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Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
By President Donald Trump's sweeping claims last weekend that U.S. energy companies would "spend billions of dollars" and "take back the oil" in Venezuela blindsided American executives, who were far from ready to commit to an investment binge in the South American country. In the wake of the president's remarks, administration officials have rushed to assess companies' appetite for pumping more of Venezuela's oil ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
AI tool also used to undress image of woman killed by ICE agent in US, says research Elon Musk's AI tool Grok has been used to create sexually violent and explicit video content featuring women, according to new research, as the British prime minister added to condemnation of images it has created. Grok has also been used to undress an image of Renee Nicole Good , the woman killed by an Immigration and Customs ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
The fact that Crew-11 is the first to leave the International Space Station early due to a medical issue is a testament to the safety of NASA's human spaceflight program. Reading time 3 minutes A medical issue affecting one of the Crew-11 astronauts will bring an early end to their mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA confirmed in a Thursday press briefing. Their return will mark the agency's ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
– Demonstrations broke out in on Dec. 28 and have spread nationwide as protesters vent their increasing discontent over the Islamic Republic's faltering economy and the collapse of its currency. Dozens of people have been killed and thousands arrested as the daily protests have grown and the government seeks to contain them. While the initial focus had been on issues like spikes in the prices of food staples ...
Source: news4jax.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The United States added 50,000 nonfarm jobs in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics' jobs report published Friday. The bureau's seasonally adjusted addition of 50,000 nonfarm jobs was lower than the 56,000 it had projected. That projection was revised downward from the 73,000 estimated by Dow Jones in November. There was little change in the unemployment rate, falling to 4.4% from a forecasted ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
After the record lows that mortgage interest rates hovered near for most of 2020 and 2021, even a casual observer could tell you what a "good" rate could be considered to be at the time. A rate under 4% was generally considered good during this period but there were plentiful options under 3%, too, giving both homebuyers and owners reason to take action. But the economic climate and interest rate landscape, ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Department of Health and Human Services from halting around $10 billion in social services funding to multiple Democratic states, a move the agency argued was necessary to crack down on fraud — but the states called unconstitutional. The states covered by the decision are California, New York, Minnesota, Illinois and Colorado. HHS announced plans to freeze the ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Jan. 9 (UPI) -- At least four people were killed and 19 injured after Russia launched large-scale strikes against Kyiv and across Ukraine overnight, with Moscow admitting it used a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile for only the second time ever. The fatalities, all in Kyiv, included a paramedic who was killed when an apartment building where he was treating people in Darnytskyi district in the east of the capital ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
The new AI Inbox sorts emails into 'Suggested to-dos' and 'Topics to catch up on' for better organization. Google has introduced a new AI Inbox for Gmail that delivers a personalized overview of tasks and important updates. The company also launched AI Overviews in Gmail search and a Proofread feature. Gmail now extends several AI capabilities, previously limited to paid subscribers, to all users. The AI Inbox tab ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces boarded another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea on Friday, the U.S. military said, as the Trump administration targets sanctioned tankers traveling to and from Venezuela as part of a broader effort to take control of the South American country's oil. The predawn raid was carried out by Marines and Navy sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, part of the ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the entire United Nations climate-fighting apparatus takes America's environmental isolation to another level and is likely to damage both the United States and the world as the planet flirts with ecological tipping points, experts say. Leaders from around the world say ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Reading time 3 minutes Cellphone video taken by Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good, was published on X by a right-wing media outlet from Minnesota on Friday. The footage shows Ross exiting a vehicle and Good trying to talk with the ICE agent as he circles her Honda Pilot. The first words spoken by Good in the newly released video are hard to decipher, with sirens blaring nearby. It sounds ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
By Ten notes and thoughts in the aftermath of UM's 31-27 playoff semifinal win against Mississippi, sending the Canes to the national championship game Jan. 19 at Hard Rock Stadium: ▪ Savor the moment, Hurricanes fans. Relish it. You can now confidently say the "U is back" without it eliciting eye rolls or ridicule. Kudos to Mario Cristobal for doing not only what he set out to do by year four, but navigating ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article He's dubbed the project the 'Upper West Wing' After demolishing the East Wing of the White House to make room for his sprawling ballroom , President Donald Trump is now looking to expand the West Wing, according to a new report. In an interview with The New York Times on ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Meta said it has secured agreements with energy companies Vistra, TerraPower and Oklo, which are working on nuclear power technologies. They're planning to work together to eventually power Meta's Prometheus supercluster computing system that's being built at a data center in New Albany, Ohio. Tech giants like Meta are investing heavily in nuclear power and signing deals with energy providers as part of their ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a plan to provide free child care for 2-year-olds and expand other child care support for thousands more children across the state on Thursday, in one of the first major steps toward fulfilling Mamdani's campaign pledge of universal access. The governor said that the state is fully funding the first two years of a free child care program ...
Source: truthout.org
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Follow Earth on Google Cloud-9 sits in a universe that rarely stops shining. Telescopes are built to chase that light and record every spark they can find. Yet some of the most important clues about how the universe works come from places that barely register at all. This object does not glow or glitter. It has no stars and almost no visible light. From a distance, it looks like nothing more than a quiet patch of ...
Source: earth.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
An endangered mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, whose remarkable biodiversity has long been threatened by the region's litany of conflicts. Fewer than one percent of mountain gorilla pregnancies result in twins, according to scientists, with the DRC recording a previous case in 2020, also in the UNESCO-listed Virunga reserve. ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Evidence is mounting that specific gut bacteria are linked to sleep conditions, which may open the doors to dietary recommendations aiming to boost the quality of our slumbers We know that diet has a role in sleep conditions – and now it seems that dietary fibre in particular might help address them. Links have previously been found between several sleep conditions and the gut microbiome , especially through ...
Source: newscientist.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
The Israeli military said the strikes, which hit several Hamas fighters and the group's "terror infrastructure", came in response to a failed rocket attack by militants in the Gaza City area. Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 13 people, including four children, health officials have said. Four children were among the dead following the strikes in northern Gaza and east of Gaza City, according to family ...
Source: news.sky.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Industry watchers on both sides of the aisle say President Donald Trump's recently announced goal of banning "large institutional investors" from buying single-family homes won't address the root cause of high home prices: a shortage of homes. Major investors, including hedge funds and private equity firms, own hundreds of thousands of single-family homes around the US, which has raised concerns that Wall ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
Certain canines can learn using cues from people's gaze, gestures, attention and voices, researchers find Whether it is a piece of food or a four-letter expletive, words can be learned by young children overhearing adults – but now researchers have found certain dogs can do something similar. Scientists have discovered canines with the unusual ability to learn the names of myriad objects can pick up such ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
The 2026 tax filing season starts on Jan. 26, which marks the first day the IRS will accept and process individual tax returns for 2025. Most taxpayers must file federal returns and pay taxes owed by April 15 to avoid penalties and interest. Many filers could see a bigger tax refund in 2026 based on changes enacted via President Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill." The 2026 tax filing season starts ...
Source: cnbc.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
It's quick and easy to access Live Science Plus, simply enter your email below. We'll send you a confirmation and sign you up for our daily newsletter, keeping you up to date with the latest science news. Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Flipboard Join the conversation Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Scientists analyzing the first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory ...
Source: livescience.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
The FBI on Thursday informed investigators in Minnesota that it would not be cooperating with them in probing the deadly shooting of Minneapolis resident Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration agent. Drew Evans, superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA), said that the probe into Good's death "would now be led solely by the FBI," which would leave his agency without "access to the ...
Source: commondreams.org
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
People who stop taking GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy for weight loss are projected to regain their shed pounds within about 1½ years, a review of existing research has found. The paper also found that former users of a wider list of weight-loss drugs regain weight four times more quickly than those who had used behavioral techniques like dieting or exercise. For sustained health benefits after ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! Cyera announced a $400 million Series F funding round, bringing its total funding to over $1.7 billion. This raise comes just over six months after the previous round and triples the company's valuation from a year ago to $9 billion. The round was led by funds managed by Blackstone ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
Jan. 8 (UPI) -- A federal judge on Thursday disqualified a U.S. attorney in New York and threw out the subpoenas he issued to the state's Attorney General Letitia James . U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield wrote in her opinion that John Sarcone III has been unlawfully serving as the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York. "When the Executive branch of government skirts restraints put in place by ...
Source: upi.com