Social Security is now expected to run short of cash by 2033 Policymakers will need to patch the Social Security program by 2033 to avoid draconian cuts in benefits, a year earlier than had been predicted. A trust fund for Medicare will run out of cash by 2031. Read more on NPR

Oscar Pistorius, South African Olympian, is denied parole in his girlfriend’s murder Pistorius was sentenced to 13 years and five months in prison for in 2017, four years after he shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp in their home, claiming he mistook her for an intruder. Read more on NPR

Virginia Norwood, a pioneer in satellite land imaging, dies at age 96 Norwood is best known for developing the Multispectral Scanner System that flew on the first Landsat satellite. That was the first satellite launched to study and monitor Earth’s landmasses. Read more on NPR

Arrest orders are issued for 6 people in the deadly Mexican immigration center fire Three officials from Mexico’s immigration agency, two private security guards and the migrant accused of starting the fire, which killed at least 39, face charges of homicide and causing injury. Read more on NPR

U.S. Capitol rioter the ‘QAnon Shaman’ is released early from federal prison Jacob Chansley recieved one of the longest sentences handed down to a U.S. Capitol rioter. He has been freed from prison and sent to a reentry center until late May. Read more on NPR