5 important stories that have nothing to do with politics

Gabrielle Douglas of the United States of America competes on the balance beam in the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Team final in the London 2012 Olympic Games. Steve Penny resigned as USA Gymnastics president last Thursday, following accusations of negligence in the sport's yearslong sexual assault scandal. Our eyes turned abroad last week, as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited South Korea and said "the policy of strategic patience has ended" for its neighbors to the north; the White House said it wouldn't repeat false claims that a British electronic intelligence agency helped with alleged (unproven) wiretapping of Trump Tower; and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, delayed by the snow, finally made her first visit to President Donald Trump, complete with an awkward handshake that wasn't. At home, a Hawaii judge also said "not so fast" to Trump's revised travel ban that for the second time looked to restrict which people can enter the country. Here are five stories -- that have nothing to do with Trump, Tillerson or The Spokesperson In Chief -- you might have missed in all of the globetrotting.