Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> "Conclave" wins top film prize for best cast at Screen Actors Guild awards while "Only Murders in the Building" and "Shōgun" bring home top TV awards (More)
> Keke Palmer wins entertainer of the year, "The Six Triple Eight" wins best film at 56th NAACP Image Awards (More)
> MLS season kicks off; see full season preview (More) | Mikaela Shiffrin wins record-extending 100th skiing World Cup race (More)
> OpenAI identifies, bans Chinese group that used ChatGPT to build AI-powered surveillance tools to monitor anti-Chinese government content across X, Facebook, Instagram, and other platforms (More)
> Researchers report prototype battery material with a potential energy capacity double that of current Li-ion batteries; fluoride-ion device expected to find use in future electric vehicle applications (More) | How electric vehicles work (1440 Topics)
> Study of Viking skulls reveals the population suffered from a broad range of severe diseases and infections, including osteoarthritis, abnormal jaw and bone growth, and more (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets drop Friday (S&P 500 -1.7%, Dow -1.7%, Nasdaq -2.2%) on reports of slowing business activity, tariff uncertainty; Dow sees worst week since late October (More)
> Investor Warren Buffett releases annual Berkshire Hathaway investor letter; company reports fourth quarter earnings up 70% year-over-year, holds record $334B in cash (More) | Everything you need to know about Warren Buffett (1440 Topics)
> Shein annual profits drop by almost 40% in 2024; the Chinese fast fashion retailer reportedly under pressure to cut the valuation of its planned initial public offering this year (More) | What are IPOs? (1440 Topics)
Politics & World Affairs
> President Donald Trump taps Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine as new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (More) | Trump administration puts majority of USAID staff on leave, eliminates 2,000 US-based positions (More) | ... and asks around 300 health researchers to return to posts after broad firings (More) | Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency says federal employees must detail last workweek or risk termination; a number of agencies tell staff to ignore email (More)
> Israel confirms the return of the body of Shiri Bibas after Hamas originally returned an unidentified body; Israel delays release of roughly 620 Palestinian prisoners over incident as first phase of ceasefire nears end (More)
> France's largest child sex abuse trial begins today; former surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec is accused of molesting nearly 300 patients, mostly minors (More)
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