"Super Bowls and Puppy Bowls"

Here’s what’s in the news today: 

Newsom’s maskless mistake (Deadline)

A federal judge has rejected plea deals in the hate-crime charges in the death of Ahmaud Arbery (NY Times)

The US and Russia met Monday at the UN Security Council (NY Times)

Pence former Chief of Staff testified in front of the January 6th committee (CNN)

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologized for the Downing Street parties (AP News)

Georgia’s Attorney General has asked the FBI to assess the safety of the courthouse and government building after Trump’s comments at a rally (NPR)

Six HBCU’s went into lockdown after receiving bomb threats (NPR)

The union movement at Starbucks continues to grow (NPR)

Rachel Maddow announced the will take a hiatus from her show (Deadline)