Friday, February 2

🚨NATION

📌 US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin apologized to the nation for the lack of transparency (MO NEWS)

📌 Trump campaign donors footed the bill for more than $50M in legal fees last year (AXIOS)

📌 California braces for heavy rain and flooding from back-to-back 'pineapple express' storms (CNBC)

📌 Firm announces $25M settlement over role in Flint, Michigan, lead-tainted water crisis (AP) 

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Biden issues executive order targeting Israeli settlers who attack Palestinians (MO NEWS)

📌 The E.U. agrees on a new $54 billion aid package for Ukraine as US aid hung up in Congress (NBC NEWS)

📌 Nearly 8 million people have been displaced by war in Sudan (ABC NEWS)

📌 France’s 2 key farmers unions suspend protests after the government offers new measures (AP) 

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Peloton shares plunge 20% as turnaround plan garners mixed results (CNN)

📌 Sea otters' insatiable appetites help limit coastal erosion (AXIOS)

📌 OxyContin marketer agrees to pay $350M rather than face lawsuits (ABC NEWS)

📌 New cancer cases to increase 77% by 2050, WHO estimates (CBS NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Larry David attacks Elmo on live TV during Today Show (USA TODAY)

📌 TikTok says they’ve removed all music from UMG artists, including Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift (NPR)

📌 Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton to leave Mercedes and join Ferrari next year (NBC NEWS)

📌 Justin Timberlake declares he'll be apologizing to 'absolutely f**king nobody' at NYC concert, Britney takes back apology (ET)

📌 Caitlin Clark's quest to break Division I women's scoring record, currently at No. 2 (YAHOO SPORTS)