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Is N. Korea planning to launch rocket? Intel sparks concern

U.S. intelligence is keeping a sharp eye on a top-secret North Korean launching station. Activity detected by spy satellites indicates the rogue communist nation may soon launch an intercontinental ballistic missile.

CNN

Peace talks risk further delay over demands

Talks to end Syria’s civil war risked being delayed for the second time this week as the opposition restated demands for an end to air strikes and blockades and said it was waiting for a response from U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon.

Globeandmail.com

Protest leader Bundy asks last occupiers to go home

Protest leader Ammon Bundy has asked, through his attorney, that the remaining occupiers at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon go home. Bundy and others were arrested; one protester was shot dead.

CNN

Are the Oregon occupiers ready to give up yet?

The Atlantic

WHO calls emergency meeting on Zika virus

The World Health Organization will convene an emergency meeting on the Zika virus, which is “spreading explosively” and suspected of causing birth defects, to determine if it should be deemed an international health emergency.

NBCNews.com

Virus may encourage loosening of abortion bans

Wired

Zika virus ‘spreading explosively’ in the Americas

USA TODAY

30th anniversary of Challenger disaster

Jan. 28, 1986- the space shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after blasting off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, killing all seven astronauts on board, including civilian “Teacher in Space” Christa McAuliffe.

SPACE.com

Remembering Challenger 30 years after disaster

Discovery News

IN-DEPTH

How the Planned Parenthood’s accusers became the accused in the Texas case

An aggressive legal strategy pursued by Planned Parenthood may have been critical in turning the tables on opponents who were seeking to prosecute it in Texas for allegedly profiting from sales of aborted fetal tissue.

Reuters

Ohio Senate approves defunding Planned Parenthood

Columbus Dispatch

These are most corrupt countries in the world

Corruption in all areas of life is still rife globally but more countries continued to improve their “corruption perception” scores in 2015, according to the latest research from anti-corruption body Transparency International.

CNBC

TERROR

Teen accused of ISIS bomb plot using kangaroo

Sevdet Besim, 19, is accused of plotting a terror attack in Melbourne. According to prosecutors, he discussed packing a kangaroo with explosives, painting it with the ISIS symbol and setting it loose on police.

NBCNews.com

ISIS has whole fake passport ‘industry’

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told reporters that through ISIS’s operations in Syria, Iraq and Libya, the group has acquired blank passports and has now set up a “real fake document industry.”

ABC News

Details of FBI sting operations since 9/11

In the years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the FBI has routinely relied on undercover operations similar to the one that led to the arrest of Samy Mohamed Hamzeh in Milwaukee this week.

FOX News

FBI thwarts terror attack in Milwaukee

ABC News

HUMAN RIGHTS

Culture of fear compromises human rights

Terrorist attacks, the threat of ISIS and the Levant (ISIL) and the refugee crisis have prompted governments to adopt policies that threaten human rights across the world, says the Human Rights Watch World Report 2016.

Al Jazeera

Read the Human Rights Watch World Report here

Human Rights Watch

Ivorian ex-president in war crimes trial

Laurent Gbagbo, former president of Ivory Coast, made history when he became the first head of state to stand trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, accused of crimes against humanity including rape and murder.

Newsweek

MIGRANT CRISIS

Denmark legalizes seizure of refugee valuables

Danish lawmakers voted in favor of controversial legislation empowering authorities to seize cash and valuables from asylum seekers to help cover their expenses.

CNN

Sweden may reject 80,000 asylum claims

Sweden may reject the asylum applications of up to 80,000 migrants and should prepare to deport them, the interior minister says. Minister Ygeman said charter aircraft would be used to deport the migrants but it would take years.

BBC

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Obama to pitch retirement savings programs

President Barack Obama will pitch some new proposals to expand access to retirement savings accounts and revisit some old ones when issuing his budget next month.

Christian Science Monitor

Iran’s Rouhani in France for trade talks

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told French business leaders that Iran was open for investment as he visited France to revive business ties despite diplomatic differences.

Reuters

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Staples lays off hundreds of employees

Staples Inc. has laid off hundreds of corporate employees, according to multiple sources.

MSN Money

Fed predicts gradual pace of rate increases

Federal Reserve officials left interest rates unchanged and said they still expect to raise borrowing costs at a “gradual” pace while watching to see how the global economy and markets impact the U.S. outlook.

Bloomberg

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GOOD NEWS

Floridian awakens to exotic animal on chest

A 99-year-old woman in Miami-Dade woke up to quite the surprise — an exotic animal sleeping on her chest.

CBS News

Lost Beatrix Potter story finally published

Peter Rabbit makes an appearance in a recently discovered Beatrix Potter story to be published later this year — more than 100 years after it was written.

NPR

NGOs AND NONPROFITS

Wounded Warrior Project spending probed

About 40 percent of the organization’s donations in 2014 were spent on its overhead, or about $124 million, according to the charity-rating group Charity Navigator.

New York Times

Toronto Goodwill workers are locked out

Employees of Goodwill stores arrived at work to find the doors locked. CEO Keiko Nakamura announced that the organization would be closing 16 stores and that employees would not be getting their final paychecks.

NonProfit Quarterly

ENVIRONMENT

Magical rainforests of Britain need protection

Britain’s rainforests are also precious relics of once great swathes of forest strung out along the Atlantic coastline dating to the last ice age, about 10,000 years ago.

Guardian

‘Brexit’ would damage UK environment

Guardian

Japan begins ‘largest’ floating solar farm

Electronics firm builds floating solar farm on a reservoir due to a scarcity of land for utility-scale solar in Japan.

Guardian

Largest solar plant in Japan promo video

YouTube

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Your phone can save the world

Technology creates efficiencies that facilitate fundraising and volunteering across a broad base of budding philanthropists. And one of the most promising and untapped of these bases is within companies.

Forbes

Higher ed giving hits record $40.3 billion

Charitable contributions to American colleges and universities reached $40.3 billion during 2015, a 7.6 percent increase compared to $37.45 billion for 2014.

NonProfit Times

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Conductive concrete can de-ice pavement

A special blend of concrete that can de-ice roads and pavements without the need for chemicals uses electricity to melt away snow and sleet — and it could be coming to an airport near you soon.

ScienceAlert.com

Lyft drivers settle suit but still not employees

In a settlement agreement, the ride-hailing service Lyft would extend additional benefits to drivers and pay $12 million, but drivers are still not official employees.

Wired

Photo of the Day

Sunset at Lake Sils taken from Sils with view in direction Maloja. (Photo by kuhnmi) Photo used under CC BY

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