Sports, Entertainment, & Culture> NFL playoffs continue Sunday with the Philadelphia Eagles taking on the Washington Commanders in the NFC Championship (3 pm ET, Fox) and the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship (6:30 pm ET, CBS) (More) | Grammy-winning singer SZA to join Kendrick Lamar at the Super Bowl halftime show (More)
> Song recorded for Tina Turner's iconic "Private Dancer" album, which was previously presumed lost, is rediscovered and will be released on the 40th anniversary edition of the album (More)
> American Madison Keys upsets No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek to advance to her first Australian Open final; No. 19 seed Keys will take on No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka in the final (More)
Science & Technology
> Carmaker Subaru fixes software bug that allowed hackers to unlock and start millions of vehicles via the company's internet network; security flaw also exposed a year's worth of location history (More)
> Study reveals how mushroom coral—a free-standing type of coral, not attached to rocks—actively moves toward light; discovery reveals previously unknown mechanics of the organism (More)
> Personalized mini-organs allow researchers to more rapidly test and develop drugs for rare diseases; specimens are grown from patients' blood cells into functional tissue (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close up (S&P 500 +0.5%, Dow +0.9%, Nasdaq +0.2%); S&P 500 nabs new record as President Donald Trump calls for lower interest rates and oil prices in Davos remarks (More) | Nikola shares close down nearly 28% on report of EV maker's potential sale (More)
> Purdue Pharma and Sackler family, behind the maker of OxyContin, reach $7.4B settlement with 15 states over opioid crisis (More) | UnitedHealthcare names company veteran Tim Noel as CEO after fatal shooting of Brian Thompson (More)
> CNN lays off around 6% of its workforce, or about 200 jobs, as it shifts to digital and prepares to launch a streaming service (More) | Adidas plans to cut up to 500 jobs at its German headquarters (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Pete Hegseth's bid for defense secretary heads to full Senate vote today (More) | CIA Director John Ratcliffe confirmed by Senate (More) | Judge temporarily halts executive order to end birthright citizenship (More)
> Italy's top court upholds Amanda Knox's slander conviction for falsely accusing innocent man of murdering her roommate in 2007 (More) | UK teen sentenced to 52 years in prison for fatally stabbing three girls at a dance class last year (More)
> Thailand begins recognizing same-sex marriages, becoming third place in Asia to do so after Taiwan and Nepal (More) | See where same-sex unions are legal (More)
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