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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Nexstar and Sinclair, owners of a combined 70 ABC affiliate stations, decide not to air return of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (More)

> "KPop Demon Hunters" soundtrack hit "Golden" tops Billboard Hot 100 for sixth week, the longest run atop the chart for a soundtrack song since 2015 (More)

> MLB approves use of "robot umps" in 2026 as part of a challenge system to determine balls and strikes (More) | Rudi Johnson, former NFL Pro Bowl running back, dies by suicide at age 45 (More)


Science & Technology
> NASA targets early February for first launch of humans beyond low-Earth orbit in over five decades; 10-day mission aims to send four astronauts around the moon and back (More)

> Meta launches pro-artificial intelligence political action committee to fight state-level policies hindering AI development (More) | Researchers develop AI tool to make quantum computing materials (More) | Quantum computing 101 (1440 Topics)

> Paleontologists in Argentina unearth new dinosaur species, estimated at 23-feet-long nose to tail and 2,200 pounds, with jaw gripping ancient crocodile bone (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -0.6%, Dow -0.2%, Nasdaq -1.0%) after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signals caution on further interest rate cuts, says equities appear to be "fairly highly valued" (More)

> OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank plan to build five new US data centers with a capacity of 7 gigawatts of power over the next three years for $500B Stargate project; flagship site in Abilene, Texas, now open (More)

> Tether Holdings, issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, reportedly in talks to raise as much as $20B in deal that could value the company at around $500B (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Woman sentenced to over four years in prison for scheme to defraud Elvis Presley's family and sell his Graceland estate (More) | See previous write-up (More)

> Judge rules alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer will be prosecuted for seven murders spanning 30 years in single trial; trial will be first to use nuclear DNA testing (More)

> Moldova's president warns of alleged Russian interference ahead of parliamentary elections Sunday; police arrested 74 people suspected of plotting civil unrest (More)

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