Christopher Pekny, 28, was assembling a device for his child’s gender reveal party when it exploded, state police said. Source

Actress says, “I don’t know him as a football guy. I know him as like the nerd who wants to host ‘Jeopardy!’ That’s the dude I know.” Source

Social media giant reaches compromise with government to tweak new law aimed at making sure local media outlets get paid for their work. Source

NTSB chief Robert Sumwalt says investigators believe it played a role. The mid-air explosion sent debris down onto a Denver suburb. Source

Remembering the lives lost to coronavirus; Norah O’Donnell reflects on the toll of the coronavirus pandemic Source

Emma Coronel Aispuro is accused of helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar cartel and plot his audacious escape from a Mexican prison in 2015. Source

The CDC has awarded more than $17 million to organizations planning vaccine education for groups of color. Source

Honoring 500,000 lives lost to COVID in Washington; Push to honor Black American war hero’s bravery.  Source

Regulators accuse company of preying on immigrants with high-fee loans and threats of deportation if they didn’t pay. Source

Wally Adeyemo will say the Treasury Department must combat “unfair economic practices in China and elsewhere.” Source