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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Amazon MGM Studios gains creative control over James Bond film franchise (More) | Netflix to invest $1B in Mexico's cinema and television industry over next four years (More)

> San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama to miss rest of regular season due to blood clot in his shoulder (More) | MLB to experiment with automated ball-strike challenge system during spring training (More)

> Canada tops Team USA 3-2 in overtime to win 4 Nations Face-Off title (More) | PGA Tour leaders, including Tiger Woods, meet with White House officials to discuss possible merger with Saudi-backed LIV Golf (More)


Science & Technology
> Rare genetic disorder known as spinal muscular atrophy treated in the womb for the first time; patient, now 2 years old, shows no signs of the progressive neurodegenerative disorder (More)

> Researchers outline method to measure consciousness in animals; approach combines anatomical features with behaviors to compare with what is known about humans (More) | See longer essay on topic (More)

> Inhalable gene therapy to treat cystic fibrosis begins trials in Europe; treatment delivers healthy copies of the gene responsible for mucus buildup in the respiratory and digestive tracts (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close down (S&P 500 -0.4%, Dow -1.0%, Nasdaq -0.5%) as investors question economic outlook amid looming tariffs (More)

> Amazon surpasses Walmart in revenue for the first time, bringing in $187B in Q4 (More) | Walmart shares close down over 6% after retailer says profits will slow for current fiscal year despite earnings and revenue rising for the quarter (More)

> OpenAI tops 400 million weekly active users, up 33% in less than three months, with paid business users crossing 2 million; user growth comes amid competition from China's DeepSeek model (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> IRS begins laying off roughly 6,700 employees, or over 6% of the agency's workforce; those who have worked for less than one or two years are primarily affected (More) | Federal judge rules Trump administration can proceed with mass government layoffs (More)

> New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) decides against removing New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) from office amid corruption case fallout, instead seeks increased oversight of City Hall (More)

> Hamas returns bodies of four people, including two child hostages who were the youngest abducted in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack; Israel says one of the bodies does not belong to a known hostage (More)

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