Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Nearly 50 arrested in Philadelphia in wake of celebration following Eagles' Super Bowl win Sunday night (More) | Halftime show dancer banned from NFL events for life but won't face criminal charges after waving Sudanese and Palestinian flags during Kendrick Lamar's performance (More)
> Tom Robbins, prolific bestselling comedy novelist, dies at age 92 (More)
> Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel (R) tapped for Ohio lieutenant governor role (More) | Fox Corp. purchases podcast company Red Seat Ventures, producer of podcasts by Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson, and Piers Morgan (More)
Science & Technology
> Twenty-two states sue to block Trump administration's plan to cap indirect grant costs—funding that goes to overhead expenses—from the National Institutes of Health at 15% (More)
> Ride-sharing platform Lyft to launch driverless robotaxis in Dallas as early as next year (More) | The history of self-driving cars and how they work (1440 Topics)
> Astronomers discover the largest known structure in the universe to date, a cosmic filament—a strand connecting dark matter, galaxies, and more—roughly 1.3 billion light-years in length (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.7%, Dow +0.4%, Nasdaq +1.0%), led by tech stocks as well as steel and aluminum stocks; President Donald Trump imposes global 25% tariff on steel and aluminum imports (More) | Gold prices climb above $2,900 to new record amid escalating tariff threats (More)
> Elon Musk-led group of investors submits $97.4B unsolicited offer to buy nonprofit that controls Sam Altman's OpenAI (More) | Hyatt Hotels expands in the Caribbean and Mexico with $2.6B acquisition of Playa Hotels & Resorts (More)
> McDonald's reports lower-than-expected Q4 revenue as US sales saw the biggest drop since the pandemic, partly due to last fall's E. coli outbreak (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Hamas accuses Israel of violating ceasefire deal, including shelling areas of Gaza, and says it will indefinitely suspend the release of hostages (More) | President Donald Trump says displaced Palestinians won't be allowed to return to Gaza under his proposal to rebuild the territory (More)
> Justice Department official orders federal prosecutors to drop charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams (D) (More) | Judge directs Trump administration to unfreeze federal spending after finding the administration hasn’t fully followed a previous court order (More) | ... and another judge extends pause on resignation buyout offer to federal workers until a ruling on the legality of the plan (More)
> At least 51 people dead after bus plunges off a bridge, falling into a sewer-polluted stream on the outskirts of Guatemala's capital (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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