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Football star O.J. Simpson was acquitted in the 1994 murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman. (Photo by Charles LeBlanc) Photo used under CC BY

Police test knife found buried at Simpson estate

A knife found buried under O.J. Simpson’s former Los Angeles estate where he lived at the time of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman is undergoing forensic testing, Fox News confirmed Friday.

FOX News

O.J. Simpson: The rise and fall

CNN

What happened to him? O.J. Simpson‘s life after ’trial of the century’

USA TODAY

Assad protests spread amid Syria cease-fire

Less than a week into a tenuous cease-fire in Syria, anti-government protests spread across much of the territory held by rebel forces that have been fighting to overthrow the regime of President Bashar Assad.

USA TODAY

How Assad is trying to win the peace in Syria

TIME

Supreme Court blocks Louisiana abortion law

The Supreme Court has granted a request from abortion clinics in Louisiana to block the state’s abortion law pending appeal. A lower court ruling would have shuttered three of the four remaining abortion clinics in Louisiana.

CNN

Rivals slam Trump but vow to back nominee

Donald Trump’s rivals teamed up at the GOP presidential debate in a concerted effort to cast him as a political salesman willing to say anything to win the nomination.

FOX News

Carson to focus on getting out Christian vote

Yahoo! News

Flint crisis poses campaign opportunity for Dems

ABC News

New range of fetal disorders linked to Zika

In a small study, fetuses in 29 percent of pregnant women with Zika virus infection had a range of severe abnormalities.

Reuters

Economy clouds China’s parliament session

China is commencing a parliamentary session to map out plans for dealing with a wobbling economy and worries the Communist Party is losing its credibility as a competent manager.

Reuters

UN rights chief warns FBI over iPhone plans

The FBI risks jeopardizing the security of millions around the globe if Apple is forced to break into an iPhone used by a terror killer, the U.N. human rights chief warns.

USA TODAY

IN-DEPTH

Arrest of ex-Brazil President Lula stuns Brazil

The detention of Brazil‘s first working class president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, for questioning on Friday in a massive corruption probe may make him a symbol of the end of impunity for the nation’s powerful.

Reuters

Snapshot of Brazil’s Web of Scandal

New York Times

Who is Lula?

BBC

French military especially tolerant of Muslims

Sharp restrictions on religion in the public sphere have heightened tension with the Muslim population living in France, but the military does things differently.

Christian Science Monitor

HUMAN RIGHTS

‘Serious’ human rights crisis in Mexico

The human rights situation Mexico is “tragic” and the problems don’t just involve drug violence but also torture, impunity, excessive force and police collusion with criminals, said an Organization of American States panel.

CBS News

Kerry cancels Cuba trip for rights dialogue

Tentative plans for U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to visit Cuba before mid-March for a human rights dialogue have been canceled, two U.S. officials said on Thursday, amid concerns over Cuba’s human rights record.

Reuters

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

How Trump could hurt the GOP Sen. majority

Democrats are aiming to take back five Senate seats, and with Trump at the top of the Republican ticket, there’s an argument to be made that their job might be easier.

CBS News

Obama trumpets successes of ACA

President Barack Obama trumpeted the nation’s declining uninsured rate and said 20 million people have gained insurance as a result of his signature health care law.

U.S. News & World Report

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Construction of US base on Okinawa halted

In a bid to ease tensions with the southern island, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Friday that he has agreed to suspend construction of a controversial US military base on Okinawa.

Christian Science Monitor

Brexit called threat to UK economy

The world’s largest fund manager, BlackRock, has warned that a Brexit vote would damage Britain’s economy by leading to lower growth and investment, and possibly higher unemployment and inflation.

Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Chimps observed exhibiting ‘proto-religion’

Laura Kehoe, from the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, set up camera traps by trees marked with unusual scratches. She found that chimps were placing stones in the hollow of trees, and bashing trees with rocks.

New Scientist

Laura Kehoe’s account

Scientific American

Astronaut Kelly stretched by 2 inches in space

After living in space for nearly a year, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is two inches taller than his identical twin brother Mark. One of the main goals of his mission is to study how well humans can endure a long-duration spaceflight.

CNBC

A year in space: Kelly’s best photos

Time

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GOOD NEWS

Boston blast survivor aims to finish marathon

Ballroom dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis lost a part of her left leg in the Boston Marathon bombing. This April, Haslet-Davis plans to accomplish what she says is her biggest challenge yet: completing the race.

CBS News

Indian dance helps trafficking victims to heal

Classical Indian dance could be an effective form of therapy for victims of human trafficking and sexual violence, helping them to overcome their traumatic experiences and gain confidence, a pilot study has shown.

Christian Science Monitor

NGO AND NONPROFIT

NGO decries child abductions in Africa

An activist group has expressed alarm at a ‘surge’ in child abductions and violence allegedly carried out by the Lord’s Resistance Army in eastern Central Africa near the borders with Sudan and South Sudan.

Radio Tamazuj

Beliefs impede safe abortion effort, NGO says

Although abortion is legal in Ghana, Christian and Muslim beliefs are impeding the progress of a campaign encouraging safe abortion, the CEO of the Global Media Foundation says.

GhanaWeb

ENVIRONMENT

Feds may lift Yellowstone grizzly protections

The federal government is proposing to lift threatened-species protections for hundreds of Yellowstone-area grizzlies, opening the door to future hunts for the fearsome bears across parts of three states.

FOX News

Massive quake strikes off Indonesia

A massive quake has struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, a region devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean quake and tsunami, but initial fears of another regionwide disaster faded when tsunami warnings were cancelled.

Reuters

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Tribune chair gives Sun-Times stake to trust

Tribune Chairman Michael Ferro has donated his stake in the Chicago Sun-Times to a charitable trust.

Chicago Sun-Times

How today’s tycoons view philanthropy

Today’s business leaders are trying to address community and global problems earlier in their lives than the philanthropists of yesteryear.

Harvard Business Review

EU provides emergency refugee aid to Greece

The European Union, faced with a growing refugee crisis in Greece, has launched a new aid program worth an initial 700 million euros that mirrors the kind of disaster relief it offers developing nations.

Reuters

Photo of the Day

SpaceX successfully launched the SES-9 communications satellite into geostationary orbit Thursday, but the rocket crash-landed on a drone ship at sea. (Photo by SpaceX) Photo used under CC BY

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