On today's episode:

• The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84.
• Nancy Guthrie kidnapping investigators work with Walmart after identifying suspect’s backpack.
• Iran temporarily closing Strait of Hormuz for live fire drills as new talks with US start.
• Russian and Ukrainian officials are in Geneva for US-brokered talks after almost 4 years of war.
• US plans to deploy more missile launchers to the Philippines despite China's alarm.
• Trump administration ordered to restore George Washington slavery exhibit it removed in Philadelphia.
• US troops arrive in Nigeria to help train its military, Nigerian military says.
• Obama shuts down alien buzz and says there's no evidence they've made contact.
• No clear path to ending the partial government shutdown as lawmakers dig in over DHS oversight.
• TSA agents are working without pay at US airports due to another shutdown.
• Trump's border czar says 'small' security force will remain in Minnesota after enforcement drawdown.
• Trump says Board of Peace will unveil $5 billion in Gaza reconstruction pledges at inaugural meeting.
• US military boards another oil tanker in Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean.
• Europeans push back at US over claim they face 'civilizational erasure'.
• No, George Washington didn't have wooden teeth. Yes, he led the Siege of Boston.
• FBI Glove containing DNA found that appears to match one worn by a masked person.
• Behind the scenes sorting through tips in cases like the Nancy Guthrie disappearance.
• Four new astronauts arrive at the International Space Station to replace NASA's evacuated crew.
• Mistrial declared in the case of Stanford students charged after pro-Palestinian protests in 2024.
• Brazilian au pair gets 10-year sentence for scheme to kill lover's wife and another man.
• Journalist Don Lemon pleads not guilty to civil rights charges in Minnesota church protest.
• New Jersey man found guilty of killing brother and his family, then lighting fires to cover it up.
• EU privacy investigation targets Musk's Grok chatbot over sexualized deepfake images.
• Al Pacino, Francis Ford Coppola and others pay tribute to Robert Duvall, who died at age 95.
• Logan Paul’s Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon card sells for record $16.5M at auction.
• LA Olympics leader Wasserman will sell talent agency in wake of Epstein emails discovery.
• The U.S. secures another final showdown with its rival on the ice at the Winter Olympics, a record gold for a 41-year-old American bobsledder, a clutch basket seals a top five upset in college basketball, AP Top 25 men’s and women’s poll updates and a star NFL wide receiver is released.
• Ilia Malinin hints at 'inevitable crash' amid Olympic pressure and online hate in social media post.
• A last-lap crash led to a marquee owner’s first victory at NASCAR’s biggest race.
• Anthony Edwards claims MVP award, leads Stars to tourney win in an entertaining NBA All-Star Game.
• Russian woman carries Ukraine placard at Winter Olympics opening ceremony.
• Belgium summons U.S. ambassador over tweet accusing kingdom of antisemitism.
• 11 soldiers and 1 child killed as suicide bomber hits security post in restive northwest Pakistan.
• Russia poisoned Alexei Navalny with dart frog toxin, European nations say.
• Germany will keep supporting Lebanon after UN peacekeepers leave, the German president says.
• Crowds fill flower markets in Hong Kong in preparation for the Lunar New Year..
• North Korea opens a housing district for families of its soldiers killed in Russia-Ukraine war.
• China grants UK and Canada visa-free entry, raising total to 79 countries.
• Suspect in mass shooting at Bondi Beach Jewish festival appears in court.
• New Jersey man found guilty of killing brother and his family, then lighting fires to cover it up.
• On this week's AP Religion Roundup, monks cap a weeks-long pilgrimage to DC, a religious liberty commissioner is ousted, and the Vatican warns of schism.

—The Associated Press

About this program

Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.

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