San Antonio gets $46.7M from federal government for rental assistance
Coronavirus update San Antonio, Jan. 21: Leaders report 2,507 new COVID-19 cases, 17 new deaths
Senate confirms Lloyd Austin as America’s first Black secretary of Defense
Yesss!

Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin would be the first Black leader of the Pentagon, breaking one of the more enduring barriers in the U.S. government.
Hank Aaron, legendary baseball player, dies at age 86
RIP – One of the greatest of the greats!

Denmark is sequencing all coronavirus samples and has an alarming view of the U.K. variant
The latest British studies have estimated that the strain is 30 to 50 percent more contagious than its precursors.

Cases are exploding exponentially and lockdowns may not be enough.
DDoS-Guard To Forfeit Internet Space Occupied by Parler — Krebs on Security
LACNIC published a notice on its website that it intends to revoke 8,192 IPv4 addresses from DDoS-Guard — including the Internet address currently assigned to Parler[.]com. Source: DDoS-Guard To Forfeit Internet Space Occupied by Parler — Krebs on Security
‘Nobody’s afraid anymore’. How planned protests against the jailing of Alexey Navalny hijacked Russian TikTok, and what it means for expected turnout on Saturday

Almost a week ago, Alexey Navalny flew home to Russia, surrounded by a phalanx of journalists. Large crowds of cheering supporters awaited him at the airport, but his most important welcome party was a group of police officers who promptly arrested him after his plane landed. Since Monday, January 18, Navalny’s home has been an isolation cell at Moscow’s Matrosskaya Tishina prison. Meanwhile, upcoming protests in support of Navalny, planned for tomorrow, January 23, have become one of the main trending topics on TikTok in Russia. Videos about Navalny have been viewed more than 200 million times, and Russia’s federal censor has ordered TikTok to remove “content calling for minors using the social network to participate in illegal mass protest events.” Meduza looks at how content creators are using the protests to gain followers, and whether TikTok can serve as an effective protest tool in Russia.
Poetry fit for a president: Amanda Gorman steals the show at Joe Biden’s inauguration
Hers was an ode to hope, light and embracing imperfect union. The 22-year-old poet Amanda Gorman was the breakout star of the inauguration ceremony for the 46th president of the United States; we take a look at an impressive performance which wowed viewers around the world. Plus, a pop-up approach to socially-distanced performances: we hear from a theatre troupe here in France who are staging shows despite the pandemic.
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Alexei Navalny releases investigation into Vladimir Putin’s wealth – video
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Alexei Navalny’s team has released a mammoth investigation into Vladimir Putin’s wealth, including a £1bn palace on the Black Sea allegedly built for the Russian president that the opposition leader called ‘the biggest bribe in history’.
Navalny’s allies plan to hold demonstrations on Saturday in about 65 cities across the country in support of the Kremlin critic, who was arrested and jailed on his return to Russia last weekend. Navalny, 44, returned to Russia on Sunday from Germany, where he had been recovering from a near-fatal poisoning with the novichok nerve agent in an attack he blamed on Russian security services and Putin.
The Kremlin has denied the luxury complex belongs to Putin and urged Russians not to send their money to ‘crooks’. They have also warned social media platforms against spreading online calls to stage weekend protests
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