| 1. BANNING DRONES PART OF SUPER BOWL SECURITY PLAN: Temporary flight restrictions to keep drones away from Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Beach Convention Center, and Bayfront Park are part of the security plans for Super Bowl LIV. The entire security plan has changed since the last time the region hosted a Super Bowl. Miami Herald: “Crime centers will be set up to help law enforcement agencies work together. Hours for local police have been changed to accommodate demands. Special units like K-9, marine, and even economic crime units searching for counterfeit or gouging operations will be visible, along with motorcycle and mounted patrols. … Authorities say they have adapted their security playbook to a post-9/11 era in which drone attacks, social media propaganda, and lone wolf killers have emerged as potentially greater threats than a foreign terrorist attack.” 2. BOOK PARTY DECOR JUST ONE PROBLEM FOR OPRAH BOOK CLUB’S LATEST PICK: Oprah's recent choice of American Dirt for her book club has prompted discussion about the lack of diversity in the publishing industry. The new novel by Jeanine Cummins tells the tale of a migrant Mexican family’s border crossing and has received growing backlash. Mic: “In a now-deleted tweet, Cummins shared photos from a dinner party celebrating the book’s release. In the photos, floral centerpieces wrapped in barbed wire lined the middle of the table. The flowers and the wire were meant to be in reference to the American Dirt book cover, which is outlined in barbed-wire and covered in those exact flowers. It certainly referenced the cover—though it was also callous. Here is a group of people eating in a private dining room in New York City, communing over the concept of a border wall while as far as you can be from the real border in every sense.” 3. TRUMP INAUGURAL COMMITTEE SUED FOR OVERSPENDING ON EVENT COSTS AT THE PRESIDENT’S HOTEL: Adding to President Trump’s legal tussles, Washington Attorney General Karl A. Racine filed suit Wednesday against the president's inaugural committee and business. The suit alleges that the committee violated its nonprofit status when it spent over $1 million to book a ballroom at Trump’s D.C. hotel. Further, Racine charged that the staff knew the space was overpriced and barely used the facility. The Washington Post: “During the lead-up to Trump’s January 2017 inauguration, the committee booked the hotel ballroom for $175,000 a day, plus more than $300,000 in food and beverage costs, over the objections of its own event planner. …‘These charges were unreasonable and improperly served to enrich Trump’s business,' the complaint reads.” 4. BOEING 737 RETURN FURTHER DELAYED: The return of the Boeing 737 has been postponed yet again. The company said Tuesday it did not expect regulators to approve the jet to fly again until mid 2020. American Airlines, United, and Southwest already had taken Max flights off their schedules until June, and if the new timeline goes into effect, it would further delay when the plane will fly commercially. The New York Times: “Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration have continued to find new flaws with the Max that go beyond an automated software system known as MCAS. The software contributed to two accidents, in late 2018 and early 2019, that killed 346 people and led to the worldwide grounding of the Max in March." 5. DELTA AIR LINES SHARES THE WEALTH FROM A HEALTHY 2019: Following a stellar performance in 2019, Delta Air Lines has revealed plans to pay its employees $1.6 billion in profit-sharing bonuses. Next month, every eligible employee will receive a check for 16.6 percent of their annual salary, or an extra two months' pay. CNN: “‘Delta would be nothing without our 90,000 people. They deserve all the credit,’ Delta C.E.O. Ed Bastian said on LinkedIn. The profit payout to employees for 2019 is a record amount. It is also the sixth year in a rowthat the company has paid out more than $1 billion to workers, a Delta spokesperson said. The profit-sharing plan started in 2012 following Delta's merger with Northwest." | 