Free Speech, Free Fire: Danish police say they have shot and killed the man they believe carried out a shooting attack yesterday at a Copenhagen café hosting a public talk on religion and freedom of speech. In the second incident one Jewish man was killed and two police officers were wounded near the city’s main synagogue.

In the earlier café shooting, one man was killed and three security officers were wounded. The gunman wearing a maroon balaclava sprayed about 30 rounds and got away in a Volkswagen that was later found abandoned.

A witness guided police to the shooter’s apartment building.

The café event called “Art, Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression,” featured Lars Vilks, the Swedish artist who received death threats in 2007 for a caricature he drew of the Prophet Muhammad. There have been previous attempts on his life and Vilks was presumed to be the primary target yesterday. Vilks is on an al Qaeda hit list and was being guarded by Swedish police, who stopped the gunman from getting into the café.

Ukraine: The eastern part of the country is reported to be quieter today although not completely peaceful after the start of a negotiated ceasefire. Fighting continued around the town of Debaltseve right up to the deadline. The US accuses Russia of directly sending weapons to the rebels and President Obama warns that he might supply Ukraine with weapons if the Russian-backed side fails to hold the peace.

Brutal: Boston is getting socked again today with high winds and possibly up to a foot of snow. The city has had nearly 90 inches of snow this season.

A few numbers: Boston snow removal budget, $18.5 million; Actual money spent, $30 million; Tons of salt used, 72,838.

Of course, what’s hitting Boston today is just part of a winter weather system coving more than half the country. A storm pushed by high winds stretches all the way from Philadelphia up through Maine. And it’s cold. Chicago, 1; NYC, 14; Pilot Knob, NY, 11; Hartford, CT 17; Boston, 20; Portland ME, 15.

Nearly 2,000 flights have been cancelled and 3,700 delayed.

Ink: New York Times media writer David Carr, who dropped dead in the newsroom this past week, had aggressive lung cancer and advanced heart disease, according to an autopsy. The newspaper did not say whether management or even Carr himself was aware of the severity of his condition.

Italian Justice: Francesco Schettino, the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that crashed on the rocks, remains free on appeal after being sentenced to 16 years in prison this past week. Thirty-two people died in the 2012 disaster in which the captain abandoned ship before all the passengers got off. By some estimates, under the slow-moving Italian justice system, Schettino could be free for another five years.

The Obit Page:Michele Ferrero, Italy’s richest man who invented the chocolate-hazelnut spread known as Nutella has died at age 89.

His company earns about $9 billion a year selling, among his other creations, Ferrero Rocher pralines, Kinder eggs and the little Tic Tac breath fresheners.

Cultural Diplomacy: Netflix has opened its streaming services to anyone in Cuba who has an Internet connection and $8 a month to spend watching “House of Cards” and “Orange is the New Black.” Of course, that’s a small market in Cuba. But for those Cubans who have the equipment and the money, they’ll be able to see their giant capitalist neighbor as a country where a congressman can murder his way into the presidency.

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