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Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Axel Clavier felt like he was suffocating inside the Swiss Alpine bar where moments before he'd been ringing in the new year with friends and dozens of other revelers. The 16-year-old from Paris escaped the inferno, which broke out after midnight Thursday, by forcing a window open with a table. But about 40 other partygoers died, including one of Clavier's friends, falling ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Donald Trump has insisted that 'genetics' allows him to maintain his fast-food-based diet and his frequent use of aspirin Reality star Dr. Drew Pinsky has reiterated Donald Trump's health claims that the president made in a new interview with The Wall Street Journal. Trump told ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
President Donald Trump said Friday that if Iran "violently" intervenes with peaceful protests, the U.S. will "come to their rescue." Unrest has been growing in Iran since last week, as protests erupted over the government's handling of a sharp fall in the nation's currency and soaring prices. "We are locked and loaded and ready to go," Trump said on Truth Social. President Donald Trump said Friday that if Iran ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
US cuts proposed levies to between 2% and 14% despite accusing Italian producers of selling at unfairly low prices The US government has slashed proposed tariffs on Italian pasta that would have almost doubled the cost of many brands for shoppers. Donald Trump had threatened to impose tariffs as high as 92% on Italian pasta companies , after accusing 13 producers including Barilla, La Molisana and Pastificio Lucio ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
A woman has died in a rare suspected mountain lion attack in Colorado on Thursday, officials said. Hikers told authorities they saw a mountain lion near a person who was lying on the ground 100 yards away around 12:15 p.m., on the Crosier Mountain trail in unincorporated Larimer County, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said in a news release. The hikers scared the lion away by throwing rocks and then attended to the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
Nicolás Maduro said Thursday that his government is open to negotiating an agreement with the United States after months of American military pressure targeting drug trafficking networks tied to his government. In a pre-taped interview with Spanish journalist Ignacio Ramonet that aired on state television, Maduro said Venezuela is "ready" to discuss a drug-trafficking deal with the U.S. He called on the ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Jan 1st, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he's dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, a move that comes after legal roadblocks held up the effort. "We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again - Only a question of time!" he said in a social media post Wednesday. Governors ...
Source: military.com
Thursday, Jan 1st, 2026 -
The US military says it struck two boats it alleges were carrying drugs on Wednesday, killing five people on board. US Southern Command did not say where it had carried out the latest strikes but US forces have been targeting vessels they suspect of smuggling narcotics through the Caribbean and eastern Pacific for the past three months. Wednesday's strike came a day after the US targeted what it said were "three ...
Source: bbc.com
Thursday, Jan 1st, 2026 -
Carson Beck was able to avoid the question as well as he was able to sidestep any Ohio State pass rush when he was asked on ESPN which team he would prefer to play in the College Football Playoff semifinals, Ole Miss or Georgia. The obvious answer is Georgia, where Beck was the starting quarterback in the 2023 and '24 seasons. Beck isn't there anymore, and on Wednesday in Arlington, Texas, he led No. 10 Miami to a ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Jan 1st, 2026 -
Zohran Mamdani , the democratic socialist who campaigned on a promise to tackle the affordability crisis in one of America's most expensive cities, was sworn in as New York City's 112th mayor early Thursday. Mamdani, a 34-year-old immigrant from Uganda, makes history as the city's first Muslim mayor, first South Asian mayor and the youngest mayor to hold the high-profile office in more than a century. "This is ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Jan 1st, 2026 -
By The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a 77-year-old woman who went overboard from a Holland America cruise ship Thursday off Cuba, the agency said. The woman went into the water as the ship, the Neiuw Statendam, was sailing about 40 miles northeast of the Sabana-Camagüey archipelago off Cuba's northern coast, the Coast Guard said in a statement. The search is being conducted by the crew of the Cutter ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Thursday, Jan 1st, 2026 -
CK Smith 2 min read President Donald Trump used his veto power late last year to reject two bipartisan bills — moves that have drawn criticism from lawmakers and tribal leaders who say the decisions were shaped by political tensions and past legal fights as much as policy concerns. On Dec. 30, Trump vetoed H.R. 131 , the Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act , aimed at extending repayment terms for a ...
Source: yahoo.com
Thursday, Jan 1st, 2026 -
Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney shot back at President Donald Trump after the MAGA leader uncorked a wild attack on Clooney and trashed his movies over the actor's decision to exit the U.S. for French citizenship. The 64-year-old Oscar winner, his wife, Amal Clooney, and their two kids officially became French citizens this month after years living at their swanky Provence estate. And the news left Trump ...
Source: rawstory.com
Wednesday, Dec 31st, 2025 -
. Smith sought to testify publicly, but his request was denied by Republicans on the Judiciary Committee. In the deposition, a confident, candid and straight-to-the-point Smith described in great detail why he believed he had enough evidence to not only try but convict President Donald Trump of conspiracy to obstruct the certification of the electoral votes on Jan. 6, 2021, along with the other criminal charges ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Dec 31st, 2025 -
FOXBORO — Patriots defensive lineman Christian Barmore is facing a domestic assault charge for allegedly throwing the mother of his child to the floor earlier this year, according to court documents in the second case to surface this week involving allegations that a high-profile Patriot struck a woman. Barmore, 26, has yet to be arraigned or enter a plea on the charge of misdemeanor assault and battery on a ...
Source: bostonglobe.com