An American journalist detained in Russia will not be released at least until March. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is being held on espionage charges. The U.S. government says his detainment is wrong.

A statue that once stood in Melbourne, Australia, of infamous British explorer and colonizer, Captain James Cook, was pulled to the ground. This happened just before Australia Day, celebrated on Jan. 26.

Some of the last words of a condemned man were read out loud after his passing. The state of Alabama executed Kenneth Smith for the 1988 murder of a pastor’s wife. It was the first time nitrogen hypoxia was used as a method of execution.

A young coyote is recovering after being trapped with a bucket on its head.

The Federal Highway Administration says some funny signs have gone way too far.

The mother of school shooter Ethan Crumbley appeared in a Michigan court. Jennifer Crumbley’s son shot four students dead at Oxford High School and wounded seven others in 2021.

A Japanese man has reportedly been sentenced to death after being found guilty of killing 36 people in a fire in 2019. Shinji Aoba is accused of setting fire to Kyoto Animation Studio No. 1, causing many people inside to die of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Donald Trump testified in his defense at his New York City defamation trial.

Buffalo Bills kicker Tyler Bass became the target of online trolls as the Bills were knocked out of the playoffs by the Kansas City Chiefs.