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When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the New Orleans Saints on Sunday night to advance to the NFC Championship Game, you could practically hear the cheers from the NFL.

Omaha World-Herald. Jan. 15, 2021.

Editorial: Challenges are daunting, but Omaha area makes progress on mental health front

Omaha-area residents suffering from a mental health crisis face heavy burdens. So, in many cases, do hospitals and law enforcement officers who struggle to find an available facility to help those individuals.

Dallas Morning News. January 14, 2021.

Editorial: Texas made it harder to get a COVID vaccine through poor planning and execution

Local health authorities and other providers could learn from one another with better state coordination

Rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine is neither for the faint of heart nor ...

Des Moines Register. January 15, 2021.

Editorial: Spend the legislative session on things that will improve the lives of Iowans

After four years of control and furthering their agenda, it’s time for the majority party to focus on actually improving life for average people

During the past four years, ...

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - A Kenosha police sergeant has died in a snowmobile crash in northern Wisconsin, the department announced.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - South Africa director of rugby Rassie Erasmus is open to the Springboks' series against the British and Irish Lions being played away if that ensures it's not canceled.

BALTIMORE (AP) - A well-known anti-violence activist in Baltimore has been shot to death on the city’s streets, officials said.

ISTANBUL (AP) - Facebook has started the process of assigning a legal representative in Turkey to comply with a law governing social media companies, Turkey’s official Anadolu news agency said Monday.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Abortion opponents are moving with unusual speed to put a proposed anti-abortion amendment to the state constitution on the ballot, fearing a COVID-19 outbreak could thwart them if they delay action even for a few weeks.

DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) - Police in Dothan are investigating the Alabama city’s first homicide of 2021.

HONOLULU (AP) - A rise in drowning deaths or near drownings during Hawaii snorkeling excursions has been linked to a pulmonary condition that was not previously associated with snorkeling.

HONOLULU (AP) - More than 6,000 appointments for Maui residents waiting to receive doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been postponed by state delivery delays that will cause a temporary service disruption at the island’s sole community vaccine clinic.

A 10-minute video posted by The New Yorker on Sunday shows rioters shouting "Whose House? Our house," destroying property and sifting through lawmakers' papers as they breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The traditional Martin Luther King Day event in Maine's largest city has gone virtual during the pandemic.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota health officials say the state on Monday is launching the next phase of coronavirus vaccinations.

GENEVA (AP) - Organizers of the World Economic Forum are expecting leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for a virtual gathering next week - after COVID-19 canceled the annual in-person event of Davos, Switzerland.

MASSACHUSETTS

Massachusetts health officials have announced the state's first case of the more infectious coronavirus variant first found in the United Kingdom.

A Boston woman who traveled to the United Kingdom felt sick the day after she returned, the state Department of Public Health said Sunday. The health department said ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - People in Lake Charles who need help paying their water bills will soon be able to apply for grants.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana is taking nominations for state poet laureate.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - About 850 members of the Minnesota National Guard are among 25,000 soldiers streaming into Washington from across the country for Wednesday's presidential inauguration.

ATLANTA (AP) - Some juniors and seniors at Georgia's public universities and colleges are in line for a little financial boost to help them reach their degree.

KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) - Hanford contractor Mission Support Alliance plans to lay of 30 workers as its Department of Energy contract expires.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. defense officials say they are worried about an insider attack or other threat from service members involved in securing President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, prompting the FBI to vet all of the 25,000 National Guard troops coming into Washington for the event.

SANDY, Utah (AP) - Crystal Rose loves the work she does as a social worker for Utah’s Division of Child and Family Services.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia state lawmakers will be meeting under heightened security Monday amid concerns about possible civil unrest in state capitals in the days leading up to President elect-Joe Biden's inauguration.