Jussie Smollett speaks publicly for the first time since an alleged attack

1. Jussie Smollett speaks publicly for the first time since an alleged attack Actor and musician Jussie Smollett performed at his first show since a reported attack. The “Empire” actor told police last week he was beaten by people yelling homophobic and racist slurs at him. On Saturday, he told a crowd in West Hollywood that he’s doing OK. Smollett said one of his attackers put a rope around his neck and poured an unknown chemical substance on him. 2. Rapper 21 Savage has been detained by ICE U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested rapper 21 Savage, saying he’s in the U.S. illegally. According to the agency, the rapper, whose real name is Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, is a U.K. resident. The rapper has said he’s from Atlanta, but ICE says he moved to the U.S. as a teenager legally in 2005, but did not leave when his visa expired the next year. He’s now been placed in removal proceedings. 3. Calls are getting louder for Virginia’s governor to resign It comes after a racist photo from Governor Ralph Northam’s 1984 medical school yearbook surfaced. It shows one person in blackface and another dressed in a Ku Klux Klan robe. Northam has refused to resign and is now denying he’s in the picture after previously apologizing for it. 4. Cancers fueled by obesity are on the rise among millennials A new study by the American Cancer Society finds the risk of cancer is increasing in young adults for half of all obesity-related cancers. That includes cancers of the pancreas, kidney, bone marrow and gall bladder. 5. If your social feeds are filled with images of owls today, you’re not alone Every year around this time, searches for “Superb Owl” spike when fast-typing football fans misplace the space. National parks, zoos and owl enthusiasts flooded social feeds with majestic photos and memes of the bird. After a decidedly underwhelming game earned record for the lowest-scoring Super Bowl in history, one person tweeted, “Tonight would have been way better it was actually a superb owl party.”