NYTIMES (Maria Varenikova) - Russian Strikes Pummel Ukraine’s Power Grid
The drone and missile bombardments were the latest attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure during a winter freeze, as peace talks have made little progress.
NPR (Becky Sullivan) - Lindsey Vonn is set to ski the Olympic downhill race with a torn ACL. How?
An ACL tear would keep almost any other athlete from competing -- but not Lindsey Vonn, the 41-year-old superstar skier who is determined to cap off an incredible comeback from retirement with one last shot at an Olympic medal.
NYTIMES (Melissa Kirsch) - Vanity Fair
Behind the scenes at the Westminster Dog Show, the entrants were affectionate. Or at least they acted like it.
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WASHINGTONPOST (Paul Kane) - Adam Schiff is a leader of Democrats’ opposition to Trump. He also has to govern.
Six years after leading Trump’s first impeachment trial, Schiff reflects on the balance Democrats must strike between opposing Trump and lawmaking.
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NYTIMES (Eric Niiler) - What’s Up With This Big Freeze? Some Scientists See Climate Change Link
A warming Arctic can stretch the polar vortex, a high-altitude air ribbon, one says. The “wobble” can disrupt the jet stream, causing extreme cold in the East.
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NYTIMES (Sachi Kitajima Mulkey) - Japan Ocean-Mining Test Successfully Hauls Up Potentially Valuable Mud
It’s the latest twist in the controversial global race to mine the deep sea for rare-earth elements and other valuable resources.
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NYTIMES (Troy Closson) - Smaller N.Y.C. Classes Will Cost Millions. Can Mamdani Pull It Off?
Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to make classes smaller across the largest U.S. school system. Like other parts of his agenda, it’s a costly task.
NYTIMES (Emmanuel Morgan) - Super Bowl Halftime Is the World’s Biggest Stage. He Designs It.
From Prince’s giant symbol to Kendrick Lamar’s streetlamps, the set production designer Bruce Rodgers “makes the impossible possible.”
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NYTIMES (Bill Pennington) - Lindsey Vonn Aims to Become the Oldest Alpine Olympic Medalist, Despite Ruptured A.C.L.
The 41-year-old American aims to complete her comeback by racing in the women’s Olympic downhill on Sunday despite rupturing her left A.C.L. a week ago.
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NYTIMES (Ben Dooley, Isabella Cota and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega) - Mexican Cartels Overwhelm Police With Ammunition Made for the U.S. Military
Drug syndicates have used .50-caliber ammunition, produced at a plant owned by the U.S. Army and then smuggled across the border, in attacks on Mexican civilians and police.