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El Cortez to adopt an over-21s-only policy from April 1 as it goes back to its roots as an old school Las Vegas gambling hall.

This spring brings a whole bouquet of must-read books from Viola Davis, Robin Roberts, Don Winslow, Laura Trujillo and more.

Croatian photographer Mirna Pavlovic is pulled inexorably to the clandestine corners of the world, to the since-forgotten places where people once lived, worked, and probably died. She’s infected by a wanderlust that cuts to the bone, driven to concealed and guaranteed areas throughout the continent where few souls dare travel.

And stepping back, though, and looking at the new numbers overnight, what is the significance to you of the cdc slashing its estimate of how much omicron is circulating in the united states right now. >> to be honest, those estimates that they presented a week ago seemed much too high with what they projected for omicron to have increased. im not surprised to see luries estimate. for all practical purposes, im not sure that number -- >> all right. >> he was saying there, john -- unfortunately we...

To his legislative agenda at the same time hes struggling to get coronavirus under control. stepping back, what does that mean heading into the mid terms. has he lost the momentum on the legacy building here and were focusing right now on covid? >> look, this is requesting to get harder, not easier. hes looking at the spike of new variants and more people potentially dying. his poll numbers, theyre not doing very well at all so that makes it hard as well. and the reality is that congress needs a...

‘This time around, I don’t think I’ll have the body to climb Mount Everest and that’s OK.’

The pentagon is viewing this with increasing concern. the chinese build up in the region, activities surrounding taiwan. the air incursions we saw earlier this month. but intel officials are saying, look, we dont see any evidence that china is preparing a military invasion in the near term. one of the things theyre watching out for is the year 2027 as a potential point in which china would actually take that step to invade taiwan because it is the 100th anniversary of the peoples liberation army...

Advice on some practical things people are wondering about. jessica, one question is, would you go grocery shopping without a mask if youre vaccinated? >> without a mask, no. i think its important to wear a mask indoors in public settings. >> dr. el said, would you visit older folks immunocompromised? >> i would but wear a mask and a if possible, do it outdoors and take advantage of the weather. stepping back, one idea, if you have to ask, wear a mask. >> good one, okay. dr. chu, would you take ...

Approach. me and the administration are legislating other priorities, chief among them, a massive infrastructure spending bill. a larger sense that negotiation around policing and racial justice can be extremely delicate, push too much and republicans may recoil, sit back too far is and problems may prove elusive. this is the president who served nearly four decades in the united states senate but on this one they are stepping back. >> prioritizing infrastructure which, all, you know, common sen...

Salvaging the Sahel About a hundred people were killed across two villages in Western Niger on Saturday 2nd January 2021 by suspected fighters. The twin attack is the most daring this year, an ominous sign for the terror-troubled Sahel region. The Sahel has become a haven for violent non-state armed groups in recent years. Insecurity in the area and its enablers may vary from country to country, but share similarities in the scale and frequency of deaths, displacements and other violence-induc...