Here’s what I’m reading up on this morning:

• Obama is seeking $500 million from Congress to train and arm Syrian rebels. 

• Kim Jong-un threatens action over a comedy that depicts a CIA plot to assassinate him. 

• AP finds that New York City jails ignore safeguards that would keep inmates from committing suicide. 

• The stepmother of a 12-year-old Detroit boy who was missing for 11 days is arrested. 

• Barclay’s is accused of fraud, including manipulating Libor rates. 

• Facebook says investigators unconstitutionally took some users’ data. 

• Shia LaBeouf is arrested after lighting up a cigarette and disrupting a Broadway theater. 

• It’s Trans Day of Action today! 

• The flu vaccine is more effective as a nasal spray than as a shot for children ages two through eight.