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CIA Ends Publication of World Factbook After 60 Years
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) announced Wednesday that it is ending the publication of its popular World Factbook reference manual after more than 60 years. The announcement, posted on the CIA's website, offered no reason for the decision, but it follows a vow from Director John Ratcliffe to end programs that don't advance the agency's core missions, according to the Associated Press.
First launched in 1962 as a printed, classified reference manual for intelligence officers, the Factbook offered a detailed, by-the-numbers picture of foreign nations, their economies, militaries, resources, and societies.
In other news, "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie and her siblings made an emotional plea for the safe return of their mother, Nancy Guthrie, 84, who remains missing days after police believe she was abducted from her home in Arizona. "Everyone is looking for you, Mommy, everywhere," Savannah Guthrie said in a video message posted on Wednesday alongside her sister and brother. "We will not rest. Your children will not rest until we are together again." Savannah Guthrie made an urgent plea for her mother's return, citing the 84-year-old's fragile health, according to ABC News. "Our mom is our heart and our home," Guthrie said. Nancy Guthrie was taken from her home early Sunday, authorities said.
In New York City, the Police Department released body camera footage showing the moment an officer shot a mentally ill man who was allegedly charging him with a knife amid calls from NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani for mental health treatment instead of criminal charges, Fox News reported. Jabez Chakraborty, 22, was holding a large kitchen knife and charged at officers who responded to an emergency call from his family in Queens on Jan. 26, according to the NYPD.
Meanwhile, President Trump plans to award the Medal of Honor to retired Navy Capt. E. Royce Williams, 100, whose daring faceoff with Soviet fighter jets remained secret for a half-century, and to the family of deceased Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis, who died in Afghanistan while protecting somebody from a suicide bomber, CBS News reported. Mr. Trump called Navy Capt. E. Royce Williams and the family of deceased Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis to inform them of the decision, a White House official told CBS News. Ollis was killed in Afghanistan after physically shielding Polish Army Lt. Karol Cierpica from a suicide bomber. The base in Afghanistan where Ollis was stationed was breached by a car bomb.
Finally, singer LaMonte McLemore, a founding member of vocal group The 5th Dimension, died Tuesday at his home in Las Vegas at the age of 90, CBS News reported. McLemore died of natural causes after having a stroke, according to his representative Jeremy Westby. The 5th Dimension had broad crossover success and won six Grammy Awards, including record of the year twice, for 1967's "Up, Up and Away" and 1969's "AquariusLet the Sunshine In." McLemore also had a parallel career as a sports and celebrity photographer whose pictures appeared in magazines.
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