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A visual project documents relatives, siblings, parents and friends of victims of gender-based crimes in Argentina

Chinese Lunar New Year is being celebrated even within the tightly controlled Beijing Winter Olympics bubble.

Aretha Franklin is recognized as the most successful female recording artist in history, with 112 charted singles on Billboard, 18 Grammy Awards, and over 75 million records sold. Her legendary career rightfully earned her the title, “The Queen of Soul.” Through a Tribute to Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul, Damien Sneed, Franklin’s personally mentored musician, vocalist and composer, pays homage to the monarch herself. Among the show’s cherished hits are “Respect,” “Knew You Were Waiting,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “Daydreaming,” “Freeway,” “Natural Woman,” and others. Joining the tour is four-time GRAMMY® Award-winner and multiple Stellar and GMA Dove Award winner Karen Clark Sheard. A gospel music legend and part of a musical dynasty, Clark Sheard is renowned throughout the music industry for her one-of-a-kind multi-octave vocal range and ability. Backed by an accomplished cast of jazz, gospel, and soul musicians and vocalists, Damien Sneed’s multi-media tribute to Aretha Franklin is a tender and spiritual reflection upon the life of an iconic industry titan. The Tribute to Aretha Franklin will take place on Friday, March 4 at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts. Get tickets here! Adults: $45-$70 Seniors (65+), Active Military, Students (age 13-21): $38-$60 Half Price Youth Tickets (12 and under): $23-$35 For more information, please visit powayonstage.org/event/the-queen-of-soul/.

The Tesla and SpaceX mogul said he needs to make sure the fake accounts "do indeed represent less than 5%" of Twitter's users, as the company has estimated.

Leaders in the civil rights community are pushing the department and other cabinet agencies to take more aggressive action.

The San Diego Unified School District begins its return to in-person instruction, police reform is part of Mayor Todd Gloria's Black empowerment plan, and pushback to an inewsource investigation into complaints about a local COVID-19 shelter.

The number of people entering homelessness for the first time in San Diego county nearly doubled from 2,326 in 2019 to 4,152 between April and June of 2020. That’s according to the latest report from the Regional Task Force on the Homeless. Meanwhile, the San Diego Police Department is warning about an increased presence of “Ghost Guns.” And, now that the recall of Governor Gavin Newsom has qualified for the ballot, we have lessons learned from past campaigns to recall Democratic Governors in California.

Central American Migrant families with children who have crossed the US Mexico border are being sent to San Diego, and then deported to Tijuana. There they face tough decisions -- return to their home countries, or send their children north? Meanwhile, the Ocean Beach pier might have to get torn down altogether. And, a fact check on just how many migrants at border facilities are testing positive for Covid-19.

In Jerusalem, the brother of slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is calling for a U.S. investigation to provide answers on how his sister was killed while covering an Israeli military raid.

To help guide you as findings from the Jan. 6 hearings emerge over the next few weeks, NPR has rounded up a list of books about the assault on the U.S. Capitol and the people and groups involved.