In the headlines:
►Increased stimulus payments championed by President Donald Trump and Democrats alike appear to be increasingly unlikely to pass the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell insists the increase should be linked with other measures championed by Trump ones that are unpopular with Democrats.
►A Wisconsin health care provider says an individual intentionally removed 57 vials of the Moderna vaccine from a refrigerator, causing them to be discarded. We are more than disappointed that this individual s action will result in a delay of more than 500 people receiving their vaccine, Advocate Aurora Health said in a statement.
►One day after Colorado confirmed the first known U.S. case of a new coronavirus strain that was first identified in the United Kingdom, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said a case of that strain has also been reported in the nation s most populous state. Meanwhile, Colorado officials said they were investigating a possible sec