On today's episode:

• Minneapolis man is charged with threatening and cyberstalking ICE officers.
• Savannah Guthrie's missing mother is 'still out there,' sheriff says, but no suspects.
• A bombing at a Shiite mosque on Islamabad's outskirts kills at least 10 and wounds dozens.
• Russia and US discussed nuclear arms and agreed talks need to start soon, Kremlin says.
• US announces $6M in aid for Cuba as island's leader accuses it of imposing an 'energy blockade'.
• Bitcoin price falls below pre-Trump second term levels, now hovering below $67,000.
• President Trump meanders between the afterlife and name-calling during the National Prayer Breakfast.
• Russia says it regrets expiration of last nuclear arms treaty but Trump says he wants a new pact.
• Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE.
• Man whose mother was found among 189 decaying bodies tells the story.
• 3 dead, 6 hurt after 92-year-old driver hits bicyclist and crashes into Los Angeles grocery store.
• Pizza Hut closing 250 US stores as parent company considers selling the brand.
• Falling tech stocks and a plunge for bitcoin hit Wall Street.
• Average US long-term mortgage rate barely budges, holding near 6%.
• US job openings fall to 6.5 million, fewest since 2020, as labor market remains sluggish.
• Two star quarterbacks finish neck and neck for NFL MVP, other NFL Honors and Pro Football Hall of Famers are announced, two superstars stay put at the NBA trade deadline, a 26-year-old shines while the world No. 1 struggles in golf’s rowdy Phoenix atmosphere and a U.S. team opens the Winter Olympics with a victory.
• Oman confirms it mediated indirect US-Iran talks over Tehran's nuclear program.
• A deputy chief of Russian military intelligence was shot and wounded in Moscow.
• Ukraine Russia talks enter a second day.
• US and Russia agree to reestablish military dialogue after Ukraine talks.
• Bank of England stands pat on interest rates, but cuts expected ahead.
• Europe's central bank maintains interest rate with economic growth resilient.
• UK leader apologizes to victims of Epstein for giving Peter Mandelson an ambassador job.

—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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