Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Jeff Baena, indie filmmaker and husband of Aubrey Plaza, dies by suicide at age 47 (More) | Gwen Van Dam, supporting character actress whose career spanned 70 years, dies at age 96 (More)
> The 2024 NFL regular season wraps; see playoff bracket and schedule (More) | Baltimore Ravens star Lamar Jackson becomes first NFL player with 4,000 passing and 900 rushing yards in a season (More)
> Michael J. Fox, Hillary Clinton, Magic Johnson, and Bono among 19 awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden (More)
Science & Technology
> CES 2025, the world's largest consumer technology conference, gets underway this week in Las Vegas; see anticipated announcements (More)
> Study suggests sleep may play a key role in strengthening the brain's ability to block out unwanted or unpleasant memories during waking hours (More)
> Scientists develop artificial blood vessel system to study how snake venom causes internal bleeding; around 100,000 people die from snake bites each year worldwide (More) | Ever wonder what's in our blood? Start here (More, w/video)
Business & Markets
> Stocks close up Friday (S&P 500 +1.3%, Dow +0.8%, Nasdaq +1.8%); gains snap five-day losing streak for S&P and Nasdaq (More) | Average US 30-year fixed mortgage rate hits six-month high at 6.9% (More)
> Microsoft to invest $80B in expanding its AI infrastructure in fiscal year 2025; half of expected spending to be in the US (More)
> Meta's Nick Clegg, longtime vice president for global affairs and former UK deputy prime minister, to step down; Joel Kaplan, who was deputy chief of staff to former President George W. Bush, to assume role (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Standoff between suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's security forces and police continues as arrest warrant for Yoon is set to expire; Yoon was impeached following a botched attempt to declare martial law in December (More)
> Funeral services for former President Jimmy Carter begin in home state of Georgia; Carter to head to the US Capitol to lie in state tomorrow and Wednesday (More) | Congress to certify President-elect Donald Trump's presidential victory in Congress today (More)
> Ukraine launches offensive in the Russian region of Kursk; Ukraine captured significant chunks of the Russian territory in August but has ceded gains since (More) | See update on war (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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