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• A career forged in crisis: Trump's envoy to Venezuela - Laura Farnsworth Dogu, a career diplomatic tapped to be President Trump's top envoy in Venezuela, has the delicate task of rebuilding Washington-Caracas ties.
• Minneapolis Children Describe ‘Living in Fear,’ and China’s President Carries Out a Mass Purge - Plus, a fitting tribute to Catherine O’Hara.
• Students will be disciplined for ICE walkouts despite Florida state guidance - The school board chair and superintendent of Brevard warned that students who participated in walkouts against ICE would be punished.
• Amid protests over ICE's presence at the Olympics, will American athletes get booed? - As U.S. athletes and staff arrived in Italy for the Winter Olympics, they were greeted by protesters opposing ICE's planned security role at the Games.
• 'Horrible' moments exposed for UNR volleyball players when they were roped into the SJSU Title IX scandal - University of Nevada faces federal Title IX investigation after volleyball players alleged intimidation and threats over transgender athlete controversy.
• Election officials keep quitting years after 2020, as new study flags ongoing turnover risk - Fifty percent of chief local election officials in Western U.S. states have left their jobs since November 2020, with departures increasing from 2023, according to new Issue One study.
• For Peace, More Ukrainians Consider the Once Unthinkable: Surrendering Land - Polls show a growing acceptance of territorial concessions among a war-weary public, if Ukraine receives strong security guarantees.
• Streaming-only Super Bowl ads give small brands a shot at the Big Game - The Super Bowl beckons some of the most expensive ads every year, and brands are finding a cheaper option in the streaming-only option.
• Trump says India won't buy Russian oil anymore. Moscow insists India hasn't said that - Analysts are skeptical that India will stop buying Russian oil completely.
• Palantir's Shyam Sankar: US must use AI as 'slingshot' against China or face economic defeat - Palantir CTO says US must harness AI to compete with China, citing factory case where worker productivity improved 50% with significantly reduced downtime.