Briefly with OZY

Despite freezing temperatures, fast food workers in 15 American cities went on strike to demand a $15 hourly minimum wage — while the former American president had chilly words for his congressional BFF. Click here to subscribe now to When Katty Met Carlos, OZY’s newest podcast: https://www.ozy.com/pg/podcast/when-katty-met-carlos

World Health Organization investigators have reason to suspect COVID-19 has been around longer than we thought, and freaky winter weather has left millions in the dark as winter storms slam North America. Click here to subscribe now to When Katty Met Carlos, OZY’s newest podcast: https://www.ozy.com/pg/podcast/when-katty-met-carlos

Despite voting to acquit him, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said former President Donald Trump was “practically and morally responsible” for the Capitol riot and vowed to steer the GOP toward a post-Trump future. Meanwhile, Britain may tunnel to Northern Ireland. Click here to subscribe now to When Katty Met Carlos, OZY’s newest podcast: https://www.ozy.com/pg/podcast/when-katty-met-carlos

The Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump may end today with a vote that’s likely to fall short of the supermajority needed for conviction. And the kids of QAnon say they need a help line. Click here to subscribe now to When Katty Met Carlos, OZY’s newest podcast: https://www.ozy.com/pg/podcast/when-katty-met-carlos

Democrats ended their impeachment case against former President Donald Trump with a warning: Convict, or risk history repeating itself. And vaccination efforts in the Amazon are running afoul of evangelical preachers — and arrows. Click here to subscribe now to When Katty Met Carlos, OZY’s newest podcast: https://www.ozy.com/pg/podcast/when-katty-met-carlos

House impeachment managers prosecuting former President Donald Trump showed harrowing new footage yesterday in the second day of his trial, including that of legislators being rushed out of the Capitol Jan. 6. And Chinese and Emirati probes are orbiting Mars. Click here to subscribe now to When Katty Met Carlos, OZY’s newest podcast: https://www.ozy.com/pg/podcast/when-katty-met-carlos

After watching a 13-minute montage of videos of former President Donald Trump’s supporters storming the Capitol after he urged them to “fight like hell,” the Senate voted 56-44 that the impeachment trial is constitutional and should continue. And a Japanese attack sub phoned in its collision. Click here to subscribe now to When Katty Met Carlos, OZY’s newest podcast: https://www.ozy.com/pg/podcast/when-katty-met-carlos

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump argued in a pretrial brief Monday that his supporters “rioted of their own accord” and made plans prior to the speech he gave shortly before the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Meanwhile, Facebook announced Monday that as part of its crackdown on COVID-19 misinformation it will no longer allow false claims, hoaxes and conspiracies related to vaccines. Click here to subscribe now to When Katty Met Carlos, OZY’s newest podcast: https://www.ozy.com/pg/podcast/when-katty-met-carlos

Rescue workers are searching for more than 150 people after part of a Himalayan glacier broke away Sunday morning, destroying a hydroelectric dam and flooding downstream villages in northern India’s Uttarakhand state. Meanwhile, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady won his seventh Super Bowl. Click here to subscribe now to When Katty Met Carlos, OZY’s newest podcast: https://www.ozy.com/pg/podcast/when-katty-met-carlos

As Myanmar protesters chanted for a return to democracy and the leadership of Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s internet was choked in an apparent attempt to close the world’s window on the unrest. And some worry that crowds gathered for the Super Bowl will become superspreader events. Click here to subscribe now to When Katty Met Carlos, OZY’s newest podcast: https://www.ozy.com/pg/podcast/when-katty-met-carlos