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Elizabeth Holmes, once hailed as the youngest female self-made billionaire and an emblem of Silicon Valley entrepreneurship, will probably spend the next few years in a cushy minimum-security prison camp with access to activities like crafting or tennis, and no

Update to CDC’s Covid-19 isolation guidance is imminent, source says  CNN CDC posts rationale for shorter isolation, quarantine  The Independent Epidemiologist Dr. Michael Mina on CDC COVID isolation guidelines and at-home tests  CBS Mornings CDC considers another change to COVID isolation guidelines  Boston 25

Map: 7 straight days of record-setting Covid case counts  NBC News U.S. reports over 1 million new daily Covid cases as omicron surges  CNBC Fauci says watch COVID hospitalizations as infections top 1 million  Business Insider US sees record daily COVID-19 cases totaling

The automakers’ ads will suggest people consider carpooling or cycling instead of driving. The new rules, beginning in March, come as the country is trying to cut down on its carbon emissions. (Image credit: Eric Piermont/AFP via Getty Images)

A state of emergency has been declared in Kazakhstan following major protests over fuel prices.

Bannon, Trump to counterprogram Dems for Jan. 6 anniversary  Axios

An activist group says the IOC has refused to engage with it on human-rights issues in China’s Xinjiang region, including the use of forced labor to make apparel.

Biden announces US will double its order of Pfizer’s antiviral pill to treat Covid-19  CNN Biden once called Trump’s COVID-19 testing push a ‘travesty,’ faces own criticism  Fox News Biden addresses nation on the omicron variant amid COVID-19 surge (LIVE) | USA

A federal judge in Texas has granted a preliminary injunction stopping the Navy from acting against 35 sailors for refusing on religious grounds to comply with an order to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

The last year has been critical in the global fight against climate change. I attended COP26 and believe that the Glasgow Climate Pact, which enshrines the collective commitments that aim to limit global temperature increases to well below 2°C, could