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America's Navy shot down an Iranian drone that it said, quote,

aggressively approached the USS Abraham Lincoln, an aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, with unclear intent.

Last week, Donald Trump sent an armada to the Middle East and has repeatedly threatened to strike Iran

if it does not agree to new limits on its nuclear program and to cut ties with regional proxy groups.

Tech stocks fell after Anthropic, an artificial intelligence firm launched an AI tool that can automate some legal work.

Shares in legal and data services companies plummeted first, That of Thompson Reuters, one such firm,

sank by nearly 16%, then software stocks more broadly fell. The tech-heavy NASDAQ index closed

down by 1.4%, recovering slightly from a steeper 2.4% drop. Mr. Trump signed a bill to end the partial government shutdown after America's House of Representatives

narrowly passed it by 217 to 214 votes.

The measure will fund several agencies until September and the Department of Homeland Security until February 13th,

allowing lawmakers to continue negotiating restrictions on immigration enforcement agents.

Disney said that Josh DeMorrow will become its chief executive on March 18th.

Mr. DeMorrow, who currently runs the company's theme

parks, will replace Bob Iger, who has been in his second stint in the top job since 2022.

Investors worry about the century-old studio's ability to innovate as technology companies

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