On today's episode:

• Logistics giant DP World replaces chairman named in Jeffrey Epstein documents.
• Second US aircraft carrier is being sent to the Middle East, AP source says, as Iran tensions high.
• Trump's EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change.
• Shooting at a South Carolina State University residence complex kills 2 and wounds 1.
• Federal authorities announce an end to the immigration crackdown in Minnesota.
• Virginia Supreme Court rules US Marine's adoption of an Afghan war orphan will stand.
• Grieving families press Congress on aviation safety reforms after midair collision near DC.
• Judge temporarily blocks Pentagon from punishing Sen. Mark Kelly for call to resist unlawful orders.
• Key Democrat accuses the Justice Department of 'spying' on lawmakers reviewing Epstein files.
• Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the BBC is set to go to trial in 2027, US judge says.
• Attorneys for woman shot by Border Patrol release records that contradict government account.
• New astronauts launch to the International Space Station after medical evacuation.
• Search for Nancy Guthrie now seeks nearby security videos from the month before she vanished.
• 2 teens charged with attempted murder for allegedly plotting mass shooting at Indiana high school.
• Pickleball argument sparks a brawl at a Florida country club.
• US stocks drop sharply as investors hunt for losers that will be hurt by AI.
• Average US long-term mortgage rate dips to where it was 3 week ago, just above 6%.
• US homes sales fell sharply in January, even as mortgage rates continued to ease.
• Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych out of Winter Olympics because of banned helmet honoring war dead.
• U.S. men’s hockey opens the Olympics with big win in Milan, an American snowboarder falls short of a three-peat, a Japanese golfer leads at Pebble Beach, a CFP star QB is granted another season, the NBA announces an All-Star injury replacement and a former World Series champion dies.
• Chloe Kim falls short of Olympic three-peat, but passes the torch to a protege from South Korea.
• Judge grants Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss a preliminary injunction for extra eligibility.
• A 54-year-old personal injury lawyer from Minnesota just became the oldest US Winter Olympian.
• Tankers beware Jazz fined $500,000, Pacers $100,000 by NBA for player participation policy breach.
• No. 11 Tar Heels lose freshman star Caleb Wilson to hand fracture; timetable for return unclear.
• Phillies release Nick Castellanos, who admits to bringing beer into dugout.
• Britain's High Court says government acted illegally in outlawing protest group Palestine Action.
• Trans-Atlantic tensions in focus as annual Munich security gathering opens.
• Remote community grieves the 8 killed in Canada's deadliest attack in years.
• Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe says sorry if some were offended by anti-immigrant comments.
• U.S. allies at NATO focus on Europe as the Trump administration steps back.

—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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