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Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Trump previously described 37-year-old mother shot three times by ICE agent as a 'professional agitator' President Donald Trump says he "felt horribly" about the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minnesota and claimed her father was ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
The US Supreme Court so far has helped shield the Federal Reserve from President Donald Trump 's efforts to seize control. An argument Wednesday will test just how committed the court is to the Fed's independence. The justices will weigh whether to let Trump fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook over mortgage-fraud allegations that she denies. The session will coincide with a Justice Department criminal investigation into ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
GELIDA, Spain (AP) — Commuter rail service in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region was suspended Wednesday after a Barcelona commuter train crashed the night before, Spanish authorities said. At least one person died in the Barcelona-area crash, and 37 others were injured as crews worked at night to complete the rescue effort. The train hit a retaining wall that fell onto the tracks, authorities said. The ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Territorial gains in northeast Syria, where government forces have retaken the cities of Raqqa and Deir Az Zor from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), have been a boon to President Ahmed al-Sharaa. Negotiations with the SDF have been ongoing since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in December 2024 over the integration of the main Kurdish representative in Syria into the Syrian armed forces. ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
The Supreme Court is running into a problem: There appears to be a gap between what the court writes in its opinions, and what the justices in the majority actually mean. Over the last year, the conservative justices have chastised lower court judges for not following their unsigned orders in unrelated cases. Those orders often don't have a majority opinion upon which other judges can rely, and they typically ...
Source: newrepublic.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
ABA Banking Journal annually wraps the year completed and looks ahead across a range of challenges, trends and potential changes for banks and bankers: Off the map: Top bank risks for 2026 New risks, uncertain territory make risk management a perilous journey in the new year. Podcast: The 2026 outlook for bank M&A The bank consolidation logjam broke in 2025, with several banks, including large regionals, inking ...
Source: bankingjournal.aba.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Lindsey Halligan has stepped aside from the U.S. attorney role, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday night, after a judge ordered her to stop "masquerading" as the top prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia. Bondi praised Halligan for her service to the Justice Department while blaming Democrats for President Donald Trump 's former lawyer's inability to continue on in her position. ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
The blue-green pieces of this planet humans call home aren't just aesthetic visuals that advertise the presence of life, something which other planets don't. These pieces are also the planet's savings accounts that safeguard the security vault of choppy, sinuous, delicate waters that humans use in everything from their drinking water bottles to boiling pastas, from feeding pet cats to washing their brand-new ...
Source: greenmatters.com
U.S. forces seize seventh sanctioned tanker linked to Venezuela in Trump's effort to control its oil
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — U.S. military forces boarded and took control of a seventh oil tanker connected with Venezuela on Tuesday as part of the Trump administration's broader efforts to take control of the South American country's oil . U.S. Southern Command said in a social media post that U.S. forces apprehended the Motor Vessel Sagitta "without incident" and that the tanker was operating in defiance of President ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
The acquisition establishes LatticeFlow AI as the industry's first evidence-based AI governance solution, securely connecting on-prem AI discovery and evaluation with centralized governance operations LatticeFlow AI , a Swiss deep-tech company leading evidence-based AI governance, announced during the World Economic Forum (WEF) the acquisition of Dublin-based AI Sonar Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of CloudSphere ...
Source: aithority.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Air Force One with President Donald Trump on board was forced to return to Maryland's Joint Base Andrews late Tuesday due to an electrical issue with the aircraft, officials said. Trump had boarded Air Force One at 9:34 p.m. EDT Tuesday, with wheels up shortly afterward. The plane was en route to Zurich Airport as the president is scheduled to speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos, ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
A year after the Texas outbreak began, new US cases reveal gaps in vaccination and rising risk for children T he measles outbreak in South Carolina now stands at 664 cases, more than doubling in a few weeks, officials said this week. The highly contagious virus has also spread onward to North Carolina, Ohio and Washington state, and similar outbreaks are unfurling in Arizona and Utah as well. The outbreak, which ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Sun's activities peaked yet again, sending a powerful solar radiation to Earth. On Monday, January 19, a severe G4 geomagnetic storm shook our planet's magnetic shield. As a result, auroras filled the skies in low-latitude regions across the Northern Hemisphere, especially in Europe. Although experts predicted aurora visibility across 24 U.S. states, the event peaked before sunset in North America with no evidence ...
Source: greenmatters.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Israeli prime minister accepts position on US-proposed body with initial remit to oversee Gaza ceasefire Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said on Wednesday that he had agreed to join a US-backed "board of peace" proposed by Donald Trump, despite his office having earlier criticised the composition of its executive committee. The body, chaired by the US president, was initially presented as a limited ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Veronika's improvised grooming device has caused great surprise – but that tells us more about humans than cows I have a farmer friend who regularly regales me with colourful stories of her cattle. Take the time when a beef cow called Noisette used her tongue to pull back the catch on the door of her pen so she could steal cattle nuts from the nearby feed bin. Or the time when she did it again, not to let ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
The tech giant begins testing "sponsored" labels in the U.S. as it scales AI infrastructure toward a $1.4 trillion commitment. OpenAI will introduce advertising in ChatGPT's free version for logged-in adult users in the United States, as the company addresses rising AI development costs. The company announced on Friday that advertisements will also extend to subscribers of the new $8 per month "Go" plan, while ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Crews began bulldozing the United Nations Relief and Works Agency 's offices in Sheikh Jarrah and fired tear gas at a vocational school in Qalandia, marking Israel's latest and most dramatic step against UNRWA. Israeli forces on Tuesday targeted at least two United Nations facilities, pushing forward with a crackdown against the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees tasked with delivering humanitarian services to ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
California's potential adoption of a one-time 5 percent "billionaire tax" on the net worth of high-value individuals is already sending wealthy residents fleeing for the exits. By one estimate, at least a trillion dollars has moved beyond the reach of state officials. But a new analysis says the tax may be even more onerous than advertised. Californians may need to get used to the sight of moving vans leaving the ...
Source: reason.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
A surfer had minor injuries from being bitten by a shark Tuesday in the fourth attack off the coast of Australia's most populous state in three days. The series of attacks have prompted beach closures and warnings that swimmers should avoid the open water and go to a pool instead. The shark attacked the man's surfboard at Point Plomer, 290 miles north of the New South Wales state capital, around 9 a.m., police said ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
A scathing six-page statement shared by David and Victoria Beckham's eldest son on Instagram has opened a long-rumoured family rift up to the public. Brooklyn Peltz Beckham has addressed his estrangement from his parents in a dramatic social media post, saying he had "remained silent for years". A lengthy statement shared on the 26-year-old's Instagram story revealed details about his fallout with parents Sir David ...
Source: news.sky.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
Netflix has amended its proposed $72-billion purchase of Warner Bros. and HBO, converting it to an all-cash offer in hopes of defusing criticisms from rival bidder, David Ellison's Paramount. Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery approved the change Monday, according to a regulatory filing. Warner board members previously had accepted Netflix's $27.75-a-share cash-and-stock proposal for Warner's Burbank studios and ...
Source: latimes.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
By At some point this winter — maybe a few days, maybe a few weeks — melancholy will fade and Hurricanes fans will be able to appreciate all that was accomplished during a season when UM got back its good name and returned to prominence. But on Monday, there was only that pit-of-your-stomach gnawing concoction of disappointment, frustration and emptiness that foments when a chance for history is ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article At least one staffer inside Elon Musk-led wrecking ball signed off on 'voter data agreement' with right-wing activist group Two staff members with Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency team at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
London — President Trump has called the U.K.'s decision to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius — a deal his administration previously supported — an act of "great stupidity" that further justified his desire for the U.S. to acquire Greenland . One of the islands, Diego Garcia, is the site of a key U.K.-U.S. military base in the Indian Ocean. "Shockingly, our 'brilliant' NATO Ally, the ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
Reading time 3 minutes The worst of the consumer impact from Trump's tariffs is yet to come, according to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. "We did a lot of pre-buying in the early part of 2025 to enable us to try and keep prices as low as possible for customers," Jassy told CNBC on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. "And that supply has run out in the fall." As a result, tariffs are starting to "creep ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha are about to become a family of six. The couple, who share three kids together, revealed that they are expecting their fourth child—as well as their newest addition's gender—in a surprise Instagram post shared on Tuesday. "We're very excited to share the news that Usha is pregnant with our fourth child, a boy," JD and Usha shared via a joint announcement on ...
Source: instyle.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
Sony is forming a joint venture with TCL for its home entertainment division, including Bravia TVs, where TCL will hold 51% control while Sony retains 49%. The home entertainment industry awoke Tuesday morning to stunning news: Sony is ceding control of its home entertainment business, including its storied Bravia TV brand, to TCL. It's the kind of headline that makes you do a double-take: ...
Source: pcworld.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account's 'Saved for Later' section. Between ICE 's general authoritarian provocations and the lethal violence it has unleashed in Minnesota particularly, you can understand why some Democrats want their elected representatives to defeat a pending appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security. The DHS appropriations are part of a huge package ...
Source: nymag.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
London - Despite fears of Chinese spying and hacking, the British government gave the go-ahead Tuesday for China to build a massive new embassy in the heart of London. The mega-embassy's designs will see it occupy an entire city block with a view of The Shard, Britain's tallest building on the banks of the Thames. It will be China's biggest embassy in Europe. The U.K. government's decision ended a saga that began ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
The company behind Vegas's Sphere venue announced plans to bring a smaller version of its venue to the National Harbor in D.C, and more could be coming to additional cities. Reading time 2 minutes The company behind Las Vegas's Sphere announced plans on Monday to bring a smaller version of the orb-shaped venue to the National Harbor outside Washington, D.C. The Sphere, which is covered by a giant LED exosphere that ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
The Justice Department has sent subpoenas to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and other state leaders, escalating its investigation into whether state officials conspired to impede law enforcement during the Trump administration's immigration operations, according to a document reviewed by NBC News and a person familiar with the investigation. The subpoenas were also sent to Minnesota Attorney ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
The Miami Dolphins hired former Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley as their coach on Monday, ending a swift search and tasking him with turning around a franchise that hasn't won a playoff game in 25 years. Meanwhile, another coaching source is reportedly over with the Tennessee Titans hiring San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh. Hafley replaces Mike McDaniel, who was fired earlier this ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
Changing temperatures may be behind change in behaviour, which experts fear threatens three species' survival Penguins in Antarctica have radically shifted their breeding season, apparently as a response to climate change, research has found. Dramatic shifts in behaviour were revealed by a decade-long study led by Penguin Watch at the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University, with some penguins' breeding ...
Source: theguardian.com