This is what we are focusing on today:

New German Chancellor: Olaf Scholz (Olaf Scholz) is a professional politician of the center-left Social Democratic Party. He is often compared with President Biden. While dealing with pandemics, economics and climate change, he will need to maintain a coalition government that is politically divided.

Elizabeth Holmes testified on the last day: The former head of Theranos, a blood testing startup that was once worth billions of dollars, went to trial for allegedly defrauding investors and patients before the company went bankrupt in a scandal.

Former Saints player Glen Foster Jr. died in police custody: The defensive winger was arrested after trying to stop traffic on Friday. He died on Monday when he was taken from prison to hospital in Alabama.

🎧 In addition, on our daily podcast Up First, the United States warned Russia that if it invades Ukraine, it will face severe sanctions.

— Morning Edition Live Blog Team

(Carol Rich, Rachel Tresman, Nell Clark and Chris Hopkins)