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| Good morning, Daily Briefing readers! Olympic athletes who've tested positive for COVID-19 are speaking out about the conditions in quarantine hotels in China. The leaders of Germany, France and Poland will continue their efforts to resolve the crisis between Russia and Ukraine. And the Oscar nominations are nearly here! Who are you rooting for to get an all-important nod? |
| It's Steve and Jane, with Tuesday's news. |
| 🏨 "I cry every day": Olympic athletes who tested positive for COVID-19 described "inedible meals" and little or no access to training equipment in quarantine hotels in China. |
| 🚨 Police in Richland, southeast Washington, are searching for a man they say opened fire inside a grocery store, killing one person and injuring another. |
| 🧪 Dr. Eric Lander, a top White House scientist, announced he was resigning, hours after the administration faced repeated questions about why he hadn't been fired over his treatment of coworkers. |
| ⛸ Nathan Chen turned in a dazzling short program that put him ahead of the field heading into Thursday's free skate. Tap here for live Olympics updates. |
 | | Nathan Chen set a world record with his stellar short program. | | Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY Sports | |
| 🔵 For years, researchers have been helping paralyzed people walk by stimulating their spinal cords. Now, a team of Swiss scientists has enabled three patients to turn on a device and take their first steps. |
| ⚖️ Thirty potential jurors were selected for further questioning in the federal hate crimes trial against the three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. |
| 🌏 Federal health officials are warning Americans to avoid Japan, Israel and more than 130 other countries because of high counts of COVID-19 cases. |
| 📺 What is the legacy of Hugh Hefner? The most appalling allegations (so far) in A&E's docuseries "Secrets of Playboy." |
| 🎧 On today's 5 Things podcast, race and diversity reporter N'dea Yancey-Bragg talks about the trial of officers who did not intervene in George Floyd's death. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
| Here's what's happening today: |
German, French leaders continue Ukraine talks after trips to US, Russia |
| German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet French President Emmanuel Macron and their Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda to discuss the Ukraine crisis on Tuesday. The meeting will come a day after Scholz and Macron traveled abroad to walk a diplomatic tightrope . In Washington, President Joe Biden met with Scholz at the White House to shore up Western resolve against what they see as Russian aggression by assembling troops along the border with its neighbor. Biden and Scholz pledged a unified response to any Russian attack against Ukraine and Biden also vowed to block a controversial gas pipeline between Russia and Germany if Moscow invades. In Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted his own marquee meeting with Macron, who traveled to Russia on a mission to de-escalate tensions. Western estimates that some 100,000 Russian troops have massed near Ukraine are increasing worries that an offensive could be days away. |
Chloe Kim, Shaun White to make debuts at Beijing Games |
| Olympic action continues Tuesday night , highlighted by snowboarders Chloe Kim and Shaun White, who are both competing for the first time in Beijing. Kim will look to replicate her success at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, where she won a gold medal in the women's snowboarding halfpipe event. On the men's side, White is hoping to win his fourth Olympic gold medal in the men's snowboarding halfpipe. He previously won gold in 2006, 2010 and 2018. Earlier Tuesday, figure skater Nathan Chen turned in a dazzling short program that put him ahead of the field heading into Thursday's long program. On the slopes, American Ryan Cochran-Siegle claimed another silver for the United States in the men's super-G and Chinese-American Eileen Gu thrilled the crowd in her adopted home country with a stellar final run to win the gold medal in the women's Big Air freestyle skiing competition. |
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| 🏅 Who are you rooting for? Meet the American athletes competing at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in our searchable database. |
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| 🚨 Housing fires in NYC and Philly killed more than two dozen people. Black, poor Americans are often the ones in harm's way. |
| 🗳 Election workers faced new threats after the 2020 election. Experts fear it will drive them away. |
| 🏥 Black America's health is in crisis. In every area of health, Black communities are worse off than their white counterparts in the United States. |
| 🔵 ISIS is regrouping and expanding despite the death of its leader in a U.S. raid, experts say. |
| 🏈 Opinion: Sean McVay vs. Zac Taylor puts the NFL's coaching revolution in the Super Bowl spotlight. |
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Oscar nominations will be announced. Who do we expect to make the cut? |
| This year's nominations for the Oscars, Hollywood's biggest awards show, will be handed out Tuesday morning . There will be a 10-film best picture contingent, after several years where the field typically hovered between eight and nine titles. You can also expect lots of big names in leading roles: Denzel Washington vs. Will Smith vs. Benedict Cumberbatch for best actor, for example, or Lady Gaga crashing the best actress category again. Netflix is in prime position to get its first-ever best picture win with Jane Campion's erotic Western "The Power of the Dog," which has led critics' prizes all season long and won best drama at the Golden Globes. But the film has a rival in Kenneth Branagh's crowd-pleasing "Belfast," which like "Power of the Dog" has been recognized by nearly every industry awards group where it's eligible. |
| 🎭 Attention, Oscars! We hope these 10 knockout performances rock the race. |
 | | Will Smith stars in "King Richard." | | Warner Bros. Pictures via AP | |
Parents charged in Michigan school shooting face key hearing |
| The parents of the teenager who is accused of killing four students at Oxford High School in Michigan in November face a key hearing to determine if they will face trial. Attorneys for James and Jennifer Crumbley argued that they need more time to prepare for the preliminary exam, set for Tuesday, and are asking a judge to either order the prosecutors to turn over a narrow list of who will testify on the first day of the preliminary exam or adjourn the prelim to a later date. The Oakland County Prosecutor's office pushed back, arguing the defense agreed to the Feb. 8 date "knowing there was a huge amount of evidence." According to a court filing, the prosecution has provided the defense with a list of 30 witnesses. The Crumbleys are charged with involuntary manslaughter. They're accused of making a gun accessible to to their son Ethan Crumbley, 15, and failing to intervene when he showed signs of mental distress. |
Newsmakers in their own words: Tom Brady doesn't rule out NFL return |
 | | Quarterback Tom Brady, then playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, waves toward the fans as he leaves the field after an NFL preseason football game against the Houston Texans on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. | | Associated Press photo; USA TODAY Sports graphic | |
| Not even a week after he formally announced his retirement from the NFL, Tom Brady already is dropping hints of a possible comeback. |
| On Monday during the "Let's Go!" SiriusXM podcast, sportscaster Jim Gray asked Brady if there was a possibility of coming out of retirement. |
| Brady left the door open for a possible NFL return, saying, in part, "you never say never." |
| Brady, 44, led the NFL in passing yards (5,316) and passing touchdowns (43) during the 2021 season, with his final game being an NFC divisional playoff loss to the Los Angeles Rams. |
ICYMI: Some of our top stories yesterday |
| ⛷ Nina O'Brien, the top U.S. woman in the giant slalom, crashed just ahead of the finish line and appeared to seriously injure her left leg. |
| 😷 An unvaccinated father in Canada lost custody of his three children, one of which is a 10-year-old immunocompromised child, according to reports. |
| ✈️ A match made in airline (fee) heaven: Budget airlines Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines announced plans to merge to create the country's "most competitive ultra low-fare airline." |
| 🏈 New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara was arrested and charged with battery Sunday in Las Vegas soon after he finished playing in the NFL's annual Pro Bowl. |
Probe continues into death of woman who fell from rising Florida drawbridge |
| An investigation continues Tuesday after a woman fell to her death Sunday afternoon from a rising drawbridge that began opening before she could move off it, police said. West Palm Beach police said the woman was walking off the bridge with a bicycle and was within 10 feet of the barrier arms that halt traffic when the drawbridge started to rise, sending her careening into an open chasm. A man standing on the other side of the barrier arms grabbed her as she fell but could not hold on, police said. She plummeted more than 50 feet. Detectives are investigating the bridge tender's actions before the incident and why the drawbridge rose before all pedestrians had a chance to clear it, according to a police spokesman. |
📸 Photo of the day: Surprise silver medalist for Team USA 📸 |
 | | Silver medalist Ryan Cochran-Siegle of Team USA reacts after the Alpine Skiing-Mens Super G during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games at Yanqing Alpine Skiing Centre. | | Harrison Hill, USA TODAY Sports | |
| Fifty years after his mother, Barbara Cochran, won gold in the slalom at the Sapporo Games, Ryan Cochran-Siegle won the silver medal in the super-G on Tuesday. It is the first Alpine medal for the United States in Beijing and assures that the American men will not leave the Olympics empty-handed, as they did four years ago. |
| Cochran-Siegle finished just .04 seconds behind Austria's Matthias Mayer, who won gold for a second consecutive Games. Norway's Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, who had won three of his four super-G starts on the World Cup circuit this season, won the bronze medal. |
| Head here to see photos of the Team USA medal winners at the 2022 Winter Olympics and click here to see the top images from the Beijing Games. |
| 🏅 From Nancy Armour: Ryan Cochran-Siegle continues his family's winning ways at the Beijing Winter Olympics. |
| Contributing: The Associated Press |
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