1. Grisham Spills on Trump’s ‘Secret Meetings’ Days Before Riot

OFF-THE-BOOKS

Trump’s ex-press secretary made the intriguing disclosure in an interview with the select committee investigating the Capitol attack.

POLITICS

2. Ex-Pope Knew About 4 Child-Abuse Cases, Did Nothing: Lawyers

HEAD IN THE SAND

The allegations stem from the late 1970s, when Benedict was archbishop of Munich.

WORLD

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4. NYPD Hunts for Woman Who Spit on Jewish Kids, Invoked Hitler

HATEFUL

“I’ll kill you and know where you live,” the suspect told the children standing outside a Brooklyn synagogue.

U.S. NEWS

5. USC Frats Can Reopen if They Hire Security for Bedrooms

THE NEW BOUNCERS

Members will also be required to undergo risk and sexual violence prevention training.

U.S. NEWS

6. This Is the Only CBD Oil That Has Actually Helped Me Sleep

SOUND ASLEEP

7. Hong Kong Activists Mobilize to Stop Mass Hamster Execution

SAVE THE FURBALLS

Dozens of the fuzzballs have been dumped on the streets by their owners after the government’s COVID-19 announcement, but a resistance movement has sprung up to stop the madness.

WORLD

8. CIA: ‘Unlikely’ a Global Campaign Is Behind Havana Syndrome

PUZZLING

The assessment is a blow to officials who believed Russia was to blame for the debilitating ailments affecting U.S. diplomatic personnel.

U.S. NEWS

9. Djokovic Owns Majority Stake in COVID Cure Startup

NOT A VAX, THOUGH

QuantBioRes’ CEO stressed in an interview that his company’s drug was a treatment, not a vaccine, which Djokovic has famously refused.

ENTERTAINMENT

10. Mom Killed Self, 2-Year-Old Son in Jump From Stadium: Cops

HEARTBREAKING

The fatal fall of Raquel Wilkins and her toddler at Petco Park left San Diego shellshocked last September. Now police say it was a suicide-homicide.

U.S. NEWS

11. Maxwell Demands Retrial Over Juror’s Sex-Abuse Revelations

BACK TO THE START

Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers submitted the request shortly before a midnight deadline Wednesday,

U.S. NEWS

12. Veteran Who Posted ‘Lol’ From Capitol Riot: I’m So Ashamed

BIT LATE

Jon Walden begged for leniency ahead of his sentencing Wednesday—it didn’t work.

U.S. NEWS

13. FBI Seizes Computer in Search of Rep. Henry Cuellar’s Home

LOOKING FOR SOMETHING?

Neither the FBI nor Cuellar’s office explained why the Texas Democrat’s home was being searched.

POLITICS

14. Court Revives Suit Against Scientology and Danny Masterson

BACK ON

Lawyers for the church and Masterson argued that the plaintiffs were bound to hash out their disputes in closed-door arbitration.

U.S. NEWS

15. Vogue Insider Says Talley, Wintour Made Up Before His Death

OLD FRIENDS

“I do know they did make up, that their relationship was repaired recently,” a Vogue insider said.

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