Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> The 2025 NBA All-Star Game is set for Sunday (8 pm ET, TNT); will feature four-team mini-tournament for first time (More) | NASCAR Cup Series kicks off this Sunday (2:30 pm ET, Fox) with the 67th Daytona 500 (More)
> Closing arguments begin in rapper A$AP Rocky's felony assault trial (More) | CBS, Comedy Central, and MTV among more than 20 channels that could go dark on YouTube TV amid contract dispute with the streamer (More)
> New York Jets parting ways with four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers after he played just one full season with the team (More) | More than 1 million people expected to attend Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl parade this morning (More)
Science & Technology
> The Boring Company announces deal to build 10-mile-long underground tunnel in Dubai; Elon Musk-owned company built and operates similar project under Las Vegas (More) | Musk says he'll withdraw $97B offer for OpenAI nonprofit arm if organization gives up for-profit plans (More) | OpenAI 101 (1440 Topics)
> Engineers decode electrical signals between the nervous system and hand movement, use patterns to create robotic movement that feels human-like (More)
> New study suggests birds, reptiles, and mammals each developed complex brain circuitry independently despite sharing a common ancestor (More) | Thirteen examples of convergent evolution (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +1.0%, Dow +0.8%, Nasdaq +1.5%) (More) | President Donald Trump signs memo directing federal agencies to examine how to adjust US tariff rates to match import taxes imposed by other countries (More)
> Robinhood shares close up 14% after beating Q4 estimates; quarterly revenue rose 115% year over year (More) | Coinbase shares close up over 8% after reporting biggest quarterly revenue in three years due to postelection crypto rally (More)
> US household debt—including credit cards, mortgages, and other loans—reaches all-time high of $18T, per report from Federal Reserve Bank of New York; total credit card balances stand at record-high $1.2T (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed as health secretary in 52-48 Senate vote (More) | Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith (D) won't seek reelection, is second Senate Democrat to retire ahead of 2026 midterm elections (More) | Federal judge halts executive order seeking to end funding for gender-affirming youth care (More)
> At least 30 people injured in Munich, Germany, after driver rams into labor union demonstration; suspect—a 24-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker—is in custody (More)
> Hamas says it is ready to resume releasing hostages in Gaza this weekend, following talks in Cairo, as long as Israel holds up its end of ceasefire deal (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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