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Jeremy Renner is feeling hopeful.

In the foothills of a Martian mountain, NASA's Curiosity rover found stunning new evidence of an ancient lake in the form of rocks etched with the ripples of waves — and the telltale signs appeared in an unlikely place.

President Joe Biden told CNN that the shoot down a "high-altitude object" hovering over Alaska on Friday "was a success," shortly after American national security officials disclosed that the commander-in-chief gave the US military approval to take the action.

Sen. John Fetterman has been released from a Washington, DC, hospital, after being admitted due to "feeling lightheaded" and undergoing tests earlier this week, according to a statement from his office.

Tiger Woods announced Friday a return to competitive golf at next week's The Genesis Invitational, a tournament he hosts.

In a federal lawsuit filed earlier this week, a family member of Emmett Till is demanding that Leflore County Sheriff Ricky Banks serve an arrest warrant from 1955 on Carolyn Bryant Donham for her role in the death of Till.

• Two teenage sisters among 'miracle' rescues, even as hopes dim during ongoing rescue efforts • Photos: Deadly quake strikes Turkey and Syria

For her powerful and moving performance as Mamie Till-Mobley in "Till," Danielle Deadwyler was nominated for a BAFTA Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and several other industry prizes.

December consumer prices rose from the month before and did not fall as previously thought, according to revised data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday.

President Joe Biden has gone on the attack over Social Security and Medicare.

CNN Business Senior Editor Allison Morrow tells "Nightcap's" Jon Sarlin why celebrities like Tom Brady and Larry David will not be fronting Super Bowl crypto ads this time. For more, watch the full Nightcap episode here.

Gordon Ramsay joins James Corden to judge homemade Super Bowl snacks prepared by "The Late Late Show" staff. The "Super Bowl Snackdown" segment leads to the celebrity chef spitting out almost everything he tried.

New Zealand is bracing for its most intense tropical cyclone since the 1990s. Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle is heading toward the North Island just two weeks after the area was hit with record flooding.

When it comes to the unfortunate fight between former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the outcome is now clear. Pomerantz is the loser. And former President Donald Trump is the likely winner.

• White House says Biden's Super Bowl interview with Fox is off • Trump team turns over additional classified records and laptop to federal prosecutors

A Jewish lawmaker who spoke about the problem of antisemitism on Twitter during a House Oversight hearing this week focused on the company was later bombarded with antisemitic messages on the platform, he explained in a letter to new owner Elon Musk on Thursday.

When you're the last lone surviving store in any industry, you've earned the right to have fun and hype it up. That's exactly what the only remaining store of the Blockbuster video rental chain is doing, and it's during the Super Bowl. And it helps if you still have a VCR, of course.