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Pramila Jayapal
personPramila Jayapal, a Democrat from Washington state, announced her positive result early on Tuesday. The New Jersey representative Bonnie Watson Coleman, also a Democrat, said she decided to get tested because of the possibility of exposure and tested positive. They join more than 222,000 Americans who have tested positive already this week.
QAnon
organizationTwitter has suspended more than 70,000 accounts associated with the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory. The social network began its purge Friday, shortly after it had permanently suspended President Donald Trump's account. Facebook is removing posts and content fraudulently claiming that the U.S. election was stolen.
Mike Pompeo
personU.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Iran of harboring Al-Qaeda's base. Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called claims "fictitious" Zarif also condemned the US' decision to re-include Cuba in the list of state sponsors of terrorism.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
personFormer California governor and Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger condemned last week's attack on the Capitol building in Washington DC. He also called US president Donald Trump the 'worst president ever' Most of the pro-Trump Capitol mob figures have already been arrested.
Kim Cattrall
personOriginal cast members Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis will reprise their roles as Carrie Bradshaw, Miranda Hobbes, and Charlotte York. The reboot will be titled "And Just Like That..." and appear on HBO Max.
LG
organizationLG’s 2021 TVs will include a game optimization mode and add built-in support for Google Stadia later this year. The LG Rollable was teased at CES 2021. It has a display that extends upward to create a larger, more tablet-like screen.
Rishabh Pant
personIndia batted for 131 overs and through the entirety of day five to claim a draw in the third Test in Sydney. Rishabh Pant smashed a high-class 97 and Cheteshwar Pujara ground out 77. Australia needs seven more wickets to take a 2-1 lead heading to Brisbane next week.
Mike Pompeo
personUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo brands Yemen's Iranian-linked Huthi rebels as terrorists. Move in defiance of aid groups who fear it will worsen a humanitarian crisis. Unless Congress blocks the decision, the Huthis will be blacklisted on January 19.
Conservative US social network Parler was forced offline Monday, tracking websites showed. Comes just after tech giant Amazon told Parler it would lose access to its servers for its failure to properly police violent content. The platform was booted off Google and Apple's app stores, before losing its hosting platform Amazon too.
Amazon Web Services
organizationGoogle and Apple have removed the far right-friendly Parler from their app stores. Amazon booted it off its web hosting service just after midnight Pacific time early Monday. CEO John Matze decried the punishments as ‘a coordinated attack by the tech giants to kill competition in the marketplace’
Amazon
organizationRight-wing social media app Parler was shut down by Amazon on Monday. Comes just after tech giant Amazon told Parler it would lose access to its servers for its failure to properly police violent content. Parler touts itself as being committed to free speech and has little moderation policy.
Chris Whitty
personProfessor Chris Whitty has expressed concern that the UK is in the midst of the ‘most dangerous time’ of the pandemic. He warned the new variant is 'pushing things' in a way the old variant was not able to.
Parler
organizationUS social network Parler was forced offline Monday, tracking websites showed. Comes just after tech giant Amazon told Parler it would lose access to its servers for its failure to properly police violent content. The platform was booted off Google and Apple's app stores, before losing its hosting platform Amazon too. Parler is suing Twitter and Amazon, claiming they colluded to deplatform the site.
Sarah Jessica Parker
personSarah Jessica Parker will reprise her role as Carrie Bradshaw. She will be joined by co-stars Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon. Kim Cattrall, who played Samantha in the original series and two subsequent films, will not be returning.
The Cleveland Browns
organizationThe Cleveland Browns beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 48-37 in the wild-card round. It was the Browns' first playoff win since 1994. Cleveland receive a date next Sunday (3:05 p.m. ET) against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Apple
organizationGoogle and Apple have removed the far right-friendly Parler from their app stores. Amazon booted it off its web hosting service just after midnight Pacific time early Monday. Fox News host Jeanine Pirro compared the removal of Parler to the massacre of Jews in Nazi Germany.
Apple
organizationApple dropped Parler from its App Store, while Amazon’s cloud unit decided to stop hosting the social media platform from Sunday night. Google, which removed the app from its Google Play store on Friday, said that it created an “ongoing and urgent public safety threat”
Justin Thomas
personJustin Thomas heard using the derogatory word towards himself. World No.3 is expected to be fined for conduct unbecoming a professional. PGA Tour does not disclose specifics of such punishment.
LaMelo Ball
personLaMelo Ball scored 22 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and dished out 11 assists. Karl-Anthony Towns played his first game back from a wrist injury. Nikola Jokic had 15 points and 12 assists to lead Denver past Philadelphia. Mikal Bridges scored 34 points and Devin Booker added 25 to lift Phoenix Suns to victory over Indiana Pacers.
FA Cup
organizationSheffield United beat Bristol Rovers 3-2 to reach FA Cup fourth round. Everton beat Rotherham United 2-1 in extra-time at Goodison Park. Leicester City beat Stoke City 4-0 at the Bet365 Stadium. Crawley Town beat Leeds United 3-0 in FA Cup third round.