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Top News Stories for Saturday, January 17th 2026
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
A large group of Democratic Congress members, senators and state politicians on Friday condemned the "intense trauma and terror" caused by Donald Trump's One lawmaker warned the homeland security secretary, , to preserve records for an investigation into the administration's deadly use of force. The dozens of leaders staged an "accountability" hearing at the state capitol in St Paul into Immigration and Customs ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Through the first two weeks of 2026, President Donald Trump and his administration have been very busy. The midterm elections are in November, and concerns about affordability remain top of mind for consumers. One such initiative recently proposed by Trump is a one-year, 10% cap on credit card interest rates, which would be significantly lower than the national average. It's understandable why consumers are ...
Source: fool.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — OpenAI says it will soon start showing advertisements to ChatGPT users who aren't paying for a premium version of the chatbot. The artificial intelligence company said Friday it hasn't yet rolled out ads but will start testing them in the coming weeks. It's the latest effort by the San Francisco-based company to make money from ChatGPT's more ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Claims Grok chatbot created "countless" sexual images of her without her consent. Ashley St Clair, the influencer and mother of one of Elon Musk's children, has sued the billionaire's AI company, accusing its Grok chatbot of creating fake sexual imagery of her without her consent. In the lawsuit, filed in New York state court, St Clair alleged that xAI's Grok first created an AI-generated or altered image of her in ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
The Department of Education announced Friday it would delay involuntary collections for federal student loans, including wage garnishments. Defaulted borrowers were to be notified beginning the week of Jan. 7 that their wages would be garnished. The department said the delay gives it more time to implement student loan repayment reforms. U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon attends a press briefing with White ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Canada, traditionally a staunch US ally, has been hit especially hard by Trump's steep tariffs on steel, aluminium, vehicles and lumber. Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney hailed a "new strategic partnership" with Beijing as he held talks President Xi Jinping on Friday, the first visit by a Canadian leader to China in eight years. The two countries had been locked in years of diplomatic spats after the retaliatory ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
AI toothbrush. AI sleep mask. AI baby monitor. AI coffee maker. AI cat feeder . AI pen. AI pin . AI massage chair. An AI mirror that "reads your face." An AI refrigerator that needs to know me better than I know myself. AI smart ring , AI smart necklace , AI headphones , AI OH MY GOD WHATEVER. On day one of my first CES, I started keeping a list in my notes app. Not a list of companies to follow up ...
Source: cnet.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
A heavy police presence and deadly crackdowns on protesters appeared to have largely suppressed demonstrations in many cities and towns across Iran, according to several witnesses and a human rights group. For weeks, Iran has been convulsed by protests sparked by a collapsing economy and a currency in free fall, with the demonstrations snowballing into a broader antigovernment movement. Authorities have sought to ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
A federal court has thrown out a lawsuit brought by the Trump administration attempting to force the state of California to turn over sensitive voter data. The decision , issued by the U.S. Central District Court of Southern California, is a major setback to the federal government's massive data collection effort on American voters, and its argument that existing civil rights laws permit it to demand that ...
Source: cyberscoop.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Federal prosecutors have unveiled a betting ring involving NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association game fixing, charging 26 people, including current and former college basketball players. The case involves gamblers placing bets and bribing players with large cash payouts for underperforming during a game, even texting players pictures of stacks of money if they complied. U.S. Attorney David Metcalf said the ...
Source: abajournal.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison Friday in the first verdict from eight criminal trials over the martial law debacle that forced him out of office and other allegations. Yoon was impeached, arrested and dismissed as president after his short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024 triggered huge public protests calling for ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
A federal judge said Dominion Energy Inc. can restart construction of a wind project off the coast of Virginia while it continues a legal fight over the Trump administration's order to stop the $11 billion development. The ruling marks the third time this week that an offshore wind project was allowed to resume despite a government stop-work order. US District Judge Jamar Walker in Norfolk, Virginia, issued a ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department's investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has brought heightened attention to a key drama that will play out at the central bank in the coming months: Will Powell leave the Fed when his term as chair ends, or will he take the unusual step of remaining a governor? Powell's term as Fed chair finishes on May 15, but because of the central bank's complex ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Researchers working at KU Leuven University in Belgium are warning people who use Bluetooth audio products that their devices may be at risk due to vulnerabilities in Google's Fast Pair technology, a feature that makes it quicker and easier to connect Bluetooth devices. Google says it has addressed issues that could allow hackers to hijack audio devices and track their location. But the ...
Source: cnet.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Flu cases are ticking down, but experts warn the U.S. isn't out of the woods yet. Fifteen more children died from the flu in the week ending Jan. 10, bringing the total of pediatric deaths to 32. On Friday, the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported an over 18% drop in confirmed flu cases , compared to the previous week. Doctor visits for respiratory illnesses also decreased by ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! People who have received a cancer diagnosis are living longer than ever, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society (ACS). Decades of cancer research have led to more effective treatment of the disease, so that cancer is "becoming less of a death sentence and more of a treatable chronic disease," the 75th annual Cancer Statistics Report stated. The five-year ...
Source: foxnews.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Follow Earth on Google Tyrannosaurus rex has long been portrayed as a monster that rocketed to adulthood, hitting peak size in its twenties. A new analysis paints a different picture. It suggests these predators kept growing for roughly four decades, taking far longer to reach their full bulk than scientists once thought. The study reexamines growth evidence from 17 tyrannosaur leg-bone fossils, from small ...
Source: earth.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
KAMPALA, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine's party said he was taken by the army from his house and brought to an unknown location on Friday as President Yoweri Museveni closed in on a landslide reelection. Wine's National Unity Platform party said on Friday evening in a post on X that an army helicopter had landed in his compound in the capital Kampala and "forcibly taken him away ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
The startup aims to bypass invasive skull surgery by using ultrasound and molecular engineering to connect neurons directly to digital models. OpenAI has invested in Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface startup founded by Sam Altman, its CEO. The company emerged from stealth on Thursday, announcing an undisclosed seed round. A source familiar with the matter confirmed OpenAI provided the largest single check in ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Coalition of lawmakers is asking the FTC to reply to a series of questions about Trump Mobile by mid-February A group of Democratic lawmakers is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Trump Mobile, the cellphone network provider branded by the Trump Organization , for ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
Four astronauts emerge from capsule after Pacific landing, including crew member in 'stable' condition Four astronauts from the International Space Station have returned to Earth a month earlier than planned after one developed a serious medical condition onboard the orbiting outpost. Nasa confirmed that the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the US astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, the Japanese astronaut ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
Ruling delivers victory to Trump administration in its efforts to deport the pro-Palestinian activist A federal appeals court on Thursday reversed a lower court decision that ordered the release of the former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention, delivering the Trump administration a victory in its efforts to deport the pro-Palestinian activist. A 2-1 panel of the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
Verizon said Thursday that it would begin issuing $20 credits to the accounts of customers affected by Wednesday's nearly daylong cellular service problems . The outage, which brought voice and data services to a halt for many customers of the country's largest wireless network, lasted from about 12 p.m. ET until well after 10 p.m. ET. "Yesterday, we did not meet the standard of excellence you expect and that we ...
Source: nbcnews.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 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article The Veronica marks the sixth tanker seized by US forces as part of the administration of Donald Trump's drive to control Venezuela's oil products U.S. forces have seized another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea , the Motor Tanker Veronica, which the Trump administration claims has ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
Spotify announced a round of price increases on Thursday, and said the changes will affect customers in the US, Latvia and Estonia. The music streaming giant is raising the monthly rates on its premium subscriptions, which take effect immediately for new subscribers but will be implemented for current customers in February. Spotify last bumped up pricing in the US in the summer of 2024. The Premium ...
Source: cnet.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Trump administration reinstated Thursday about $2 billion in mental health and substance abuse funding — two days after it canceled those grants and left Central Florida agencies worried how they would manage significant cuts to the region's limited resources. Central Florida's largest mental health and substance abuse provider had nearly $1.2 million ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com