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President Biden expanded the National Security Agency’s role in protecting the U.S. government’s most sensitive computer networks, issuing a directive intended to bolster cybersecurity within the Defense Department and intelligence agencieshttps://on.wsj.com/3tH56XE 

The University of Michigan is paying $490 million to settle allegations that a former university doctor, Robert Anderson, sexually abused more than 1,000 victims, according to a lawyer representing many of the survivorshttps://on.wsj.com/3AbMtMu 

To help battle Covid-19, one hospital now offers its nurses trauma training. "That’s just as important as teaching them how to place an IV or how to give the medications or how to administer oxygen."https://on.wsj.com/3Ag5o8N 

Texas counties say confusion stemming from a new state election law is leading them to reject an unusually high proportion of applications for mail-in ballotshttps://on.wsj.com/3Kif4V0 

From @WSJopinion: President Biden’s Georgia speech last week on voting and elections was riddled with too many falsehoods to count. But one of his claims deserves closer scrutiny.https://on.wsj.com/3qGts1s 

There is a lot different about this year’s Australian Open and not just the forced absence of Novak Djokovic. Players and fans have been taken aback by something unusual for a tennis major: There are few people, and it is often quiet.https://on.wsj.com/33uN4wV 

What would have been Betty White’s 100th birthday turned into a celebration for animal-rescue groups and shelter organizations across the U.S. after fans on social media asked people to give $5 to any rescue, shelter or animal agency by Jan. 17https://on.wsj.com/3rzfUnF 

Wildfire risk in California is driving insurers to pull policies for high-end homes. Mass-market insurers have already cut back, pushing up prices.https://on.wsj.com/3qJjCvK 

Microsof's acquisition of Activision Blizzard is aimed at shaking up the game industry by building out the software giant’s library of blockbuster videogames and bolstering its efforts to entice consumers onto its cloud-gaming servicehttps://on.wsj.com/33AhAW5 

The Biden administration is expected to announce plans on Wednesday to make 400 million free N95 masks available at pharmacies and community health centers countrywide, according to a White House officialhttps://on.wsj.com/3nAPcdi 

The New York attorney general’s office said it uncovered a swath of evidence that former President Donald Trump and his company falsely valued assets to obtain loans, insurance coverage and tax deductionshttps://on.wsj.com/3rz6lVM 

Like stocks, cryptocurrencies have extended a selloff to start the year because of expectations that the central bank will raise interest rateshttps://on.wsj.com/33x6y42 

Boris Johnson faced increased pressure over allegations he broke lockdown rules, as a group of lawmakers from his party strategized on how to potentially oust himhttps://on.wsj.com/3FGMk50 

Here’s what we’re watching in Wednesday’s tradinghttps://on.wsj.com/3AbjPLs 

Bank of America's fourth-quarter profit jumped, capping off a remarkable year for the bankhttps://on.wsj.com/3nFegjf 

Procter & Gamble reported another quarter of strong sales growth as consumers, undeterred by higher prices, loaded up on household stapleshttps://on.wsj.com/3rwBXeT 

Consumer prices in the U.K. increased 5.4% in December compared with a year earlier, strengthening the case for further interest-rate rises as the country’s economy emerges from the Omicron wavehttps://on.wsj.com/3AcfDLB 

Stocks were poised for muted opening moves and government-bond yields extended their advance as investors awaited earnings from Morgan Stanley and Bank of Americahttps://on.wsj.com/3rpJDiQ