Karen Moscow

Crews have pushed through mountainous wilderness in California near Lake Tahoe during a snowstorm to rescue six backcountry skiers who survived an avalanche but were trapped by its snow and ice.

Nine others from their tour group remain missing.

There's more fallout this morning from the Jeffrey Epstein Files, and Bloomberg's Alexis Christophorus has the latest from New York.

All right, Alexis, thank you.

Illinois Governor J.B.

Pritzker is proposing a new fee on social media companies, and he says it raised about $200 million a year for education.

It comes as the state confronts a sizable budget shortfall and greater uncertainty around federal funding under President Trump.

Japan plans to invest $36 billion in U.S.

oil, gas, and critical mineral projects.

It's the first tranche of its $550 billion commitment under the trade agreement it struck with President Trump.

Two of the biggest companies in artificial intelligence are tightening their already close relationship.

We get details with Bloomberg's John Tucker.

John.

All right, John, thank you.

Well, speaking of Meta, the CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify during a landmark social media trial in Los Angeles today.

The plaintiff, a now 20-year-old woman, is seeking to hold social media companies responsible for harms to children who use their platforms.

Shares at New York Times are higher this morning.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has built a stake in the media publishing company in the fourth quarter.

The conglomerate did slash its stake at Amazon by 75%.

And U.S.