issues & Insights
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump Adviser Peter Navarro Lays Out How He and Bannon Planned to Overturn Biden's Electoral Win  —  “It started out perfectly.  At 1 p.m., Gosar and Cruz did exactly what was expected of them...” … A former Trump White House official says he and right-wing provocateur Steve Bannon …
Discussion: Political Flare and Raw Story
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
The Political Life of Dr. Oz … Dr. Oz for Senate is headquartered in a patch of strip mall next to a Mexican restaurant in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, where the candidate's father-in-law, Dr. Gerald Lemole, maintains a medical office down the road from the Lemole family farm …
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
The Democrats' Education Lunacies Will Bring Back Trump  —  Terry McAuliffe lost the Virginia governor's race by saying, “I don't think parents should be telling schools what to teach.”  If that was no gaffe, Democrats have a lot more significant losing ahead
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Hispanic Voters in This Pennsylvania City Are Shifting Toward the GOP.  Both Parties Want to Know Why.  —  Republican gains among Hispanics in Reading mirror those in other parts of the country, but Democrats think they still have important advantages with this growing demographic
Helen Branswell / STAT:
10 lessons I've learned from the Covid-19 pandemic  —  On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, just hours from when 2019 was going to segue into 2020, I read an email about some unusual pneumonia cases in China's Hubei province.  Over the past couple of decades, China has been a wellspring …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Proud Boy Named in Feds' James O'Keefe Search Warrant  —  According to the warrant, FBI agents were looking for communications with a self-described “third-degree” Proud Boy named Jackson Voynick.  —  A Justice Department investigation into conservative operative James O'Keefe …
Discussion: Raw Story
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Why Is John Roberts So Popular Among Democrats?  —  Earlier this month, Gallup gauged American sentiment toward 11 of the nation's most prominent public figures.  Only one boasted majority support from both Democrats and Republicans, and he happens to be the most effective conservative politician of the modern era.
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Sarah Weddington, Who Successfully Argued Roe v. Wade, Dies at 76  —  She went before the U.S. Supreme Court at 26 with almost no legal experience and won one of the most consequential cases in American history.  —  Sarah Weddington, the young Texas lawyer whose successful arguments …
Virginia Langmaid / CNN:
US government should consider vaccination requirement for domestic air travel, Fauci says  —  (CNN) — The US government should consider requiring people to be vaccinated to fly domestically, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Monday.  —  The federal government currently requires noncitizens coming …
Jaewon Kang / Wall Street Journal:
These Food Items Are Getting More Costly in 2022  —  Mayonnaise, soup and more get expensive as inflation accelerates  —  Everything from coffee to mustard is getting more expensive next year.  —  Many food manufacturers say they plan to raise prices in 2022 for a range of products …
Carl Zimmer / New York Times:
E.O. Wilson, a Pioneer of Evolutionary Biology, Dies at 92  —  A Harvard professor for 46 years, he was an expert on insects and explored how natural selection and other forces could influence animal behavior.  He then applied his research to humans.  —  Edward O. Wilson …
 
 
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Nils Gilman / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: After 2021 tumult, here's what it will take to protect American democracy
Discussion: New York Times
Liza Lin / Wall Street Journal:
Walmart Sparks Public Outcry in China Over Products From Xinjiang
Discussion: New York Post
National Labor Relations Board:
NLRB Invites Briefs Regarding Independent Contractor Standard
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Michelle Stoddart / ABC News:
Another time capsule found in Robert E. Lee monument
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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
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Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Khadeeja Safdar / Wall Street Journal:
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Governor Tom Wolf:
Gov. Wolf Names Leigh M. Chapman New Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth
Discussion: WTAJ
Noga Tarnopolsky / The Daily Beast:
Massive New Bird Flu Outbreak Could Be 2022's Deadly Pandemic
Discussion: Raw Story
Emily Wax-Thibodeaux / Washington Post:
Men across America are getting vasectomies ‘as an act of love’
Discussion: The Daily Caller