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Chicago teachers vote to teach from home, defying district

Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old youth poet laureate who delivered a powerful inauguration poem at the US Capitol last week, has two books topping best seller lists — and they aren't even expected to release until September 2021. "I AM ON THE FLOOR MY BOOKS ARE #1 & #2 ON AMAZON AFTER 1 DAY! Thank you so much to everyone for supporting me and my words. As Yeats put it: "For words alone are certain good: Sing, then," Gorman wrote on Twitter. ⁠ ⁠ (📸: Patrick Semansky/AP)

Exclusive: In a Times interview, Dr. Anthony Fauci describes receiving death threats and a powder-filled letter during his fraught year advising Donald Trump. https://t.co/sYnZosyWRu

As the coronavirus ravaged the country, Dr. Fauci’s calm counsel and commitment to hard facts endeared him to millions of Americans. But he also became a villain to millions of others. https://t.co/r6V6IxcGj0 https://t.co/fN819dGBk1

Biden expected to repeal Trump's transgender military ban as soon as Monday. https://t.co/C1FnWSD6kh

Police arrest 320 of UK’s most dangerous child sex offenders.

33 missing children rescued in Los Angeles trafficking operation

Italy unveiled a new 2 Euro coin commemorating health care workers

Vischering Castle, Germany.

Sarah Thomas is set to make history when she becomes part of the officiating crew for Super Bowl LV in Tampa, Florida, on February 7 — the first woman in history to do so, according to the NFL. Thomas already made history when she was named the first permanent female NFL official in 2015 and became the first female to officiate an NFL playoff game in 2019. Thomas will be the down judge in the crew of eight officials, the league announced last week.⁠ ⁠ (📸: David Richard/AP)

China has revealed a prototype for a new high-speed Maglev train that is capable of reaching nearly 385 miles per hour. The train could be operational within 3-10 years, according to Professor He Chuan, vice president of Southwest Jiaotong University, which worked on the prototype. It runs on high-temperature superconducting power that makes it appear as if the train is floating over magnetized tracks. The country's first high-speed Maglev train, which began operating in 2003, runs at around 250 mph. ⁠ ⁠ (📸:STR/AFP/Getty Images)⁠ ⁠

33 missing children found in anti-human trafficking operation in Southern California

President Joe Biden is held in high regard by most Americans, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll, as he takes the reins of a divided country in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic and economic crisis. Tap link in bio for the full poll. #poll #politics #joebiden #presidentbiden #usa #abcnews #ipsos

Amazon presses for in-person voting for unionization election in the midst of a pandemic

Customer leaves 'Covid sucks!' message and a $1,400 tip at a Colorado restaurant