2020 NFL season, 2020–21 NFL playoffs In American football, the Buffalo Bills win a playoff game for the first time since the 1995 season with a 27–24 win against the Indianapolis Colts. (The Guardian) (ESPN)
California reports a record 695 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative death toll in the state to 29,233. (KTLA-TV)
COVID-19 pandemic in California California reports a record 695 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative death toll in the state to 29,233. (KTLA-TV)
COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom COVID-19 vaccination programme in the United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh receive their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. (The Daily Telegraph) The United Kingdom surpasses 80,000 deaths and 3 million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fifth country to do so after the United States, Brazil, India, and Russia. (BBC News) (The Guardian)
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States COVID-19 pandemic in California California reports a record 695 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative death toll in the state to 29,233. (KTLA-TV) COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota, Variant of Concern 202012/01 Minnesota reports its first five cases of the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 that originated from the United Kingdom. The patients are aged 15 to 37. (KARE-TV) The United States surpasses 22 million cases of COVID-19. (NBC News)
Criminal charges brought in the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol The United States Attorney for the District of Columbia announces that Jacob Chansley (also known as Jake Angeli or "QAnon shaman"), who was photographed wearing horns during the Capitol riot, has been arrested. Additionally, Adam Christian Johnson is also expected to face charges for carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's lectern. (The Guardian) (TMZ) West Virginia delegate Derrick Evans resigns a day after being arrested for illegally entering the United States Capitol. (West Virginia MetroNews)
In American football, the Buffalo Bills win a playoff game for the first time since the 1995 season with a 27–24 win against the Indianapolis Colts. (The Guardian) (ESPN)
Mass shootings in the United States Three people are killed and four others injured in a shooting spree through several neighborhoods in the South Side area of Chicago, Illinois, as well as Evanston. The shooter, a 32-year-old man, was shot during a shootout with responding Evanston police officers and later died in a hospital. (WMAQ-TV)
The United Kingdom surpasses 80,000 deaths and 3 million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fifth country to do so after the United States, Brazil, India, and Russia. (BBC News) (The Guardian)
The United States Attorney for the District of Columbia announces that Jacob Chansley (also known as Jake Angeli or "QAnon shaman"), who was photographed wearing horns during the Capitol riot, has been arrested. Additionally, Adam Christian Johnson is also expected to face charges for carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's lectern. (The Guardian) (TMZ)
The United States surpasses 22 million cases of COVID-19. (NBC News)
Three people are killed and four others injured in a shooting spree through several neighborhoods in the South Side area of Chicago, Illinois, as well as Evanston. The shooter, a 32-year-old man, was shot during a shootout with responding Evanston police officers and later died in a hospital. (WMAQ-TV)
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announces that detachments of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia State Police will remain stationed at the United States Capitol through the inauguration of Joe Biden on January 20. (WWBT-TV)
West Virginia delegate Derrick Evans resigns a day after being arrested for illegally entering the United States Capitol. (West Virginia MetroNews)
Tigray War The Ethiopian National Defense Force says that it has killed 15 members of the Tigray People's Liberation Front, including the region's former deputy police commissioner, and captured eight others, including the region's former president Abay Weldu. (Reuters)
Aftermath of the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol PGA of America announces it will terminate an agreement to play the 2022 PGA Championship at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster because conducting the golf tournament there would have been "detrimental" to the PGA brand. (ESPN) Payment processor Stripe will no longer process payments for the campaign website of President Donald Trump because of the company's policies against encouraging violence. (Wall Street Journal)
COVID-19 pandemic in North America COVID-19 pandemic in Canada COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario Ontario reports a record 3,945 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours. (CBC) COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico Spokesperson for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Jesús Ramírez Cuevas, tests positive for COVID-19. (The Independent) Mexico reports their first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 from the United Kingdom. (Business Standard)
Payment processor Stripe will no longer process payments for the campaign website of President Donald Trump because of the company's policies against encouraging violence. (Wall Street Journal)
The Ethiopian National Defense Force says that it has killed 15 members of the Tigray People's Liberation Front, including the region's former deputy police commissioner, and captured eight others, including the region's former president Abay Weldu. (Reuters)
8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea North Korean state media says that Kim Jong-un has been formally elected as the General Secretary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, inheriting the title from his late father Kim Jong-il, who died in 2011. (Reuters)
A mother and her three daughters are found dead in a house fire in Glen Waverley, Victoria. Police are investigating it as a possible mass murder. (News.com.au)
Aftermath of the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol Two men who were photographed carrying plastic hand restraints in the Senate chamber during the storming of the United States Capitol are arrested in Tennessee and Texas. (The Washington Post)
Crime in Australia A mother and her three daughters are found dead in a house fire in Glen Waverley, Victoria. Police are investigating it as a possible mass murder. (News.com.au)
PGA of America announces it will terminate an agreement to play the 2022 PGA Championship at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster because conducting the golf tournament there would have been "detrimental" to the PGA brand. (ESPN)
Six inmates escape from a jail in California. Their whereabouts are unknown and being sought by California police. The six men are considered to be armed and dangerous. (WGNTV)
Two men who were photographed carrying plastic hand restraints in the Senate chamber during the storming of the United States Capitol are arrested in Tennessee and Texas. (The Washington Post)
Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election Facebook bans "Stop the Steal" content ahead of Biden's inauguration. (NBC News) Twitter says that they have suspended over 70,000 accounts linked to the QAnon conspiracy since the Capitol storming. (CNBC)
COVID-19 pandemic in Delaware President-elect Joe Biden receives a second dose of the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine on camera. (CNN)
COVID-19 vaccination in the United States COVID-19 pandemic in Delaware President-elect Joe Biden receives a second dose of the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine on camera. (CNN) The CDC says it has administered 8 million vaccine doses in the United States and distributed an additional 25.5 million doses. (Reuters)
Aftermath of the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol Bill Belichick, the head coach of the New England Patriots, declines the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Donald Trump, citing the storming of the United States Capitol. He had been scheduled to receive it on Thursday. (CNN)
An internal bulletin by the FBI warns of nationwide armed protests being planned from January 16 to 20, the day of Joe Biden's inauguration. The bulletin also warned of an armed group threatening to start a "huge uprising" if there is an attempt to remove Donald Trump from office via the 25th Amendment. (ABC News) (AP)
Bill Belichick, the head coach of the New England Patriots, declines the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Donald Trump, citing the storming of the United States Capitol. He had been scheduled to receive it on Thursday. (CNN)
COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal Portugal reports a record 122 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 7,925. (The Washington Post) President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa tests positive for COVID-19. He is self-isolating in Belém Palace asymptomatic. (PÚBLICO)
President Trump approves an emergency declaration request from District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser ahead of Biden's inauguration. (Politico) (Fox News)
President-elect Joe Biden receives a second dose of the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine on camera. (CNN)
The New York State Bar Association announces that it has launched an inquiry into removing President Donald Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani from its membership over his role in the "violent uprising" at the Capitol building. (Bloomberg)
2021 College Football Playoff National Championship In American football, Alabama defeats Ohio State to win the national championship. (NBC News)
2021 efforts to remove Donald Trump from office Democrats in the House of Representatives introduce an article of impeachment against Trump for "incitement of insurrection". (ABC News)
Aftermath of the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol The Parler social networking service goes offline after Amazon discontinued providing cloud computing services. The company's chief executive said that the service will be down "longer than expected" as "most people with enough servers to host us have shut their doors to us." (CNBC)
Airbnb says it will ban bookings for hate groups and rioters in Washington, D.C. ahead of Biden's inauguration. (CNET) (Washingtonian)
Chad Wolf resigns as Acting United States Secretary of Homeland Security, citing "recent events, including the ongoing and meritless court rulings regarding the validity of my authority as Acting Secretary". He is replaced by FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor. (The Guardian)
COVID-19 pandemic in California Two gorillas in the San Diego Zoo Safari Park test positive for COVID-19, making this the first case of transmission to non-human primates or great apes. (The Los Angeles Times) The state surpasses 30,000 deaths from COVID-19, just a month after surpassing 20,000 deaths. (AP)
Cuba–United States relations The United States declares Cuba a State Sponsor of Terrorism. Cuba was removed from the list by the Obama administration in 2015 during the Cuban thaw. (NBC News)
Democrats in the House of Representatives introduce an article of impeachment against Trump for "incitement of insurrection". (ABC News)
Facebook bans "Stop the Steal" content ahead of Biden's inauguration. (NBC News)
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, 2020–21 NBA season The NBA announces that they have postponed Monday night’s matchup between Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Pelicans, and Tuesday match between Boston Celtics and Chicago Bulls due to COVID-19 health protocols. (The New York Times)
In American football, Alabama defeats Ohio State to win the national championship. (NBC News)
Portugal reports a record 122 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 7,925. (The Washington Post)
The CDC says it has administered 8 million vaccine doses in the United States and distributed an additional 25.5 million doses. (Reuters)
The leader of the Houthi movement, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, condemns a move by the United States to designate the group as "terrorists" saying that the group "reserves its right to respond to any designation" by the Trump administration. Iran and the Norwegian Refugee Council also condemn the designation, saying that it will create more devastation in the impoverished nation. (Al Jazeera)
The NBA announces that they have postponed Monday night’s matchup between Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Pelicans, and Tuesday match between Boston Celtics and Chicago Bulls due to COVID-19 health protocols. (The New York Times)
The Parler social networking service goes offline after Amazon discontinued providing cloud computing services. The company's chief executive said that the service will be down "longer than expected" as "most people with enough servers to host us have shut their doors to us." (CNBC)
The United States declares Cuba a State Sponsor of Terrorism. Cuba was removed from the list by the Obama administration in 2015 during the Cuban thaw. (NBC News)
Three police officers are killed, two by gunfire and one in a hit-and-run, after a carjacking in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico. A fourth police officer is also injured. This is the first time in Puerto Rico's recent history in which multiple police officers were killed in one incident. The suspect remains at large. (AP)
United States–Yemen relations The leader of the Houthi movement, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, condemns a move by the United States to designate the group as "terrorists" saying that the group "reserves its right to respond to any designation" by the Trump administration. Iran and the Norwegian Refugee Council also condemn the designation, saying that it will create more devastation in the impoverished nation. (Al Jazeera)
Yogananda Pittman is named as acting United States Capitol Police chief, making her the first woman and first African-American to lead the agency. (NPR)
2021 efforts to remove Donald Trump from office President Donald Trump warns that successfully impeaching him from office for his conduct regarding the riot at the United States Capitol Building would represent a "tremendous danger" to the nation. Trump refused to clarify his statement any further, instead stating that his comments vis-à-vis inciting the incident were "totally appropriate". (CNBC) Vice President Mike Pence tells House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that he won't invoke the 25th amendment. (Chicago Tribune)
Aftermath of the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol 2021 efforts to remove Donald Trump from office President Donald Trump warns that successfully impeaching him from office for his conduct regarding the riot at the United States Capitol Building would represent a "tremendous danger" to the nation. Trump refused to clarify his statement any further, instead stating that his comments vis-à-vis inciting the incident were "totally appropriate". (CNBC) Vice President Mike Pence tells House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that he won't invoke the 25th amendment. (Chicago Tribune)
President Donald Trump warns that successfully impeaching him from office for his conduct regarding the riot at the United States Capitol Building would represent a "tremendous danger" to the nation. Trump refused to clarify his statement any further, instead stating that his comments vis-à-vis inciting the incident were "totally appropriate". (CNBC)
The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka sentences former member of parliament Ranjan Ramanayake, who is affiliated with the opposition United National Party, to a four-year "rigorous imprisonment" over his remarks claiming that most judges in the country were "corrupt". (AFP via The Times of India)
Presidential transition of Joe Biden Vice President Mike Pence acknowledges that the Trump presidency is coming to an end, and said that the administration is working with President-elect Joe Biden's transition team. (The Hill) The Joint Chiefs of Staff condemn the storming of the United States Capitol, and acknowledge Biden's victory. (CNBC)
Vice President Mike Pence acknowledges that the Trump presidency is coming to an end, and said that the administration is working with President-elect Joe Biden's transition team. (The Hill)
Vice President Mike Pence tells House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that he won't invoke the 25th amendment. (Chicago Tribune)
COVID-19 vaccination in the United States The outgoing Trump administration announces that they will make changes to their vaccine distributions in an effort to speed up the rollout. (NPR)
The CDC announces that they will expand their order to require travelers from the United Kingdom to test negative for COVID-19. (U.S. News & World Report)
The Joint Chiefs of Staff condemn the storming of the United States Capitol, and acknowledge Biden's victory. (CNBC)
The outgoing Trump administration announces that they will make changes to their vaccine distributions in an effort to speed up the rollout. (NPR)
The United States reports a record 4,197 new deaths in the past 24 hours. (CNN)
Aftermath of the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol Mayor Bill de Blasio announces that New York City will end all contracts with the Trump Organization claiming that President Donald Trump's incitement of "an insurrection against the U.S. government clearly constitutes criminal activity." (The New York Times)
Capital punishment in the United States Shortly after midnight, the federal government executes Lisa Marie Montgomery by lethal injection for the 2004 murder of Bobbie Jo Stinnett, after the Supreme Court vacated the last stay on her execution. Montgomery is the first woman to be executed by the federal government since 1953. (Reuters)
Mayor Bill de Blasio announces that New York City will end all contracts with the Trump Organization claiming that President Donald Trump's incitement of "an insurrection against the U.S. government clearly constitutes criminal activity." (The New York Times)
Shortly after midnight, the federal government executes Lisa Marie Montgomery by lethal injection for the 2004 murder of Bobbie Jo Stinnett, after the Supreme Court vacated the last stay on her execution. Montgomery is the first woman to be executed by the federal government since 1953. (Reuters)
American Olympic gold-medal swimmer Klete Keller is charged with participating in the storming of the United States Capitol. (CBS News)
Donald Trump on social media, Censorship by Google Google-owned YouTube says that it has suspended U.S. President Donald Trump's account from uploading new videos or live streaming content for the next seven days, and may extend the suspension, saying that the channel had violated its rules over incitement to violence. (BBC News)
Google-owned YouTube says that it has suspended U.S. President Donald Trump's account from uploading new videos or live streaming content for the next seven days, and may extend the suspension, saying that the channel had violated its rules over incitement to violence. (BBC News)
