* Polls point to Trump and Clinton winning Iowa's caucuses, though Iowa is notoriously difficult to poll. * Iowa parties and Microsoft to launch an app tonight to replace a keypad system for reporting caucus results. * FAQ for the Iowa caucuses—"a lot of debating and moving around."
* White House to require companies to report what they pay employees by race, gender and ethnicity. * In Norway, a barrel of oil now costs less than a single salmon. * Tennessee teenagers dead possibly from drinking "Dewshine," a mix of Mountain Dew and racing fuel. * GOP candidates pledge to
* Officials from the WHO say the Zika virus is “spreading explosively” in the Americas. * Iran's Hassan Rouhani makes his first official visit to France and gets straight to business, post-sanctions. * See also: Normalizing relations with Iran is far from naive—it's a proven tactic for
* French justice minister steps down, protesting plan to strip convicted terrorists of their citizenship. * Standoff in Oregon ends with both Bundys arrested after brief shootout. * Dead Oregon militaman told NBC he’d rather die than go to prison. * Trump to boycott Fox News' Republican debate, calling host Megyn Kelly
* In dramatic reversal, grand jury indicts creators of Planned Parenthood sting videos. * Why Republicans are backing Trump over Cruz. * The biggest problem with Cruz isn't his hypocrisy—it's his all-out attack on mainstream Republican voters. * Cruz at 18: "I’d like to take over
Traditionally ostracized in the weight room, women who dare to lift weights discover strength they were previously denied.
* Syria peace discussions begin today in Geneva, starting with "proximity talks," where groups meet separately. * Winter Storm Jonas—the second-biggest snowstorm in New York City history—shuts down government offices in Washington, D.C. * Despite the travel ban in New York, some used the blizzard as a
* More than 500 flights cancelled ahead of the East Coast's dreaded weekend storm. * Washington Post shuts down its column on "what was fake on the internet this week." * Haiti's opposition presidential candidate calls the planned run-off a farce with only one candidate. * Probably
When Prince asks you to DJ his party, you say yes. When he wants you to stop so he can watch Finding Nemo, well. Questlove learned the answer the hard way.
* Report finds Putin "probably" approved the poisoning of former KGB officer Alexander Litvinetko. * "As he lay dying, he traced the lethal substance to a former comrade in the Russian secret service." * Inside a Russian attempt to engineer unending daylight. * Two scientists indicted for emailing confidential GlaxoSmithKline
