“I think people misunderstand what I am here to do. I think also people misunderstand what the civil disobedience is. In this case, the disobedience is not claiming a toilet seat. The disobedience is claiming a seat in Congress and being in an institution where some people don’t want me here simply because of who I am. That’s the disobedience. The civil part is taking the indignities that come with that with my chin up.”

Basketball results from DODEA-Europe teams in action Friday, Jan. 10.

Panda keeper Mariel Lally squatted on one side of the metal enclosure with a container of carrots. On the other side, 3-year-old giant panda Qing Bao sat on the ground, gripping the wire mesh with her claws and eying the container.

The Trump family business has agreed to a voluntary ethics agreement that would ban it from striking direct deals with foreign governments after inauguration, but would give it a free hand to pursue ventures with private foreign companies. The six-page ethics deal that Trump signed eight years ago barred both kinds of deals.

The video released by New Orleans police on Friday shows Shamsud-Din Jabbar shooting from behind an airbag as several officers surround his truck after it crashed into a crowd of revelers on Bourbon Street. Police officials say three officers discharged weapons.

While no group has taken responsibility for the attack, Benin has for years faced spillover violence in its north from Burkina Faso and Niger in their battle against Islamic extremist groups. The attack also raised further concerns about joint security efforts in West Africa.

Here’s a look at European places promising special events, anniversaries, grand openings or other experiences, along with places the travel press has singled out as destinations on the rise.

An oil tanker believed to be part of Russia’s efforts to evade international sanctions went adrift and had to be towed ashore by a German tugboat. There was no immediate danger to the environment, the German news agency dpa said.

Hearing arguments Friday, Supreme Court justices seemed persuaded by arguments that the national security threat posed by the company’s connections to China override concerns about restricting the speech, either of TikTok or its 170 million users in the United States.

The Department of Homeland Security says about 600,000 Venezuelans and more than 200,000 El Salvadorans already living in the United States can legally remain another 18 months. The DHS cites political and economic conditions in Venezuela and damage from heavy rains in El Salvador as reasons for it being unsafe for them return.

The National Weather Service says heavy snowfall and icy conditions are likely Friday in Mississippi, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee. The storm started dumping a mix of sleet and heavy snow Thursday in north Texas and Oklahoma, where schools canceled classes for more than 1 million students.

Prosecutors called for the lengthy prison term for the 71-year-old New Jersey Democrat in papers filed in Manhattan federal court late Thursday. Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is the first public official to be convicted of serving as a foreign agent.

Two intelligence agencies out of seven say it’s possible a foreign adversary could have developed or deployed such a weapon, a subtle but important change of opinion that a White House spokesperson said showed the need for continued investigation.

Estonian naval ships are taking part in stepped-up patrols in the Baltic Sea by NATO countries after undersea power and communications cables have been damaged in recent months. Suspicion has fallen on Russia, although nothing has been proven and the Kremlin denied any involvement.

Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom has halted supplies to a major power plant in Moldova’s separatist pro-Russian Transnistria region. Russia says the matter concerns Moldova’s alleged $709 million energy debt, while Moldova’s pro-Western government has accused Moscow of weaponizing energy to destabilize the EU candidate country.

Russia attaches no conditions to the possibility of face-to-face talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that “Putin wants to meet” and that a meeting is being set up.

The monthly numbers beat forecasters’ expectation and stocks fell Friday morning on the expectations that the strong jobs report will make the Federal Reserve less likely to cut interest rates.