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Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas returned to its home port in New Jersey after being thrashed by a storm at sea. (Photo by El Coleccionista de Instantes Fotografía & Video) Photo used under CC BY

Cruise passengers recount horrors of storm at sea

A cruise ship that was thrashed in a major storm on the Atlantic Ocean returned to its home port in New Jersey. Passengers recounted the ordeal of enduring high waves and wind.

FOX News

Ship rocked by powerful winds, high waves

The Weather Channel

NATO sends ships to deter human trafficking

NATO will send military vessels to the Aegean Sea to help Turkey and Greece crack down on criminal networks smuggling migrants and refugees into Europe.

Newsweek

Greek navy helicopter crashes in Agean, 3 missing

Deutsche Welle

Russian opposition leader fiercely threatened

A Russian opposition leader says he was sitting in a Moscow restaurant when about 10 men burst in, threatened to kill him and then attacked him — with a cake.

NPR

Wildlife refuge holdouts agree to surrender

Day 40 of the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon reached a dramatic climax with the FBI surrounding the four holdouts, who agreed to surrender upon the arrival of an evangelist.

KTVZ

Russia says US aircraft bombed Aleppo, Syria

Russia’s Defence Ministry said that two U.S. aircraft had bombed the Syrian city of Aleppo on Feb. 10, and that Russian planes had not been operating in the area.

Reuters

Syria: Powers divided over ceasefire

BBC

Aleppo: A city on edge, trying to survive

CNN

Most of town’s officials held in bribery case

Nearly every official in Crystal City, Texas, was just arrested on corruption charges. A federal indictment detailed bribery allegations against most of the lawmakers.

Inquisitr

Recall election possible following Crystal City FBI raid

KEN S 5

N Korea orders military takeover of complex

N. Korea declared an industrial complex it jointly ran with S. Korea a military zone. A statement by the North’s Committee for for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea called the move “a dangerous declaration of war.”

USA TODAY

USB drives to combat N Korea media blackout

Wired

IN-DEPTH

‘Happy Birthday’ song lawsuit settled for $14M

Months after judge ruled Warner/Chappell did not own lyrics, the famous tune will finally enter the public domain next month if settlement is approved

Guardian

Zika confirmed in Indiana, Ohio, other states

Zika virus, which has been linked to thousands of birth defects in Latin America, has spread rapidly and made its way to North America. Indiana has its first confirmed case of the Zika virus, state health officials said.

USA TODAY

Pipe replacement underway, Flint mayor says

A plan to remove and replace all lead water pipes in Flint homes will cost $55 million, the city’s mayor said.

MSN News

Snyder to propose $195M more for Flint water crisis

Detroit Free Press

TERROR

Female suicide bombers kill dozens in Nigeria

Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in a northeast Nigerian refugee camp, killing at least 56 people, officials said.

CBS News

Men who helped teen travel to Syria jailed

Three men who helped a Cardiff teenager travel to Syria to fight with Islamic extremists have been jailed. They were found guilty of helping in the preparation of an act of terrorism.

BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

Ex-prosecutor disbarred over death row case

A Texas legal panel voted to disbar a former prosecutor for sending an innocent man to death row by presenting tainted testimony and making false statements that undermined the defendant’s alibi.

The New York Daily News

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Christie drops out of GOP presidential race

Chris Christie will end his campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, a senior aide said a day after his disappointing sixth place showing in the New Hampshire primary.

MSN News

How departure affects remaining field

CBS News

North Korea’s army chief of staff executed

North Korea’s army chief of staff has been executed, South Korean media reported Wednesday, in what would amount to the latest in a series of purges and executions of top officials by leader Kim Jong-Un.

MSN News

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Gold price up as turmoil drives demand

Gold climbed to the highest in a year as investors sought a haven from tumbling stock markets after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen suggested the central bank may delay raising interest rates.

Bloomberg

Sears to speed up store closings

Sears Holdings Corp. said that it will include, but not be limited to, about 50 stores that the company recently announced it would be shuttering in the next few months.

MSN Money

See if your local Sears is shutting down

Business Insider

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

China produces 90 million-degree reaction

A Chinese fusion reactor heated hydrogen gas to 90 million degrees last week, a temperature three times hotter than the core of the sun.

NewsMax

Obama unveils cybersecurity ‘action plan’

Obama unveiled a cybersecurity “national action plan” on Tuesday as his intelligence chief warned of growing risks from new technologies that open more doors to hackers.

Yahoo! News

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Miguel Urban):

We need to fight the xenophobia spreading through Europe

Huffington Post

Column (Virginia Bouvier):

Peace at last in Colombia Cocaine Country—unless we, er, blow it

Daily Beast

Column (Robinson Meyer):

The Supreme Court’s devastating decision on climate

The Atlantic

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GOOD NEWS

Dementia rate fell 44 percent since 1970s

Dementia is on the decline, according to analysis of health records from thousands of people in one Massachusetts town. The report shows that dementia has decreased by 44 percent, mostly among high school graduates.

FOX News

Man trips suspect chased by British police

British police have expressed their gratitude to a stranger who helped them arrest a suspected drug dealer by sticking out his foot and tripping the man as police ran after him.

ABC News

NGO AND NONPROFIT

Israel’s controversial NGO bill advances

Israel’s Knesset approved Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked’s NGO transparency bill, which aims to force Israeli NGOs receiving more than 50 percent of their funding from foreign governments to disclose their funding sources.

Algemeiner

‘Dark money’ group granted nonprofit status

Karl Rove’s “dark money” group, Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, has been approved by the IRS for nonprofit 501(c)(4) social welfare status.

Nonprofit Quarterly

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change may cause longer flight times

New research suggests that flight times across the Atlantic will be impacted by alterations to the jet stream, caused by climate change.

Christian Science Monitor

Clinton comes out against offshore drilling

As she lagged in the polls leading up to the New Hampshire primary, Hillary Clinton indicated that she would ban offshore oil and gas drilling along the Atlantic coast.

Grist

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Young donors take initiative in philanthropy

America’s 50 most generous donors increased their giving by 33 percent last year—powered in large part by a stunning rise in the number of tech entrepreneurs under 40, three of whom gave more than $500-million each.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Philanthropy to revitalize a bruised economy

There’s a lot of talk these days about reducing poverty and inequality. Entrepreneurs and small businesses, everyone knows, are key locomotives of prosperity—yet often are barely on the radar of foundations.

Inside Philanthropy

Photo of the Day

Priests and lay ministers distributed ashes on Ash Wednesday at Park Street Station in downtown Boston. (Photo by Archdiocese of Boston) Photo used under CC BY

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