On today's episode:

• Tariffs paid by midsized US firms tripled last year, new analysis from JPMorganChase Institute shows.
• Eight backcountry skiers found dead and 1 still missing after California avalanche.
• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. 01d King Charles III says the law must take its course in the investigation of his brother.
• Transportation Department says more than 550 driving schools must close over safety failures.
• Trump wants his Board of Peace to solve world conflicts. It still has a lot of work to do in Gaza.
• Public health, green groups sue EPA over repeal of rule supporting climate protections.
• Lower inflation needed before many officials will support rate cuts.
• Trump, weeks after backlash over racist post, hosts Black History Month reception.
• Russia hosts Cuban foreign minister and urges US not to blockade Cuba.
• FBI, St. Paul police probing ICE arrest that resulted in skull fractures.
• Late-night host Stephen Colbert isn't backing down from public dispute with CBS bosses.
• Public health, green groups sue EPA over repeal of rule supporting climate protections.
• Envoys signal no breakthrough on bridging Russia and Ukraine's political and military differences.
• Mark Zuckerberg quizzed on kids' Instagram use in social media trial.
• The children of late civil rights leader Jesse Jackson honor his legacy a day after his death.
• Billionaire Les Wexner says he was 'duped' by adviser Jeffrey Epstein, 'a world-class con man'.
• Nvidia leads the US stock market higher.
• Overtime wins help U.S. and Canada advance to Olympic men’s hockey semifinals, an American skiing star wins her first Olympic medal in eight years, a top five upset in college basketball, the Super Bowl champs are up for sale, an interim MLBPA director is named and two former NBA All-Star teammates have season-ending surgeries.
• Lawsuit alleges Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice physically assaulted former girlfriend.
• Charlotte's LaMelo Ball not injured after 2-car crash in downtown Charlotte, AP source says.
• Sidney Crosby injured in Canada's game vs. Czechia at Olympics and status unclear for semifinals.
• Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz fight pitch-rigging case as spring training starts.
• Seahawks sale process begins less than 2 weeks after winning Super Bowl, Paul Allen's estate says.
• Former South Korean President Yoon receives life sentence for imposing martial law.
• Paris prosecutors open 2 Epstein-linked probes and call on victims to come forward.
• Bus crash in South Africa leaves 4 dead, 31 hurt as rescue efforts continue.
• Police on the case How Rome's beloved Bernini elephant sculpture lost the tip of its tusk — again.
• Police arrest 11 in the beating death of a far-right student in France.

—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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