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Top News Stories for Thursday, January 22nd 2026
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump arrives in Switzerland on Wednesday morning with Europe on edge and the NATO alliance in crisis over his aggressive push to At the annual World Economic Forum in the resort town of Davos, Switzerland, Trump will hold a series of meetings with European leaders rattled by his insistence that Denmark cede its island territory to the U.S., willingly or not. "I do not understand ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! The Supreme Court pressed lawyers for the Trump administration Wednesday over the president's effort to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, a consequential case that could profoundly impact the nation's central bank, and the degree of influence wielded by the commander-in-chief. Justices signaled some degree of wariness towards the arguments made by U.S. Solicitor ...
Source: foxnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
President Donald Trump urged Congress to pass a law limiting credit card interest rates to 10%. It followed a social media post where he urged banks to set that cap. The banking industry has criticized the proposal. President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged U.S. lawmakers to pass legislation to limit credit card rates to 10%, following his social media post this month ordering banks to voluntarily lower their ...
Source: cnbc.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
On Tuesday night, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Lindsey Halligan, the lawyer whom President Donald Trump tried to install as the chief federal prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia, will no longer serve in that role. That may sound like old news, since it has been two months since U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie concluded that Halligan's appointment was illegal. But instead of slinking away ...
Source: reason.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
– Commuter rail service in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region was suspended Wednesday after a Barcelona commuter train crashed the night before, killing one person and injuring 37 others, authorities said. The crash came two days after since 2013 that left many Spaniards in disbelief. The death toll in that crash, in southern Spain, rose to 43. Crews worked through the night near the Catalan town of ...
Source: news4jax.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 -
Home » » Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court took into consideration a Hawaii law that limits individuals with concealed-carry permits from carrying firearms on private property open to the public unless granted consent from the property owner, with the majority deeming the legislation as an infringement on the U.S Constitution's Second Amendment. The case revolves around a Hawaiian law and similar ...
Source: floridianpress.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 -
Dozens of the world's major rivers are so heavily tapped, they often run dry before reaching the sea. More than half of all large lakes are shrinking, and most of the world's major underground sources are declining irreversibly as agricultural pumping drains water that took centuries or even thousands of years to accumulate. In a report this week, U.N. scientists warn that the world has entered a new era of "global ...
Source: latimes.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — House Democratic leaders told their members in a closed-door meeting Wednesday they will vote no on a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security over concerns it doesn't do enough to rein in Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to two sources in the room. Their position suggests an overwhelming majority of the 213 House Democrats will vote against the DHS bill, reflecting the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Australia faced yet another shark attack on Tuesday after a surfer at Point Plomer on the New South Wales mid-north coast was bitten. It's the fourth reported shark incident in just three days in the country. According to New York Post, the attack happened mid-mourning. The shark first hit the man's board and left him with only minor cuts. Surf Life Saving captain Matt Worrall said the victim was "lucky to survive" ...
Source: wideopenspaces.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Sir Keir Starmer has said he "will not yield" to pressure from Donald Trump over the future of Greenland, after the US president attacked the UK's Chagos Islands deal. Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Sir Keir said the US president had criticised the Chagos deal after previously saying he supported it "for the express purpose of putting pressure on me and Britain in relation to my values and principles on ...
Source: bbc.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 -
United States President Donald Trump's plane has been forced to make a U-turn about an hour after departing its base for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Air Force One, carrying the president, his entourage and reporters, returned to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland shortly after 11:00pm (04:00 GMT) on Tuesday night, owing to a "minor electrical issue", said White House Press Secretary Karoline ...
Source: aljazeera.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 -
Hand stencils found in an Indonesian cave have been dated to back to at least 67,800 years ago, making it the world's oldest-known rock art. The team behind the discovery suggest the location of the find provides more evidence that Australia's first people arrived around 65,000 years ago. As there is limited evidence of humans in the area during that time period, the team are investigating other ...
Source: abc.net.au
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As confrontations with federal officers over their massive immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota showed no signs of stopping Wednesday, legal battles over the surge and the local response were also intensifying. Federal prosecutors served grand jury subpoenas Tuesday to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's office and five other officials in the state as part of an investigation into whether ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Hannah Natanson said seizure of her devices has upended her work and potentially exposed personal information not connected to her reporting The Washington Post is demanding the immediate return of computers, phones and other devices seized by federal agents during a search of a ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Beckham family falling-out has spilled further into public view in a series of social media posts from Brooklyn Beckham alleging that his parents David and Victoria Beckham have tried to sabotage his marriage and have always prioritized public branding over their family relationships. "For my entire life, my parents have controlled narratives in the press about our family. The ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article The move is the latest push from the administration to make buying a home easier for Americans Wall Street investors eager to buy up single-family properties may have met their match. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday banning Wall Street from buying homes. ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Immigrant advocates in Chicago are criticizing new guidance from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that tells officers they can forcibly enter people's homes without a judge's warrant. An internal memo reported by the Associated Press advises ICE officers to use force to enter a residence based solely on a more narrow administrative warrant to arrest someone with a final order of removal. Advocates say the ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
The legendary, record-setting NASA astronaut Suni Williams has officially retired, according to a NASA press release. Williams was famously stranded in space for an extended period of time due to technical issues, but that chaotic and dramatic mission should not overshadow a groundbreaking career full of tremendous moments. Williams has enjoyed a storied career in a fascinating field, and her accomplishments will ...
Source: greenmatters.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
WASHINGTON - The House Oversight Committee voted Wednesday to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with subpoenas related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, with Rep. Shontel Brown criticizing the move as "political theater" while the Justice Department remains behind on releasing Epstein files. While Republicans blasted ...
Source: cleveland.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Even before the childhood vaccine schedule's update, doctors often overlooked the shot that can prevent cervical cancer Recently, I walked into my doctor's office and receive my first dose of the HPV vaccine at 24. I felt a bit ridiculous sitting in the waiting room, a third-year medical student who can discuss the mechanism of E6/E7 over-expression but never got the vaccine that prevents it. I grew up in New ...
Source: statnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A chess grandmaster from the Bay Area who died in October was found to have died due to a probable cardiac arrhythmia and had methamphetamine and the active ingredients of kratom in his system at the time of his death, authorities said. Daniel Naroditsky, 29, a Foster City native who became one of the most influential voices in the sport of chess, died Oct. 19 at his North ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
You are not logged into your account. You have a registered email address and password on pressherald.com, but we are unable to locate a paid subscription attached to these credentials. Please Thank you for your support of local journalism! A day after residents across the state reported a noticeable increase in activity by immigration agents, federal officials confirmed a Maine-specific enforcement effort that ...
Source: pressherald.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
This Is The Best Way to Exercise for Longevity, According to Science This one variable may be more important than time spent in the gym. A study of data including more than 111,000 adults concluded that people who did the highest variety of exercises had a 19% lower risk of premature death compared to those with the least amount of variety. Different types of physical activity impact your body in unique ways, ...
Source: womenshealthmag.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 -
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 -
, part of BizClik, has released its highly-anticipated Top 100 AI Leaders 2026 ranking. The annual list recognises the individuals driving real-world impact through artificial intelligence, from scaling enterprise adoption to advancing responsible and ethical AI. This year's ranking highlights leaders who are shaping how AI is developed, governed and deployed across industries including technology, finance, ...
Source: aithority.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
The bill would offer a 100% sales and use tax exemption for qualified data centers for at least 20 years. This story was originally published by the Colorado Newsline . Lawmakers in the Colorado General Assembly are reviving a proposal to offer tax breaks for data center operators, aligning the state with dozens of other states competing for the favor of a fast-growing industry that has become a magnet for both ...
Source: route-fifty.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Announces TeraWave—A Competitor To Elon Musk's Starlink announced its own satellite communications network Wednesday, teeing up competition for Elon Musk's Starlink, which has largely dominated the satellite internet industry. The communications network, TeraWave, will have 5,408 interconnected satellites in low Earth orbit and provide service for enterprise, data center and government ...
Source: forbes.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Federal officials are warning shoppers to steer clear of cans of potentially tainted Genova Yellowfin Tuna that were mistakenly shipped this week to six grocery store chains in nine different states. The suspect cans were part of a larger recall of tuna products last February after Tri-Union Seafoods learned that some of the "easy open" pull tab lids were defective, the Food and Drug Administration said in a ...
Source: nbcnews.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 -
Topics More from TechCrunch Days ahead of a scheduled trial, social media company Snap has settled a lawsuit accusing the platform of causing social media addiction, according to reports from multiple outlets . , the settlement was announced Tuesday in the California Superior Court in Los Angeles County. The lawsuit against Snap was brought by a 19-year-old known in court documents as K.G.M., accusing the social ...
Source: techcrunch.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
A Superior Court judge will order one of the largest prediction markets in the country to stop taking action on sports-related events in Massachusetts, approving the intervention that Attorney General Andrea Campbell sought this fall when she accused the company of illegally offering de facto sports betting. Suffolk County Superior Court Judge Christopher Barry-Smith said Tuesday he will issue a preliminary ...
Source: wbur.org
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
Netflix has switched to an all-cash offer for Warner Bros Discovery's studio and streaming assets without increasing the $82.7bn price in a bid to shut the door on Paramount's rival efforts to snag the Hollywood giant. The new all-cash bid – at $27.75 a share – has unanimous support from the Warner Bros board, according to a Tuesday regulatory filing. Both Netflix and Paramount Skydance covet Warner ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
The US Department of Justice acknowledged last week that two members of the Department of Government Efficiency may have improperly accessed Social Security data at the request of an unidentified organization whose goal is challenging US election results. In a court filing dated January 16, the DOJ revealed that the unidentified organization last March reached out to two DOGE employees, who were working at the ...
Source: commondreams.org
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
Second lady Usha Vance is pregnant with her fourth child, she announced Tuesday with Vice President JD Vance . "We're very excited to share the news that Usha is pregnant with our fourth child, a boy," the couple said in a social media post . The pair already share two sons and a daughter. Their joint statement said that Usha Vance and the baby are both doing well, adding that they look "forward to welcoming him in ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
The Justice Department on Tuesday served subpoenas to the offices of multiple Democratic officials in Minnesota, including Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, in connection with a probe into an alleged conspiracy to impede federal immigration officers, three sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. The subpoenas represent a significant escalation between the ...
Source: cbsnews.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 -
Sony and TCL have entered an agreement that would hand control of Sony's TV division over to TCL by 2027. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways In a press release earlier today, Sony announced that it had entered a "strategic partnership" in which TCL would take a 51% stake in Sony's home entertainment division, which includes TVs and home audio. While the ...
Source: zdnet.com