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Military seizes control of Myanmar; Suu Kyi detained
 

Myanmar military television said Monday that the military was taking control of the country for one year, while reports said many of the country’s senior politicians including Aung San Suu Kyi had been detained.

 
Winter storm blankets Midwest, heads to Northeast

After days of frigid temperatures, the Northeast braced for a whopper of a storm that could dump well over a foot of snow in many areas, create blizzard-like conditions and cause travel problems for the next few days.

 
Over 5K arrested in Russian protests backing Navalny

The United States urged Russia to release Alexei Navalny and criticized the crackdown on protests.

 
Winter storm drenches California, at least 2 die

At least two people were killed after a winter storm that flooded areas and buried the Sierra Nevada in snow, authorities said.

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Lawmaker: Las Vegas shooting part of anti-gun plot

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene stirred more controversy with a social media post claiming the Las Vegas mass shooting may have been part of a plot to get Republicans to give up their guns.

 
Storm pounds California with snow, rain; evacuations ordered

Evacuations were ordered Thursday in wildfire burn areas prone to mudslides as an atmospheric river storm pumped drenching rain into Southern California while blizzard conditions buried the Sierra Nevada in snow.

 
San Francisco to strip Lincoln, Washington from school names

The names of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and other prominent figures including California Sen. Dianne Feinstein will be removed from 44 San Francisco public schools, a move that stirred debate Wednesday on whether the famously liberal city has taken the national reckoning on America’s racist past too far.

 
Group pushes for more gun restrictions in Nevada

While the state has made progress in gun violence legislation, the authors note Nevada’s gun death rate and gun suicide rate remain 40 and 60 percent higher than the national average.

 
Biden ‘letting science speak’ at COVID-19 briefings

The new briefings, beginning just a week into the president’s tenure, are meant as an explicit rejection of his predecessor’s approach to the coronavirus outbreak.

 
Nevada officials lobby feds for remedies to vaccine shortages

“If it doesn’t get fixed, it’s going to get worse,” said Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., who blamed a cumbersome bureaucratic process for creating a delay in delivery of vaccines.

 
GOP motion to dismiss Trump impeachment trial rejected

The 55-45 procedural vote to set aside an objection from Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul puts the Senate on record as declaring the proceedings constitutional.

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