BMW sold 376,000 electric vehicles last year, including some under its Mini brand, a 75 percent increase from the previous year. In the luxury segment, BMW was second only to Tesla. nyti.ms/4c4OMU5

BetMGM said that this year over half of Oscar bets have been placed on best picture. Sixty-nine percent of these bets are on “Oppenheimer,” which opened at +800 in June 2023 (meaning a $100 bet would net you $800 plus your investment). nyti.ms/3wLe8q7

After writing memorable character sketches and fine-tuning others’ copy at The New Yorker, William Whitworth spent two decades as editor in chief of The Atlantic Monthly. He has died at 87. nyti.ms/3IxoGvE

The biggest banks emerged from last year's Silicon Valley Bank crisis larger than ever, and more willing to challenge regulators. nyti.ms/3TedpFp

Breaking News: Lawmakers in Lebanon ended a long gridlock to elect a new president, Joseph Aoun, the country’s military commander. nyti.ms/4a8EiT2

Across China’s west, the Communist Party is placing children in boarding schools to assimilate a generation of Tibetans into the national mainstream and mold them into loyal citizens. nyti.ms/40c7BQg

President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for another six years on Friday, after claiming to win an election in July that many inside and outside Venezuela say he lost decisively. nyti.ms/40uaT2o

After two days closed for the fires, Universal Studios Hollywood was back in the business of manufactured reality on Friday. A quick dispatch: nytimes.com/live/2025/01/1…

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The erroneous evacuation alert that was transmitted across Los Angeles County this week, sparking panic as wildfires continued to rage, was sent to nearly 10 million people, emergency officials said on Friday — roughly the entire population of the county. nyti.ms/3C3AUfL

The Palisades fire in Los Angeles lurched east late Friday night, prompting emergency officials to expand mandatory evacuation orders to Brentwood, including the Getty Center. nyti.ms/4hcvYUE

Breaking News: Seymour Lachman, a former New York lawmaker whose exposure of political corruption in Albany helped spur reform, has died at 91. nyti.ms/3Pu0QUS

Los Angeles fire officials say they were prepared for serious fires. They weren’t ready for four at once. nyti.ms/3WhHu9d

In New York Times Opinion “Here was Jimmy Carter, the righteous, ascending to heaven as Donald Trump, the felonious, ascended once more to the Oval Office,” writes Maureen Dowd. “Carter’s passion for honesty was as ingrained as Trump’s addiction to lying.” nyti.ms/4j9Eoy1

In his first official visit to Syria to meet with the new government there, the Lebanese prime minister on Saturday called for a way for the two countries to enable masses of Syrian refugees in Lebanon to head home. nyti.ms/3PzKPgh

The Ukrainian authorities on Saturday announced the capture of two North Korean soldiers in Russia, saying they were the first to be taken alive since Pyongyang sent troops to assist Moscow’s war effort. nyti.ms/3WddNGg

The flight recorder of the Jeju Air jet that crashed last month at Muan International Airport in South Korea, killing ​179 people, stopped recording for​ its last four minutes, South Korean officials said, a significant setback for investigators. nyti.ms/4gOIvOj

Breaking News: Jack Smith, the special counsel, has resigned. He led two unsuccessful federal prosecutions against President-elect Trump. His departure was expected. nyti.ms/4gOMTNh

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