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Payments from Verizon's $100 million class-action settlement over its undisclosed Administrative Charge began going to about 5.2 million customers, many for less than the promised $15 minimum after a third of the fund went to lawyers.

Reported at about 10:30 a.m. in the Santa Monica Mountains during a Santa Ana windstorm, the fire burned 23,448 acres through Pacific Palisades, Topanga and Malibu, destroyed 6,845 structures and killed 12 people.

Starting at about 6:18 p.m. below Edison transmission towers in Eaton Canyon, the wind-driven fire swept into Altadena, burning 14,021 acres, destroying 9,419 structures and killing 19 people.

Macy's confirmed it would close 66 underperforming stores in 2025 as part of its Bold New Chapter turnaround strategy, one step toward shutting roughly 150 underproductive locations over three years while investing in the 350 stores it plans to keep operating through fiscal 2026.

The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 premieres, continuing the mystery series animated by TOHO animation STUDIO and OLM as court apothecary Maomao investigates a new wave of intrigue brought by a visiting merchant caravan.

Adani Commodities sells 175.6 million Adani Wilmar shares over two days on BSE and NSE, lifting public ownership to 25.3% as the first leg of the Adani Group's exit.

OpenAI rolls out a beta of tasks, letting GPT-4o in ChatGPT carry out one-time reminders and recurring actions at a future time.

Bumble said founder and executive chair Whitney Wolfe Herd would take back the chief executive job in mid-March 2025, succeeding former Slack CEO Lidiane Jones, who resigned for personal reasons.

The fourth season of the Chinese donghua Fanren Xiu Xian Zhuan begins streaming, continuing Original Force and Wonder Cat Animation's adaptation of the cultivation web novel behind it.

A wind-driven wildfire in the Otay Mountain Wilderness near the Mexican border forced evacuations around Otay Lakes Road and threatened the mountain’s communications site before crews contained it a week later.

An 85-acre integrated food plant at Gohana in Sonipat, able to make 627,000 tonnes a year of rice, flour and edible oils, begins operating with its first 100-tonne rice dispatch.

SK8 the Infinity EXTRA PART is an original-video omnibus that reunites the SK8 the Infinity cast for four standalone slice-of-life stories following the main TV series and film.

San Diego Wave sold the U.S. centre-back to Chelsea for a world-record fee reported at about $1.1 million, surpassing Bay FC's roughly $860,000 for Racheal Kundananji in 2024.

Ne Zha 2 (Nezha Zhi Mo Tong Nao Hai) opens in Chinese theaters over the Lunar New Year, a Coco Cartoon-animated sequel following the young deities Ne Zha and Ao Bing as they seek to restore their dissolving bodies.

Tesla reported fourth-quarter 2024 revenue of $25.7 billion and adjusted EPS of $0.73, both below estimates, and said it expected its vehicle business to return to growth in 2025 and Robotaxi to begin launching in parts of the U.S.

The sixth season of the Chinese donghua Xingchen Bian continues online, following young hero Qin Yu as he pursues cultivation and revenge across a world of rival sects.

CAL FIRE declared the Eaton Fire 100% contained on 31 January 2025 at 14,021 acres, after it had destroyed 9,419 structures in Altadena and Pasadena and killed 19 people.

CAL FIRE declared the Palisades Fire 100% contained on 31 January 2025 after 24 days, at 23,448 acres, with 6,845 structures destroyed and 12 people dead.

LVMH's former chief financial officer Jean-Jacques Guiony became President and CEO of Moët Hennessy, the group's wines-and-spirits division, succeeding Philippe Schaus after 21 years with the group.

UK duty on bottled and canned beer, cider, wine and spirits rises with RPI inflation while draught drinks under 8.5% ABV get a 1.7% cut, taking a penny off the duty on an average pint, and the temporary wine easement ends.