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Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM.  House impeachment managers filed a brief charging former President Trump with being "singularly responsible" for inciting the insurrection last month at the US Capitol.  About 70% to 85% of the US population should be fully vaccinated before the country can start returning to normal, Dr. Anthony Fauci says. So far, it stands at about 2%.  Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been sentenced to more than two and a half years in prison by a Moscow court. The verdict sparked protests across the country and swift condemnation abroad.  Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO of Amazon. The multibillionaire has helmed the company since it was founded in 1995, overseeing its rise from online bookseller to $1.7 trillion global retail behemoth.

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM.  Biden administration’s recent purchase of 200 million additional doses, the President says there will now be enough doses to fully vaccinate 300 million people by the end of the summer.  Biden spoke with some Republicans yesterday about their counterproposal to his $1.9 trillion stimulus plan, but it’s clear Democrats don’t think the GOP alternative is viable. There are now fears in Myanmar that could be a prelude to a wider clampdown, recalling 50 brutal years the country spent under military rule until 2011. After injuries for 3 seasons, Dustin Pedroia is retiring from the Red Sox, we will remember him with a smile.

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. U.S. health officials are waiting to see if more contagious coronavirus variants upend the country’s progress in its battle against the virus.  Game Stop stock continues to baffle investors as the main street investor takes revenge over Wall Street

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM.  A global study of nearly 44,000 found that the COVID-19 vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson is 66% effective in preventing moderate to severe disease.  A new coronavirus variant first found in South Africa has now been detected in more than 30 countries, including the US. Another variant, first found in Brazil, has showed up in Minnesota. Some Senate Democrats are hoping for a swift impeachment trial for former President Trump, so Congress can get on with other measures like passing a long-awaited Covid-19 relief bill.

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM.  New cases in the U.S. have fallen 35 percent over the past three weeks. Hospitalizations have dropped, as well.  President Biden declared yesterday “climate day” at the White House and signed executive orders supporting climate science and putting climate action at the center of US foreign policy and national security.  It was a wild day on Wall Street as Reddit users coordinated a mass buying spree of GameStop stock, deliberately upending hedge funds and short sellers who were betting the beleaguered retailer’s stock would crash.

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM.  President Biden says he hopes the US will soon be able to administer 1.5 million doses of coronavirus vaccine a day, and the Defense Department is considering deploying thousands of troops to help reach that goal.  Former President Trump is assembling a full legal team for his Senate impeachment trial, which starts in early February. protests turn violent in Russia.  One year without Kobe

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM.  In his first 48 hours in office, Mr. Biden cranked out about 30 executive actions, 14 of which target a broad range of former President Trump’s executive mandates, with the remainder aimed at implementing emergency measures intended to deal with the pandemic and the economic crisis.The House will transmit its article of impeachment for former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday. But under a deal struck between Senate leaders, the chamber will then pause until Feb. 9 to give the prosecution and defense time to draft and exchange written legal briefs.  The U.S. has surpassed 25 million known cases, and more contagious variants threaten to erase recent gains made in curbing the spread of the virus. After five decades on radio and TV, Larry King interviewed presidents, psychics, movie stars and swindlers — anyone with a story to tell, he died at 87.

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. On his first day President Biden put forward a national strategy to get the coronavirus pandemic under control.  100 million shots during his first 100 days in office, and testing capabilities, and issued a federal mask mandate for interstate travel. Dr. Anthony Fauci says he’s confident the US “can and should” vaccinate up to 85% of the adult US population by summer's end.  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnellhas proposed delaying Trump’s impeachment trial until mid-February to give Trump’s legal team time to prepare.  Bruins win in a shoot-out.