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Top News Stories for Tuesday, January 13th 2026
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump promised in his second inaugural address to fairly apply the law, unlike how he said he'd been treated by federal authorities. "The vicious, violent and unfair weaponization of the Justice Department and our government will end," he declared on Jan. 20, 2025. Since then, Trump's administration has gone after multiple elected and appointed government officials who have either ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
to seize control of Greenland are straining relations with U.S. allies in NATO and have sparked a warning that doing so by force could spell the end of the world's biggest security alliance. Tensions have routinely spiked among some of NATO's members over the decades, notably between neighbors Greece and Turkey. But it would set a dangerous precedent should its most powerful country, the United States, annex the ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
The son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who brutally ruled Iran for decades with backing from the United States and other Western powers, has urged US President Donald Trump to intervene militarily and support the overthrow of the Iranian government amid an escalating protest movement that has faced violent repression. "The people of Iran have responded and reacted positively to a promise of intervention," Reza Pahlavi, ...
Source: commondreams.org
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
Home » » President Donald Trump on Sunday issued a warning to the government of Cuba , suggesting that Venezuela's close ally strike a deal with the U.S., ramping up pressure following Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro's capture. Since the operation led by U.S. forces in early January, Cuba has been cut off from Venezuelan crude oil as the U.S. government continues to seize tankers in an attempt to ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump's plan to cap credit card interest rates at 10% was met by angry words from bank lobbyists and market declines for issuers. Processing Content Stocks for credit card issuers and the major card networks fell Monday morning, with Citi, JPMorganChase and Bank of America all falling more than one percent. Credit card companies were also lower, with Capital One, Synchrony Financial and American ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
Strike, amid an intense flu season, is expected to disrupt activity at institutions such as Mount Sinai and Montefiore Thousands of nurses are set to walk off the job at several of New York City 's largest hospitals on Monday, staging a strike amid an intense flu season. The action comes three years after a previous strike that compelled some of the same hospitals to move patients elsewhere and reroute ambulances. ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
FOXBOROUGH — Drake Maye's first exposure to playoff football resembled a test. It was one where the precocious Patriots quarterback settled for a solid passing grade and continuing education instead of acing the subject matter like the regular-season syllabus. Graduating to advanced NFL football, it took Maye a spell to get comfortable with the new material. Once he found his comfort zone and finally found ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
Jackson, Mississippi, Mayor John Horhn on Sunday condemned a fire that broke out overnight at Beth Israel, the city's only Jewish synagogue, calling the incident a targeted attack on religious freedom and the safety of Jackson residents. "Acts of antisemitism, racism and religious hatred are attacks on Jackson as a whole and will be treated as threats to our residents' safety and freedom to worship," Horhn said in ...
Source: aol.com
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
Apple has chosen Google's Gemini to power its next iteration of Siri , coming later this year, both companies said in a joint statement on Monday. Apple and Google's Siri deal follows months of rumors saying that the iPhone maker had chosen Gemini to advance Siri over OpenAI's ChatGPT. A report in November said that Apple would pay Google $1 billion per year for Google's AI prowess. ...
Source: cnet.com
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Kristi Noem quietly restricted lawmakers from visiting detention centers after Renee Good's killing A group of House Democrats suing for access to federal immigration detention centers are demanding a federal judge's urgent intervention after Kristi Noem 's Department of Homeland ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
The top court of the United Nations has opened a landmark case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against its mostly Muslim Rohingya minority. Myanmar's military deliberately targeted the Rohingya minority in a bid to destroy the community, The Gambia's Justice Minister Dawda Jallow told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on Monday. "It is not about esoteric issues of international ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
United States President Donald Trump has said that countries that engage in trade with Iran will face a 25 percent tariff on any business done with the US. Trump announced the decision in a social media post on Monday, stating that it was "final and conclusive", but offering few additional details. "Effective immediately, any Country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran will pay a Tariff of 25% on any ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
In recent days, numerous Instagram users have been receiving a suspicious email asking them to reset their passwords. The email states that Instagram has received a request for a password reset. While many users have (rightly) ignored the email, some feared that it could be a phishing attempt by malicious attackers. However, as it turns out, the request from Instagram was genuine. Various sites, such as ...
Source: pcworld.com
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article The White House shared the new portrait on social media earlier this week The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., has swapped out President Donald Trump's portrait and removed accompanying text that referenced his impeachments and the January 6, 2021, ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
Grok tests if UK can penalize platforms for sexualized deepfakes generated by AI. Elon Musk's X is currently under investigation in the United Kingdom after failing to stop the platform's chatbot, Grok, from generating thousands of sexualized images of women and children . On Monday, UK media regulator Ofcom confirmed that X may have violated the UK's Online Safety Act, which requires platforms to block illegal ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Pentagon officials threatened to court martial Democratic senator and cut his retirement rank and pay Democratic Senator Mark Kelly is suing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Pentagon officials after Donald Trump's administration threatened to haul the Navy veteran to court and ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
Ørsted and other wind developers have faced repeated disruptions to multibillion dollar projects under Trump A federal judge on Monday cleared Danish offshore wind developer Ørsted to resume work on its nearly finished Revolution Wind project, which Donald Trump's administration halted along with four other projects last month. The ruling by US district judge Royce Lamberth is a legal setback for ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
Michael David McKee now faces charges of premeditated aggravated murder in the deaths of his ex-wife, Monique Tepe, and her husband, Spencer Tepe, in Columbus. A man accused of killing his ex-wife and her husband in Ohio faces upgraded murder charges as he's expected to be moved from Illinois to face prosecution across the state line. Michael David McKee, 39, now faces two charges of premeditated aggravated murder, ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
Company says doll is the latest expansion of its commitment to representation and inclusion With an animated Barbie film in development, following the success of Greta Gerwig's 2023 blockbuster movie , Mattel Studios will certainly have a diverse range of characters to bring to life. On Monday, Mattel launches its first autistic Barbie. Coming barely six months after its first doll with type 1 diabetes , this ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
Police said one person was hit by the truck but nobody was seriously hurt, and that the driver had been detained Authorities are investigating an incident in Los Angeles on Sunday in which a person drove a U-Haul box truck down a street crowded with marchers demonstrating in support of the Iranian people , causing protesters to scramble out of the way. The U-Haul truck, with a window and side mirrors shattered, was ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
A Q&A with Hitachi on its approach to bringing AI into the physical world. The "Cambrian explosion" of AI development continues apace with complex and diverse tools, models, and applications springing to life across every facet of business. As it expands, maintaining clarity of function amid the growing phyla of categories is increasingly important to minimize confusion and streamline everything from planning to ...
Source: cio.com
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
If bans on trans youth athletes are upheld, more girls could face 'invasive sex testing' and trans people could broadly lose civil rights protections The US supreme court will consider state bans on transgender athletes on Tuesday in a major LGBTQ+ rights legal battle that could have far-reaching consequences beyond youth sports. The court is hearing oral arguments in two cases brought by trans students who ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
The Crew-11 mission is coming to an early end so that one of its members can receive medical attention back on Earth. Reading time 3 minutes , a crew of International Space Station (ISS) astronauts is about to return to Earth early due to a medical issue. Crew-11, which includes NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, will depart from the ISS ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman will not face charges from an incident between him and a high school wrestling coach from Jan. 3 after video evidence refuted the claim. The South Bend Tribune, part of the USA TODAY Network, reported Jan. 11 that Freeman was accused of battery by New Prairie High School assistant coach Chris Fleeger, according to the Mishawaka Police Department. The prosecutor's office ...
Source: aol.com
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
In 2026, AI stops being fun: More layoffs, less privacy and lots of shiny pilots getting axed when leaders ask, "Where's the ROI?" As the topic turns toward AI, everyone usually starts discussing new possibilities and capabilities that AI can provide. But today, I must put on my evil hat and offer some uncomfortable truths: 2026 will not merely be another AI hype year. I suspect that this year will be the one when ...
Source: cio.com
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
AI Overviews provided false liver test information experts called alarming. On Sunday, Google removed some of its health summaries after a Guardian investigation found people were being put at risk by false and misleading information. The removals came after the newspaper found that Google's generative AI feature delivered inaccurate health information at the top of search results, potentially leading seriously ill ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 -
Unfortunately a lot of us are at risk. Sleep can feel like an inconvenient necessity with everything else you've got going on right now. But new research is serving up fresh motivation to put yourself to bed a little earlier: It could extend your life. That's the major takeaway from an analysis of nationwide health data published in Sleep Advances . Given that nearly 37% of American adults don't get the recommended ...
Source: self.com
Sunday, Jan 11th, 2026 -
The 83rd Golden Globe Awards —hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser for the second year running—took place on Sunday in Beverly Hills, filled with all the excitement, and the glamour, that one could hope for from a major awards show. Going into the night, the critical favorites were clear: While on the film side, One Battle After Another led the way with nine nods, closely followed by Joachim Trier's ...
Source: vogue.com
Sunday, Jan 11th, 2026 -
Josh Allen took a pounding, doled out punishment and delivered Buffalo their first road playoff victory in more than three decades, a 27-24 win over Jacksonville in the AFC's wildcard opener on Sunday. With linebacker Devin Lloyd bearing down, Allen found Brandin Cooks for 36 yards just before the two-minute warning and then capped the go-ahead drive with a one-yard touchdown run. On the play before his score, ...
Source: theguardian.com