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| Happy Friday, Daily Briefing readers! A sprawling winter storm named storm Izzy is set to blast tens of millions of people with snow, ice, wind and rain in the coming days. Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic is facing deportation from Australia, again. And, if you're hoping for a child tax credit payment in your bank account today, prepare to be disappointed. |
| It's Steve and Jane, with Friday's news. |
| ⚖️ The Supreme Court halted enforcement of one of President Joe Biden's signature efforts to combat COVID-19, ruling that his administration doesn't have the authority to impose vaccine-or-testing requirements on employers. |
 | | The Supreme Court on Thursday halted enforcement of one of President Joe Biden's signature efforts to combat COVID-19. | | USA TODAY | |
| 🔴 One of America's "most notorious crimes": California's governor on rejected releasing Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan from prison more than a half-century after the 1968 killing. |
| 💣 North Korea fired at least one possible ballistic missile in its third weapons launch this month, officials in South Korea and Japan said, in an apparent reprisal for fresh sanctions imposed by the Biden administration. |
| 🗞 Did you pay attention to the news this week? Take our quiz! |
| 🎧 On today's 5 Things podcast, money and tech reporter Michelle Shen talks about incoming pay raises in 2022. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
| Here's what's happening today: |
Major winter storm poised to hit South, Midwest, East Coast |
| A potent winter storm is forecast to wallop tens of millions of people across the central, southern and eastern U.S. with snow, ice, wind and rain over the next few days . The Weather Channel, which has named the storm Winter Storm Izzy, said the sprawling storm is likely to produce "major travel headaches" from North Dakota down to northern Georgia and up to Maine. The first area to see snow will be the upper Midwest on Friday, where winter storm warnings have been issued by the National Weather Service. A wide swath of 6 to 12 inches of snowfall is expected to encompass the eastern Dakotas to western Minnesota and Iowa. Cities such as Minneapolis, Des Moines, St. Louis and Kansas City are all in the path of the storm. Stay safe! |
Djokovic faces deportation as Australia revokes his visa again |
| Novak Djokovic faces deportation again after the Australian government revoked his visa for a second time , the latest twist in the ongoing saga over whether the No. 1-ranked men's tennis player will be allowed to compete in the Australian Open despite being unvaccinated for COVID-19. Immigration Minister Alex Hawke said Friday he used his ministerial discretion to cancel the 34-year-old's visa on public interest grounds — just three days before play begins at the Australian Open, where Djokovic has won a record nine of his 20 Grand Slam titles. Djokovic's lawyers were expected to appeal, which they already successfully did last week on procedural grounds after his visa was first canceled when he arrived in Melbourne. |
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| 🏛 Who will control Congress? House departures set up an uncertain future for the chamber's balance. |
| 👑 Prince Andrew sex abuse allegations: From official denials to stripped patronages, a look at key events so far. |
| 🦠 "It's a tough time, a challenging time": As the coronavirus tears across America, it is a particularly bad time for high-risk people to catch COVID-19. |
| 🏈 Opinion by Nancy Armour: Another Black coach is fired, and the NFL goes on acting like it's inclusive. |
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Newsmakers in their own words: Ben Crump speaks after the death of Jason Walker |
 | | Civil rights attorney Ben Crump speaks at a rally on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. | | AFP photo via Getty Images; USA TODAY graphic | |
| Days after the death of Jason Walker, a 37-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by an off-duty sheriff's deputy last week, civil rights attorney Ben Crump spoke at a rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, demanding answers for Walker's death. |
| Crump, who represented the family of George Floyd and has been retained by the Walker family, told the community at a church that Walker was the single father of a 14-year-old son. |
| A judge on Thursday granted a request from Fayetteville Police Chief Gina Hawkins to release body camera video recorded in the aftermath of the shooting. |
Child tax credit money won't be arriving in bank accounts Friday |
| For the first time in six months, families on Friday are going without a monthly deposit from the child tax credit — a program that was intended to be part of President Joe Biden's legacy but has emerged instead as a flash point over who is worthy of government support. McClatchy notes those payments typically went out on the 15th of each month, starting in July. But families won't see the payments on Jan. 15. The tax credits were part of Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package — and the president had proposed extending them for another full year. But Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., objected to extending the credit out of concern that the money would discourage people from working and that any additional federal spending would fuel inflation that has already climbed to a nearly 40-year high. Manchin's opposition in the evenly split Senate derailed Biden's social spending package and caused the expanded tax credits to expire this month. |
Center for COVID Control's testing sites to 'pause' all operations for 1 week |
| The Center for COVID Control will pause all operations at their testing sites for one week, starting Friday. The nationwide coronavirus testing company is under a civil investigation by the Oregon Department of Justice on suspicion of Unfair Trade Practices Act violations, and dozens of people nationwide have reached out to USA TODAY expressing concerns about the company. At least two people filed complaints about the Center for COVID Control testing sites, expressing concerns about the safety and legitimacy of the sites, alleging the sites offer "fake testing." In an internal company memo , the Center for COVID Control cited "increased scrutiny by the media into the operations of our collection sites" over the past week. The pause is expected to last through Jan. 21. |
ICYMI: Some of our top stories yesterday |
| ✈️ With travelers skittish about flying again and the trajectory of the coronavirus still murky, Delta Air Lines became the first major airline to increase ticket and travel credit flexibility beyond 2022. |
| 🚨 The remains of a Houston couple found in 1981 have finally been identified. But their child, now 41, is still missing. |
| 😷 Are N95 and KN95 masks reusable and how should you store them? |
| 👑 Queen Elizabeth II revoked Prince Andrew's military associations and royal patronages, a day after a federal judge in New York refused to dismiss a sexual abuse lawsuit against him. |
 | | Queen Elizabeth II revoked Prince Andrew's military associations and royal patronages on Thursday | | USA TODAY | |
First Lady Jill Biden to visit Kentucky to survey tornado damage |
| With last week's snowstorms cleared, first lady Jill Biden has finalized plans to visit Kentucky and survey areas damaged by last month's deadly tornado outbreak . Biden will travel to Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Friday with plans to visit the hard-hit Creekwood neighborhood before speaking alongside Deputy FEMA Administrator Erik Hooks and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear. Four tornadoes hit Kentucky on the night of Dec. 10, leaving 77 dead and a trail of destruction through the western portion of the state. Bowling Green, the home of Western Kentucky University and the third-largest city in the state, was hit hard, with 17 deaths recorded in the county. Biden had planned to visit Kentucky on Jan. 6 but postponed the trip after the weather forecast called for snowstorms across the state. |
Also on Friday: 'Scream' returns to theaters |
| Set 25 years later after the 1996 meta-horror original, the latest "Scream" – the franchise's fifth installment – finds another Ghostface on the loose hunting a bunch of new high school kids in the fictional small California town of Woodsboro in a story that mines its own mythology in new ways. |
| The franchise features a new lead character in Sam Carpenter (Melissa Barrera) who has her own connection to Woodsboro. But franchise stalwarts Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), Dewey Riley (David Arquette) and Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) all return in prominent roles. |
| How does it measure up to the previous films in the franchise? In his ★★½ out of four review, critic Brian Truitt says, "Even a fresh batch of newcomers can't keep the staleness from creeping in, although the new 'Scream' nicely mines modern movie discourse in a way to justify its own existence." |
 | | Dewey Riley (David Arquette, far right) tries to keep youngsters Wes (Dylan Minnette), Richie (Jack Quaid) and Sam (Melissa Barrera) safe from a new round of Woodsboro murders in "Scream." | | BROWNIE HARRIS | |
| More on "Scream" and other movies to watch this weekend: |
| 🎥 "Scream: The True Story": Discovery+'s new two-hour documentary details the real serial killer who inspired the original 1996 movie directed by Wes Craven. |
| 🎥 A favorite "Scream" moment with Courteney Cox? In a new Enterain This! video, David Arquette talks about the new "Scream" film and working with his ex. |
| 🎥 What to watch this weekend: The new "Scream" arrives, the final "Hotel Transylvania" hits Amazon Prime and Apple TV+ will have Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand starring in "The Tragedy of Macbeth." |
📸 Photo of the day: Action heats up on the cold NHL ice 📸 |
 | | Jan. 13: Ottawa Senators forward Nick Paul (21) collides with Calgary Flames goalie Jacob Markstrom (25) during the second period at Scotiabank Saddledome. The Senators won the game, 4-1. | | Candice Ward, USA TODAY Sports | |
| In addition to crashing into goalie Jacob Mackstrom, Nick Paul scored twice in the first period of the season and the Ottawa Senators went on the road and beat the slumping Calgary Flames 4-1 Thursday night. The Senators were playing their first game since New Year's Day and just their second in 26 days. |
| Click here to see more of the best photos from the 2021-22 NHL season. |
| Contributing: The Associated Press |
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