Jam Master Jay: Two Men Found Guilty in Murder of Run-D.M.C. DJ (www.rollingstone.com)
500 businesses could stop destruction of tropical forests. They are failing (www.independent.co.uk)
At the Florida Man Games, tank-topped teams compete at evading police, wrestling over beer (apnews.com)
They rose up by the dozens from across Florida, caricatured competitors in tank tops and cutoff shorts, for a showdown that treats evading police and wrestling over beer like Olympic sports....
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban lauds new phase with Sweden ahead of vote on its NATO bid | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Trump’s Georgia Lawyers Surface Phone Records in Effort to Remove Prosecutors (www.nytimes.com)
Netanyahu seeks open-ended control over security and civilian affairs in Gaza in new postwar plan (apnews.com)
Nova partygoer was misidentified as Hamas terrorist on Oct. 7, killed by Israeli forces (www.haaretz.com)
Ofek Atun escaped the outdoor Nova rave with his girlfriend. They survived the assault on the bomb shelter in which they took refuge, before fleeing to nearby Kibbutz Alumim. The kibbutz’s volunteer security squad mistook them for Hamas terrorists – and opened fire
People Keep Dying At This Memphis Jail — And The Lawsuits Are Piling Up (www.huffpost.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/shelby-county-memphis-jail-deat…
Sudan: 3,8 million kids under 5 years old affected by malnutrition - International Monitor (intlmonitor.com)
Israeli airstrike kills two people in Damascus, Syrian state TV says - Reuters (www.reuters.com)
German central bank warns of recession, citing strikes – DW (www.dw.com)
Israeli air strikes target Ghaziyeh in southern Lebanon (www.aljazeera.com)
Pope prays for peace in Sudan, and Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province | Africanews (www.africanews.com)
What's at stake for Trump, Haley in South Carolina's primary (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump wants to make South Carolina the end of the road for Nikki Haley in their battle for the Republican nomination. Haley aims to survive and take their fight into the multistate Super Tuesday contest in March....
Americans who live alone report depression at higher rates, but social support helps (www.kpbs.org)
People living alone are more likely to report feeling depressed compared to those living with others, according to a new study by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. And that effect is particularly stark for people living alone who say they have little or no social and emotional support....
Newly-released Tyre Nichols documents show police and city officials lied about or misstated numerous key facts (news.yahoo.com)
The internal investigator who initially investigated the beating spoke with now former Lt. Dewayne Smith, who seemed to be at the hospital, the night Nichols was beaten. According to the internal investigative report, at 11:49 p.m. on Jan. 7, 2023, Smith told the investigator that Nichols was in intensive care, on a ventilator...
Chun Ki-won: Hero pastor jailed for sexually abusing North Korea teenage escapees (www.bbc.com)
Hailed as "Asia's Schindler" for helping North Koreans flee, he has been jailed for sexual abuse.
Cyberattacks on hospitals are likely to increase, putting lives at risk, experts warn (apnews.com)
Cybersecurity experts are warning that hospitals around the country are at risk for attacks like the one that is crippling operations at a premier Midwestern children’s hospital, and that the U.S. government is doing too little prevent such breaches....
Las Cruces man arrested after making hot chocolate, noodles during home invasion (kfoxtv.com)
Fuller Seminary fires senior director over refusal to comply with statement of faith (www.christianpost.com)
Usher Marries Jennifer Goicoechea After the Super Bowl (www.nytimes.com)
How China Miscalculated Its Way to a Baby Bust (archive.ph)
China’s baby bust is happening faster than many expected, raising fears of a demographic collapse. And coping with the fallout may now be complicated by miscalculations made more than 40 years ago.
Proposed mine outside Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp nears approval despite environment damage concerns (apnews.com)
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division said it will take public comments on the draft permits for 30 days before working up final versions to send to the agency’s director for approval....