1. U.S. Calls Up Americans in Ukraine, Telling Them to Get Out

BOILING POINT

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Friday that Russia could invade Ukraine within the week.

WORLD

2. Ex-Airport Boss Dies After Not Showing for Jail Sentence

SENTENCE AVERTED

The former supervisor—who was accused of eating evidence in his bribery case—died by apparent suicide, authorities said.

U.S. NEWS

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4. 16-Year-Old Allegedly Kills Teen Just After Court Appearance

‘OBVIOUSLY TARGETED’

Anthony Brown appeared before a judge for a December weapons charge the same day he carjacked a Lyft and shot the teen dead, prosecutors said.

U.S. NEWS

5. Taliban’s Frozen Billions to Be Handed to 9/11 Families: NYT

PAYBACK TIME

Half the money will go to relatives of people in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, and the other half will fund humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan.

WORLD

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7. Wig-Wearing Man Scammed ID.me Out of $900K, Feds Say

SO MUCH FOR ROBOTS

The facial recognition software was dropped by the Internal Revenue Service just this week.

TECH

8. Fire Company Axed for Sick Jokes About Girl, 8, Shot by Cops

GOOD RIDDANCE

The firefighters allegedly made the offensive comments after forgetting to hang up from a virtual meeting.

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9. U.K. Patient Dies From Lassa Fever for First Time in Decade

MAKE IT STOP

The country has three confirmed cases of the Ebola-like virus.

WORLD

10. CIA Runs Secret Program Saving American Data, Senators Say

TELL US MORE

The operation runs “outside the statutory framework that Congress and the public believe govern this collection,” two senators wrote in a letter to the agency.

POLITICS

11. Nine Phoenix Cops Injured While Trying to Save Baby

‘SENSELESS’

All officers are expected to recover and the baby was unharmed, officials said.

U.S. NEWS

12. Anti-Masker Throws Snow, Breaks Window at Hot Dog Restaurant

WIENER ALERT

Video shows a man having a verbal exchange with a server before grabbing fistfuls of snow.

U.S. NEWS

13. ‘No War in Ukraine’: Skeleton Racer Protests in Beijing

SKELETON PROTEST

Ukrainian slider Vladyslav Heraskevych risks expulsion from Beijing Olympics with anti-war protest after skeleton heat.

WORLD

14. Competitive Eater ‘El Wingador’ Busted on Cocaine Charges

CLIPPED

Bill Simmons, 60, has won New Jersey’s venerable Wing Bowl an astonishing five times.

U.S. NEWS

15. Macron Rejected Russian COVID Test ‘in Case DNA Was Swiped’

MERCI MAIS NON MERCI

The rejection ended with the French president being sat at a very long table with Vladimir Putin.

WORLD

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