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1. UConn's Geno Auriemma becomes the all-time winningest college basketball coach

   Geno Auriemma has led the women Huskies to 11 championships and nearly two dozen Final Four appearances in his four decades as head coach.

2. A duct-taped banana sells for $6.2 million at an art auction

   A piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, sold for $6.2 million at an auction Wednesday, with the winning bid coming from a prominent cryptocurrency entrepreneur.

3. The Justice Department is trying to make Google sell its Chrome browser

   If a judge orders Google to sell Chrome, it could dramatically upend the multibillion-dollar online search business.

4. U.S. charges Indian billionaire with defrauding investors, hiding bribery scheme

   One of the world's richest people has been indicted on charges he duped investors in a massive solar energy project in India by concealing that it was being facilitated by an alleged bribery scheme.

5. Witnesses say Israel is using sniper drones in Gaza and they're shooting civilians

   Last week British surgeon Nizam Mamode testified in front of a committee in the U.K. Parliament. Dr. Mamode had recently returned from working at a hospital in Central Gaza.
   
   He told parliamentary members what he witnessed, including drones that would come down and "pick off civilians, children. And we had description after description. This is not, you know, an occasional thing. This...

6. Federal courts trumpet steps to protect workers after #MeToo movement

   The federal courts say they have taken "extensive" steps to protect workers from abuse, discrimination and harassment since the rise of the #MeToo movement, but critics say many workers don't trust the internal system for reporting complaints.

7. The International Space Station adjusts its orbit to avoid space debris

   There are at least 19,000 pieces of space debris in Earth's orbit, not including active satellites, that the U.S is monitoring.

8. Violent Attacks in China Raise Difficult Questions

   A series of deadly attacks within China in recent weeks have killed dozens and left people uneasy. Those who carried out the attacks have been seemingly ordinary people who authorities say became disgruntled or unhappy. Our correspondent brings us to the site of one recent attacks and says these incidents are raising difficult questions about society and the government.

9. Veteran news editor expects Trump 'to go after the press in every conceivable way'

   Former Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron says he thinks Trump is "salivating for the opportunity to prosecute and imprison journalists." New Yorker editor David Remnick agrees.

10. House Ethics Committee is deadlocked on whether to release Gaetz report

    The U.S. House Committee on Ethics is deadlocked on whether to release its report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, whose nomination to serve as Trump's attorney general has been plagued by controversy.