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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Sabrina Carpenter and Karol G tapped to headline 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (More) | Singer D4vd cooperating with authorities after decomposed body found inside car belonging to him at Los Angeles impound lot (More)

> Miles Davis' publishing catalog acquired by Reservoir Media ahead of 2026 events celebrating the 100th anniversary of Davis' birth; Reservoir also owns catalogs for Snoop Dogg, Joni Mitchell, De La Soul, and others (More)

> Mural by street artist Banksy to be removed outside of London's Royal Courts of Justice; the artwork depicts a judge attacking a protester (More)


Science & Technology
> Health and Human Services releases report on addressing childhood chronic diseases; focuses on poor diet, environmental exposures, and overmedication (More) | Read report (More)

> Engineers develop bottlebrush-shaped nanoparticles that deliver large chemotherapy payloads directly to cancer cells; standard approach carries eight drug molecules per particle, new technology transports hundreds (More)

> Archaeologists uncover first direct evidence of brown bears being forced to fight gladiators in ancient Rome (More) | Explore the best resources we've found on ancient Rome (1440 Topics)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.3%, Dow +0.4%, Nasdaq +0.4%) (More) | Bureau of Labor Statistics revises jobs growth down by 911,000 for 12-month period ending in March; preliminary data will be finalized in February (More)

> Anglo American and Teck Resources to merge into $53B copper company; metal increasingly in demand for electric vehicles, AI data centers (More) | Nebius Group, a spinoff from Russian internet giant Yandex, sees shares surge nearly 50% after securing $19.4B cloud computing deal with Microsoft (More)

> Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in November on whether President Donald Trump has the power to impose sweeping tariffs under federal law (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Justice Department charges man accused of killing a 23-year-old Ukrainian woman on Charlotte, North Carolina, transit system; suspect had 14 prior criminal cases, raising questions about his release from prison this year (More)

> French President Emmanuel Macron appoints outgoing defense minister as new prime minister ahead of widespread "Block Everything" protests expected today (More) | See previous write-up (More)

> Nation's Report Card, a test of over 65,000 US students in eighth and 12th grades, reveals reading, math, and science scores dropped to new low last year (More)

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