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Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article In recent days, Donald Trump and Stephen Miller have escalated desires to acquire Greenland and refused to rule out military invasion Secretary of State Marco Rubio has thrown cold water on fears the U.S. was considering invading Greenland as President Donald Trump and members of ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
Trump said US oil companies will be able to invest heavily in Venezuela after Maduro's ouster President Donald Trump will meet with executives from major U.S. oil companies on Friday, a White House official told FOX Business. The planned meeting comes after the president said that oil firms would make significant investments in Venezuela following the special forces raid that apprehended Venezuelan strongman ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Mayor Jacob Frey strongly disputed Trump administration's 'bull ***' claims that the shooting was in self-defense Leer en Español Mayor Jacob Frey issued a scathing denunciation of the Trump administration and called for federal agents to "get the f*** out" of the city on ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
Flu-Like Illnesses Hit 30-Year High — Is It Too Late to Get a Flu Shot? Flu cases are high or very high in 45 states, with doctor's visits for flu-like symptoms at levels not seen in three decades. But you can still protect yourself. Numbers released this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that doctor visits for fever, body aches, sore throat, extreme fatigue, and other ...
Source: everydayhealth.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account's 'Saved for Later' section. Donald Trump spoke at a sort of pep rally for House Republicans on Tuesday as part of an effort to get the lawmakers locked and loaded for a year focused on an uphill effort to maintain GOP control of that chamber in the November midterms. He knows, and they know, that history and his own chronically underwater ...
Source: nymag.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he froze $10 billion in federal funding to five Democrat-led states because they wouldn't show the Trump administration plans for eliminating fraud. "The best way to help poor families is to end the fraud," he told CBS News in an interview Wednesay, saying that the five states — Minnesota, California, New York, Illinois and Colorado — ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
The Trump Administration on Jan. 7 unveiled new U.S. dietary guidelines that encourage Americans to eat more protein, and less sugar and highly processed foods. The guidelines also soften recommendations on alcohol and laud the benefits of red meat, dairy, and butter, worrying some doctors and nutritionists who say such guidance could be confusing and even harmful. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
Paramount's campaign to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery was dealt another blow Wednesday after Warner's board rejected a revised bid from the company. The board cited the enormous debt load that Paramount would need to finance its proposed $108-billion takeover. Warner's board this week unanimously voted against Paramount's most recent hostile offer — despite tech billionaire Larry Ellison agreeing in late ...
Source: latimes.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
News / Pixabay Wyoming Supreme Court rejects state abortion bans as unconstitutional The Wyoming Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed a lower court decision holding that a state law totally banning abortion and a separate law that prohibited the use of abortion pills were unconstitutional. Wyoming passed the abortion bans in 2022, which included one total ban unless a situation of rape or incest occurred and one ...
Source: jurist.org
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
720,102 15,867 Market yield on U.S. treasury securities at 10-year constant maturity. Updated daily. Welcome, + Article Summary Donald Trump announced plans to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes, sparking a sharp selloff in rental REIT stocks. AI Summary President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is moving to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes, ...
Source: housingwire.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
Hilary Duff's husband is weighing in on the toxic mom group drama . In a now-deleted Instagram story, screenshots of which are circulating widely online, Matthew Koma responded to Ashley Tisdale French's recent essay for The Cut , in which she recounts her supportive group of mom friends turning into mean girls. Koma posted a photo of his face digitally imposed onto Tisdale's body. The original photo features ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
In a legal filing made on Monday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it has only released 12,285 documents relating to its investigation into alleged child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, representing less than 1 percent of the total files on the case in its possession. According to the terms of the Epstein Files Transparency Act , which was passed into law in November, "all unclassified records, ...
Source: truthout.org
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
Heated Rivalry star Connor Storrie and Abbott Elementary star Janelle James presenting the SAG Awards 2026 nominations? Yes please. Formerly known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the SAGs are now the Actor Awards presented by SAG-AFTRA as of this year. The Actor Awards, still voted on by the 160,000+ members of the guild, celebrate the best in film and television, and are an important part of the road to the ...
Source: teenvogue.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
An enormous cloud of gas and dark matter shows what happens when galaxies fail. Astronomers think they may have identified a new class of astronomical object — something that looks like a galaxy in every way except the one that usually matters most. This object has gas. It has gravity. It sits inside a massive halo of dark matter, the invisible substance that shapes galaxies across the universe. But what it ...
Source: zmescience.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
The administration of United States President Donald Trump has reaffirmed that it plans to dictate terms to the interim government of Venezuela, following the abduction of leader Nicolas Maduro over the weekend. On Wednesday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed the US attack on Venezuela for the first time in a news briefing, and she faced a volley of questions about the extent of Trump's role in the ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
Reading time 2 minutes When you think of critical developments in human technology, chances are that things like farming or the wheel come to mind. New research, however, highlights a more niche stepping stone—poison. In a study published today in the journal Science Advances, a team of researchers reveals that hunter-gatherers in southern Africa poisoned their arrow tips around 60,000 years ago. The findings ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
Former college football star and NFL journeyman wide receiver Jordan Shipley suffered "severe burns" Tuesday in a machinery accident on his Texas ranch, officials said. He was listed in critical but stable condition at an Austin hospital following Tuesday afternoon's incident near his hometown, Burnet, his family said in a statement released through his alma mater, the University of Texas. "The machine he was ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
Drugs like Ozempic have transformed how we treat obesity, but a review of almost 40 studies shows it doesn't take long for people to regain weight if they come off them People who stop taking weight-loss drugs tend to regain the weight they lost within less than two years, according to a study of more than 9000 people. Some argue that this emphasises that obesity is a chronic condition that requires long-term ...
Source: newscientist.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
Gamers like big screens (generally), but laptops can't match the 21.5-inch or 24-inch screens of dedicated gaming monitors. Or can they? Lenovo is showing off a concept gaming laptop, the Legion Pro Rollable, that packs an extendable screen. Lenovo's pitching the concept as ideal for "esports athletes who need to train for high-level competitions around the world." It's just a concept for show, so don't get overly ...
Source: vice.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
CDTO Mike Adams discusses the engineering, construction, and consulting company's cohort-driven approach to AI adoption, balancing innovation with data security, and turning 110 years of engineering documentation into a competitive advantage. Black & Veatch's AI strategy demonstrates how thoughtful implementation can drive rapid, meaningful adoption across a large organization. Rather than deploying AI tools ...
Source: cio.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
The jawbones and vertebrae of a hominin that lived 773,000 years ago have been found in North Africa and could represent a common ancestor of Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and Denisovans Fossils nearly three-quarters of a million years old, discovered in North Africa, may belong to a common ancestor of Neanderthals , Denisovans and modern humans that lived shortly before the three hominin lineages split. It is thought ...
Source: newscientist.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
PARIS — The United States for the first time on Tuesday backed a broad coalition of Ukraine 's allies in vowing to provide security guarantees that leaders said would include binding commitments to support the country if Russia attacks again . The pledge came at a summit in Paris of the "coalition of the willing" of mainly European nations to firm up guarantees to reassure Kyiv in the event of a ceasefire ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday formally invited President Trump to deliver the State of the Union before a joint session of Congress on Feb. 24, he announced. "Together in 2025, your administration and the 119th Congress delivered one of the most consequential agendas in history, and Americans across this great country will experience the tangible results of commonsense governance," ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
President says he wants to raise military budget to $1.5tn and accuses US defense companies of delivery failures Donald Trump has claimed he plans to crack down on executive compensation and shareholder payouts at military defense contractors, as his administration looks to dramatically ramp up spending on the armed forces. In a series of posts on social media, the US president said he wants to increase the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday called for a special legislative session to take up a redraw of the state's congressional map in April, following through on his promise to dive into the national mid-decade redistricting fray. "Every Florida resident deserves to be represented fairly and constitutionally," DeSantis said in a post on X . "This Special Session will take place after the regular legislative ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
Something strange happened that made scientists question the influence of companion star Siwarha on Betelgeuse's surrounding gas. Observations from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and other ground-based observatories helped scientists of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) study the changes around Betelgeuse, as per the agency . The result showed that the tiny companion star indeed influences ...
Source: greenmatters.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
The nonfarm private sector added 41,000 jobs in December, and annual pay was up 4.4% year-over-year, according to the ADP National Employment Report. This follows a downward revision of November's report from -32,000 jobs to -29,000. Small businesses with fewer than 50 added lost 9,000 jobs. Medium-sized businesses with 50–499 employees gained 34,000 jobs, and large businesses added 2,000 jobs. "Small ...
Source: bankingjournal.aba.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
Brigitte Bardot's funeral was being held on Wednesday with a private service in Saint-Tropez and a public homage at the French Riviera resort where she lived for more than half a century after retiring from movie stardom at the height of her fame. The animal rights activist and far-right supporter died Dec. 28 at age 91 at her home in southern France. She died from cancer after undergoing two operations, her ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
Motorola's Razr Fold comes with a 8.1-inch inner display, a robust set of cameras, and AI-powered features. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways During Lenovo's Tech World showcase at CES 2026, Motorola took the stage to unveil its first foldable smartphone, the aptly named Razr Fold. You may be wondering, "Doesn't Motorola already have that?" Well, not exactly. ...
Source: zdnet.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
The high-profile lawyer representing Nick Reiner, who allegedly killed his father, director Rob Reiner, and mother Michele Singer Reiner in December, has resigned. The announcement that lawyer Alan Jackson would step down from the case means that the younger Reiner will, at least for the time being, be represented by a public defender provided by the state. During a news conference on Wednesday, Jackson did not ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
Jan. 7 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump 's first pick to serve as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia has been ordered to explain why she is still using the title despite her appointment being ruled unlawful. U.S. District Judge David Novak ordered Lindsey Halligan to give an explanation of her continued use of the U.S. attorney title within seven days. Novak said her use of the title, including ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Jan 6th, 2026 -
When Ashley St. Clair asked Grok, the generative artificial intelligence reply bot built into the X platform, to stop creating sexually suggestive pictures of her, Grok said it would stop. But it didn't. Since then, St. Clair, known as a high-profile conservative content creator who has a child with X's owner, Elon Musk, said she has seen Grok generate numerous other images of her, some based on photos from when ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Jan 6th, 2026 -
The United Kingdom and France have agreed to deploy forces in Ukraine if it strikes a peace deal with Russia, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, in a renewed push by Western leaders to guarantee Kyiv's post-war security and deter Moscow from further aggression. After officials from 35 countries gathered in Paris for a meeting of the so-called Coalition of the Willing, Starmer and French President Emmanuel ...
Source: aol.com
Tuesday, Jan 6th, 2026 -
Hilton Hotels is moving to cut its relationship with an independently owned franchise hotel in the Minneapolis area after a video showed a desk clerk there refusing to book rooms for a person claiming to be a Department of Homeland Security agent. Everpeak Hospitality, which owns the Hampton Inn by Hilton Lakeview Minneapolis, apologized on Monday for canceling a prior reservation for actual DHS agents because of ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Jan 6th, 2026 -
The need for trusted journalism has never been more urgent. Your membership directly supports reporting that explains what's happening — and why it matters — right now. Already a member? BOSTON (AP) — The man identified by law enforcement as the shooter who killed two Brown University students and an MIT professor had been planning the attack for months and left behind videos in which he confessed ...
Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, Jan 6th, 2026 -
"How did you sleep?" You might answer that question by weighing how many hours you slept or how often you woke up throughout the night. But there is a third, often neglected, element of sleep to consider, experts say. It's the consistency of your sleep schedule. Sleep consistency refers to how well you maintain the same bedtime and wake-up time, give or take 30 minutes — and that includes weekends, said ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Jan 6th, 2026 -
A Texas teachers union sued the state's education department on Tuesday, accusing it of an improper "wave of retaliation" against public school employees over their social media comments following the assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk . The lawsuit says the free speech rights of teachers and other school staff were violated by the Texas Education Agency and its commissioner, Mike Morath, ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Jan 6th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who betrayed Western intelligence assets to the Soviet Union and Russia in one of the most damaging intelligence breaches in U.S. history, has died in a Maryland prison. He was 84. A spokesperson for the Bureau of Prisons confirmed Ames died Monday. Ames admitted being paid $2.5 million by Moscow for U.S. secrets from 1985 ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Tuesday, Jan 6th, 2026 -
The Baltimore Ravens have fired head coach John Harbaugh after 18 seasons with the franchise, the team announced Tuesday. "This was an incredibly difficult decision, given the tremendous 18 years we have spent together and the profound respect I have for John as a coach and, most importantly, as a great man of integrity," Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti said in a statement . "Throughout what I firmly believe is a Hall ...
Source: nbcnews.com