A look back at the esteemed personalities who’ve left us this year, who’d touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity. Source

January was the deadliest month of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. so far. Source

The GOP plan includes direct payments of $1,000 for those making less than $40,000 per year. Source

President Joe Biden’s federal mask mandate goes into effect at 11:59 p.m. Monday, requiring everyone to wear a mask when riding trains, planes and other forms of public transportation. Ahead of that mandate, CBS MoneyWatch Reporter Megan Cerullo spoke with Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers on CBSN about which masks provide the most protection and how to track down the best masks to keep you healthy when you’re out in public. Source

Linda Beigel Schulman, who lost her son, teacher Scott Beigel, in the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting in 2018, says Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene told her she doesn’t believe major school shootings were staged, but refuses to say so in public. The Georgia Republican has been strongly criticized for spreading conspiracy theories. Some of the backlash is over now-deleted comments she made on Facebook in 2018, supporting a claim that the Parkland massacre was a “false flag” event that didn’t really happen. Source

At a news briefing Monday, White House senior adviser Andy Slavitt announced plans to roll out a new over-the-counter, at-home COVID-19 test to help Americans control the spread of the virus. He also discussed progress toward increasing the availability of vaccines. Watch his remarks. Source

Medical personnel sent by the Department of Defense to one Los Angeles hospital are acting as reinforcements to hold the line against the invisible enemy. Source

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is facing pressure to punish Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene over her support of conspiracy theories and inflammatory rhetoric. Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee are calling for her removal from the panel. Congressman Andy Levin, the vice chair of that committee, joined “CBSN AM” to discuss. Source

Warning: Some viewers may find the footage in this video disturbing. Police in Rochester, New York, used pepper spray on a 9-year-old girl while she was handcuffed in the back of a patrol car. The police said the girl refused to follow commands. Chris Wragge of CBS station WCBS-TV has more. Source

The proposed historic mission is aiming for a January 2022 launch date aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon. Source