1. A Tennessee House Republican apologized after allegedly trying to "pants" a referee during his son's high school basketball game.
2. Some Massachusetts school districts are bringing highly trained dogs to classrooms to detect "the scent" of COVID-19.
K9s Huntah and Duke visited Norton Middle School today for some Covid-detection work. Thanks to Supt. Baeta and everyone from @NortonSchools and @FIU_Forensics for the help.
The Labradors, named Huntah and Duke, were trained to recognize the distinct odor that people with COVID-19 apparently have. The dogs will be able to detect the scent on surfaces and will sit down to indicate if they have smelled it.
One school official said the effort will help students feel safe at school. "We are doing everything we can to mitigate the risk," Fairhaven superintendent Tara Kohler said in an interview with CBS Boston.
3. American figure skater Timothy LeDuc will become the first openly non-binary athlete to participate in a Winter Olympics.
4. Jeopardy contestant Amy Schneider became the first woman to earn more than $1 million on the show in the regular season.
5. Hundreds of cars were stranded in the freezing cold on a Virginia highway for 18+ hours.
6. US carbon emissions jumped a whopping 6% in 2021, bouncing back from the "pandemic dive" low emissions of 2020.
7. And finally, public and private schools in Washington, DC will now be required to provide students with free pads and tampons.
