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BUSINESS & MARKETS

• 📉 US markets fell across the board (S&P: -0.8%; Dow: -0.3%; Nasdaq: -1.2%). | 🚫🌎 President Trump agreed to pause his new tariffs against Mexico and Canada – but not China – for at least 30 days after both countries pledged to address border security and drug trafficking. (From the Left | From the Center | From the Right)
• 📝 Palantir posted strong Q4 earnings and offered better-than-expected guidance; shares increased as much as 22% in after-hours trading.
• 📈 State Farm is seeking an emergency rate hike in California, averaging 22%, to offset its wildfire payouts; State Farm is the state's largest insurer.

SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

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• 🏈 DE Myles Garrett, the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year, has reportedly requested a trade from the Cleveland Browns after eight seasons.
• 🏈 Chip Kelly is leaving his role as Ohio State’s offensive coordinator to accept the same position with the Oakland Raiders; Kelly will reportedly be the highest-paid coordinator in the NFL at $6 million/year.
• 🎭⚖️ Justin Baldoni launched a website featuring previously undisclosed texts and emails with Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds as part of his ongoing lawsuit against the power couple.

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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• 🦧 Bonobos can tell when they know information a human doesn’t, a sign that they can deduce the mental states of others to communicate and cooperate more effectively, per a new study.
• 🧠🥄 The average human brain contains 7 grams worth of microplastics – or the equivalent of one plastic disposable spoon, per new research.
• 🧑‍🚀🌱 Chinese astronauts demonstrated a new way of making rocket fuel and breathable oxygen in space using a first-of-its-kind process called “'artificial photosynthesis.”

MISCELLANEOUS

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• 🔥 Los Angeles fire officials say the deadly Eaton and Palisades wildfires are now 100% contained, about 3.5 weeks after the blazes began; the combined death toll stands at 29, with the causes of both fires still under investigation.
• ⚖️🏛️ A federal judge extended a temporary block on the Trump administration's spending freeze across the federal government.
• ✍️ Trump also signed an executive order directing the development of a US sovereign wealth fund that he says could buy TikTok.

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• 🤔📵 Why Christopher Walken has never owned a cellphone.