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• Robinhood Narrows Trading Restrictions to Eight Companies - Bloomberg
• Fast-spreading COVID variant can elude immune responses
• The Most Worrying Mutations in Five Emerging Coronavirus Variants - Scientific American
• ‘That hurricane is coming’: expert warns US to brace for virulent Covid strain | US news | The Guardian
• Thousands 'Cut in Line' for COVID Vaccine in Michigan after Virtual Loophole Discovered
• TSA to require masks at screening checkpoints as new strains of COVID-19 hit the US | Fox News
• Wearing your mask below your nose may heighten COVID-19 infection risk, UNC study funds | abc7.com
• Disproportionate number of current and former military personnel arrested in Capitol attack, CNN analysis shows - CNN
• Ex-QAnon Believer Apologizes to Anderson Cooper, Thought He Ate Babies
• Russian hack brings changes, uncertainty to US court system
• GameStop shares drop 30%, briefly halted following 400% short-squeeze spike last week
• Silver price up 7% as Reddit traders try their squeeze play with the metal
• Elon Musk Says He Wired Up a Monkey’s Brain to Play Video Games
• Prince Harry wins 'significant damages' in legal dispute with newspaper - CNN
• Nintendo profits soar as people play games during pandemic
• EU Calls $15.8 Billion Apple (AAPL) Tax Ruling Contradictory in Appeal - Bloomberg
• As Google eyes Australia exit, Microsoft talks Bing with PM | Reuters
• Andrew Brooks, who led development of the first FDA-approved Covid-19 saliva test, dies at 51 - CNN
• Trump impeachment defense: Five attorneys leave team less than two weeks before trial - CNNPolitics
• Clear Shots of UFO Spotted Above Freeway on Outskirts of Los Angeles