Biden to award Medal of Honor to Korean and Vietnam War veterans The Medal of Honor, the United States’ highest military decoration, is awarded to service members who display exceptional valor in combat. Read more on NPR

Assessing the Damage at Lebanon’s Historical Sites Part of a Crusader castle collapsed. An 18th century minaret toppled. Church mosaics burned. Israeli airstrikes have damaged priceless antiquities across Lebanon & Syria during it’s war with Hezbollah. With a ceasefire now in place, archaeologists are trying to assess damage to UNESCO World Heritage Sites. We visit…

Apple to pay $95 million to settle lawsuit accusing Siri of eavesdropping Apple isn’t acknowledging wrongdoing in the settlement, which still must be approved by a U.S. District judge. Lawyers in the case have proposed scheduling a Feb. 14 court hearing to review the terms. Read more on NPR

2 dead and 18 injured in Southern California plane crash Two people died and 18 were injured Thursday when a small plane crashed through the roof of a furniture manufacturing building in Southern California, police said. Read more on NPR

Photos: Bourbon Street reopens in New Orleans after truck attack Bourbon Street re-opened in New Orleans Thursday afternoon, more than 24 hours after Wednesday morning’s attack by a Texas man driving a Ford pickup truck plowed into a crowd of New Year’s revelers. Read more on NPR

Still on the hunt, the FBI shares new details about pipe bombs placed ahead of Jan. 6 Officials are still trying to identify the person who placed bombs outside of the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee offices in 2021. Now they have fresh details. Read more on NPR

The oldest living Olympic medal winner, Ágnes Keleti, has died at age 103 Keleti, who was also a Holocaust survivor, was hospitalized in critical condition with pneumonia on Dec. 25. She died Thursday morning in Budapest, the Hungarian state news agency reported. Read more on NPR

As Russia’s siege of Pokrovsk tightens, Ukrainian soldiers, and shopkeepers, hold on Ukrainian forces are fighting to hold on to the key city of Pokrovsk, in one of the fiercest battles in eastern Ukraine, but commanders admit the Russians have more troops and firepower. Read more on NPR

FBI now says the suspect in the deadly New Orleans truck attack acted alone Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the driver of the pickup truck who plowed into a crowd in New Orleans on New Year’s Day, killing at least 14 people, acted alone, the FBI said Thursday. Read more on NPR

Army IDs man killed in Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel Authorities identified the man killed in the Tesla Cybertruck explosion Wednesday as Master Sgt. Matthew Alan Livelsberger. He entered the Army in 2012 and was a U.S. Army Special Operations Soldier. Read more on NPR