
New Jersey governor to announce timeline to end mask mandate in state schools
CNN
In a dramatic shift, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy will announce Monday a timeline to end the state's school mask mandate, with a new policy to take effect in the second week of March, his office told CNN.
Murphy first spoke to the New York Times about his planned announcement.

Cuba is going dark under US pressure. How the crisis unfolded and why its troubles are far from over
Almost three months after the US effectively imposed an oil blockade on Cuba that worsened its energy crunch, nearly every aspect of Cuban society has been feeling the strain.

The Department of Homeland Security has been ensnared by a partial government shutdown as Congress did not act to fund the agency by the end of Friday. But nearly all DHS workers will remain on the job — even if many won’t get paid until the lapse ends — and the public probably won’t notice much of a change.











