Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> 2025 Academy Awards nominations to be announced this morning (8:30 am ET); watch livestream here (More) | 2025 Sundance Film Festival kicks off today from Park City, Utah (More)
> Singer Chris Brown files $500M defamation lawsuit against Warner Bros., alleging he was falsely labeled a serial rapist and abuser in 2024 docuseries (More) | George Clinton, Mike Love, and Michael McDonald highlight 2025 inductees into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (More)
> SEC and Big Ten athletic directors to meet next month to discuss potential changes to College Football Playoff format, including expanding the field from 12 to 14 teams (More)
Science & Technology
> Astronomers detect fast radio bursts—pulses of radiation typically from neutron stars or black holes—originating from a long dead galaxy; findings not explained by current understanding of the phenomena (More)
> Study reveals immune cells perform unique and specialized functions within the gut depending on their location within the small intestine; discovery may lead to new ways to boost the immune system (More)
> Cownose ray tails act as a finely tuned antenna to sense water movements, researchers discover; the function of the tail on many manta rays and related species was previously unknown (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.6%, Dow +0.3%, Nasdaq +1.3%); S&P 500 closes shy of record high as technology shares, including Oracle (+6.8%) and Nvidia (+4.4%) rise on artificial intelligence enthusiasm (More)
> Google invests additional $1B in generative AI startup Anthropic, bringing its total investment to over $3B and building on a previous 10% ownership stake (More)
> Electronic Arts shares fall over 11% in after-hours trading after the video game giant slashes full-year bookings guidance due to underperforming games, particularly its soccer franchise (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Seventeen-year-old male student fatally shoots female student and himself, wounds a male student in cafeteria of Antioch High School in Nashville; motive is unclear (More)
> Hughes Fire—north of Santa Clarita in Los Angeles County—breaks out, burning more than 10,000 acres as of this writing (More) | See map of all fires (More) | Winter storm continues spreading across southern US; see record-breaking totals (More)
> Yemen's Houthi rebels release crew of vessel they captured in November 2023, a step toward ending Red Sea vessel attacks following Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal (More) | Iraq passes bill that critics say effectively legalizes child marriage (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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