Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> American Madison Keys upsets top seed Aryna Sabalenka to win her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open (More) | World No. 1 Jannik Sinner beats Alexander Zverev to win his second straight Aussie Open title (More)
> DJ Unk, rapper best known for "Walk It Out" and "2 Step," dies at age 43 (More) | Rocker Marilyn Manson won't be charged with sexual assault following four-year investigation (More)
> Spotify signs multiyear deal with Universal Music Group to provide direct licenses for Spotify to stream UMG artists (More)
Science & Technology
> Researchers discover new way the microbiome of expecting mothers impacts their offspring's health; gut produces metabolites that help program stem cells during fetal development (More)
> Astronauts' eyesight weakens during long stays in microgravity environments, study finds; effect is temporary upon return to Earth but may have implications for eventual trips to Mars (More)
> Engineers develop 3D-printed ultralight material roughly five times stronger than titanium; process uses machine learning to produce strength-enhancing micro- and nanostructures (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets drop Friday (S&P 500 -0.3%, Dow -0.3%, Nasdaq -0.5%), but all three indexes post second straight week of gains (More) | Bank of Japan raises interest rates to highest level in 17 years (More)
> Sales of previously owned homes in the US fall to lowest level in nearly three decades; roughly 4.1 million such homes were sold last year, the lowest since 1995 (More)
> Trump administration reportedly negotiating TikTok deal that would give Oracle and a group of US investors control of the platform, with ByteDance retaining a minority stake (More) | Banks to sell up to $13B in debt from 2022 loan to Elon Musk to purchase Twitter (now X) (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Senate confirms Army veteran, former Fox News host Pete Hegseth as defense secretary in 51-50 vote; Vice President JD Vance casts tiebreaking vote, three Republicans vote no (More) | Confirmation tracker (More) | More than a dozen inspectors general fired across major federal agencies (More)
> Hamas frees four female Israeli soldiers, Israel releases 200 Palestinian prisoners in second swap under negotiated ceasefire (More) | See updates on the war (More)
> Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments over whether a religious charter school in Oklahoma can receive public funding (More) | CIA releases assessment finding COVID-19 more likely to have originated from a Chinese lab; conclusion made with "low confidence" (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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