News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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JUST IN: The US has intercepted communications showing some Russian officials have worried about the costs of a large-scale invasion of Ukrainehttps://t.co/7yjrDDmKv9
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) February 7, 2022
Boxes improperly removed from White House recovered at Trump's Mar-a-Lago: report https://t.co/1FtvETxleK pic.twitter.com/dF9jChYafT
— The Hill (@thehill) February 7, 2022
NEW: House Republicans, conducting their own investigation of the Jan. 6 insurrection, plan to accuse the Capitol security apparatus of "negligence at the highest levels," Rep. Jim Banks tells Axios.
— Axios (@axios) February 6, 2022
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The Covid-19 crisis is nearing the second anniversary of the pandemic declaration by the World Health Organization, on March 11 — and many people are now ready to know both when and how society can return to what we used to think of as normal.https://t.co/pxEm3BTwT3
— CNN (@CNN) February 7, 2022
Second guilty plea planned in alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer https://t.co/bUfedJh4eE
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 7, 2022
New Jersey Gov. Murphy will announce Monday that masks will soon not be required in schools and day cares, a spokesperson says.https://t.co/5GAJVuCXWB
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 7, 2022
Canada's capital declares a state of emergency because of trucker-led protests against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other pandemic-related restrictions. https://t.co/GKG6MfZjbG pic.twitter.com/yU66Pbp3ZG
— ABC News (@ABC) February 7, 2022
14 current and former Office of Science and Technology Policy staffers who worked under Eric Lander described a toxic work environmenthttps://t.co/ixjxqrZ1pP
— POLITICO (@politico) February 7, 2022
A Minneapolis city council committee will hold a hearing on no-knock warrants following the death of Amir Locke, who was fatally shot in an apartment by Minneapolis police officers during the execution of a no-knock warrant. https://t.co/Kg8hf72vom
— ABC News (@ABC) February 7, 2022
Glenn Youngkin said he regretted a post to his campaign's Twitter account over the weekend that lashed out at a 17-year-old high school student.
— POLITICO (@politico) February 7, 2022
The Virginia governor said the tweet was “unauthorized.”https://t.co/84AC0mSNtD
The U.S. figure skater Vincent Zhou said in a tearful video that he has withdrawn from the Olympics after testing positive for COVID: "The enormity of the situation … just the pain of it all, is pretty insane."https://t.co/Qj3eKMohqb
— NPR (@NPR) February 7, 2022
