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Sunday, Jan 11th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — In a private meeting in the Oval Office last week, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham laid out a blueprint for what should happen next in Venezuela. "You're in charge," Graham, R-S.C., recalled telling President Donald Trump. "We are going to rebuild the place, but eventually transition to an election." "I think that's where we're going," Graham later told NBC News in an interview. If and when they ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Sunday, Jan 11th, 2026 -
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Nationwide unrest challenging Iran's theocracy saw protesters flood the streets in the country's capital and its second-largest city Saturday night and into Sunday morning, crossing the two-week mark as an outside monitoring group said at least 116 people had been killed. With the internet down in Iran and phone lines cut off, gauging the demonstrations from abroad has ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Sunday, Jan 11th, 2026 -
Like many of his teammates, Packers safety Evan Williams was shaken after the Bears rallied with 25 fourth-quarter points for a 31-27 victory in their wild-card playoff game Saturday night at Soldier Field. Shaken but not necessarily surprised. Even the Packers know by now, this is what the Bears do. Ben Johnson's Bears, anyway. "We came in at halftime, we know they've made a season out of comeback victories," ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Sunday, Jan 11th, 2026 -
News - US judge temporarily blocks federal freeze on child care and family assistance A federal district court in New York issued a two week temporary restraining order (TRO) Friday, blocking a Trump administration plan to withhold family assistance funds from five states. On Tuesday, the administration said that it would suspend payments to California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York under three federal ...
Source: jurist.org
Sunday, Jan 11th, 2026 -
A Ukrainian drone attack has killed one person and wounded three in the Russian city of Voronezh, according to local officials. Governor Alexander Gusev said in a social media post on Sunday that a young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack. Three other people were wounded overnight and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Sunday, Jan 11th, 2026 -
The Norwegian Nobel Institute has said the prize cannot be revoked, transferred or shared once announced. The US president has openly expressed interest in receiving the award. The organisation that oversees the Nobel Peace Prize has dismissed claims that Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado could give her recent award to President Donald Trump. The Norwegian Nobel Institute said Friday that once ...
Source: news.sky.com
Sunday, Jan 11th, 2026 -
Matthew Stafford's 19-yard pass to Colby Parkinson with 38 seconds remaining rescued the Los Angeles Rams in a 34-31 victory against the Carolina Panthers in an NFC wild-card game Saturday at Charlotte. "It was MVP type of stuff what he did," Rams coach Sean McVay said of Stafford. "I thought he saw the field really well and that's why we're advancing because of his leadership." Stafford was 24-for-42 for 304 ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
U.S. President Donald Trump wants to own Greenland. He has repeatedly said the United States must take control of the strategically located and mineral-rich island, which is a semiautonomous region that's part of NATO ally Denmark . Officials from Denmark, Greenland and the United States met Thursday in Washington and will meet again next week to discuss a renewed push by the White House , which is considering a ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
A shopper pays with a credit card at the farmer's market in San Francisco on March 27, 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was calling for a one-year cap on credit card interest rates at 10% starting on Jan. 20, but he did not provide details on how his plan would come to fruition or how he planned to make companies comply. Trump also made the pledge during the 2024 campaign, which he won, but ...
Source: cnbc.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
Renee Nicole Good 's final moments were spent in her maroon Honda Pilot, her son's stuffed animals peeking out from the glove compartment. She had stopped in the middle of a tree-lined south Minneapolis street and motioned for unmarked government vehicles to drive past. Whistle blasts pierced the early January chill in a now-familiar community response employed by activists in US cities to alert neighbors to the ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
The U.S. conducted large-scale strikes against multiple Islamic State targets across Syria on Saturday, U.S. Central Command said. The strikes targeted at least 35 locations and included more than 90 precision munitions fired and more than 20 aircraft, a U.S. official told CBS News. The aircraft included F-15Es, A-10s, AC-130Js, MQ-9s and Jordanian F-16s. Central Command, which oversees U.S. military operations in ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By REBECCA SANTANA MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Thousands of people marched in Minneapolis on Saturday to protest the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal immigration officer there and the shooting of two people in Portland, Oregon. Minnesota leaders urged demonstrators to remain peaceful. The protest was one of hundreds planned for towns and cities across the country over ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
Space agency said crew of four will leave ISS next week with goal of touching down in California on 15 January Nasa has announced when it will commence its first medical evacuation from the International Space Station after an astronaut fell ill with a "serious" but undisclosed issue. The US space agency announced on social media on Friday night that it will aim to have the crew leave the station no earlier than ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Vice President JD Vance reposted the video, writing, 'Watch this, as hard as it is' A video which apparently shows the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis from the perspective of the agent who fired the shots has been published online. Alpha News, a Minnesota-based site, posted ...
Source: independent.co.uk