• ☝️ You’re looking at some of the winners from the Underwater Photography Guide’s 13th annual Ocean Art competition, featuring thousands of entries from 90+ countries.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

• 🚗 Crypto bros are buying Lambos again: Sales of cars that cost at least $80,000 increased 37% in December compared to the previous year, according to KBB.
• ☕ Arabica coffee prices briefly hit a record-high in intraday trading following the US-Colombia tariff spat.
• 🥚 Egg prices are expected to increase another 20% this year, the Agriculture Department projects.

SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

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• ⚖️ Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni received a March 2026 trial date for Lively’s lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and attacks on her reputation by fellow It Ends With Us costar Baldoni.
• 🏀 The Miami Heat suspended star forward Jimmy Butler indefinitely for walking out of practice early; it’s his third suspension this month following a recent trade demand.
• 🏆📺 Bluey topped the US streaming charts in 2024 with a near-record 55.6 billion total minutes viewed, per Nielsen’s year-end recap. See the other top performers.

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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• 🧑‍🚀👀 Astronauts’ eyes and vision become weakened after 6-12 months onboard the International Space Station, though their eyes return to normal once back on Earth, per a new study.
• 🐖🫀 An Alabama woman has made medical history as the longest-surviving recipient of a pig organ transplant, at 64 days and counting.
• 🪐 The dwarf planet Ceres may have received organic materials – one of the building blocks for life – from impacting asteroids, per a new study.

MISCELLANEOUS

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• 🦠 The CIA said it now believes with “low confidence” that Covid most likely originated from a Chinese lab.
• 🌍 A NATO team found three Russia-linked ships near a damaged fiber-optic cable in the Baltic Sea; it’s NATO’s first coordinated response to a suspected sabotage campaign in the area. | 🇧🇾 Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko won an election widely labeled as a sham by Western governments, extending his 30-year rule over the Eastern European nation.
• 🏛️🗳️ Former Fox News host Pete Hegseth was confirmed as President Trump’s Secretary of Defense in a 50-50 Senate vote, mostly along party lines, that was decided by VP JD Vance. (From the Left | From the Center | From the Right)

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• 🤔🐶 You’ve always wondered, here’s the answer: do dogs actually watch TV?