Dad Executed After Bike Ride Turns Out to Be a Hitman (Newser Morning 8)

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January 15, 2024     "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." —Martin Luther King Jr.   1 The 5 Storylines to Watch at the Iowa Caucuses Today's the (extremely frigid) day: Iowa caucusgoers will come together at 8pm EST in some 1,500 locations across the state to debate their options and then cast their secret ballots. Keep reading   2 Dad Executed After Bike Ride Turns Out to Be a Hitman A Serbian man was executed in front of his wife and toddler son as they returned home from a bike ride last week in Brazil—and in a strange twist, it's now been revealed the victim, described initially as a "family man," was a hitman wanted by Interpol. Keep reading   From our sponsors Got Debt in 2023? New Program Helps Millions of Americans Struggling with $15,000+ in credit card debt? Explore this effective program offering debt reduction without loans. Over 850,000 Americans enrolled, with $15 billion settled. Check your eligibility in 2 minutes and start your journey to debt freedom! Learn More >     At a Glance Denmark's King Frederik X and Queen Margrethe attend Folketingsalen, the Danish Parliament, at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Denmark's new king visited the Danish parliament on his first formal day on the job. His mother, Queen Margrethe, abdicated on Sunday after 52 years on the throne, the first Danish monarch to do so in nearly 900 years. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Keep reading   3 RFK Jr.: Dad, JFK Had to Allow Wiretapping of MLK Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was defending his father and uncle's approval of the wiretapping of Martin Luther King Jr. on the eve of the holiday honoring the civil rights leader. Keep reading   4 Coco Gauff: USTA Promo Makes Us Look 'Hideous' The US Tennis Association probably thought it was being cute when it posted an image of Coco Gauff and other tennis stars in the animation style of The Wild Thornberrys, but Gauff most definitely did not find it cute. Keep reading   5 Storm Washes Away Maine's Historic Fishing Shacks For more than a century, fishing shacks sat at Fisherman's Point, Willard Beach, in South Portland, Maine—until Saturday, when a record high tide washed them away. Keep reading   6 Iceland Volcano Erupts Again, Lava Heads Toward Town A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted for the second time in less than a month on Sunday, sending lava snaking toward a nearby community and setting at least one home on fire, the AP reports. Keep reading     7 Hamas Releases Video of 3 Israeli Hostages On the 100th day of the Israel-Hamas war, Hamas released an undated video of three Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza. Keep reading   8 US Downs Houthi Missile Fired at Warship Yemen's Houthi rebels fired an anti-ship cruise missile toward an American destroyer in the Red Sea on Sunday, but a US fighter jet shot it down in the latest attack roiling global shipping amid Israel's war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the AP reports. Keep reading   This Day in History In 1967, the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League 35-10 in the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game, known retroactively as Super Bowl I. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2016: Who Won, Lost GOP Debate   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved