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Top News Stories for Friday, January 9th 2026
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The Oregon Department of Justice is launching a formal investigation into the shooting of two people in Portland by federal immigration officers, the state's top cop announced late Thursday, amid growing concerns over their use of force following the death of a 37-year-old woman earlier this week. Dan Rayfield, the state's Democratic attorney general, announced the probe hours after Customs and ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Trump's pledge to upend Wall Street's 15-year push into the market for single-family American homes raised alarms across the real estate investment industry — and skepticism. "I'm not concerned about it," said Todd Henderson , the head of real estate for the Americas at DWS, an investment firm that has purchased single-family rental homes. While details of Trump's proposal are unknown, Henderson expects that ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Iran supreme leader signals crackdown coming as protesters are 'ruining their own streets' for Trump
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran signaled Friday that security forces would crack down on protesters, directly challenging U.S. President Donald Trump's pledge to support those peacefully demonstrating as the death toll rose to at least 50. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed Trump as having hands "stained with the blood of Iranians" as supporters shouted "Death to America!" in footage ...
Source: apnews.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 -
The U is back. Seriously. No. 10 Miami advanced to the national championship game with a 31-27 win over No. 6 Ole Miss on Thursday, the Hurricanes' third straight victory as a lower-ranked opponent in the College Football Playoff. Miami mounted a massive drive to come back and win the game, marching 75 yards in 15 plays to score the go-ahead touchdown. Quarterback Carson Beck ran in the game winner from 3 yards out ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Whether the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who fatally shot a Minneapolis woman in her car Wednesday faces criminal prosecution may come down to the details. Federal officials claim the officer acted in self-defense when he opened fire on Renee Nicole Macklin Good, 37, as her car moved forward during an apparent confrontation with several officers. But local leaders quickly ...
Source: wfla.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Editing function to be limited to paying subscribers after X threatened with fines and regulatory action Grok, Elon Musk's AI tool, has switched off its image creation function for the vast majority of users after a widespread outcry about its use to create sexually explicit and violent imagery. The move comes after Musk was threatened with fines, regulatory action and reports of a possible ban on X in the UK . The ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on The U.S. childhood vaccination schedule has been dramatically reduced , purportedly because, as federal health officials argued, the now-discarded schedule recommended children get far more vaccines than kids in "peer countries." But did it really? And has ...
Source: statnews.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Kyiv has called on its allies to increase pressure on Russia after Moscow used a newly developed missile in strikes on western Ukraine. Russia said on Friday that it had used the Oreshnik missile amid a barrage of overnight strikes on Kyiv and Lviv in western Ukraine. Kyiv labelled the use of the weapon close to the European Union and NATO border a "grave threat" to European security. Russia's Ministry of Defence ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Membership keeps our reporting free and accessible to all. We don't answer to the powerful - we answer to readers like you. Support the journalism that demand accountability. Already a member? WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Thursday that it was not feasible to save the East Wing because of structural issues, past decay and other major concerns as officials shared details of President Donald Trump's ...
Source: huffpost.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
By The 32nd Annual Actor Awards nominations are officially here, and the race for the iconic bronze statuettes has rarely looked this competitive. With the Screen Actors Guild rebranding their signature event simply as "The Actor Awards," the focus this year is sharper than ever on the craft of performance. Mirroring the momentum seen earlier in the season, Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another and Ryan ...
Source: miamiherald.com
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 -
Jellyfish and sea anemones may have evolved without a brain, but they sleep, similar to humans. A network of interconnected neurons compensates for the lack of a brain in these creatures. But the bigger surprise is that sleep might have nothing to do with the brain. According to a new study published in Nature Communications , sleep may have evolved before even the most primitive brains. Researchers believe that ...
Source: greenmatters.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) at Wednesday's hearing on Capitol Hill. Picture: Screengrab Government watchdogs and legal experts warned that Republicans' call for the impeachment of two federal judges at a Senate judiciary committee hearing this week upends historical norms and sets a dangerous tone of intimidation. Led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Wednesday's hearing, Impeachment: Holding Rogue Judges Accountable , was a ...
Source: rawstory.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
Crew-11 has been on the International Space Station since August last year and was due to return around May this year, but will now come home in the coming days. NASA will bring back a crew from the ISS earlier than planned because of a medical issues. Hours before, the space agency cancelled a spacewalk that was scheduled for Thursday. A NASA spokeswoman said the astronaut, who wasn't named for medical privacy ...
Source: news.sky.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
Home » » Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., announced updated dietary guidelines for Americans. The new recommendations promote consuming whole foods, proteins, and healthy fats. During a press conference on Wednesday, Secretary Kennedy unveiled a new food pyramid containing red meat, vegetables, cheese, and fruits at the top. "Today, our government declares ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
OpenAI: Tool Will 'Securely' Connect With Medical Records, But How Will That Work? OpenAI claims that more than 230 million people worldwide each week ask large language model ChatGPT health and wellness-related questions, sometimes by uploading their own medical information. Now the company said it is rolling out a new iteration of ChatGPT dedicated to health that will also "securely" connect users' medical ...
Source: devicesecurity.io
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
Stopping weight loss medication led to weight regain and reversed improvements in cardiometabolic markers in under 2 years, according to a new systematic review and meta-analysis. The data also suggest people gain weight faster after stopping medications vs. behavioral weight loss programs "regardless of how much weight was lost during treatment," the researchers noted. Weight loss medications are being ...
Source: healio.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump is withdrawing the United States from the world's overarching treaty on climate change in a move that escalates his attempts to reverse years of global negotiations toward addressing rising temperatures. The announcement to sever ties with the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change came as Trump quit dozens of international organizations that the White House said no longer serve U.S. ...
Source: scientificamerican.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
The president also pushed for a $1.5-trillion defense budget. President Donald Trump wants a 50-percent boost to the Pentagon budget—to $1.5 trillion a year—and a pay cap for defense CEOs to encourage them to produce weapons faster. In a flurry of social media posts Wednesday, the president also said he would bar defense companies from buying back stock and issuing dividends until they invest more ...
Source: washingtontechnology.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Dogs are great at learning action commands like "sit" and "stay." They're less good at remembering the names of things, like what their squeaky or stuffed toys are called. Only an elite group of gifted word-learner dogs can retain the names of hundreds of toys. Scientists know of about 50 such pooches , but they aren't yet sure what's behind their wordy skills. Now, new research is pushing the ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said on social media Thursday that he is directing the federal government to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds, a move he said would help reduce mortgage rates at a time when Americans are worried about home prices. Trump and the White House have been trying to show they are responding to voter concerns about affordability ahead of midterm elections in November. Home ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
By de-risking commitments, reining in tool sprawl, and focusing on resiliency and vendor exit options, IT leaders will be better prepared should a reckoning come for the AI market. While there may be a lot of "hysteria" surrounding AI right now, Jim Palermo , for one, isn't too concerned about a potential AI bubble. Palermo, CIO of Trimble, a $3.7 billion platform company serving the engineering, construction, and ...
Source: cio.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
The oldest evidence for the use of arrow poison globally was long thought to come from Egypt, dating to 4,000 years ago. It was a black, toxic residue on bone arrowheads from a tomb at the Naga ed Der archaeological site. New evidence from southern Africa is challenging this. New research has found poison on stone arrow tips from South Africa dating to 60,000 years ago. It is the oldest direct evidence for hunting ...
Source: theconversation.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
"This is now the fastest-spinning asteroid that we know of, larger than 500 meters [1,640 feet]," astronomer Sarah Greenstreet revealed at the recent American Astronomical Society's winter meeting held in Phoenix. Named 2025 MN45, the asteroid was discovered by the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, and it makes a full rotation every 1.88 minutes. It has been declared as the asteroid that rotates faster than ...
Source: greenmatters.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
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
Minnesota's investigations agency said Thursday that the U.S. attorney's office has prevented it from taking part in the investigation into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer's fatal shooting of Minneapolis woman Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three. "The investigation would now be led solely by the FBI, and the BCA would no longer have access to the case materials, scene evidence or investigative ...
Source: pbs.org
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
Taxpayers eager to receive their tax refunds should mark Jan. 26, 2026, on their calendars, as the IRS said Thursday it will begin accepting federal income tax filings on that date. Annual tax refunds are typically the largest checks that households receive each year, with last year's average payment amounting to almost $3,200, according to IRS data. This year's refund season could be even larger, with the typical ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
Lawsuit accuses AI chatbots of harming minors and includes case of Sewell Setzer III, who killed himself in 2024 Google and Character.AI, a startup, have settled lawsuits filed by families accusing artificial intelligence chatbots of harming minors, including contributing to a Florida teenager's suicide, according to court filings on Wednesday. The settlements cover lawsuits filed in Florida, Colorado, New York and ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... MIAMI GARDENS — There are lots of unknowns about the Miami Dolphins next head coach. We know that Mike McDaniel was fired Thursday morning and that former Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh is available. We know that a report Thursday says the Dolphins hadn't contacted Harbaugh or any other head coach candidates yet. Beyond that, not much is known right ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Separatist leader Aidarous al-Zubaidi exited Yemen with the help of the United Arab Emirates after he was charged with treason and expelled from Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council. Al-Zubaidi led the Southern Transitional Council in Yemen, which is supported by the UAE, and a Saudi-led coalition said he left the port city of Aden while aboard a boat on Tuesday night, the BBC reported . The ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Jan 7th, 2026 -
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — An "abhorrent" violation of Latin American sovereignty. An attack committed by "enslavers." A "spectacle of death" comparable to Nazi Germany's 1937 carpet bombing of Guernica, Spain. There is perhaps no world leader criticizing the Trump administration's attack on Venezuela as strongly as left-wing President Gustavo Petro of neighboring Colombia. While other officials tread ...
Source: apnews.com