Today is 2/2/2020 and Groundhog Day in the U.S. According to one report, the small furry critter known as Punxsutawny Phil did not see his shadow, which means that Spring will come early. Later today, the Super Bowl is on the schedule. So as we await the big game and warmer weather, here are some things going on:
From National Review, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (D) "has a plan for that".
From Townhall, the media largely cover up Kobe Bryant's faith.
From The Washington Free Beacon, according to former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D), Senator Socialism (I-VT) is more likely to divide the Democratic Party than to win swing voters. ("Senator Socialism" is my term, not Emanuel's.)
From the Washington Examiner, today's Democratic presidential candidates "disown" former First Lady/Senator/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
From American Thinker, a supporter of Senator Socialism digs up a 1987 video showing lies from then-Senator Joe Biden (D-Del).
From LifeZette, Boomberg's Super Bowl ad is "likely to backfire".
From NewsBusters, ABC fears a post-acquittal President Trump.
From Canada Free Press, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) needs to realize that Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) is not the only one giggling.
From CBC News, a cake served at a school in Eskasoni, Nova Scotia had an unexpected extra ingredient.
From Global News, Canada offers medical aid to China.
From CTV News, the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan moves toward taking over its child welfare system.
From TeleSUR, Venezuelan President Maduro commemorates the 21st anniversary of his predecessor's inauguration.
From The Portugal News, two dozen people hold a vigil outside a prison for the release of an accused hacker.
From France24, France will deploy 600 more troops to the Sahel region in Africa.
From RFI, the second planeload of evacuees from Wuhan, China lands in France.
From SwissInfo, the planeload of evacuees from China includes five Swiss citizens.
From the Malta Independent, a boat carrying 363 migrants is allowed to dock in Italy, after being refused by Malta.
From Malta Today, a Sudanese man attacks a Maltese police sergeant.
From Free West Media, an Italian court is overwhelmed by appeals from over 10,000 asylum requests.
From Total Slovenia News, now that Brexit has begun, Slovenia will not extradite its own citizens to the U.K.
From Total Croatia News, a protest against Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandić draws 20,000 people. (If you read Croatian, read the story at Jutarnji Vijesti.)
From EuroNews, political parties in Kosovo reach a deal to form a coalition government.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis heads to Saudi Arabia and the UAE to seek investors.
From Ekathimerini, Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi announces plans to introduce weekly migrant returns for those whose asylum applications are rejected.
From the Greek Reporter, how the Greeks of Cumae and the Etruscans shaped the Latin alphabet.
From Novinite, the British paper The Guardian ranks Bulgaria's Rhodope Narrow Gauge as one of the top ten scenic railways in Europe.
From The Sofia Globe, according to Health Minister Kiril Ananiev, Bulgaria has taken "all preventative measures" against the coronavirus.
From Romania-Insider, due to pressure from locals, the owner of a bakery in Ditrau, Romania removes two workers from Sri Lanka. (If you read Romanian, read the story at Mediafax.)
From the Hungary Journal, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, positions on the E.U.'s budget among heads of government meeting in Portugal "are still far apart".
From Daily News Hungary, "8 surprising facts about Budapest".
From About Hungary, a look at Hungary's climate change strategy until 2050.
From The Slovak Spectator, a guide to the basics of investigating in Slovakia.
From Radio Prague, five Czechs evacuated from China will be quarantined in Prague.
From Polskie Radio, 30 Polish citizens who were flown out of Wuhan, China have landed in France and will be quarantined in Wrocław, Poland.
From the CPH Post, "are some secondary languages more secondary than others?"
From Deutsche Welle, environmental activists occupy Germany's newest coal-fired power plant.
From the NL Times, a bitcoin trader was robbed and tortured at his home in Drouwenerveen, Netherlands last year.
From Dutch News, the Dutch cabinet agrees to establish a partial ban on fireworks.
From VRT NWS, more drugs are being exported to South America via Belgium.
From The Brussels Times, police in Geel, Belgium free eight migrants from a refrigerated truck, which its driver had abandoned.
From the Express, police in London's Streatham area fatally shoot a man wielding a machete and wearing a fake suicide vest.
From the Evening Standard, more on the Streatham incident, which is being called an "Islamist-related" attack.
From the (U.K.) Independent, the Streatham attacker was already being monitored by police, according to Scotland Yard.
From the (Irish) Independent, a passenger who arrived in Dublin from Moscow, who had been to China, is under observation at a hospital.
From the Irish Examiner, the Irish party Sinn Féin surges in the polls.
From The Conservative Woman, is there a Chinese cover-up on the coronavirus?
From The Stream, if "never Trump" Christians really want to restore Christian witness, they need to act like it.
From the New York Post, the NYPD pushes back on a proposed ban on using facial recognition technology.
From Fox News, in an interview with Sean Hannity, President Trump predicts the fall of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal).
From the Daily Caller, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) reveals his Burisma list, and pledges hearings on FISA court abuse.
From Breitbart, according to RNC chairperson Ronna McDaniel, Michael Bloomberg couldn't get a hundred people to come to his rally.
And from Twitchy, Bill Murray and Jeep may have already had the best Super Bowl ad.
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