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Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to meet Thursday at the White House with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, whose political party is widely considered to have , Trump will host the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Machado, having already and raised doubts about his stated commitment to backing democratic rule in the country. "She's a very nice woman," Trump told ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
Iran signaled it would not move ahead with executing protesters and reopened its airspace Thursday, as President Donald Trump left it unclear whether he would take military action over the regime's deadly crackdown. The United States began evacuating key personnel from its largest military base in the Middle East on Wednesday as the prospect of an American strike loomed, and activists said the death toll in Iran ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
on the platform on Wednesday. "This restriction applies to all users, including paid subscribers." The change was announced hours after California's top prosecutor, Rob Bonta, said he launched an investigation into sexualized AI deepfakes, including those of children, generated by Grok. The representative added: "While this is an encouraging development, California DOJ is investigating to determine whether xAI ...
Source: insider.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! NASA carried out its first medical evacuation from space early Thursday, bringing four astronauts back to Earth more than a month early after a crew member reported health issues aboard the International Space Station. SpaceX guided the Dragon capsule to a nighttime splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego , completing the return less than 11 hours after ...
Source: foxnews.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
If the byproduct of Wednesday's raid on a Washington Post journalist's home is to deter probing reporting of government action, the Trump administration could hardly have chosen a more compelling target. Hannah Natanson, nicknamed the "federal government whisperer" at the Post for her reporting on President Donald Trump's , had a phone, two laptops and a Garmin watch seized in the search of her Virginia home, the ...
Source: news4jax.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
United States authorities have said they will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for applicants from 75 countries. The suspension will take effect on January 21 and will affect applicants from Latin America and the Caribbean, the Balkans, and several countries in South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The change only affects people who want to move to the US permanently. It does not apply to visitors or ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
Donald Trump has unveiled a slew of proposals aimed at making life more affordable for everyday Americans, but according to one top economist, there's something that would make a bigger difference than anything the president has floated so far. Trump has laid out plans to tackle everything from mortgage rates credit card debt energy costs . Yet, Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman thinks those options pale in ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
Verizon said late Wednesday that it has resolved a major service outage on Wednesday that reportedly affected more than 2 million customers , rendering them unable to use their devices. In a comment to CNET sent late Wednesday, a Verizon spokesperson said that the problem appears to be fixed and the company will contact customers who were affected. "The outage has been resolved. If customers are still having ...
Source: cnet.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
Home » » Thousands of federal grants funding mental health and addiction services were suddenly terminated late Tuesday as the Trump administration sent hundreds of notices announcing the discontinuations. The sudden terminations at the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) affected over 2700 of the agency's discretionary grants worth nearly $1.9 billion. According ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
Mayor urged calm as protesters gathered on the scene, as city continues to reel in aftermath of Renee Nicole Good's killing A federal officer has shot a man in the leg during an enforcement operation in north Minneapolis, sparking protests in a city still on edge after the killing of Renee Nicole Good by a federal agent last week. The shooting occurred about 7pm local time, according to witnesses. Several hundred ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
Hamas leaders and representatives of other Palestinian factions in Gaza are in the Egyptian capital Cairo for talks on the second phase of the United States-led Gaza ceasefire deal , amid a teetering ceasefire that Israel has repeatedly violated as its genocidal war continues. The Palestinian group on Thursday welcomed the establishment of a 15-member Palestinian technocratic committee that would operate under the ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
, the company dedicated to Making Knowledge Work, announced the appointment of Mike Eichsteadt as Vice President of AI Engineering, underscoring the company's continued investment in expanding scalable, practical, and trusted AI capabilities across its platform. In this role, Eichsteadt will continue to advance iManage's AI capabilities by scaling applied AI and data science efforts and ensuring innovation ...
Source: aithority.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
New federal guidance to reduce the number of vaccines recommended for all children from 17 vaccines down to 11 comes as states already are charting their own courses on vaccine policy. issued by President Donald Trump in December calling to align the U.S. vaccination schedule with "peer" countries, including Denmark, that recommend fewer childhood vaccines - even though those countries provide more robust ...
Source: bradenton.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
Just more than a year after the new luxury behemoth was formed, it announced it had filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy Every year, the stores down Manhattan's Fifth Avenue dress up their windows at Christmastime. Tourists from all over the world come to gawk at all the glitter, lace, ruffles and bows. Saks's Fifth Avenue location, so iconic that it's embedded in the brand's name, is usually dressed top to bottom ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal officer shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle, further heightening the sense of fear and anger radiating across the city a week after an immigration agent fatally shot a woman in the head. Smoke filled the street Wednesday night near the site of the latest shooting as federal officers wearing gas masks and helmets fired tear gas ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand — A construction crane collapsed onto an elevated road near Bangkok, killing two people on Thursday, a day after another crane fell on a moving passenger train in northeastern Thailand and killed 32 people. The work on an extension of the Rama 2 Road expressway — a major artery leading from Bangkok — has become notorious for construction accidents, some of them fatal. ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Political candidates have legal standing to sue states that count mail-in ballots received after election day, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The court voted 7-2 to allow lead plaintiff Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., to continue his lawsuit against the Illinois State Board of Elections and its executive director for counting mail-in ballots that are received after a designated voting day. Also suing ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
challenging a state law that allows mail-in ballots received up to 14 days after Election Day to be counted. The high court divided 7-2 in siding with Congressman Michael Bost, an Illinois Republican who challenged his state's law for counting late-arriving ballots. The high court found that he has the legal right to sue over the rules that govern the counting of votes in his election to Congress. Chief Justice ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
CLEVELAND, Ohio — What do Mike Tomlin and John Harbaugh have in common? A lot. Both have coached in the AFC North seemingly forever. Harbaugh ended his 18th season in Baltimore with a 26-24 loss to Pittsburgh in the final regular season game. He then was fired. A week later, Tomlin finished his 19th season with Pittsburgh. He decided to "step down" from the head coaching position after a 30-6 loss to Houston ...
Source: cleveland.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Emmy-winning actor Timothy Busfield was ordered to remain detained on child sex abuse charges Wednesday in New Mexico as new details emerged about a separate misconduct allegation against him. Busfield did not enter a plea during a court appearance in which he was ordered to be held without bond. Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court Judge Felicia Blea-Rivera said a hearing will take place in five business days. ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Jan. 14 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump 's first choice to serve as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia is defending her use of the title despite a judge ruling she was unconstitutionally appointed. Lindsey Halligan's attorneys filed a response to a judge's order on Tuesday, saying the court is wrong in accusing her of misrepresenting herself as a U.S. attorney. U.S. District Judge David Novak ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
There were 1.18 million units available for sale at the end of December, down 18% from November. The median price of a home sold in December was $405,400, up 0.4% from a year earlier. There were 4.06 million existing home sales for the full year, unchanged from 2024. December sales were the strongest in nearly three years after adjusting for seasonal factors. A home with a "Sold" sign from a real estate company in ...
Source: cnbc.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
BEIJING, Jan 14 (Reuters) - China on Wednesday reported a record trade surplus of nearly $1.2 trillion in 2025, led by booming exports to non-U.S. markets as producers looked to build global scale to fend off sustained pressure from the Trump administration. A push by policymakers for Chinese firms to diversify beyond the world's top consumer market by shifting focus to Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin ...
Source: reuters.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Commerce Department eases export controls in exchange for 25% fee paid to US government The Trump administration formally greenlit Nvidia exports Tuesday, allowing the tech giant to ship its artificial intelligence chips to China and other countries. In a new rule set to be published Jan. 15, the Commerce Department is easing U.S. export restrictions on China for Nvidia's H200 chip , a move President Donald Trump ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Google LLC today debuted a tool called Personal Intelligence that will enable consumers to tailor its Gemini chatbot to their preferences. The tool will initially be available to a limited number of paying users in the U.S. Google plans to expand access over time. Consumers can enable Personal Intelligence through a new option in the Gemini settings menu. The tool gives the chatbot access to information that the ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
$420M Deal Enables Web Detection and Response, Secures AI-Driven Browser Activity CrowdStrike plans to purchase an enterprise browser security startup led by the longtime CEO of Walla to secure web-based access in the agentic artificial intelligence era. The Austin, Texas-based platform security vendor said the browser has become the new front door for productivity and risk, said Chief Business Officer Daniel ...
Source: databreachtoday.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
A federal three-judge panel for the U.S. Central District Court of California upheld Prop 50, ruling that Democrats can proceed in using their newly redrawn congressional maps in the state for the 2026 midterm elections. The court found "that the evidence presented reflects that Proposition 50 was exactly what it was billed as: a political gerrymander designed to flip five Republican-held seats to the ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Critics call move to cut payments after 1 February for number of Democratic-run states 'unconstitutional' Donald Trump has revived his stalled push to cut federal funding for a number of Democratic-run states, announcing that any with a perceived "sanctuary city" status will not receive payments after 1 February. The president made the statement during a freewheeling address at the Detroit Economic Club on Tuesday ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Last week, we wrote about how ICE agent Jonathan Ross murdered Renee Nicole Good , a 37-year-old poet and mother, on a Minneapolis street in broad daylight. We wrote about how the Trump administration immediately began lying about it despite multiple video angles showing exactly what happened. We wrote about how the media called documented murder a "dispute." This week, we're writing about how career Justice ...
Source: techdirt.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! Research conducted partly aboard the International Space Station (ISS) suggests that "microgravity" could help scientists fight drug-resistant superbugs, according to a report from SWNS. Microgravity is the condition in which people or objects appear to be weightless, NASA states. Experiments by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison show that viruses and ...
Source: foxnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
K-pop drum duet between Japan and South Korea's leaders caps off summit talks A surreal drum duet between two East Asian world leaders has set the internet abuzz - and put a spotlight on Japan and South Korea's diplomatic relationship. Decked out in matching blue jackets, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday played drums to the beats of K-pop hits - including ...
Source: bbc.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Kiefer Sutherland was arrested on suspicion of criminal threats early Monday morning after Los Angeles police say he assaulted a ride-hail driver. Just after midnight, officers responded to a call reporting an assault at an intersection just south of Hollywood Hills. The Los Angeles Police Department said they determined Sutherland entered a ride-hail vehicle, physically assaulted the ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday he was blocking Louisiana's attempt to extradite a doctor in the Golden State accused of mailing abortion pills. The Democratic governor's announcement comes a day after Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, said he sent the extradition paperwork in an effort to bring the physician "to justice." Louisiana has some of the strictest ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
If you want to avoid AI-generated music , there's one music platform that guarantees you'll only hear music created by humans. On Tuesday, the online music platform Bandcamp released a statement stating that music "generated wholly or in substantial part by AI" is banned from the platform as part of its new AI guidelines. Don't miss any of our unbiased tech content and lab-based reviews. Add CNET ...
Source: cnet.com
Tuesday, Jan 13th, 2026 -
At least three prosecutors with the U.S. attorney's office in Minnesota have resigned over their concerns with the direction of the investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a person familiar with the resignations told NBC News on Tuesday. The person confirmed the resignations of Joseph Thompson, Melinda Williams and another attorney. The two named ...
Source: nbcnews.com