• Biden heads to Texas to survey damage from paralyzing winter storm
• Trump's hold on Republican Party on display as conservatives gather
• Biden still wants to raise minimum wage: White House economic adviser
• Ohio sues U.S. Census Bureau over delay in population data
• Biden's aid bill wildly popular with Americans -- except Republicans in Congress
• New York officials downplay concern over new coronavirus variant
• Federal judge in Texas strikes down U.S. COVID-19 eviction moratorium
• New York prosecutors digging into Trump's tax, financial records

World

• Myanmar police fire into air to disperse protests as Suu Kyi's lawyer says access denied
• Asylum-seekers, children among Myanmar deportees from Malaysia: rights groups
• Iran threatens to end deal with IAEA over U.S.-led push to criticize it
• Gunmen take 317 schoolgirls in Nigeria's latest mass abduction
• Bachelet urges U.S. To find alternatives to mass detention of migrants
• Runaway schoolgirl who joined IS cannot return to Britain, top court says
• UK to prioritize next stage of COVID-19 vaccines by age, not job
• Lukashenko's son replaces father at helm of Belarusian Olympic Committee after ban

• GameStop shares climb in early deals, on track for second best week
• Tech execs face round two of Congressional grilling over SolarWinds breach
• Biden still wants to raise minimum wage: White House economic adviser
• Take Five: Policymakers under pressure
• Futures fall as tech stocks slide again
• Investment funds turn up heat on Danone to name new CEO
• Financier Staveley loses damages claim against Barclays over 2008 fundraising
• Bitcoin set for worst week since March as riskier assets sold off

• New version of first ever African-American screen kiss discovered in Norway
• Emporio Armani nods to 1980s in fall line at Milan Fashion Week
• Billie Eilish film offers intimate look at teen music sensation
• Lady Gaga offers $500,000 reward for stolen French Bulldogs
• Colman and Hopkins join forces in complex story of dementia in new film 'The Father'
• Pandemic or not, the Golden Globes show must go on
• Netflix to spend $500 million more to line up original shows, movies in South Korea
• Film aims to change the narrative around singer Billie Holiday's life

• Former U.S. Olympics coach dies by suicide after being charged
• Chasing pack need to believe they can topple 'Big Three': Nalbandian
• NBA suspends Minnesota G Malik Beasley 12 games
• Woods moved to new hospital to continue recovery
• Ledecky anticipates fierce competition at Tokyo Games
• ATP Roundup: Diego Schwartzman reaches Cordoba quarters
• NHL roundup: Panthers rally late to beat Stars
• Nadal pulls out of Rotterdam Open with back issue