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  • Julián Castro has endorsed Elizabeth Warren for president: "Elizabeth and I share a vision of America where everyone counts. An America where people⁠—not the wealthy or well-connected⁠—are put first. I'm proud to join her in the fight for big, structural change."
  • Vulture looks back at the highs and lows of last night's Golden Globes celebration.
  • The Times has an update on the worsening situation with the Australian fires: "In all, at least 1,600 homes have been destroyed in New South Wales and Victoria. By comparison, around 70 homes were hit in the two states during the last fire season."
  • Politico examines the consequences of New York City’s failure to reduce its waste stream.
  • After several years in movie purgatory, The New Mutants is really coming out—check out a new trailer.
  • America's relationship with China will fundamentally shape the future, according to the New Yorker, in particular in how free speech shifts: “China is not exporting a state ideology in the manner of the Soviet Union. It wants to make the world more amenable to its ideology - it has demanded extraterritorial censorship, compelling outsiders to accept limits on free speech beyond its borders.”
  • What happens to all those unused gift cards?
  • A woman was killed when she fell onto the tracks while trying to move between subway cars.
  • Here are the stories on how characters such as "Bob Loblaw" got their unforgettable names.
  • Rian Johnson is working on a sequel to Knives Out focusing on Daniel Craig's detective Benoit Blanc investigating a new case.
  • And finally, they say never meet your heroes, but sometimes they're wrong: