Saturday, January 20

In The NEWS


NFL postseason continues this weekend with the divisional round; see full preview and schedule for all four matchups (More) | Country star Reba McEntire tapped to perform the national anthem at the Super Bowl (More)


Atlanta's Spelman College receives $100M donation, the largest-ever single donation to a historically Black college or university (More)


"Oppenheimer" leads all film nominees for the 2024 British Academy Film Awards, or BAFTA Awards (More) | See full list of nominations (More)


Apple confirms it will drop blood oxygen sensing technology from flagship Apple Watch models to avoid import ban following IP battle loss (More) | See previous write-up (More)


Researchers recreate the life travels of a woolly mammoth that lived roughly 14,000 years ago by analyzing the composition of its tusk; study suggests hunter-gathers established settlements along known mammoth routes (More)


Engineers demonstrate a robot that grows like a vine in response to light and pressure, may have applications in disaster response and rescue missions (More)


US stock markets close up (S&P 500 +0.9%, Dow +0.5%, Nasdaq +1.4%), shaking off three-day slump as technology shares drive rebound; shares of world's largest chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. rise nearly 10% (More)


US weekly jobless claims drop to 187,000; figure from last week is lowest since September 2022 (More) | US average 30-year fixed mortgage rate drops to 6.6% per Freddie Mac’s weekly reading, lowest level since May 2023 (More)


Macy's to cut 2,350 jobs, or about 3.5% of workforce, amid slowing sales (More) | Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei establishes new smart car unit (More)


Georgia judge to hold Feb. 15 hearing on claims Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is engaged in an improper relationship with a top prosecutor in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump (More)


At least nine people killed after Pakistani airstrikes in Iran targeting a militant separatist group pushing for independence in Pakistan's Balochistan region (More) | Follows Iranian strikes in Pakistan Tuesday targeting Jaish Al-Adl, a militant Islamist group operating near the two countries' border (More)


Congress passes short-term extension ahead of Saturday's federal funding deadline, sends bill to White House for signature; legislation punts deadlines on the two-tiered package to March 1 and March 8 (More)



SOURCE:  1440 News

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