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Friday 07 January 2022 01:24 EST

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TOP STORIES

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-VACCINE MANDATES — The Supreme Court is taking up two major Biden administration efforts to bump up the nation’s vaccination rate against COVID-19. The justices are hearing arguments about whether to allow the administration to enforce a vaccine-or-testing requirement that applies to large employers and a separate vaccine mandate for most health care workers. By Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko. SENT: 680 words, photo. UPCOMING: 990 words after 10 a.m. arguments.

CAPITOL RIOT-NATIONAL MOMENT — The anniversary of the assault on the U.S. Capitol exposes a nation of two peoples. Democrats, led by one angry president standing in the gleaming hall of statues overrun a year ago by the pro-Trump mob, remembered. Republicans in large measure moved on. By Calvin Woodward. SENT: 910 words, photos. With CAPITOL-RIOT-ANNIVERSARY — Biden warns of U.S. peril from Trump’s “dagger" at democracy. Also see CAPITOL RIOT-BIDEN-ANALYSIS and CAPITOL RIOT-REPUBLICANS below.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-SCHOOLS — Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Detroit Public Schools Community District joined a growing number of U.S. districts moving classes online. In Detroit, a district of 50,000 students, the shift once again leaves parents juggling home and work schedules around the educational needs of their children. By Corey Williams. SENT: 830 words, photo. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-CHICAGO SCHOOLS — Chicago nixes school for third day as virus, union debate rage.

KAZAKHSTAN-PROTESTS — The president of Kazakhstan declared that constitutional order was “mainly restored” after the country was engulfed in unprecedented unrest in recent days. Kazakhstan is experiencing the worst street protests since the country gained independence three decades ago. The demonstrations began over a near-doubling of prices for a type of vehicle fuel and quickly spread across the country, reflecting wider discontent over the rule of the same party since independence. By Daria Litvinova. SENT: 260 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing, will be updated.

AUSTRALIA-DJOKOVIC — On a tennis court, Novak Djokovic’s timing is perfect. But when he arrived in Australia to play the first Grand Slam of the year holding documents allowing him to enter the country without a COVID-19 vaccine, his timing hardly could have been worse. By Steve McMorran. SENT: 930 words, photos.

ECONOMY-JOBS REPORT — Inflation is surging and new omicron infections are spiking, but America’s employers are thought to have kept right on hiring in December on the strength of solid consumer spending. By Economics Writer Christopher Rugaber. SENT: 630 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing from 8:30 a.m. release.

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