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Kansas City Shooting
At least one person was killed and 21 others were wounded after a shooting broke out near Kansas City's Union Station following the conclusion of the Chiefs' celebratory Super Bowl parade. As of this writing, 15 victims had life-threatening injuries, with two in critical condition; eight of those wounded were children.


Israel Strikes Hezbollah
Israeli forces launched a series of strikes across parts of neighboring Lebanon yesterday in retaliation for cross-border fire from Hezbollah fighters that killed one Israeli soldier and wounded eight others (including seven civilians). At least three Lebanese civilians and one militant were killed in the strikes.


Lyft's Bot Bump
Lyft shares rose over 60% in after-hours trading Tuesday following the rideshare company's fourth-quarter earnings report that featured a typo in its 2024 forecast. The swing was said to be largely driven after hours by algorithms trained to analyze data and automatically execute the selling or buying of shares without human intervention (read more).


Science & Technology

• Scientists develop "meat rice," where grains of rice act as scaffolding for cultured meat; high-protein dish can be prepared like traditional rice, may find use in food insecure communities, military deployments, and more (More)
• Researchers discover oldest known cave art in Argentina's Patagonia region, with drawings of humans and animals dating to roughly 8,200 years ago (More)
• Long-term effects of smoking on the immune system persist for up to 15 years after quitting; study finds heightened inflammatory response, dampened cellular response in ex-smokers (More)

Business & Markets

• US stock markets close up (S&P 500 +1.0%, Dow +0.4%, Nasdaq +1.3%), lifted by Uber, Lyft, and Nvidia shares (More) | Bitcoin's market capitalization surpasses $1T for the first time since 2021 (More)
• Uber shares rise 15% to record high after company announces first-ever $7B share buyback plan (More) | What is a share buyback? (More) | Tech giant Cisco to lay off 5% of workforce, or roughly 4,250 employees (More)
• Colorado's attorney general sues to block Kroger's proposed $25B acquisition of rival grocer Albertsons (More) | William Post, credited with playing a role in the development of the iconic Pop-Tarts snack, dies at 96 (More)

Source:  1440 News