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  • Warner Bros. announced that all 17 of its 2021 films, including Dune, The Matrix 4, The Suicide Squad, In The Heights, and Space Jam: A New Legacy, will be released on HBO Max the same day they're released in theaters.
  • California said that it will impose stay-at-home orders in areas where ICUs are close to filling up.
  • White House communications director Alyssa Farah has resigned from her post after three-and-a-half years there.
  • The Justice Department has sued Facebook, accusing them of illegally reserving high-paying jobs for immigrant workers it was sponsoring for permanent residence, rather than searching for available U.S. workers.
  • A new poll in Georgia suggests that Republican lies about “voter fraud” are hurting the GOP, and could potentially affect the Senate run-offs.
  • Even with a vaccine, thousands of Americans will have long-term post-COVID symptoms because of the virus.
  • NBC News has an in-depth report on Michael Flynn's impact on the White House during his brief 25 day tenure as Trump’s national security adviser and the subsequent fallout.
  • Watch an excellent 10 minute "Diary of a Song" about the making of Prince's classic 1987 track "Sign O' The Times."
  • Are the mysterious monoliths that have captured the imaginations of people on the Internet good or stupid?
  • Filming on Hawkeye has begun in NYC, and it's confirmed that Hailee Steinfeld will star alongside Jeremy Renner. Vera Farmiga, Florence Pugh, Fra Fee, Tony Dalton, Alaqua Cox, and Zahn McClarnon will all appear in the series as well.
  • And finally, this dog knows there's only one way to get into a pool: