A newsworthy item today is the  Egyptian Peace Plan for the Hamas-Israel war . The good news is that neither side outright rejected it. The Plan. Mediation led by Qatar. Initial cease-fire of up to two weeks. Phased release of up to 50 hostages, in return for 120-150 Palestinians from Israeli prisons. Formation of a government of experts to rule Gaza and the West Bank for a transitional period to work out presidential land parliamentary elections. Watch this NBC video . Getting more air time might have been the appearance, again, of  Taylor Swift at a Chief's game .  On Christmas Day she wore a Santa hat with the number 87, that of Travis Kelce.  She came with her family:  brother, mother, father.  Travis' dad was also in the suite, as was the wife of Patrick Mahomes.  She said she'll be there for the final game of the year, which is this coming weekend.  Alas, the Raiders beat the Chiefs, 20-14. Today begins a three-day cruise series.  ...

   The final Tokyo Olympics medals standings showed the following:                               GOLD     Total   Medals/million population USA                39          113          0.35 China              38           88         0.06 Japan              27            58         0.98 Russa             20            71           0.49 Australia                        36           2.1 New Zealand          ...

        From  Worldometer  (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):          DAY    USA    WORLD     Brazil      India      South Africa June     9    1093     4732         1185       246       82 July    22     1205     7128         1293      1120     572 Aug    12     1504     6556        1242        835     130 Sept     9     1208      6222       1136       1168       82 Oct     21     1225      6849         571        70...