Senators are calling on the Justice Department to look into Ticketmaster’s practices The leaders of the Senate subcommittee that held a hearing into Ticketmaster last month shared evidence with the Justice Department and asked it to “continue examining” the company’s conduct. Read more on NPR

A million households have lost power so far as major winter storm blasts the U.S. A major winter storm is continuing to bring heavy snow, blizzard conditions and significant ice from California to the Northeast on Thursday. Read more on NPR

R. Kelly sentenced to one more year in prison for child pornography The disgraced former R&B star is already serving 30 years for sex trafficking and racketeering. On Thursday, he was given one more year in prison for having made pornography with three children. Read more on NPR

How a former caterer created the mercenary army fighting Putin’s war in Ukraine Guardian journalist Shaun Walker talks about Yevgeny Prigozhin, the tough-talking convict-turned-businessman who recruits soldiers from Russian prisons to fight in Ukraine. Read more on NPR

Jimmy Carter took on the awful Guinea worm when no one else would — and he triumphed Carter targeted diseases primarily affecting the poor in remote areas — notably “Guinea worm disease.” Because of his commitment, case numbers plummeted from 3.6 million a year to just 13 in 2022. Read more on NPR

Here’s the most thorough explanation yet for the train derailment in East Palestine A wheel bearing on the train’s 23rd car overheated to a dangerous degree, a new NTSB report says. Soon after, dozens of cars — including 11 carrying toxic chemicals — derailed near the Ohio town. Read more on NPR