World: Secy. Of State John Kerry basted climate change deniers in a speech to students in Indonesia. “We should not allow a tiny minority of shoddy scientists and science and extreme ideologues to compete with scientific facts,” Kerry said. “The science is unequivocal, and those who refuse to believe it are simply burying their heads in the sand,” he said. “We don’t have time for a meeting anywhere of the Flat Earth Society.”

> At least four people died and 27 were injured today by a bomb on a tourist bus in the Egyptian resort town of Taba. The bus was carrying 33 South Korean tourists and was near the busy Sinai Peninsula border crossing into Israel. Political violence has mostly targeted security forces, but this was an attack on Egypt’s valuable tourist industry.

> As many as 200 illegal miners may be trapped in an abandoned South African gold mine near Johannesburg. The top of the shaft is blocked by boulders. Rescuers are in touch with a group of about 30 miners near the top who say there are many more people deeper in the mine.

Nation: A Florida jury convicted a software developer of attempted murder in the so-called “loud music” case, but failed to reach a verdict on the more serious charge of murder. Michael Dunn was tried for shooting his pistol into a carload of teenagers outside a convenience store in 2012, killing 17-year-old Jordan Davis, of Marietta, Ga. The incident started with an argument over “thug” music, but Jordan later claimed he saw a shotgun pointed at him from the car and acted in self-defense. No gun was ever found in the teenagers’ car and after the shooting Dunn went to a motel room with his fiancée and ordered pizza.

The Obit Page: John Henson, son of Muppets creator Jim Henson, died Friday of a heart attack at age 48. Henson worked as a puppeteer for the Muppets, often playing Sweetums. Jim Henson died in 1990 at age 53.

Lost Angeles: The city is suffering the weekend construction closure of the 405 Freeway, the major north/south artery through LA’s west side. The resulting traffic jam has been dubbed “Jamzilla.” A similar closure in 2011 was called “Carmageddon.” In Los Angeles, traffic jams are given names like the National Weather Service names hurricanes.

Sochi: All the following results have already appeared on television.

-The US won an alpine skiing medal today, but we won’t spoil it and tell you.

  Until today, American alpine skiers have managed to win only one medal so far in this Olympics. Swept out of the women’s Super G, Julia Mancuso, a favorite, finished eighth. Nineteen starters in the women’s Super G skied off the difficult course and did not finish.

  Among the men, Bode Miller and Ted Ligety failed to finish among the medalists in the Super Combined a day earlier.

-Matthew Antoine, of Prairie Du Chien, Wisc. won the bronze in the men’s skeleton.

News Stand: The 50^th anniversary Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue is out in celebration of swimming without much suit.

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