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Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
U.S. forces have boarded another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea. The announcement was made Friday by the U.S. military. The Trump administration has been traveling to and from Venezuela. The pre-dawn action was carried out by U.S. Marines and Navy, taking part in the monthslong buildup of forces in the Caribbean, according to U.S. Southern Command, which declared "there is no safe haven for criminals" as it ...
Source: news4jax.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Elon Musk's controversial Grok artificial intelligence model appears to have been restricted in part on one app, while remaining largely unchanged on another. On Musk's social media app X, the Grok AI image generation reply bot has been made for paying customers only and has been seemingly restricted from making sexualized deepfakes after a wave of blowback from users and regulators. But on the Grok standalone app, ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
The fact that Crew-11 is the first to leave the International Space Station early due to a medical issue is a testament to the safety of NASA's human spaceflight program. Reading time 3 minutes A medical issue affecting one of the Crew-11 astronauts will bring an early end to their mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA confirmed in a Thursday press briefing. Their return will mark the agency's ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Iran has faced intense nationwide protests for nearly two weeks, marking the largest challenge to the country's ruling regime in years — and drawing vows from President Trump to intervene on the protesters' behalf if they face a violent crackdown. Initially sparked by Iran 's economic freefall and severe inflation, the protests have boiled over, with about 180 cities facing demonstrations. One monitoring ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Job growth continued to slow at the end of the year, reinforcing signs of a cooling labor market. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 50,000 jobs in December, while the unemployment rate edged down slightly to 4.4%. With only 584,000 jobs added over the course of the year, 2025 marked the weakest annual job growth since 2003, excluding the recession years of 2008, 2009 and 2020. December's job gains were led by food ...
Source: eyeonhousing.org
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump this week has zeroed in on an issue that's at the heart of America's affordability crisis: housing costs. But it's not clear if his latest proposal, which involves instructing his "representatives" to purchase $200 billion in mortgage-backed securities, will move the needle for the housing market in the long run, economists and analysts told Business Insider. The mortgage-bond purchasing ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
NEW YORK, Jan 9 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from freezing access by five Democratic-led states to more than $10 billion of federal funds for child care and family assistance based on what it said were concerns about fraud. U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, an appointee of Democratic former President Joe Biden, said he ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Kyiv, Ukraine — Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in a large-scale overnight attack, officials said Friday, killing at least four people. For only the second time, it used a new hypersonic missile it says flies at 10 times the speed of sound and is unstoppable. Ukraine's security service said it considered the use of the missile a war crime. Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...
Source: cbsnews.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 -
As President Donald Trump geared up for a meeting with fossil fuel executives about plans for them to tap into the "tremendous wealth" of Venezuela's vast oil supply, the US military seized another oil tanker in the Caribbean off the coast of Trinidad on Friday morning. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted unclassified footage from US Southern Command of explosives being deployed and soldiers boarding the ...
Source: commondreams.org
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the entire United Nations climate-fighting apparatus takes America's environmental isolation to another level and is likely to damage both the United States and the world as the planet flirts with ecological tipping points, experts say. Leaders from around the world say ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Reading time 3 minutes Cellphone video taken by Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good, was published on X by a right-wing media outlet from Minnesota on Friday. The footage shows Ross exiting a vehicle and Good trying to talk with the ICE agent as he circles her Honda Pilot. The first words spoken by Good in the newly released video are hard to decipher, with sirens blaring nearby. It sounds ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
By Ten notes and thoughts in the aftermath of UM's 31-27 playoff semifinal win against Mississippi, sending the Canes to the national championship game Jan. 19 at Hard Rock Stadium: ▪ Savor the moment, Hurricanes fans. Relish it. You can now confidently say the "U is back" without it eliciting eye rolls or ridicule. Kudos to Mario Cristobal for doing not only what he set out to do by year four, but navigating ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article He's dubbed the project the 'Upper West Wing' After demolishing the East Wing of the White House to make room for his sprawling ballroom , President Donald Trump is now looking to expand the West Wing, according to a new report. In an interview with The New York Times on ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Sustainability: News about the rapidly growing climate tech sector and other areas of innovation to protect our planet. TerraPower , a Bill Gates-backed next-gen nuclear company, on Friday announced a deal with Meta to build up to eight small modular reactors in the U.S. with the first two coming online as soon as 2032. Tech companies have been aggressively pursuing new clean energy solutions as they race to build ...
Source: geekwire.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a plan to provide free child care for 2-year-olds and expand other child care support for thousands more children across the state on Thursday, in one of the first major steps toward fulfilling Mamdani's campaign pledge of universal access. The governor said that the state is fully funding the first two years of a free child care program ...
Source: truthout.org
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 -
Evidence is mounting that specific gut bacteria are linked to sleep conditions, which may open the doors to dietary recommendations aiming to boost the quality of our slumbers We know that diet has a role in sleep conditions – and now it seems that dietary fibre in particular might help address them. Links have previously been found between several sleep conditions and the gut microbiome , especially through ...
Source: newscientist.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
DEIR AL BALAH (AP) — Israeli strikes across Gaza have killed at least 13 people, according to health officials, as U.S. President Donald Trump was expected to announce his Board of Peace to oversee the fragile ceasefire . Health officials and family members said at least one child was among the dead in northern Gaza following several strikes there as well as east of Gaza City. All 13 people were killed on ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Industry watchers on both sides of the aisle say President Donald Trump's recently announced goal of banning "large institutional investors" from buying single-family homes won't address the root cause of high home prices: a shortage of homes. Major investors, including hedge funds and private equity firms, own hundreds of thousands of single-family homes around the US, which has raised concerns that Wall ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
Certain canines can learn using cues from people's gaze, gestures, attention and voices, researchers find Whether it is a piece of food or a four-letter expletive, words can be learned by young children overhearing adults – but now researchers have found certain dogs can do something similar. Scientists have discovered canines with the unusual ability to learn the names of myriad objects can pick up such ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
The 2026 tax filing season starts on Jan. 26, which marks the first day the IRS will accept and process individual tax returns for 2025. Most taxpayers must file federal returns and pay taxes owed by April 15 to avoid penalties and interest. Many filers could see a bigger tax refund in 2026 based on changes enacted via President Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill." The 2026 tax filing season starts ...
Source: cnbc.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
It's quick and easy to access Live Science Plus, simply enter your email below. We'll send you a confirmation and sign you up for our daily newsletter, keeping you up to date with the latest science news. Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Flipboard Join the conversation Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Scientists analyzing the first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory ...
Source: livescience.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz implored the federal authorities to allow state investigators to work alongside them as they launch a probe into the shooting death of a 37-year-old woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Wednesday, after the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said the FBI blocked them from accessing evidence. Walz, a Democrat, during a Thursday news ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
Follow Earth on Google Weight loss drugs can produce rapid results, and many people see noticeable changes while taking them. Body weight drops, blood sugar improves, and heart-related risk markers move in a healthier direction. But an important question often gets less attention. What happens after a person stops taking these medicines? Researchers at the University of Oxford investigated, and their study shows ...
Source: earth.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
"Back in 2020," says Anthony Young , CEO at managed security services provider (MSSP) Bridewell, "predictions that AI [artificial intelligence] would reshape defensive strategies seemed optimistic; today, they look understated." Although it is still difficult to quantify the precise extent to which AI is driving real-world cyber attacks, and how serious these attacks actually are, it is hard to argue with the ...
Source: computerweekly.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