US stocks poised for positive week
Donald Trump praised Pope Francis at a South Carolina town hall event, taking a more conciliatory tone following a row with the pontiff sparked on Thursday when the Catholic leader said Trump is "not Christian" due to his views on immigration. (BBC/CNBC)

Sen. Bernie Sanders is closing in on Hillary Clinton in the national race, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. The survey shows Clinton with a 53 percent lead among Democratic primary voters to 42 percent for Sanders. (CNBC)

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg would get just 16 percent of the vote in a hypothetical three-way battle with Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. The poll suggests Bloomberg would take more votes from Sanders than from Trump. (WSJ)

U.S. warplanes carried out air strikes early on Friday in the western Libyan city of Sabratha, where Islamic State militants operate, killing as many as 40 people. The attacks targeted a senior militant linked to attacks in Tunisia last year, a U.S. military spokesman said. (Reuters)

Apple (AAPL) has been given more time to respond to a Department of Justice order to assist the FBI in unlocking an iPhone used by a shooter in last year's San Bernardino terror attack. Apple's response in court will now be due February 26. (CNBC)

Law firm Hagens Berman has filed a class-action lawsuit against Daimler in the United States on the part of a Mercedes BlueTEC diesel car owner. The suit illegal nitrogen oxide levels. (Reuters)

Volkswagen internal memos and emails suggest the company delayed regulators after being confronted in early 2014 with evidence its vehicles were emitting more pollutants than allowed. (NYT)