Friday, January 9th

🚨NATION

  • Oregon launches investigation after Border Patrol agents shoot 2 in Portland (THE HILL)

  • U.S. seizes another tanker in campaign to control flow of Venezuelan oil (NBC)

  • Luigi Mangione in court as he fights to block death penalty, murder charge and key evidence (AP)

  • U.S. payrolls rose 50,000 in December, less than expected; unemployment rate falls to 4.4% (CNBC)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Russia uses nuclear-capable missile in ‘massive strike’ on Ukraine (ABC)

  • Mound of garbage collapses at Philippine landfill, burying and trapping 38 people and killing 1 (NBC)

  • Co-owner of Swiss ski resort bar hit by deadly New Year party fire held in custody (CBS)

  • Pope Leo says ‘war is back in vogue’ in major address to global envoys (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Democrats ask Apple and Google to remove X’s undressing bot from their app stores (VERGE)

  • Massive iconic iceberg turns blue and is “on the verge of complete disintegration,” NASA says (CBS)

  • Meta unveils nuclear deals with Vistra, TerraPower, Oklo (AXIOS)

  • Elon Musk’s xAI to build $20 billion data center in Mississippi (ABC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Bruno Mars announces The Romantic Tour, 1st-ever headlining stadium trek (ABC)

  • Miami outlasts Ole Miss 31-27 to advance to College Football Playoff national championship (NBC)

  • Bill Gates sends $8B to ex-wife Melinda’s charity in one of largest divorce-related payouts ever (NY POST)

  • Kate Middleton celebrates her 44th birthday with King Charles and Queen Camilla leading well wishes (PEOPLE)


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