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DOUG BROWN

Good morning, Portland! Hot, juicy tip: The Mercury's burger week is back this year, and starts in just a couple weeks!

With that important news out of the way, here are the headlines.

• Hmmm... soooo... I guess I shouldn't have burned all my masks last month?

• And in case you think this is just a Portland thing: President Joe Biden's team is weighing whether they should recommend the re-introduction of mask mandates in some heavily hit parts of the country.

• Meanwhile, new data shows that only 18 percent of Portland Police Bureau officers actually live within city limits. A lot of them live in Washington, supporting my theory that commuting over the I-5 bridge every day turns people into violent, vindictive assholes.

• The headline pretty much says it all here: "Industrial Hub in Northwest Portland Will Cause Catastrophic Oil Spill During Earthquake, Report Finds."

• Sweeps Week:

• The suspected shooter in March's Atlanta-area spa killings will plead guilty to murdering four people—part of a plea deal that will give him life in prison without the possibility of parole.

• Congress' January 6 commission is meeting today, and they're hearing testimony from US Capitol Police officers on just how harrowing the day was:

• In Tokyo, Team USA's Simone Biles dropped out of the women's group gymnastics competition today, citing a mental health concern. Biles, who was heavily favored to win Olympic gold, said she'd been shaking with anxiety all day, and didn't want to risk not winning a medal with her team. Team USA went on to win silver, losing to the Russians.

• And we'll end today with a more feel-good Olympics story: Here's the reaction from friends and family when Lydian Jacoby, a 17-year-old swimmer from Alaska, won a surprise gold in the 100m breaststroke: