Senate confirms Pete Hegseth as defense secretary with Vance breaking a 50-50 tie

TOP STORIES:

• Oscar nominees James Mangold, Cynthia Erivo, and ‘Sugarcane’ directors are celebrated at Sundance
• Hamas frees 4 female Israeli soldiers as part of the Gaza ceasefire in exchange for 200 prisoners
• Expect record-high egg prices for most of the year. Here’s why
• The only person in the world with a functioning pig organ is thriving after a record 2 months
• San Jose’s Little Saigon lights up as Tet Lunar New Year celebrations begin
• Pho real? San Jose restaurant employees wrestle with attempted ‘robot server kidnapper’
• Lunar New Year festivities kick off in San Francisco’s Chinatown
• The Ivy League Murder
• Trump’s stop in Las Vegas will focus on how he wants to eliminate taxes on tips
• Fatal hit and run reported in Escondido
• Connecticut to award nearly $6 million to family of disabled man wrongfully imprisoned for murder conviction