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Top News Stories for Monday, January 26th 2026
Monday, Jan 26th, 2026 -
Trump and team seem to prioritize vilifying victims of their immigration operations, regardless of conflicting evidence In the moments after federal officers shot Minneapolis ICU nurse Alex Pretti dead, Trump administration figures almost immediately made public statements in press conferences, televised interviews and social media posts that were at best indifferent to the evidence available at the time and at ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Jan 26th, 2026 -
Welcome to the Unconventional Review, an instant reaction to standouts, stats, and story lines from the Patriots' most recent game … In one sense, this is theirs and theirs alone, a stunning achievement to stand on its own. First-year Patriots coach Mike Vrabel, second-year quarterback Drake Maye, and a defense that keeps getting better and better completed one of the most improbable journeys to a Super Bowl ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Jan 26th, 2026 -
The U.S. work week opened with yet more snow dumping on the Northeast under the tail end of a colossal winter storm that brought ice and power outages, impassable roads, canceled flights and frigid cold to much of the southern and eastern United States. Deep snow — over a foot (30 centimeters) extending in a 1,300-mile (2,100-kilometer) swath from Arkansas to New England — halted traffic, canceled ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Carney says Canada has no plans to pursue free trade agreement with China as Trump threatens tariffs
Monday, Jan 26th, 2026 -
TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday his country has no intention of pursuing a free trade deal with China. He was responding to President Trump's threat to impose a 100 percent tariff on goods imported from Canada if America's northern neighbor went ahead with a trade deal with Beijing. Carney said his recent agreement with China merely cuts tariffs on a few sectors that were recently ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Jan 26th, 2026 -
Jan. 26 (UPI) -- The Israeli military has launched an operation in northern Gaza to retrieve the body of the last remaining hostage in the Palestinian enclave. A total of 251 people were abducted from Israel and taken into Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas conducted a bloody surprise attack on the Middle Eastern country. Many of the hostages, some of whom were killed in the initial attack, were released or rescued ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Jan 26th, 2026 -
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels threatened new attacks on ships traveling through the Red Sea corridor, likely trying to back Iran as it worried Monday about an approaching U.S. aircraft carrier after President Donald Trump threatened military action over its crackdown on nationwide protests. A short video by the Houthis included previously published images of a ship on ...
Source: military.com
Monday, Jan 26th, 2026 -
Run for parliament by Greater Manchester mayor would 'divert resources', says prime minister Keir Starmer has defended his party's decision to block Andy Burnham from standing for parliament, a move which has triggered a major backlash against the prime minister from parts of his own party. Starmer said on Monday that he and his fellow officers on Labour's ruling executive committee had decided not to let Burnham ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Jan 26th, 2026 -
Sam Darnold threw three touchdown passes, and the Seattle Seahawks outlasted the Los Angeles Rams 31-27 in a thrilling NFC Championship Game on Sunday to advance to the Super Bowl for the first time since the 2014 season. They will face the New England Patriots on Feb. 8 in a rematch of Super Bowl XLIX. Darnold, who will play in his first Super Bowl, finished the game 25-of-36 passing for 346 yards, those three ...
Source: sltrib.com
Monday, Jan 26th, 2026 -
Lifestyle Travel This is a BETA experience. opt-out Flight Canceled By Winter Storm? How To Benefit From Travel Insurance Many affected passengers will now be looking to travel insurance for compensation. Here's what Squaremouth, a leading travel insurance comparison site, wants travelers to know about coverage. On Sunday, flight cancellations in the US reached numbers not seen since the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Source: forbes.com
Monday, Jan 26th, 2026 -
A ferry with more than 350 people on board sank early Monday near an island in the southern Philippines . Rescuers have saved at least 316 passengers and retrieved 15 bodies, officials said. The M/V Trisha Kerstin 3, an inter-island cargo and passenger ferry, was sailing from the port city of Zamboanga to southern Jolo island in Sulu province with 332 passengers and 27 crew members when it apparently encountered ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Sunday, Jan 25th, 2026 -
Former President Obama and Michelle Obama called on Americans to recognize the dangers of the increasingly violent Immigration and Customs Enforcement crack-downs in the wake of the deadly shooting of an ICU nurse in Minneapolis. "The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy," the Obamas wrote in a lengthy statement posted on social media. "It should also be a wake up call to every American, regardless of ...
Source: latimes.com
Sunday, Jan 25th, 2026 -
Police officers in England and Wales would spend more time on the streets under sweeping reform plans to be outlined on Monday. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will pledge to cut "red tape" and "unnecessary admin" that she says prevents officers from leaving their stations. She will also promise faster response times for emergencies by setting a national standard for 999 calls. Mahmood said: "People are reporting ...
Source: bbc.com
Sunday, Jan 25th, 2026 -
--:-- / --:-- This voice experience is generated by AI. When a consulting firm publicly declares that AI agents can now do large parts of the work consultants were hired to do, it might unintentionally be teaching its clients how to replace it. it was deploying tens of thousands of AI agents and assigning them employee IDs and email addresses, it quickly sparked a broader conversation about AI taking over ...
Source: forbes.com
Sunday, Jan 25th, 2026 -
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — American rock climber Alex Honnold ascended the Taipei 101 skyscraper on Sunday without any ropes or protective equipment. Cheers erupted from a street-level crowd as he reached the top of the spire of the 508-meter (1,667-foot) tower about 90 minutes after he started. Wearing a red short-sleeve shirt, Honnold waved his arms back and forth over his head. "It was like what a view, it's ...
Source: apnews.com
Sunday, Jan 25th, 2026 -
Utah police arrested a man accused of assaulting a Florida congressman this weekend at a Sundance Film Festival after the man allegedly hurled racist comments to several patrons of a Creative Artists Agency party. Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-Florida) posted on X that he was "okay" after being slugged by the man, identified by police as 28-year-old Christian Young. "I was assaulted by a man at Sundance Festival ...
Source: latimes.com
Sunday, Jan 25th, 2026 -
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) drinks a Dr. Pepper at a Q&A; following a tour of the OpenAI data center in Abilene, Texas, U.S., September 23, 2025. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber/Pool U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) drinks a Dr. Pepper at a Q&A following a tour of the OpenAI data center in Abilene, Texas, U.S., September 23, 2025. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber/Pool Sarah K. Burris January 25, 2026 | 10:03AM ET Bank Sen. Ted Cruz ...
Source: alternet.org