Friday, January 12

🚨NATION

📌 FAA investigating if Boeing failed to ensure certain aircrafts were safe for operation after door blew on Alaska Airlines plane (CNBC)

📌 House GOP divided on short-term funding as Congress barrels toward government shutdown deadline (FOX NEWS)

📌 TSA found record number of firearms at airport checkpoints in 2023. Most were loaded (NPR)

📌 Hunter Biden pleads not guilty at arraignment on tax charges (ABC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 UN Security Council demands Houthis stop Red Sea attacks (CNN)

📌 Africa’s Catholic hierarchy refuses same-sex blessings, says such unions are contrary to God’s will (AP)

📌 Biden administration to send unofficial delegation to Taiwan after election (AXIOS)

📌 Argentina inflation surges past 200% as economic crisis bites (REUTERS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 eBay to pay $3M in fines after harassing Massachusetts couple (AP)

📌 A King Kong-like ape once roamed southern China, new study discovers why it disappeared (CNN)

 📌 Fruit Stripe Gum discontinued after half a century (USA TODAY)

📌 Microsoft briefly overtakes Apple as world's most valuable company (REUTERS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Bill Belichick leaving Patriots after 24 seasons & six Super Bowl rings (ESPN)

📌 Lisa Marie Presley’s posthumous memoir will be published in October (AP)

📌 Michael Strahan’s daughter reveals brain tumor diagnosis (PEOPLE)

📌 Mariska Hargitay reveals in essay she was raped in her 30s (USA TODAY)