FROM KCCI: DMPD investigating Saturday night shooting on Des Moines' east side. Just before midnight, Des Moines Police were called to the 500 block of East 14th Street for reports of a shooting. Officers say when they got there, they found a 19-year-old man with a gunshot wound. Officers later found several shell casings in a nearby apartment complex parking lot at 1415 Des Moines St. ... READ MORE

FROM WHO-TV: Hundreds of Iowa National Guard soldiers returning home. The Iowa National Guard announced Sunday that more than 200 of its deployed soldiers will be returning from the Middle East. The Iowa National Guard says around 250 soldiers assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, will be arriving back in the United States this weekend. The Guard says these operations are part of a phased return from their deployment in support of Operations Inherent Resolve. ... READ MORE

FROM WOI: Iowa to distribute $78.6 million to improve rural health care. Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Friday they are planning to award more than $78.6 million in funding through the Iowa Healthy Hometowns Project, making the Hawkeye State the first to use its Rural Health Transformation Program funds. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE WORLD: A Kremlin official confirms that U.S.-brokered Russia-Ukraine talks are resuming this week. A new round of U.S.-brokered talks on ending Russia’s war on Ukraine is set to go ahead this week after a brief postponement, a senior Kremlin official said Monday, with negotiations taking place against a backdrop of continued front-line fighting and deadly long-range attacks on rear areas. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE NATION: Man sentenced to 4 years in prison for throwing Molotov cocktail during LA immigration protest. A 23-year-old man was sentenced to four years in federal prison after he admitted throwing a Molotov cocktail at Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies during protests against immigration raids across the region last spring. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE STATE: Pedestrian dies after being hit by car at a Mason City grocery store. A car struck and killed a 75-year-old pedestrian in Mason City Saturday afternoon, according to an Iowa State Patrol crash report. The incident occurred around 2:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the Fareway grocery store on North Delaware Avenue. A Chevy Tahoe struck the pedestrian in the traveled portion of the lot, the report says. ... READ MORE

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Dry weather this week with temperatures climbing into the 40s Thursday.

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While American distilleries fret about Gen Z's moderate drinking habits, India’s brewers and distillers are booming. America’s whisky makers resell the majority of their once-used barrels to India for whiskey aging. Now there is so much beer and whiskey making going on, mostly in the high tech, high incomes centers of Bangalore and Hyderabad, that they are warring with others over water. Both Hyderabad and Bangalore are in the Deccan Plateau — a dry part of the country — and it has been hit with three years of drought. Last year,  many of Hyderabad's famous "chitikeshvara" trees failed to bloom. 

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Seventy percent of foreign tourists to Japan are repeat visitors. That is by far the highest rate in the world. The nation that perfected sushi, beefsteak, Shizuoka melons, soba and ramen is hard to forget.

Deals today 
• District 36 (1375 S.W. Vintage Parkway, Ankeny) has a Monday special $60 dinner for two. Two entrees starring sea bass and NY strip de Burgo with soup or salads, a bottle of wine and a dessert to share. 

• Hy-Vee Market Grilles offer chicken fried steak specials on Mondays for $8. 
 
• Today is soup day at Sale Barn Cafe (Lamoni).
 
• It's catfish night at Waterfront stores. Dinners cooked any way you like it, $19.99.
 
• Kids eat free on Monday at Curbin' Cuisine (1325 S.W. Oralabor Road, Suite 200, Ankeny).
 
• It's Meat Loaf Monday at Mickey's in Yale.

• Chuck's (3610 Sixth Ave., Des Moines) Monday special is three for $25 on all appetizers.
 
•  Bubba (200 10th St., Des Moines) has a Monday night sirloin dinner special for $20. 
 
• Kelly's Little Nipper (1701 E. Grand Ave., Des Moines) offers a "Monday grind" special grinder and fries basket for $9.50.
 
• Monday brings prime rib specials to both Chicago Speakeasy (1520 Euclid Ave., Des Moines) and Christopher's (2816 Beaver Ave., Des Moines).
 
• Trostel's Greenbriar (Merle Hay Road, Johnston) has a Monday burger with a side and beer deal for $14.   
 
• Beaver Tap (4050 Urbandale Ave., Des Moines) has $8 omelets and $10 hot beef sandwiches or Mexican bowls on Mondays.
 
• Johnny's Italian Steakhouses have a chicken de Burgo special on Mondays before 4 p.m., $14 including beverage.

• Smoking Goat Pub (3015 Merle Hay Road, Des Moines) hosts Shelby Smokehouse Soul Food on Mondays, 5-9 p.m.
 
• G Mig's (126 Fifth St., Valley Junction) has $11 smashburgers today including a side.
 
• The Station on Ingersoll (3124 Ingersoll, Des Moines) has a Monday special Graziano grinder with a side for $12.
 
• The Continental (407 E. Fifth St., Des Moines) offers a Monday special double smash burger and shoestring fries, $12.
 
• Jethro's have a Monday chicken tenders and fries special $9.95.
 
• Angry Goldfish (2301 S.W. Ninth St., Des Moines) has specials on chicken Parmesan and lasagna today, $15 with garlic bread and salad.
 
• Eastside Eddie’s (3517 E. 26th St., Des Moines) Monday  special is a burger with domestic beer, soft drink or well drink for $10.  
 
• Centro (1003 Locust St., Des Moines) offers half-price pizza and Peronis on Monday.

• Pelican Post (265 50th St., West Des Moines) has a special today on hot beef sandwiches, $10.95 all day. 
 
• Tito’s Lounge (3916 Urbandale Drive, Urbandale) offers all-you-can-eat wings Mondays. 
 
• Johnny's Hall of Fame (302 Court Ave., Des Moines) has $12 burger baskets on Mondays and Fridays.
 
• Urban Cellars (640 S. 50th St., West Des Moines) offers $60 wine dinners for two on Mondays including two entrees with soup or salad, a dessert and a bottle on wine. 
 
• Club 2000 (422 Indianola Road, Des Moines) has a burger basket with fries deal Mondays for $9. 
 
• Red Lobster's Monday special is lobster and shrimp scampi with a side for $20. 
 
• Paula's (524 Elm St., Valley Junction) has a Monday special homemade tomato soup with grilled cheese sandwich for $12.50. 
 
• Destination Grille (2491 E. First St., Grimes) has a Monday steak night special, sirloins and truffle fries for $18.

• Price Chopper delis offer two-piece, bone-in fried chicken dinners, with two sides and a roll, for $7 on Mondays. 

• Aldi stores haves sales through Tuesday on mandarin oranges at $2.69/3-pound bag, avocados at 45 cents and bacon wrapped jalapenos at $6.49 pound.

• Fareways have specials through Saturday on avocados at 44 cents, chicken wings at $3.99/pound and whole beef briskets for $4.99/pound.

— Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com

1979: Sid Vicious dies of a drug overdose in New York City. On Feb. 2, 1979, Sid Vicious, former bassist for the notorious Sex Pistols—and the living embodiment of everything punk rock stood for and against—dies of a heroin overdose in a Greenwich Village apartment. His death likely came as a surprise to very few. … READ MORE

2014: Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman dies of drug overdose at age 46. On Feb. 2, 2014, Philip Seymour Hoffman, considered one of the most talented and versatile actors of his generation, dies of a drug overdose at age 46 in New York City. During his career, the prolific performer appeared in more than 50 movies, including Capote, Doubt and The Hunger Games series, and earned a reputation for playing difficult or quirky characters. Hoffman also was an accomplished stage actor and director. … READ MORE

1980: ABSCAM operation revealed. On Feb. 2, 1980, details of ABSCAM, an FBI operation to uncover political corruption in the government, are released to the public. Thirty-one public officials were targeted for investigation, including Representative John Murphy of New York, five other representatives, and Harrison Williams, a senator from New Jersey. … READ MORE

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