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Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
NUUK, Greenland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has turned the Arctic island of Greenland into a geopolitical hotspot with his demands to own it and suggestions that the U.S. could take it by force. The island is a semiautonomous region of Denmark, and Denmark's foreign minister said Wednesday after a meeting at the White House that a " fundamental disagreement " remains with Trump over the island. The ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly a year into his second term, President Donald Trump's work on the economy hasn't lived up to the expectations of many people in his own party, according to a new AP-NORC survey. at home and abroad. Just 16% of Republicans say Trump has helped "a lot" in addressing the cost of living, down from 49% in April 2024, when an AP-NORC poll asked Americans the same question about his first ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Iran appeared to backpedal on previous threats to execute protesters, amid global condemnation and fears of U.S. military action, even as the government continues a brutal crackdown after weeks of demonstrations. Iran's judiciary said on Thursday that it had not issued a death sentence for Erfan Soltani, 26, a protester whose execution had been widely reported as imminent and had drawn intense international ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
It's been less than a week since President Donald Trump called for a 10% cap on credit card interest rates, but new products that can draw consumers away from bank-issued cards are already on the way. Processing Content Fintech Bilt, which offers credit cards that feature incentive marketing for rent and mortgage payments, this week debuted three new cards with a 10% cap on interest rates for one year — ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Despite restrictions announced this week, Guardian reporters find standalone app continues to allow posting of nonconsensual content X has continued to allow users to post highly sexualised videos of women in bikinis generated by its AI tool Grok, despite the company's claim to have cracked down on misuse. The Guardian was able to create short videos of people stripping to bikinis from photographs of fully clothed, ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
News / Pixabay US suspends immigrant visa applications in 75 countries The US State Department announced on Wednesday that it will suspend the ability for citizens of 75 countries to obtain immigrant visas beginning on January 21. The affected countries include Latin American countries like Brazil and Colombia, South Asian countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh, and multiple countries in the Middle East, Africa, ...
Source: jurist.org
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
News , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons FBI searches home of Washington Post reporter On Wednesday, the FBI searched the home and electronic devices of a Washington Post reporter and seized her phone, Garmin watch, and two laptops, one of which belongs to the newspaper. According to the Post , the warrant said the search of reporter Hannah Natanson's home was connected to the investigation of Aurelio ...
Source: jurist.org
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney hailed a new "strategic partnership" with China during a meeting with leader Xi Jinping Friday, as the US ally took steps to reset ties with Beijing in the face of historic friction with Donald Trump. Canada would ease tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and expected China to significantly reduce barriers tariffs on Canadian canola seed later this year, Ottawa said in a ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! AI is being integrated into core enterprise systems faster than many organizations can secure and govern it. A new global study from NTT shows companies expanding AI deployment while gaps in infrastructure readiness, data integrity controls, and governance frameworks continue to ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump has issued a new demand, accompanied by threatening language, that Hamas disarm, as the second phase of the United States-brokered ceasefire deal with Israel gets underway. Trump pledged on social media late on Thursday to achieve a "comprehensive" demilitarisation Hamas, threatening the Palestinian group if it fails to do so, and demanded the return the remains of the last Israeli ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to Minneapolis to enforce his administration's massive immigration crackdown. The threat comes a day after a man was shot and wounded by an immigration officer who had been attacked with a shovel and broom handle. That shooting further ...
Source: cleveland.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Abena Binfaah, an undergraduate nursing student at Boston College, is excited to join the workforce after she graduates in May. "I like to help people, to care for others," Binfaah said. "With nursing, there's a variety of things you can do. There's room to grow." Binfaah had already been plotting how to advance her nascent career: She plans to move back in with her family to save money, work for a few years, then ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
News , via Wikimedia Commons US Supreme Court grants standing to congressman challenging Illinois election law The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a Republican congressman may bring suit to challenge an Illinois mail-in ballot law. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the 7-2 majority decision, which confirmed that Congressman Michael Bost had standing to continue his lawsuit in federal court, writing: Candidates ...
Source: jurist.org
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Actor Timothy Busfield has made his first court appearance after turning himself in on criminal charges that he allegedly sexually abused two boys on the set of a TV series filmed in New Mexico, prosecutors say. The Emmy-winning actor, who starred in Thirtysomething and The West Wing, was taken into custody in Albuquerque on two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse that police ...
Source: aol.com
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 -
Reading time 2 minutes The nation's largest mobile carrier is trying to smooth things over with a little bit of cash after a major service outage yesterday. Verizon announced Thursday that it is offering affected customers a $20 credit on their accounts following a nearly day-long outage that disrupted service across the country. The company said customers eligible for the credit will receive a text message ...
Source: gizmodo.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
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
MINNEAPOLIS — A federal officer shot a man in the leg during an attempted traffic stop Wednesday night, the Department of Homeland Security said as a crowd of protesters gathered near the shooting site, about 12 miles from where an ICE officer fatally shot Renee Nicole Good last week. The agency said the shooting happened just before 7 p.m. after law enforcement officials were attacked with a shovel and ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
The alleged scheme ran from September 2022 to February 2025. Former college All-American Antonio Blakeney is among 17 basketball players named in a point-shaving scheme to fix games in the NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association and rig bets, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday in Philadelphia. The alleged scheme ran from September 2022 to February 2025 and defrauded various sportsbooks and individual ...
Source: abcnews.go.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
Philadelphia Philadelphia Today, in a split 2-1 decision, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district court ruling that found Mahmoud Khalil's detention and removal likely unconstitutional. Today's order does not weigh in on the core First Amendment arguments in his case but holds that the district court did not have subject matter jurisdiction over Mr. Khalil's immigration proceedings. The opinion ...
Source: commondreams.org
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
The developers behind Vineyard Wind, a large and nearly complete offshore wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts, are suing the Trump administration for halting construction on the project last month. In a lawsuit filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the developers argued the administration acted unlawfully and abused its statutory authority when it suspended the project's ...
Source: wbur.org
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats across the country are proposing state law changes to rein in of a protester in Minneapolis and the wounding of two people in Portland, Oregon. , but their momentum is growing as legislatures return to work amid President Donald Trump's following the killing of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis. Republicans are pushing back, Democratic ...
Source: news.yahoo.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 -
Jan. 15 (UPI) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday advised against selling, eating or serving Super Greens dietary supplement by Live It Up due to salmonella concerns. All Live It Up-brand Super Greens dietary supplement powder, including original and wild berry varieties, with lot markings that start with the letter "A" and all stick pack products with expiration dates ranging from 08/2026 to 01/2028, ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two senators from opposite parties are joining forces in a renewed push to ban members of Congress from trading stocks, an effort that has broad public support but has repeatedly stalled on Capitol Hill. Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Republican Sen. Ashley Moody of Florida on Thursday plan to introduce legislation, first shared with The Associated Press, that would bar ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
A federal three-judge panel for the U.S. Central District Court of California upheld Prop 50, ruling that Democrats can proceed in using their newly redrawn congressional maps in the state for the 2026 midterm elections. The court found "that the evidence presented reflects that Proposition 50 was exactly what it was billed as: a political gerrymander designed to flip five Republican-held seats to the ...
Source: cbsnews.com