It's day 5 of the MLB Lockout. 🥎🔒
On #TheUpdate this Monday, the omicron varient may not be as dangerous as we first thought. U.S health officials are saying that while it is spreading across the country, the early indications suggest that it may be less dangerous than the Delta varient, which continues to drive a surge of hospitalizations. Leaders of New York's public college system are standing behind SUNY chancellor James Malatras. He's facing calls to resign after the release of text messages showing that he mocked one of the women who later accused former Governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment. And we're remembering an American icon in former senator Bob Dole. He died over the weekend at the age of 98. In over 36 years in Washington, he became one if the most influential legislators and party leaders in the Senate, combining a talent for compromise with a caustic wit, which he often turned on himself but didn't hesitate to turn on others, too. 🇺🇲
