'CHARLIE HEBDO' SHOWS THAT TERRORISM NEVER WINS Charlie Hebdo won't back down. The French satirical weekly has vowed to print 1 million copies of its next edition in defiance of yesterday's attack at its offices in Paris, which left 12 people dead, including editorial director Stephane Charbonnier. The magazine's usual print run is 60,000. French journalists are rallying to make sure the weekly continues to go to print, with three media organizations lending their equipment and staff. The magazine stirred up controversy with its irreverent take on the world and offended Muslims with its treatment of the prophet Mohammed. A radical Muslim cleric penned a controversial op-ed in USA TODAY questioning why the French government allowed the magazine to provoke Muslims. Meanwhile, thousands of heavily armed French police are searching house-to-house for two suspects in the killings. France's Interior Ministry said 88,000 people have been deployed in the massive manhunt for brothers Said Kouachi, 34, and Cherif Kouachi, 32. Early this morning, the youngest of the three suspects, Hamyd Mourad, 18, surrendered to police.
THE SUPERBUG APOCALYPSE IS ON HOLD Big medical breakthrough. Scientists have discovered a potentially powerful antibiotic that can kill some of the most dangerous "superbugs" — serious infections that are resistant to standard meds. Researchers have warned the world is at risk of entering a "post-antibiotic" era in which patients could die from formerly treatable infections. Developing new antibiotics hasn't been easy. But now scientists have invented a "contraption" to grow germs and vastly increase the pool of drug candidates. Researchers have found 25 new antibiotics, but the one that has everyone talking is called teixobactin. It killed MRSA, drug-resistant tuberculosis and one of the worst of all superbugs — a deadly infection called Klebsiella pneumoniae. Shiver.
SEN. BOXER WILL NEVER RETIRE, BUT SHE ALSO WON'T RUN FOR RE-ELECTION The California Democrat has represented the state in the U.S. House and Senate for more than 30 years, but this term will be her last. Sen. Barbara Boxer made her announcement in a mock TV interview, with her grandson Zach Rodman asking her the questions reporters love to ask. She said. "I am never going to retire. The work is too important, but I will not be running for the Senate in 2016." Boxer said she will continue to work on the issues she cares about through her political action committee. She's known for her passionate support of women's rights and the environment. At 74, she says, "I feel as young as I did when I got elected." So who will take her place ? Senate seats in California don't come around often.
MRS. HUXTABLE SAYS SHE WAS MISQUOTED When Phylicia Rashad told us all to "forget those women" who had accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault, that's apparently not what she meant. Rashad told ABC News she was misquoted. "What I said is this is not about the women. This is about something else. This is about the obliteration of a legacy." She added, "I am a woman. I would never say such a thing." Columnist Roger Friedman posted a clarification on his Showbiz 411 site, writing: "I did not misquote Phylicia Rashad. But she didn't mean for it to be taken the way it was, and I should have punctuated. There was NEVER the meaning in 'Forget those women' that she was saying to actually forget or dismiss then. She meant, 'those women aside' as in, she's not talking about that, she's talking about Cosby's legacy being destroyed." Friedman says that no one asked him to post a clarification, but he was taking down the quote.
$70M FINE IS THE MOST FEDS COULD GIVE HONDA Honda will have to pay $70 million in fines for violating federal safety reporting requirements. The two $35 million fines are the maximum amount the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is allowed to assess by Congress for safety reporting violations. One fine relates to Honda's failure to report 1,729 death and injury claims to NHTSA from 2003 to 2014. The second involves Honda's failure to report certain warranty claims, and claims where a manufacturer quietly agrees to fix defects on cars even when they are outside the normal warranty period. The two fines do not directly relate to the scandal over automotive air bags made by Japan's Takata. The fines show NHTSA is getting tougher on automakers, officials say. |
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| Compiled by Alia E. Dastagir and Emily Brown. Contributing: Liz Szabo, Catalina Camia, Doug Stanglin, Rem Rieder, Ann Oldenburg, Maya Vidon, USA TODAY; Jessica Durando, USA TODAY Network; Jabeen Bhatti and Angela Waters, Special for USA TODAY |
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