Russia announced that it will withdraw some troops from near the Ukrainian border, leading to “cautious optimism” by NATO and Ukrainian leaders amidst growing concerns of a Vladimir Putin-led invasion of the former Soviet country. Shapiro weighs in.
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The glimmer of optimism that greeted Russia’s announcement that it was pulling troops back from the Ukrainian border looks to have been extinguished. A senior American official has reportedly accused the Kremlin of lying about its withdrawal, saying that Russia has actually sent 7,000 more troops to the border with Ukraine. The claim, reported by The New York Times, was then backed up by British officials who said Russia was bolstering defenses with helicopter and armored vehicle units.

Ben Shapiro explains why Democrats are suddenly dropping COVID restrictions without any new data.
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Stanford University researchers recently found that gas stoves are more hazardous for both the climate and for human health than previously believed. CBS News’ Tanya Rivero and Errol Barnett discuss these findings with CBS MoneyWatch reporter Irina Ivanova.
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Rescuers pulled a boy out of a 100-foot well in Morocco, after tunneling toward the 5-year-old in a four-day operation that transfixed the country and anxious observers across the world. But the royal palace said in a statement that the boy had died.
King Mohammed VI called Rayan’s parents to express his condolences, the statement said. The Reuters news agency quoted two government officials as well saying the boy had died.
The emergency team’s extraction of the boy on Saturday night marked the end of a mission that involved teams of first responders and topographical engineers working around the clock with equipment, including bulldozers and backhoes.

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y. says that she believes New York Democrats redrawing district could be grounds for a lawsuit.
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A major winter storm has begun to deliver a wintry mess to more than 80 million Americans, with winter storm watches and warnings stretching from New Mexico to Maine. Ice storm warnings cover parts of the Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys too, where upward of a half inch of glaze will bring down trees and power lines and render travel virtually impossible.
Cities like Dallas, Memphis and Little Rock are in line for likely ice storm conditions and potential power outages, while regions farther north will pick up heavy snow. More than 10 inches of snow is expected across some parts of the Midwest, including St. Louis, Indianapolis, Toledo and Detroit through Thursday.

Forecasters say a major storm could bring heavy snow and blizzard conditions to the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic this weekend. Paul Heggen, chief meteorologist with CBS San Francisco station KPIX, has the details.
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 Israel’s Cabinet on Sunday approved a proposal to increase the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum’s budget by 29 million shekels ($9.2 million), according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office.
The decision was taken ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which occurs this Thursday, Jan. 27, and will commemorate the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp.

COVID-19 hospitalizations for children are climbing, with an average of more than 900 kids admitted a day. CBS News’ Michael George reports, then Dr. Gigi Chawla, chief of pediatrics at Children’s Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota, joins CBSN to discuss the latest.
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