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Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
If you're entering the new year wanting facts over noise, accountability over excuses — become a HuffPost member. Already a member? Two women lay flowers near the sealed off Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, where a devastating fire left dead and injured during the New Year's celebrations. CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Investigators said Friday ...
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Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Wave of protests across Iran including calls for overthrow of Ayatollah Khamenei Iran threatened American interests across the Middle East on Friday after Donald Trump warned that the US army is "locked and loaded" if Tehran kills protesters. As the country is rocked by the most ...
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Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Trump takes high dose of aspirin because he wants 'nice, thin blood pouring through my heart' he told Wall Street Journal A widely-respect heart specialist, who treated the late vice president Dick Cheney, has said President Donald Trump's decision to take more than the ...
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Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
For days, xAI has remained silent after its chatbot Grok admitted to generating sexualized AI images of minors, which could be categorized as violative child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) in the US. According to Grok's "apology" —which was generated by a user's request, not posted by xAI—the chatbot's outputs may have been illegal: "I deeply regret an incident on Dec 28, 2025, where I generated and ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
Home » Florida Politics » WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed a New Year's Eve executive order delaying increased tariffs for a year on select items. The items include kitchen cabinets, vanities, and upholstered furniture. The Trump administration has also rolled back levies on Italian-made pasta imports. The proclamation signed on Wednesday keeps the 25% tariff he imposed in September on ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By CHARLOTTE KRAMON, Associated Press/Report for America Minnesota officials have until next week to provide the Trump administration with information about providers and parents who receive federal child care funds or risk losing potentially millions of dollars in federal funding, state officials said Friday. In an email sent Friday to child care providers ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
Home » » Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Thursday that his government is open to talks with the United States to negotiate an agreement. The news comes after months of the U.S. military's pressure campaign against 'narco-terrorism' tied to his government. Maduro said Venezuela is "ready" for discussion with the U.S. on all pertinent issues. "The U.S. government knows, because we've told ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
FBI says teen was planning Islamic State-inspired hammer and knife attack on Jews, Christians and LGBTQ+ people The FBI has said it thwarted an alleged plot to carry out a New Year's Eve terrorist attack on a grocery store and restaurant in North Carolina in support of the Islamic State (IS). Christian Sturdivant, 18, of Mint Hill – a town outside Charlotte – was arrested on 31 December as he was being ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
A woman was killed in a suspected mountain lion attack while she was hiking alone in the mountains of northern Colorado on Thursday, in what would be the first fatal attack by one of the predators in the state in more than 25 years, authorities said. Wildlife officers later in the day located two mountain lions in the area and fatally shot the animals, said Kara Van Hoose with Colorado Parks and Wildlife The attack ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
If you're entering the new year wanting facts over noise, accountability over excuses — become a HuffPost member. Already a member? MEXICO CITY (AP) — A strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico on Friday, interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum 's first press briefing of the new year as seismic alarms sounded and leaving at least two people dead. The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.5 and ...
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Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. ( ) - The U.S. Coast Guard says it has suspended the search for a 77-year-old woman who went overboard from a cruise ship on New Year's Day. The woman was on the Holland America Line cruise ship Nieuw Statendam and went overboard when the ship was about 40 miles northeast of Sabana, Cuba, the Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard said Thursday that it has suspended the search for the woman ...
Source: mysuncoast.com
Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
Tesla on Friday reported a second straight annual drop in electric vehicle sales, as the phaseout of a $7,500 federal EV tax credit and mounting competition weighed on demand. With the decline, Tesla lost its title as the world's bestselling electric vehicle maker. The company said it delivered 1.64 million vehicles in 2025, down 9% from 1.79 million in 2024. Sales also declined in the fourth quarter, ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
On his first day in office, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani revoked all of the executive orders issued by former Mayor Eric Adams after his indictment in 2024 — including measures that sought to crack down on pro-Palestine protests and advocacy. In December, Adams signed an order that prohibited city agencies from actions like boycotting or divesting from Israel, which the office labelled as actions that ...
Source: truthout.org
Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
's separatist movement on Friday announced a constitution for an independent nation in the south and demanded other factions in the war-torn country accept the move in an escalation of a confrontation that has pitted Gulf powerhouses and the against each other. The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council depicted the announcement as a declaration of independence for the south. But it was not immediately clear if ...
Source: news4jax.com
Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
Starlink said it will reduce the altitude of thousands of its internet-beaming satellites following a mishap with one and a near collision with others, a vivid reminder of how crowded -- and dangerous -- Earth's orbit has become. In a New Year's Day post on X , Michael Nicholls, Starlink engineering vice president, said the company would begin "a significant reconfiguration of its satellite constellation" and lower ...
Source: cnet.com
Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
With the start of 2026, more than 8.3 million workers in 19 states received mandatory minimum wage increases. None of them were in Massachusetts. Despite being one of the most expensive states in the country , the Commonwealth has kept its minimum wage flat at $15 per hour since 2023. When Massachusetts first hit that level, it was one of only four states that had reached at least the $15 mark. Today, however, 11 ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
Topics More from TechCrunch Clicks Clicks Technology , a company known for making physical keyboards for smartphones, is launching two new devices ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week. In addition to a new, $79 slide-out keyboard for smart devices, the company is also unveiling its first smartphone: the Communicator, a smartphone with a physical keyboard, designed to be carried as your ...
Source: techcrunch.com
Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
The proposal would slap a 5% levy on residents worth over $1B Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman has blasted California's proposed wealth tax as a potential government seizure of private property, arguing such taxes have failed everywhere they have been tried. Ackman, who is not a California resident, took to X earlier this week to criticize the proposal which, if approved by voters, would impose a one-time ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Thursday, Jan 1st, 2026 -
When the powerful try to bury the truth, we dig it up. Your membership ensures HuffPost reporters can chase the stories others ignore, expose wrongdoing, and deliver the facts without compromise. Stand with fearless journalism. Already a member? New York Attorney General Letitia James, left, administers the oath of office to mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, center, as his wife Rama Duwaji looks on, Thursday, Jan. 1, ...
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