How scientists are using facial-recognition AI to track humpback whales After being hunted for decades, humpback whales returned to the Pacific Ocean in big numbers. Now, new technology is revealing that underwater heat waves are taking a toll on that recovery. Read more on NPR

New York sues beef producer JBS for ‘fraudulent’ marketing around climate change New York state Attorney General Letitia James said the food company is misleading the public about its efforts to cut its climate pollution. Read more on NPR

Scores killed trying to get food from an aid convoy during a chaotic scene in Gaza Health officials in Gaza say over 100 are dead after Israeli troops fired on a crowd that was trying to pull food from the convoy. Israeli officials said the crowd had approached in a threatening way. Read more on…

Tracing the rise of Christian nationalism, from Trump to the Ala. Supreme Court Bradley Onishi is a former Christian nationalist who’s now a professor of religion and the author of Preparing for War, a critique of the movement and its impact on American democracy. Read more on NPR

Florida is releasing Jeffrey Epstein’s grand jury report Jeffrey Epstein was a wealthy financier, who was charged with paying dozens of underage women over many years for sex. He died in a jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges. Read more on NPR

Virginia high school students take center stage for Black History Month celebration High school students in Alexandria, Va., honor Black history with art, dance and theater. Read more on NPR