* The Ebola virus is mutating; scientists fear it could become less deadly, but more contagious. * The West is outraged over the police killing of a protester, while the Egyptian government is outraged over the outrage. * Oil is a big motivator for third parties getting involved in wars, according to new
* Koch brothers to spend $889 million in 2016 election, $166 million more than Democratic and Republican parties spent in 2012. * For all the hype, Warren won't be the Democrat pushing Clinton to the left—it'll be Obama. * Earth's temperature in 2014 was the highest
* Kurdish forces retake Kobane from ISIS, though US resists declaring victory yet. * Related: For world's biggest nation without a state, Kurdish statehood finally within reach. * Auschwitz was liberated 70 years ago today; six survivors return to the site to tell their stories. * Former CIA officer found guilty of
* Far-left Syriza party wins election in Greece, signaling trouble for the country's international creditors. * An attack by separatist militants leaves 80% of Pakistan without power. * Same-sex marriage may be legal in socially conservative Oklahoma, but it's far from simple. * Nuer refugees fled South Sudan,
* An initial 300 vials of the experimental Ebola vaccine will arrive in Liberia tonight. * King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia dies, spurring questions about succession at a critical time. * The Obama Administration has quietly tabled its proposal to reform the NSA's collection of telephone metadata. * Liberal disenchantment with NAFTA
* Justice Department prosecutors to recommend no charges for Ferguson officer Darren Wilson. * Spanish "translation" of Republican response to the State of the Union includes immigration reform—but the original English version did not. * Colorado's late start gives its weed businesses an edge on Californian rivals. * "
* Prior to the speech, the White House posted the State of the Union online in the name of political participation. * HealthCare.gov shares user information with dozens of third parties, allegedly to improve customer experience. * State Department calls a coup in Yemen anything but a coup in Yemen. * Mayor of
* Tonight's State of the Union, expected to address income inequality, is a final chance to set the agenda before the next campaign. * See also: Transcripts and, where possible, video of every State of the Union address. * Even when black Americans make it to the middle class, their children
* When the measure to create MLK Day passed in 1983, 112 members of Congress opposed it; six are still office. * Like the tactics of MLK, the Black Lives Matter movement embraces direct action and discomfort—not just nonviolence. * A father brings his daughter to a civil rights protest and wonders
* Police raids in five towns around Paris net 12 suspects in connection with last week's terror attacks. * An anthropologist explains the Paris attacks. * In Belgium, terrorists killed in firefight with police; they were suspected of planning attacks on Jewish schools in Antwerp and Brussels. * France is seeing a
