• Hawaii’s false alert of an inbound ballistic missile was issued intentionally, after a state worker missed the announcement of a drill. [The New York Times]

• Macau’s gaming regulator said it had met with representatives of Stephen Wynn, a billionaire casino magnate and prominent political donor in the U.S., amid allegations that he engaged in a long pattern of sexual misconduct with employees. [Reuters]





• An Op-Ed writer takes issue with what she saw as the Grammy awards program’s “slut-shaming” of Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. [The New York Times]

• Dozens of medical experts called on Facebook to kill its new messaging app that targets children as young as 6. [The New York Times]

• Ferry McFerryface will be rechristened. Officials had initially said Sydney ferry’s name was the result of a public poll that cost taxpayers $100,000 Australian (about $81,000 U.S.). But a news report revealed that it was handpicked by a transport official. [9NEWS]

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