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  • President-elect Joe Biden promises a busy first day, where he plans to rejoin the Paris climate accord, rescind the travel ban on several Muslim countries, begin reuniting familes separated at the border, and more.
  • Warning, your Hot Pockets may contain more than mouth-searing molten cheese lava—Nestle is recalling 762,000 pounds of the pepperoni flavor because they may be “contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of glass and hard plastic,” the USDA said.
  • Chris Evans is currently not living in his $3.52 million mansion in Los Angeles, for some reason preferring to stay in Boston (at least he’s got his dog Dodger with him).
  • Nearly 50 players, coaches and officials at the Australian Open are quarantining—and players barred from leaving their rooms to practice for the full two weeks—after three COVID-19 cases were reported on board two charter flights to the tournament that begins February 8th.
  • Would you buy a $299 helmet to regulate your Microclimate?
  • Amazon workers at a warehouse in Alabama will hold a vote February 8th to decide whether they’ll form the company’s first-ever union.
  • And finally, let our neighbors to the north soothe us in their special Canadian way: