1. U.K. COVID Variant Now Rapidly Spreading in U.S.: Study

  ON THE MOVE 

According to the study, which has yet to be peer-reviewed, the variant has a “doubling rate of a little over a week and an increased transmission rate of 35-45%.”

2. Stormy Says Trump Sex Was ‘the Worst 90 Seconds of My Life’

 ‘FOR SURE’ 

Daniels told one-time enemy Michael Cohen that her suppressed memories of the alleged affair were reawakened after she watched the movie “Bombshell.”

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4. Biden Sets Up Review of Trump’s Military Family Deportations

 CHANGE OF THE GUARD 

There’s no public record of exactly how many vets or dependents were removed by the Trump administration, but it’s thought to run into the hundreds.

5. Michigan Man Dies After Cannon at Baby Shower Explodes

 ‘TOO MUCH GUNPOWDER’ 

A police spokeswoman said it seems the owners of the cannon may have stuffed too much gunpowder into it.

6. I’d Wear These Shoes Over Slippers Any Day of the Week

 SLIP ON 

The Teva Ember Moc is better than a slipper and here’s why: You can actually wear it all day.

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7. Netanyahu Returns to Court, Pleads Not Guilty to Corruption

 NOT BUDGING 

The first sitting Israeli prime minister to appear in court as a defendant is charged on one count of bribery and three charges of fraud and breach of trust.

8. China Formally Arrests Australian TV Host Over Spying Claim

 ‘SUPPLYING STATE SECRETS’ 

Cheng Lei was a business anchor at state broadcaster CGTN, but now all references to her have been removed from the network’s website and social media.

9. Tom Brady Leads Tampa Bay to Super Bowl Victory

 G.O.A.T. 

It was the 43-year-old quarterback’s record-setting seventh Super Bowl win.

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10. Evan Rachel Wood Says She Filed a Report on Manson’s Wife

 ‘RUIN MY CAREER’  

Wood, along with four other women, have accused Manson of assault and abuse, which he has denied.

11. Yale Grad Student Gunned Down in the Street

 ‘WE WILL BE RELENTLESS’ 

Kevin Jiang, 26, was studying in the School for the Environment.

12. George Shultz, Longtime GOP Cabinet Secretary, Dead at 100

 RIP 

Shultz served as secretary of state, Treasury, and labor at different points during his long career.

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13. Inauguration Star Amanda Gorman Becomes 1st Super Bowl Poet

 HISTORIC 

“These are the moments I strive for in my lifetime, which is to bring poetry into the spaces that we least expect it,” she said Sunday.

14. Girl, 13, Killed After Being Dragged by Stolen Car for Miles

 HORRIFIC 

She jumped out when the thief jumped in and got caught in the seatbelt.

15. Maskless Partygoers Crowd Tampa Ahead of Super Bowl Sunday

 SUPER-SPREADER-BOWL 

Epidemiologists fear the Big Game could be a big source of new infections, given Florida’s lack of COVID restrictions and people's tendency to gather en masse to watch the game.

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