FAA orders grounding of certain Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after Alaska Airlines incident The announcement comes after one of the planes, operated by Alaska Airlines, experienced a mid-flight emergency on Friday, which involved a section of plane breaking off in midair. Read more on NPR

House speaker invites Biden to deliver State of the Union on March 7 House Speaker Mike Johnson invited the president to address a joint session of Congress on March 7. Johnson said the country faces a “moment of great challenge.” Read more on NPR

Myanmar says an ethnic alliance has seized a key city bordering China The military government acknowledged it withdrew forces from a city on the northeastern border with China after it was taken over by an alliance of ethnic armed groups it has been battling for months. Read more on NPR

Hezbollah fires rockets at northern Israel in response to killing of a Hamas leader The militia fired dozens of rockets at northern Israel, warning that the barrage was its initial response to the targeted killing of a top leader from the allied Hamas group in Lebanon’s capital. Read more on NPR