QUICK HITS

1 Supreme Court:

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was not on the bench Monday when the Supreme Court heard oral arguments. It was the first time in her career she has missed a session. Ginsburg, 85, had surgery Dec. 21 for two malignant nodules in her left lung, her third bout with cancer.

2 Inmate dead:

Scott Dozier, a convicted double-murderer, was found dead over the weekend — not in the new, $860,000 execution chamber where he had once been scheduled to die, but rather in his cell at a Nevada state prison. Correctional officers in Ely, Nev., found him hanging from a bed sheet. His death by apparent suicide came six months after his planned execution was delayed for a second time.

3 Highway chaos:

An Alabama sheriff’s office is warning people against eating chicken that tumbled on to a rural highway after a truck wreck. An 18-wheeler crashed on Alabama 35 on Sunday, spilling boxes of chicken tenders in Cherokee County near the Georgia line. Motorists began stopping to pick up the food, which authorities say isn’t safe to eat after hours on the ground.

4 School strike:

After months of failed negotiations, 30,000 public school teachers in Los Angeles are expected to walk off the job on Thursday. Teachers and other employees in the second-largest school system in the country are demanding higher pay, smaller class sizes and more support staff.

5 American seized:

A 34-yearold man from Houston who is said to have sent a résumé and cover letter seeking a job with the Islamic State has been seized on a battlefield in Syria, an Americanbacked militia fighting the militants said. Warren Christopher Clark’s father described his son as “a humanitarian” and rejected any suggestion that he would have joined ISIS.