Additionally, the team designated cornerback Caleb Farley to return to practice. Farley, who remains on the team’s Physically Unable to Perform list, practiced on Wednesday. Source

Injuries for the Tennessee Titans Week 16 matchup against the Seattle Seahawks Source

American Paul Whelan, who U.S. officials say is being wrongfully detained by Russia in a remote prison, told BBC News Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford in a rare interview by phone that he feels the United States left him behind. Source

The World Health Organization is calling the JN.1 COVID-19 strain, a subvariant of the Omicron strain, a “variant of interest.” Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, joins CBS News with details on the virus’s spread. Source

When deputies arrived at the scene they found the young boy, “who had been shot in the center of his chest cavity with a high powered air rifle that shoots 22 caliber pellets.” Source

Special counsel Jack Smith has asked the Supreme Court to quickly decide whether former President Donald Trump is immune from federal prosecution. Source

The U.S. will release Alex Nain Saab Morán, a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in exchange for at least eight Americans held in Venezuela. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe has more on the deal secured by the Biden administration. Source

Coach Mike Vrabel on Wednesday said if Levis is unable to go, Ryan Tannehill would be the team’s starter, and Malik Willis would be the back-up. Source

While African painted dogs usually live with a pack of like-minded predators in the wild, the canine that is taking care of them at the zoo is a golden retriever. Source

Prosecutors said the Houston-area developer served as a “one-stop shop for discriminatory lending.” Source