Good morning. It's Monday, Jan. 11, and we're covering another Boeing crash, more fallout from the US Capitol building siege, and the NFL playoffs. Have feedback? Let us know at [email protected].

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Sriwijaya Air Flight 182

A Sriwijaya Air flight crashed into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff from the Indonesian capital of Jakarta Saturday, likely killing all 62 people aboard. The flight disappeared from air traffic control radar screens four minutes after takeoff amid a heavy monsoon rain. Authorities have located and are attempting to recover the plane's black boxes. 

The plane was a 26-year-old Boeing 737-500, an older model than the MAX aircraft involved in two recent fatal crashes which killed a combined 346. The previous crashes were attributed to advanced but faulty stall prevention software—the cause of Saturday's crash is still unknown, though the aircraft reportedly had a solid safety record. Despite being unrelated to the problems of the MAX model, the crash comes at a critical time for Boeing, with the MAX models being approved to return to the skies just last week. 

See a timeline of recent air disasters here. 

@RealDonaldTrump

Fallout from last week's storming of the US Capitol building continued over the weekend, with social media giant Twitter permanently banning President Trump's personal account. The company cited two tweets it alleged risked inciting further violence; see the company's explanation here. 

Having amassed 88 million followers since 2009, Trump leveraged the platform to facilitate a connection with the general public unprecedented in the history of the Oval Office. Often using the channel to announce major policy changes or administrative moves, the president was tweeting an average of 33 times per day by the end of his term. Search through the entire Trump Twitter archive here. 

In related news, Google and Apple suspended social media platform Parler from their app stores, alleging further violence was being coordinated on the site. Amazon followed suit, booting the website from its web hosting services (what is Parler?). A number of conservatives—who have long accused tech companies of bias—criticized the decision as censoring free speech.

Federal officials continue to search for those involved with the Capitol siege. More than 80 people have been arrested as of this morning, including an Arkansas man who lounged in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D, CA-12) office and an Arizona man seen in widely shared photos wearing a fur robe and horned helmet.

The FBI said it is yet to uncover evidence that disguised counterprotesters led the assault on the US Capitol building. Claims that members of the leftist movement known as antifa perpetrated the violence went viral almost immediately. See a separate fact check here.

House Democrats appear set to bring articles of impeachment against the president. Procedurally, any such effort would not begin in the Senate until after the Jan. 20 inauguration. At least two GOP senators have called on Trump to resign.

Finally, two law enforcement officers said Brian Sicknick, a Capitol Police officer who was killed in the melee, died from injuries after being struck in the head by a fire extinguisher while struggling with protesters. A second officer died by suicide over the weekend, though it is unclear whether the death was connected to the riot.

NFL Playoff Picture

The path to Super Bowl LV solidified over the weekend, with six wild-card games being played under the league's new 14-team playoff format. The Cleveland Browns scored the upset of the weekend, jumping out to a 28-0 first quarter lead over the Pittsburgh Steelers before hanging on to win 48-37. It's the franchise's first playoff win since 1994. The Browns will visit the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs in the divisional round.

The outcomes set up a number of marquee matchups this coming weekend: Two superstar quarterbacks meet in New Orleans as Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers face Drew Brees' Saints; Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers will host the Los Angeles Rams and QB Jared Goff; and reigning NFL MVP QB Lamar Jackson will take his Baltimore Ravens north to face the Buffalo Bills. 

The favorites to win the Super Bowl include three stalwart franchises in the Chiefs, Packers, and Saints, with one interloper—the Bills.

In the college ranks, No. 1 Alabama faces No. 3 Ohio State in the national championship game tonight as 8.5-point favorites (8pm ET, ESPN). 

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IN THE KNOW

Sports, Entertainment, & Culture

> “Sex and the City” revival greenlit for HBO Max; all main cast members except Kim Cattrall have signed on to the 10-episode limited series (More)

> The 2022 PGA Championship to be moved from Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey (More) | New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick to be awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom (More)

> Tommy Lasorda, Hall of Fame Los Angeles Dodgers manager, dies at 93 (More) | Film director and former president of Directors Guild of America Michael Apted dies at 79 (More)

Science & Technology

> Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine works against newly observed mutations of the coronavirus (More) | US passes 283,000 new cases reported in a single day, with 374,329 total deaths as of this morning (see dashboard)

> Bacteria can tell time, new study shows; nonphotosynthetic bacteria have internal processes that align with the 24-hour period of the day (More)

> Identical twins begin accumulating genetic differences in the pre-embryonic stage, new study reveals (More)

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> The US sees decline of 140,000 jobs in December, the first monthly drop since April and beneath economist predictions of a 50,000 monthly gain; unemployment rate holds steady at 6.7% (More)

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> New Zealand’s central bank breached by hacker Sunday; breach contained and bank remains operational (More)

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Politics & World Affairs

> At least three people were killed and four injured in Chicago after a shooter goes on a four-hour rampage; police say victims appear to have been targeted at random (More)

> US likely to designate Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebel group as a terrorist organization as soon as today; group is the primary actor of one side of the country's devastating six-year civil war (More)

> Spanish snowstorm leaves at least four dead, blankets Madrid with up to 20 inches of snow; marks the worst snowstorm since 1971 (More) | Power outage plunges the entire country of Pakistan into a blackout (More)

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