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Your Monday night briefing from the staff of Courthouse News

National

1.) Setting the stage for more employers and schools to require a Covid-19 vaccine, and also perhaps allaying lingering doubts about the shot in the population, the Food and Drug Administration gave full approval Monday to Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine.

2.) A New Jersey woman became the first person linked to the far-right militia group the Three Percenters to plead guilty to charges stemming from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. 

3.) One of the few FIFA officials readying for trial over the soccer organization’s bribery scandal has changed his mind, entering a plea of guilty to racketeering on Monday.

Regional

4.) Devastating flash floods over the weekend have left at least 21 dead and more than 30 still missing in Middle Tennessee as of Monday morning.

5.) The last remaining Massachusetts resident legally classified as a witch may get a reprieve if a state senator has her way.

6.) Settling a civil rights investigation brought by the California Department of Justice, the city of Bakersfield and its police department agreed Monday to update use-of-force guidelines and implement a sweeping range of training policies. 

7.) Addressing constituents in the waning hours of his elected office Monday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo touted his accomplishments and offered criticism of the report that led him to announce his resignation and cut short other aspirations for the state.

International

8.) Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten lost his legal fight against two former bandmates on Monday over the singer’s opposition to their use of the trailblazing first-wave British punk band's music in an upcoming Disney series.

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