Friday, January 17

🚨NATION

📌 Trump nominees Burgum, Bessent, Zeldin face confirmation hearings as witnesses support Bondi (FOX)

📌 Rudy Giuliani avoids trial by settling with Georgia election workers he defamed (CNN)

📌 Altadena's Christmas Tree Lane survives. Volunteers hope to turn the lights on again (YAHOO)

📌 Ron DeSantis picks Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to fill Marco Rubio's Senate seat (NBC)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 UK leader Starmer signs ‘100-year partnership’ agreement with Ukraine during trip to Kyiv (BBC)

📌 Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police’s ‘smoke them out’ tactics (AP)

📌 Pope Francis injures arm after falling at the Vatican (CNN)

📌 U.K. announces new inquiries into decade-old cases of child sexual grooming after pressure sparked by Elon Musk tweet (CBS)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket into orbit on 1st flight (SPACE)

📌 American Express to pay $230 million to settle DOJ fraud probe, deceptive marketing claim (CNBC)

📌 FDA officially authorizes Zyn nicotine pouches for sale following health review (NBC)

📌 Cancer deaths are declining, but diagnoses are rising especially among younger women (NPR)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 ‘The Bachelor’ stars Matt James and Rachael Kirkconnell split after 4 years of dating (PEOPLE)

📌 Justin Baldoni sues Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds for $400 million, alleges they sought to ‘destroy’ him (VARIETY)

📌 Barbie doll of Aaliyah sells out on late R&B star's birthday (NBC)

📌 Jessica Alba confirms split from Cash Warren after nearly 17 years of marriage: ‘New chapter of growth’ (PAGE SIX)