Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Notre Dame tops Penn State 27-24 to advance to college football national championship; Texas takes on Ohio State tonight (7:30 pm ET, ESPN) in the other semifinal matchup (More) | NFL postseason kicks off tomorrow with the Wild Card round (More)
> "Wicked" hauls in $70M in its first week of video-on-demand sales, a record for a Universal release (More) | WWE's "Monday Night Raw" brings in 2.6 million US viewers in its Netflix debut, more than double their 2024 average (More)
> NBA postpones Los Angeles Lakers-Charlotte Hornets game last night due to wildfires; Lakers head coach JJ Redick loses home in fire (More) | Actress Jamie Lee Curtis donates $1M to fire relief efforts (More)
Science & Technology
> Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin delays first launch of its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket from early this morning to Sunday; see updates here (More)
> New study suggests the outer ear structure of mammals evolved from the gills of ancient fishes and marine invertebrates (More)
> Researchers engineer two new CRISPR enzymes that operate without triggering an immune system response; results may lead to safer, more efficient gene editing technologies (More) | How CRISPR splices and dices our genes (More)
Business & Markets
> December US jobs report to be released today; economists expect a gain of 155,000 jobs, down from 227,000 jobs in November, with the unemployment rate forecast to hold steady at 4.2% (More)
> Kroger to pay $110M to settle Kentucky lawsuit accusing the supermarket chain's pharmacies of helping to fuel the opioid epidemic between 2006 and 2019 (More) | Dive deeper into opioids, including how the drug works (More)
> JCPenny merges with Sparc Group, owner of brands including Aéropostale and Brooks Brothers, to form new joint venture called Catalyst Brands (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> President-elect Donald Trump faces sentencing in New York today in criminal hush money case; he was found guilty in May for falsifying business records to cover up payments made to Stormy Daniels in run-up to the 2016 election (More)
> Accused mastermind of 9/11 attacks scheduled to plead guilty today in war court on Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba; details of plea deal haven't been publicly released but include avoiding the death penalty (More)
> Lebanon's army chief, Joseph Aoun, elected as country's president after 12 failed attempts to fill the role since October 2022, when the former president's term ended (More) | Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado arrested following antigovernment protests on eve of President Nicolás Maduro's inauguration (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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