Ole Miss men's basketball game versus Florida gets rescheduled date, time

Reuters
Emirati billionaire Al Habtoor says he is afraid to set foot in Lebanon
United Arab Emirates billionaire Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, who this week scrapped his investments in Lebanon, said the country was still not safe and that he had been threatened with being "slaughtered and killed" last year. Al Habtoor has not visited Lebanon - a thriving banking hub dubbed the Switzerland of the Middle East before its ruinous civil war erupted in 1975 - in almost two decades, and told Reuters a threat to his life had caused him to abandon plans to launch a media venture in Beirut in 2024. The threat, made via social media by an anonymous individual, led Al Habtoor to file a lawsuit, which he won in a Lebanese court, he said.
AFP
Trump's contentious national security picks face Senate grilling
Donald Trump's picks to lead the US intelligence community and top law enforcement agency were set to be grilled on Capitol Hill Thursday as the Republican president's most contentious cabinet nominees face potentially showstopping Senate hearings.Tulsi Gabbard, tapped for director of national intelligence, will sit before the Senate Intelligence Committee for the most consequential confirmation hearing to date, while Kash Patel will be questioned on his ambitions to head the FBI. Gabbard, a Ha
AFP
Stock markets rise on ECB rate cut, healthy corporate results
US and European stock markets rose Thursday as the European Central Bank cut interest rates again and companies posted healthy earnings.While the ECB is set to keep cutting rates, Fed chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday the US central bank was in no "hurry" to adjust its borrowing costs again.
AFP
Tears of joy for Thai hostages freed in Gaza
The families of Thai farm workers held for over a year in Gaza cheered and wept with relief Thursday as they were freed in a hostage-prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas.Five Thais were freed along with three Israelis held by Hamas as part of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the Gaza war.
Yahoo Finance
Fewer homes went under contract in December amid high rate pain
The Pending Home Sales Index, which tracks contract signings on existing homes, dropped 5.5% from November to December as mortgage rates hover near 7%.
Politico
The Iffy Transparency of Trump’s Order on the JFK Assassination Files
He’s promised the same before and fell short. This time could be more of the same.
Reuters
US SEC case over massive Allen Stanford fraud ends, judge orders fines
A federal judge ordered an end to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's 16-year-old lawsuit over Allen Stanford's $7.2 billion Ponzi scheme, directing the financier and two former colleagues to pay sums that will go largely uncollected. In a decision on Wednesday, Chief Judge David Godbey of the Dallas federal court imposed a $5.9 billion civil fine on Stanford, who is serving a 110-year prison sentence after being convicted in 2012 of defrauding about 18,000 investors. Godbey ordered Stanford Financial Group's former chief financial officer James Davis to pay $17.66 million, including a $5 million fine, and former chief accounting officer Gilberto Lopez to pay $3.42 million over their roles in the fraud.
Associated Press
Prosecutors are seeking to detain the woman charged in a Vermont border patrol officer's death
Prosecutors on Thursday will argue that a Washington state woman should remain jailed in connection with the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a case that has grown to encompass murders in multiple states. Teresa Youngblut, 21, faces federal firearms charges in the Jan. 20 death of Agent David Maland. She’s accused of opening fire on agents during a traffic stop in northern Vermont, sparking a shootout that also left her companion, Felix Bauckholt, dead. Pennsylvania state police said Wednesday that the gun used in the Vermont shooting was purchased by a person of interest in the Dec. 31, 2022, murders of Richard and Rita Zajko, who were shot to death in their Chester Heights home.
CBS News
Egg prices are likely to shoot up even more in 2025. Here's why.
The humble egg is now a source of frustration for millions of shoppers around the U.S, who face soaring prices and shortages. What's going on?
Yahoo Finance
Tesla stock rises after company pledges return to growth after Q4 results disappoint
Tesla's fourth quarter earnings disappointed, but the company's commitment to returning to growth in 2025 saw shares rise in extended trading on Wednesday.
CBS News
What we know about the American Airlines plane and Army helicopter crash
A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Reagan National Airport grounded all flights.
Reuters
Canal control off the table with Rubio, Panama president says
Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday ruled out discussing control over the Panama Canal in a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is set to visit the Central American country in his first official trip abroad this weekend. Mulino's comments during a weekly press conference come after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to take control of the canal, claiming it is being operated by China. The Panamanian government strongly denies the accusation.
AFP
Russian drone barrage kills three elderly couples in east Ukraine
A Russian drone attack that targeted cities across Ukraine killed three elderly couples in a Soviet-era residential block in the eastern city of Sumy, prosecutors said.Sumy lies just over the border from Russia in northeastern Ukraine and has been targeted regularly in Russian aerial attacks.
Yahoo Finance
Stock market today: Nasdaq, S&P 500 rise, Dow steadies with Apple earnings in the wings
Investors are combing the first batch of Big Tech earnings as they wait for Apple to report.
The Wall Street Journal
U.S. GDP Grew 2.5% in 2024
The U.S. economy grew 2.5% last year, slower than in 2023 but still at a solid pace thanks to strong spending by American consumers buoyed by low unemployment.
USA TODAY
Airspace safety at Reagan Washington airport has long been a concern
Some experts, politicians and airport managers have been warning of the risks posed by the crowded airspace at Reagan Washington National Airport.
Reuters
Pentagon probes crash by 'experienced' Black Hawk crew, halts flights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Army helicopter involved in an overnight collision with a passenger jet near Washington involved a "fairly experienced crew" that was operating with night vision goggles, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday, as the Pentagon ordered a 48-hour pause in flying for the unit involved in the crash. The military helicopter was on a training flight, but it is unclear what caused the crash.
CNN
British bishop retires days after sexual assault allegations
A British bishop has announced his retirement days after he was accused of sexual assault and harassment.
NBC News
D.C. plane crash and Senate hearings for RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard: Morning Rundown
Dozens are feared dead after a passenger jet crashed into an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C.’s Reagan Airport.
Yahoo Finance
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol still must overcome this ultimate challenge
Starbucks still has to figure out how to bring prices lower.

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