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Top News Stories for Thursday, January 29th 2026
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man sprayed an unknown substance on DemocraticU.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and was tackled to the ground Tuesday during a town hall in Minneapolis, where tensions over federal immigration enforcement have come to a head after agents fatally shot an intensive care nurse and a mother of three this month. The audience cheered as the man, who was wearing a black jacket and holding a syringe, was ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
Brings visibility into what sensitive data AI models can access and return within Atlassian Confluence Bedrock Data, the modern DSPM platform provider for data-centric security, governance and management, announced native support for Atlassian Confluence, bringing data security visibility into unstructured SaaS collaboration environments that increasingly serve as both repositories for sensitive enterprise ...
Source: aithority.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — The Federal Open Market Committee voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to keep interest rates unchanged, a development broadly in line with market expectations and foreshadowed last month by Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Easing tensions between the two sides of the Fed's dual mandate — maximum employment and price stability — helped underpin the decision to hold rates steady. Processing Content ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
Amazon made a big splash when it introduced its Amazon Go stores in 2017 , but the checkout-free stores didn't catch on as a standalone option for shoppers. The e-commerce giant has decided to shut down the stores and use the underlying technology for other purposes. Amazon, which is planning to cut 14,000 corporate jobs and 30,000 total employees, according to Reuters , is also discontinuing its Amazon Go and ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
In Minneapolis and communities nationwide, trust is built on reporting that follows the facts wherever they lead -- even when powerful institutions resist scrutiny. Support journalism that stands firmly for the public's right to know. Already a member? ROME, Jan 27 (Reuters) - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel will help protect U.S. delegations at next month's Winter Olympics in Italy, causing a ...
Source: huffpost.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
The inquiries launched by the Trump administration after immigration officers killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis are a departure from the government's long-standing practices around investigations into high-profile killings by law enforcement, according to local prosecutors and former federal officials. Top officials in the Trump administration were quick to say in the aftermath of the fatal shootings ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
The European Union and India announced a landmark Free Trade Agreement on Tuesday. The two economies, which together represent about a quarter of the world's population, spent nearly two decades haggling over the terms of the deal. So what brought them together to finally ink what the EU has lauded as the "mother of all deals"? Statements by European leaders suggest the self-proclaimed king of the deal, ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — Senators met privately on Wednesday to discuss off-ramps to prevent a government shutdown this weekend, with both parties recognizing that a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security cannot pass in its current form. A recent funding deal that passed the House last week has been upended by the DHS killing of Alex Pretti in Minnesota over the weekend — and the subsequent public ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
Amazon is cutting about 16,000 jobs in the latest round of mass layoffs for the tech industry. Beth Galetti, a senior vice president at the ecommerce company, made the announcement Wednesday in a blog post. The latest reductions follow a round of job cuts in October, when Amazon laid off 14,000 workers. She said US-based staff would be given 90 days to look for a new role internally. Those who are unsuccessful or ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
The two Border Patrol agents who shot and killed protester Alex Pretti in Minneapolis have been placed on paid administrative leave. The agents were reportedly given mental health support as standard procedure, and were placed on an automatic administrative leave for at least three days. When the agents return, they will not be allowed out on the field and will be given desk roles, sources say. ...
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC that 600,000 families have already signed up for Trump accounts since the start of tax season. Parents and guardians can open accounts by making elections on IRS Form 4547 when filing their 2025 returns. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said "600,000 families out of an estimated 25 million" have already signed up for Trump accounts since the ...
Source: cnbc.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
Time is running out for Iran to make a deal, President Donald Trump warned Wednesday, as he urged the Islamic Republic to negotiate on nuclear weapons or face the force of a "massive armada" of American ships. "Like with Venezuela, it is, ready, willing, and able to rapidly fulfill its mission, with speed and violence, if necessary," Trump said in a post on Truth Social, adding that the fleet was "moving quickly, ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
Ecuador's Foreign Ministry filed a formal note of protest on Tuesday after a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent tried to enter the South American nation's consulate in Minneapolis before being stopped by a staffer inside the building. In a statement released following the incident, the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry said an ICE agent "attempted to enter the consulate premises," but "consulate officials ...
Source: truthout.org
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
On Tuesday afternoon, I made one of the biggest decisions of my life: I deleted TikTok from my phone. As dramatic as that characterization may sound, I assure you it's fitting. Over the last six years, TikTok has been a trusty companion that's consumed an immeasurable amount of my free (and not-so-free) time. But as new app ownership takes over in the US, something has irrevocably changed. The algorithm, ...
Source: cnet.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
One of the biggest cases ever concerned with the ways social media companies engage young users will test claims about addiction, as well as the tech giants' protections under the First Amendment. A California woman alleges she became addicted to social media apps as a child, leading to physical and emotional harm. Her case is the first in a series accusing major social media companies of designing their products ...
Source: pbs.org
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
A man suspected of being involved in human trafficking was injured after exchanging gunfire with US Border Patrol agents and firing at a federal helicopter during a pursuit in Arizona near the US-Mexico border early Tuesday, according to Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos. Federal agents were attempting to stop a pickup truck near Arivaca, Arizona, shortly after 7 a.m., Nanos said. The person in the car did not pull ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
Ed Silverman, a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, has been covering the pharmaceutical industry for nearly three decades. He is also the author of the morning Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the middle of the week. Congratulations on making it this far, and remember there are only a few more days until the weekend arrives. So keep plugging away. After all, what are the alternatives? While you ...
Source: statnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
Bill Belichick won six Lombardi Trophies as a head coach with the Patriots, two as an assistant with the Giants and has more Super Bowl rings than anyone in NFL history. Yet somehow he's not a first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Famer. Belichick didn't get the required votes in his first year of eligibility, according to a report from ESPN on Tuesday that cited four unidentified sources. Belichick needed 40 votes ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
High hopes for Optimus robot help company beat forecasts despite yearly revenue decline and flailing car business In the clearest sign yet that Tesla is pivoting away from its electric car business, CEO Elon Musk announced on Wednesday's investor call that the company would discontinue production of its Model X SUV and Model S full-size sedan. "It's time to basically bring the Model S and X programs to an end," ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
Google is turning Chrome into something closer to a digital copilot. In the next wave of Gemini updates rolling out, Google on Wednesday revealed a set of new AI-powered features coming directly to its browser, aimed at reducing the frustrations of exploring the internet each day. Built on Gemini 3 , the updates introduce an always-available side panel, deeper app integrations, creative image tools and a new ...
Source: cnet.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. In the days since Alex Pretti was shot to death by federal agents in Minnesota, Republican administration officials have been deploying torturous logic to defend the agents responsible and villainize the 37-year-old ICU nurse. Pretti had a gun when he encountered law enforcement on Saturday—which he was ...
Source: slate.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
The early bird may not only catch the proverbial worm but also have a healthier heart, new research suggests. People who naturally stay up late, self-described night owls , are likelier to have poor heart health than people with more traditional sleep-wake schedules, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association . The findings were particularly strong among women. ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
County spokesperson says warrant seeks number of 2020 election records while FBI declines to give further details The FBI executed a search warrant at the election office in Fulton county, Georgia , on Wednesday for records related to the 2020 election, according to a spokesperson for the county and the FBI. The warrant sought all ballots from the 2020 election in Fulton county, tabulator tapes, ballot images and ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
Reading time 2 minutes The South Carolina Department of Public Health reported Tuesday that there have been 89 new cases of measles identified since Friday, bringing the total number of cases in South Carolina's Upstate outbreak to 789 . It's the largest outbreak in the U.S. since measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. in the year 2000, surpassing an outbreak in Texas last year that reached 762 cases before ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Technical talks between the U.S., Denmark and , Secretary of State The foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland agreed to create a working group aimed at addressing differences with the U.S. during a Washington meeting earlier this month with Vice President JD Vance and Rubio. repeated calls for the U.S. to take over Greenland, a Danish territory, in the name of countering threats from ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
If you're a decaf K-Cup drinker, this message is for you. Keurig has recalled the McCafe Premium Roast Decaf Coffee K-Cup Pods because they may contain caffeine. Here's everything to know. Don't miss any of our unbiased tech content and lab-based reviews. Add CNET as a preferred Google source. What was recalled? Keurig Dr Pepper voluntarily recalled 960 cartons of McCafe Premium Roast Decaf Coffee K-Cup ...
Source: cnet.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! Google announced updates to the Android theft protection features that expand existing safeguards and make stolen devices harder to use. These updates are available on Android 16 and later. One update builds on Failed Authentication Lock, a feature introduced in Android 15 that ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
By It may be on a delay for some of us, but the AI jobs destruction apocalypse is hitting the tech industry hard. Of the 244,851 global layoffs in 2025, nearly 70,000 , or about 30%, were AI-related, according to Digital Journal , citing information from forex broker data firm RationalFX. But despite what many headlines say about recent layoffs, artificial intelligence isn't to blame for every job loss. Amazon, ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
is dedicating his new song to the people of Minneapolis, criticizing President Donald Trump's ongoing in the city. The lyrics of released Wednesday, describe how "a city aflame fought fire and ice 'neath an occupier's boots," which Springsteen calls "King Trump's private army." Springsteen in a statement said he wrote and recorded the song over the weekend and released it in response to by federal immigration ...
Source: news4jax.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
has cost taxpayers roughly $496 million through the end of December, and continued deployment could cost over $1 billion for the rest of the year, according to new data from the nonpartisan into U.S. cities as part of an effort to combat crime and support local law enforcement. Critics of the move argue the deployments undermine state and local authority and exceed the president's authority under the Constitution. ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
Highly contagious virus, which spreads from animals to humans, has a high fatality rate and there is no vaccine Airports across Asia have been put on high alert after India confirmed two cases of the deadly Nipah virus in the state of West Bengal over the past month. Thailand, Nepal and Vietnam are among the countries screening airport arrivals over fears of an wider outbreak of the virus, which can spread from ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Department of Justice insists files will be released 'in the near term', despite less than 1% being made public to date Attorney General Pam Bondi has appealed for more time to release the Justice Department 's cache of files relating to child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein , more ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
The pilots of an American Airlines commuter jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter were put on a collision course over the Potomac River by the Federal Aviation Administration, which designed and approved a flight pattern that relied too heavily on pilots to avoid crashes, according to the National Transportation Safety Board The board approved its final report Tuesday following a yearlong investigation of the Jan. ...
Source: bradenton.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
Company reports second-quarter revenues of $81.27bn but posts slowing growth in key cloud computing business Investor interest in Microsoft shares may have weakened in recent months, but the company posted strong financial results on Wednesday which yet again demonstrated that the AI boom is roaring on. Microsoft reported earnings for the second quarter of fiscal year that are likely to keep the party going for ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
CISA added the flaw to its KEVs catalog as Fortinet warned that patches for most affected versions remain "upcoming," even though vulnerable devices can no longer use cloud SSO until upgraded. Fortinet has disclosed a critical authentication bypass zero-day vulnerability affecting its FortiCloud single sign-on feature after the company took the emergency step of temporarily disabling the cloud authentication ...
Source: csoonline.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
A former French senator was convicted and sentenced Tuesday to 1 1/2 years in prison for drugging a fellow lawmaker in order to abuse her, an experience she described as terrifying and leaving long-lasting trauma effects. Joël Guerriau, 68, has admitted serving Sandrine Josso a drink spiked with MDMA, known as ecstasy, but says it was an accident. A Paris court found him guilty of having drugged Josso to ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
Relatives of two Trinidadian men killed during the Trump administration's internationally condemned bombing spree against boats allegedly transporting drugs in the Caribbean Sea filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against the United States . Chad Joseph, 26, and Rishi Samaroo, 41, were killed in one of the at least 36 strikes the Trump administration has launched against civilian boats in the southern Caribbean ...
Source: commondreams.org
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
United Parcel Service plans to cut up to 30,000 workers this year as it moves to cut costs, the delivery giant's chief financial officer said Tuesday. "In terms of semi-variable costs, we expect to reduce operational positions by up to 30,000," UPS CFO Brian Dykes said during a company earnings call. "This will be accomplished through attrition, and we expect to offer a second voluntary separation program for ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
As of Tuesday, the United States is no longer a party to the Paris agreement on climate change, becoming the only country in the world to abandon the international commitment to slow global warming. The formal departure from the climate accord comes one year after President Trump signed an executive order to begin the process of withdrawal. Earlier this month, Trump said the United States would also leave the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
Claudia Sheinbaum denied move was response to pressure from the US, after Trump said 'zero' oil would go to Cuba Mexico has cancelled a shipment of oil to Cuba , the country's president, Claudia Sheinbaum, appeared to confirm on Tuesday, but she insisted the decision was "sovereign" and not a response to pressure from the US. Fuel shortages are causing increasingly severe blackouts in Cuba, and Mexico has been the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
Army veteran Alex Vindman, a key witness during President Donald Trump's first impeachment trial in 2019, is running for the Senate in Florida as a Democrat. Vindman, who launched his campaign Tuesday, touted his role in Trump's impeachment as he announced his campaign, showing clips of his testimony in his launch video . "The last time you saw me was here, swearing an oath to tell the truth about a president who ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
SAN FRANCISCO – A 77-pound mountain lion set off a scramble Tuesday as it wandered through San Francisco's wealthy Pacific Heights neighborhood before finally being captured as onlookers safely peered from their home windows or stood across the street. Dozens of officials worked to capture and tranquilize the male cat after warnings were issued advising people to slowly back away if they encountered it. The ...
Source: news4jax.com