China sent warships and dozens of fighter jets toward Taiwan on Saturday, Taiwanese officials said. The move follows a meeting between the U.S. speaker of the House and the president of Taiwan. [MORE]
Authorities are trying to determine what killed five others in the flock. The California condor population fell to near extinction in the ’70s, but the total wild population now numbers more than 300. [MORE]
Pope Francis, hospitalized recently with bronchitis, skipped the procession because of cold weather. It was the first time a pope was a no-show at the Colosseum Way of the Cross procession since 2005. [MORE]
Fabrizio Lombardo was head of Miramax Italy, an European branch of the film company cofounded by Harvey Weinstein. [MORE]
A federal judge in Texas stayed the FDA’s approval of the drug mifepristone and gave the government a week to seek relief from an appeals court. [MORE]
It’s a rare occurrence, but the expulsion of two Black lawmakers from Tennessee’s Republican-led House highlights a new level of “democratic dysfunction,” a constitutional law expert tells NPR. [MORE]
A state senator has vowed to “burn this session to the ground” in protest to a bill that would bar physicians from providing gender affirming care to people under 19 years old. [MORE]
Meg O’Neill, a mentor to young refugees, died after pushing a young woman into safety. They were ascending the frozen Raven Falls in Utah with another climber when the ice cracked, police said. [MORE]
The U.S. Census Bureau said there was a national overcount of Asian Americans in its 2020 tally. But a new report finds Asian Americans may have also been left out of some state and county numbers. [MORE]
The upcoming releases will span the dawn of the Jedi to the events after Rise of Skywalker and close out the interconnected stories told in The Mandalorian and other Disney+ series. [MORE]
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