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| Good morning, Daily Briefing readers! Don't put the snow shovel away just yet because another, yes, another, major winter storm is on the way. It's the start of Black History Month, paying tribute to generations of African Americans. And this Lunar New Year, people are hoping the Year of the Tiger will bring something of a return to normalcy amid the coronavirus pandemic. |
| It's Jane, with Tuesday's news. |
| ⚖️ A federal judge rejected a plea agreement that would have averted a hate crimes trial for one of Ahmaud Arbery's killers. U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood ruled against the agreement made with Travis McMichael after hearing an emotional plea from Arbery's family. |
| π΅ White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Donald Trump is unfit for office after the former president suggested he might pardon supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. |
| π Pfizer and its partner BioNTech are expected to request FDA emergency-use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5, according to reports. For the latest COVID-19 updates, tap here. |
| π¨ Capt. Vidal "Max" Fortuna, a veteran California firefighter, was fatally shot Monday when he and others responded to a report of a dumpster fire, officials said. |
| π΄ "Sincerest apologies": Whoopi Goldberg received backlash on social media for comments she made about the Holocaust on "The View." |
| π "Embarrassing for our game": Los Angeles Rams left tackle Andrew Whitworth called out former 49ers left tackle Joe Staley for making fun of Whitworth's wife. |
| πΆπ½ "SHE IS !" Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are expecting their first child together, pictures shot in New York City revealed. And they aren't the only famous couple to have taken fans by surprise with their baby news. |
 | | Rihanna fans have been waiting for new music, but the artist and beauty mogul has another kind of project on the way — a baby! | | USA TODAY | |
| π± Get exclusive Winter Olympics access: Sign up for USA TODAY's Olympics texts to get the latest updates and behind-the-scenes coverage from Beijing. |
| π§ Sign up to the Chasing Gold newsletter for everything you need to follow Team USA's quest at the Olympics. |
| π§ On today's 5 Things podcast, 34 Senate seats are up for election in November. USA TODAY politics reporter Dylan Wells details the races in battleground states that are heating up. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
| Here's what's happening today: |
Midweek winter storm to wreak havoc from the Rockies to the Northeast |
| Another week, another big winter storm for the U.S . This week's storm will target a 2,000-mile swath of the nation from the Rockies to the Northeast with a nasty mix of snow, ice and rain from later Tuesday through Friday. Cities such as Denver, Oklahoma City, St. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago, Indianapolis and Detroit are in the path of the system. Winter storm watches have already been posted for 35 million people from Texas to Michigan, the National Weather Service said. Many areas could pick up snow totals of 6 inches or more along the path of the storm, and some locations could see up to a foot or more. Meanwhile, to the south and east of the corridor of ice, soaking rain and severe thunderstorms are possible. |
Black History Month begins |
| Tuesday marks the start of Black History Month , a federally recognized celebration of the contributions African Americans have made to the U.S. and a time to reflect on the continued struggle for racial justice. The commemorative month aims to recognize and understand major moments and figures in African American history, as well as those continuing to pioneer the way. Throughout Black History Month, USA TODAY reporters will tell the stories of those who pushed for and brought about lasting change in Black communities. |
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| π΅ "Unity without uniformity": 50 years later, the legacy of the 1972 National Black Political Convention that united 10,000 people to discuss the future of political involvement for Black people still resonates. |
| πΏ COVID-free fortress? Overseas visitors attending the Beijing Winter Olympics could complicate the country's efforts to keep a tight lid on COVID-19. |
| π These major cities are seeing surprising declines in rent prices. Is yours one of them? |
| 𧳠"What part of Africa are you from?": Black Americans traveling abroad tell their experiences. |
| ⛸ Nathan Chen spins on ice: His quad jumps could win him Olympic gold in Beijing. We break them down. |
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Lunar New Year 2022: World welcomes Year of the Tiger |
| More than 1 billion people across the world will celebrate the start of the Lunar New Year on Tuesday. Known also as Chinese New Year, Vietnam's TαΊΏt NguyΓͺn ΔΓ‘n or South Korea's Seollal, Lunar New Year is celebrated over several days in many Asian countries and also in parts of the United States. It's a time for families to gather for big feasts; it's also a chance for people to put the past behind and look forward to a fresh start. "We want to send away all the bad things, evil spirits," said Xiaohua Yang, director of the China Business Studies Initiative at the University of San Francisco. In the holiday's cycle of 12 zodiac animals, this year is the Year of the Tiger – a strong, hopeful beast that seems auspicious amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Chen said. |
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Voices: Hey Tiger, good luck! We'll need it. Thanks, Year of the Ox, for COVID vaccines. |
 | | A man looks at decorative cut-outs of tigers at the traditional Lunar New Year "Tet" market in the old quarter of Hanoi, Vietnam, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. | | Hau Dinh, AP | |
US Secretary of State to meet with Russian foreign minister |
| Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov are set to speak over the phone Tuesday, according to a senior State Department official. The threat of aRussian invasion has loomed over Ukraine for weeks as the former has more than 100,000 troops along the border with its southern neighbor. Russia denies it plans to attack. On Monday, Russia accused the West of "whipping up tensions" over Ukraine as the United Nations Security Council held a meeting on Moscow's troop buildup. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said Russia was "attempting, without any factual basis, to paint Ukraine and Western countries as the aggressors to fabricate a pretext for attack." |
ICYMI: Some of our top stories yesterday |
| π° $15 million of Tom Brady's $20 million 2022 signing bonus is due to be paid out Feb. 4, according to a report. |
| πΊ "Better as friends and parents": Hoda Kotb and Joel Schiffman are calling off their engagement and focusing on being co-parents and friends after eight years together. |
| π΄ She "embodied love": Cheslie Kryst, the 2019 winner of the Miss USA pageant and a correspondent for the entertainment news program "Extra," has died at age 30. |
 | | Cheslie Kryst, Miss USA 2019 and 'Extra' correspondent, has died. | | USA TODAY | |
| π± Love Wordle? A new archive website has every daily puzzle you missed. |
MLB lockout talks to continue |
| Major League Baseball labor negotiations are scheduled to continue Tuesday , about two weeks before spring training is set to begin. Baseball's ninth work stoppage began Dec. 2 after the expiration of a five-year labor contract, and the sides did not meet again on the central economic issues until Jan. 24, when players withdrew their proposal for more liberalized free agency. Management responded the following day by withdrawing a proposal for more limited salary arbitration. Tuesday's negotiations will be the first on the central issues since then. The two sides don't agree on many economic proposals, leaving very little time to end the lockout without disrupting the scheduled start of spring training workouts on Feb. 16. |
πΈ 'Recreation and relaxation without humiliation': Historic snapshots of American Beach πΈ |
 | | American Beach's Nana Dune is the largest sand dune in Florida. | | Avis Miller | |
| Beaches have long welcomed weary travelers with escapes from everyday woes, but racism followed Black Americans to the seaside in the segregated South, where many beaches were closed to them. |
| American Beach was established by A. L. Lewis, president of Jacksonville-based Afro-American Life Insurance Company, as one of Florida's early Black beaches in the 1930s. |
| According to the American Beach Museum, which is being renamed the A. L. Lewis Museum, Lewis "wanted to create an oceanfront resort where African Americans could enjoy 'recreation and relaxation without humiliation' during the Jim Crow era." |
| American Beach remained a booming vacation destination until 1964's Hurricane Dora. The Civil Rights Act then allowed Black beachgoers to visit shores closer to home, according to the island's tourism council. |
| Scroll through the gallery of historic photos of Black Americans enjoying themselves at American Beach. |
| Contributing: The Associated Press |
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