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Top News Stories for Wednesday, January 28th 2026
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
Days before his term ended, Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin pardoned a former Fairfax County police officer who was convicted in a fatal shooting of an unarmed man accused of stealing sunglasses at a mall. , former Sgt. Wesley Shifflett received an absolute pardon on Jan. 15 from Youngkin. The pardon comes amid a nationwide debate over legal protections for , including deadly force, is justified. Less than ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
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Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
Congress is ratcheting up its scrutiny of the killing of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol in Minneapolis on Saturday. Top Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee on Monday asked Justice Department officials to hand over records about the probe of Pretti's killing to the panel by Monday, Feb. 2, in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi obtained by CBS News. Democrats on the panel, including ranking member Rep. Jamie ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Gizmodo may earn an affiliate commission. Reading time 2 minutes Amazon, the e-commerce giant that helped usher in the online shopping revolution, is officially pulling the plug on its Amazon-branded physical stores. The company announced in a blog post on Wednesday that it is shutting ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
Judging by market expectations and policymakers' comments, there's virtually no chance the Fed will change its benchmark interest rate when its meeting concludes Wednesday. The near-term stance likely will be one of patience as a series of cuts made last year work their way through the economy. However, the market focus most certainly will look beyond the interest rate decision and future guidance and into an ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
Three Texas siblings who perished in an icy pond were among several dozen deaths in U.S. states gripped by frigid cold Tuesday as crews scrambled to repair hundreds of thousands of power outages in the shivering South and forecasters warned the winter weather is expected to get worse. Brutal cold lingered in the wake of a massive storm that dumped deep snow across more than 1,300 miles (2,100 kilometers) from ...
Source: pbs.org
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
The Trump administration didn't have a whole lot to work with after a federal officer someone again this weekend in Minneapolis. About the best defense it could muster was pointing out that Alex Pretti had a gun — even though he was legally carrying it, even though there's no sign he brandished it, and even though video showed he was disarmed before he was killed. Perhaps predictably, that didn't go well. It ...
Source: aol.com
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
Money Taxes You Can Still Write The IRS A Check, But Your Refund Will Be Direct Deposit As the IRS moves toward digital-only payments under a Trump-era executive order, taxpayers should expect changes in how refunds are issued and payments are made. Here's what's changing. The IRS is moving away from paper refund checks in favor of digital payment methods to improve speed, security, and cost efficiency. For the ...
Source: forbes.com
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
Like this article? Keep independent journalism alive. . Two U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents fired their weapons during the over the weekend, according to a government report sent to Congress and obtained by CBS News that does not mention Pretti reaching for his firearm. The report was shared with congressional officials Tuesday by CBP, which said it was based on a "preliminary review" by its Office of ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
Meta and YouTube are in court this week over allegations that their social media platforms can be addictive and harmful to children, while TikTok on Tuesday chose to settle the closely watched case. At the heart of the case are allegations by a 19-year-old plaintiff, identified only as "KGM," who claims that using social media from a young age caused her to become addicted to the technology, which led her to ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
A Border Patrol agent shot a person in Arizona and left them in critical condition on Tuesday morning, local officials say, marking at least the sixth person shot by federal immigration agents in just three weeks. Around 7:30 am local time, emergency responders arrived on the scene, in Arivaca, Arizona, to a person in custody and in critical condition , according to the Santa Rita Fire District and American Medical ...
Source: truthout.org
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
Reading time 3 minutes Mainstream doctors aren't backing down from a fight with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the current U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. The American Academy of Pediatrics has just released its own recommendations for which vaccines children and teens should receive—with some notable differences from the version recently tabled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The AAP ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
A voluntary recall has been issued for more than 80,000 Keurig coffee pods, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The McCafé Premium Roast Decaf Coffee Pods were recalled in December due to a labeling error: though the pods were listed as decaf, they may have actually contained regular caffeinated coffee. On Jan. 23, the FDA labeled the recall as Class II — the second highest alert of three ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... NEW YORK (AP) — Pinterest plans to lay off under 15% of its workforce, as part of broader restructuring that arrives as the image-sharing platform pivots more of its money to artificial intelligence. In a Tuesday securities filing, San Francisco-based Pinterest said it was making these cuts to support "transformation initiatives" — which include reallocating ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The net growth of the U.S. population slowed to the lowest point since the pandemic due to a decrease in net migration in 2025, according to a census report released Tuesday. The nation's population grew by 1.8 million to 341.8 million from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025, for a 0.5% gain, which is about half the growth of 3.2 million and 1% a year earlier, the U.S. Census Bureau said. "The ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Trump became the oldest president to be sworn into office last January couldn't remember the word " Alzheimer's " while trying to describe his father's health problems, a new report reveals. During a lengthy interview about his health with New York Magazine , Trump, 79, struggled ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
The impunity with which ICE and other DHS agents are carrying out violence and murders in cities like Minneapolis is so awful that now scores of law enforcement officials themselves are speaking out against it. In the wake of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents' increasingly lawless and violent rampage through Minneapolis, those defending their abuses ...
Source: jacobinmag.com
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Alexander Vindman — the retired Army lieutenant colonel whose testimony provided critical evidence in the first impeachment of President Donald Trump — announced Tuesday he is seeking the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate from Florida. Vindman, who now lives in Broward, described Trump in his announcement as a "wannabe tyrant" and painted appointed U.S. ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Monday, Jan 26th, 2026 -
The Department of the Treasury said Monday that it is canceling all contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton after a former contractor who worked for the consulting firm leaked tax information belonging to thousands of people, including President Trump. In 2024, former IRS contractor Charles Edward Littlejohn of Washington, D.C. — who worked for Booz Allen Hamilton — was sentenced to five years in ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Jan 26th, 2026 -
The Trump administration will invest $1.6bn (£1.2bn) in a US critical minerals firm, marking officials' latest push to reduce China's dominance over the rare earths sector. The agreement with USA Rare Earth, which will give the government a stake in the firm, emerged days after US President Donald Trump claimed to have secured the "framework" of a deal over Greenland - which he said includes access to rare ...
Source: bbc.com
Monday, Jan 26th, 2026 -
Company cites automation push and supply chain streamlining as reasons for cuts in Tennessee and Mississippi Nike is planning to cut nearly 800 jobs amid an automation push at the footwear and apparel giant's distribution centers. The company is cutting 775 jobs that will primarily impact jobs at the retailer's distribution centers in Tennessee and Mississippi as the company looks to automate more of its supply ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Monday, Jan 26th, 2026 -
Chris Madel drops out of race and in video criticizes the 'federal retribution on the citizens' of Minnesota A top Republican candidate for Minnesota governor has dropped out of the race, sharply criticizing what he called a "federal retribution on the citizens of our state" amid the Trump administration's intensified immigration enforcement operations – which sparked public outrage after US agents' killings ...
Source: theguardian.com