• ☝️🇪🇬 Researchers in Egypt found the tomb of King Thutmose II, the last undiscovered royal tomb of the 18th Egyptian dynasty; it’s the first ancient pharaoh’s tomb discovered since Tutankhamun's in 1922.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

• 📉 US markets fell across the board (S&P: -0.4%; Dow: -1.0%; Nasdaq: -0.5%). | 🔫Palantir shares fell 5% yesterday following a 10% drop on Wednesday; per analysts, the decrease is being driven by CEO Alex Carp's new stock sale plan and the Trump admin’s plan to slash defense budgets.
• 🏪 Walmart posted Q4 earnings in line with analysts' expectations; though shares fell ~6% on weaker-than-expected forward guidance. | 💰 More wealthy shoppers are flocking to Walmart. | 💪 Amazon surpassed Walmart in quarterly revenue for the first time.
• 🥤 Celsius, the energy drink maker popular with Gen Z, is acquiring rival Alani Nu for $1.8 billion.

SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

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• ⚽️ Luis Rubiales, former president of the Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, was found guilty of sexually assaulting a female athlete after he kissed her on the lips without consent following the 2023 Women's World Cup. | 🏀 Victor Wembanyama will miss the rest of the NBA season; the San Antonio Spurs superstar was diagnosed a deep vein thrombosis diagnosis in his shoulder. | 4 Nations final
• 📺 ESPN is planning to add user-generated content to its upcoming “flagship” streaming service.
• 🏆 Wicked star Cynthia Erivo is slated to host this year’s 78th annual Tony Awards.

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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• ⚛️⛰️ Large reserves of white hydrogen – a clean-burning fuel source – may be hidden under the world’s mountain ranges, per a new study.
• 💉 Personalized mRNA vaccines show promise as a treatment for pancreatic cancer, per a new Phase I clinical trial; the disease has a five-year survival rate of ~10%.
• 🪨🏭 Scientists have developed a way to create a material from common minerals that can suck carbon out of the atmosphere and deposit it deep in Earth’s oceans.

MISCELLANEOUS

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• 🌨️🥶 100+ million Americans were under winter weather advisories yesterday, with freezing temps in the Central/South and snow in the East causing travel delays.
• 💰✈️ Delta is offering $30,000/person with “no strings attached” to passengers of a jet that caught fire and flipped over on a Toronto runway this week.
• 🏛️ Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who served as the GOP’s Senate leader from 2007 until last month, announced he won’t seek reelection in 2026. | 🏛️ Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed senior Pentagon leaders to develop plans for cutting 8%/year from the defense budget through 2030. | ✅ The Senate confirmed FBI Director Kash Patel in a 51-49 vote mostly along party lines.

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