BBC News – US & Canada

• Biden adds South Africa to Covid travel bans
  The restrictions come as Minnesota records the first US case of the Brazil Covid variant.
• Janet Yellen to be first female US treasury secretary
  The Senate has confirmed Janet Yellen as first female treasury secretary in US history.
• House delivers impeachment charge against Trump
  Leaders in the House have brought their article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate.
• Biden overturns Trump transgender military ban
  President Biden has scrapped a ban which stopped transgender people joining the US military.
• Shyamala Gopalan: The woman who inspired Kamala Harris
  The tale of her rise is rooted in an audacious journey Shyamala Gopalan made more than 60 years ago.