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Also: A terminally ill lawyer convicted of aiding terrorism is freed; U.S. stock markets set records in 2013; while peace talks open for South Sudan, bloody fighting continues; and passengers aboard a ship stuck in Antarctic ice ring in the New Year.

Also: Obama will discuss wage inequality in economic remarks today; Biden talking about China's new air defense zone; the 911 tapes from the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting will be released; and researchers discover a World War II Japanese sub off Hawaii.

Also: The Senate will take a test vote on fast track trade authority; Chicago will officially host the Obama Foundation presidential library; and somebody stole a baby kangaroo from a Wisconsin zoo.

Also: The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 5 percent this year; there are new fires at the Chinese port where a chemical fire killed dozens of people; and a pig briefly flew (safely) in Colorado.

Also: Jeb Bush will endorse Ted Cruz for President; the Supreme Court hears a challenge to the Affordable Care Act; and a Seattle man climbs a giant tree, disrupts traffic and won't come down.

When the votes came in for Prospect magazine's list of the top 100 public intellectuals, at No. 1 was Turkish Sufi cleric Fethullah Gulen. Prospect Magazine editor Tom Nuttall says Gulen's global network of supporters propelled him to the top spot.

BADBADNOTGOOD makes people angry, Jack DeJohnette is celebrated and a Bill Evans documentary.

City leaders in Youngstown, Ohio, are hoping that by leasing land to drilling companies, they might generate funds to demolish vacant homes and buildings. Some refer to this as "frackmolishing," and opponents worry the drilling will cause environmental damage.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lashed out about the firing of data scientist Rebekah Jones. DeSantis attacked Jones' claims that she created the state's highly praised COVID-19 dashboard portal.

It's one of the cancers highlighted in a new report that looks at the growing number of cases worldwide.