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Lead Newly released Department of Justice files show that Howard Lutnick, now serving as U.S. commerce secretary under President Trump, arranged to visit Jeffrey Epstein’s private island in December 2012 and exchanged emails that year and in 2015 connecting Epstein with social events. The documents include messages dated 20 November 2012, 19 December 2012 and … Read more

Lead: The US Department of Justice announced on Friday, 30 January 2026, that it has opened a federal civil‑rights investigation into the fatal shooting of 37‑year‑old Minneapolis nurse and activist Alex Pretti by federal immigration officers during protests last weekend. The Department of Homeland Security said the FBI will lead the inquiry, while DOJ officials … Read more

New federal estimates released Jan. 30, 2026 show that net domestic migration into Texas dropped to roughly 67,000 in the 12 months ending June 2025, the lowest inflow in about 20 years and a sharp decline from almost 219,000 three years earlier. The Census Bureau data indicate Texas has now seen three consecutive years of … Read more

Editor’s note: This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence and names victims in public records. Reader discretion advised. Lead On Jan. 30, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice published a tranche of documents totaling more than 3 million pages tied to its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. The release includes FBI interview memos, email threads … Read more

Lead At the 2026 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Beth de Araújo’s family drama Josephine won the Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Dramatic Competition and the U.S. Narrative Audience Award on Friday. The film drew strong notices for performances by Channing Tatum, Gemma Chan and newcomer Mason Reeves and prompted an emotional acceptance … Read more

Lead California Governor Gavin Newsom has asked federal civil‑rights authorities to investigate Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz after a social‑media video in Los Angeles that Newsom’s office says singled out Armenian Americans. The complaint, filed Thursday, contends Oz made racially charged, baseless allegations tying hospice and home‑care fraud—which Oz … Read more

Lead: San Francisco public health officials on Thursday alerted clinicians after Archbishop Riordan High School identified more than 50 latent tuberculosis (TB) infections and three active TB cases among students and staff. The first active case linked to the school was reported in November. In response, the school moved to remote instruction through Feb. 9 … Read more

Lead: President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to work with Washington, D.C., and IndyCar to stage a street race near the National Mall this summer as part of America’s 250th celebration. The event, to be called the “America250 Grand Prix,” is slated for the weekend of Aug. 21–23 and would showcase … Read more

Lead: American Express told investors on Jan. 30, 2026, that it has reallocated marketing toward a relaunched Platinum card as it seeks to attract the highest-spending customers. The $895-a-year product is central to a strategy that executives say raises fee revenue and coincides with stronger spending by affluent cardmembers. The company reported fourth-quarter results showing … Read more

Lead In a CNBC interview on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen said he is pursuing a publicly traded consumer company in a deal he described as “very, very, very big” and potentially transformational for both GameStop and the broader capital markets. Cohen declined to name targets but said the company he seeks … Read more

Lead On Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, Texas A&M University announced it would close its women’s and gender studies program and that faculty had revised the syllabuses of hundreds of courses under newly adopted restrictions on how race and gender may be taught. University officials said the policies, approved by the A&M System regents late last … Read more

After months of unanswered queries, an executive connected to Trump Mobile briefly replied to a reporter about the company’s plans — then stopped responding. The exchange came after repeated attempts to locate the rumored T1 Ultra handset and to clarify who runs the operation. The lone reply arrived from Don Hendrickson, an executive tied in … Read more

Lead: Tesla signaled a decisive shift away from its traditional vehicle business during its latest quarterly earnings call, as CEO Elon Musk and senior executives outlined a future centered on autonomy, robotics and subscription services. The company retired the Model S and Model X lines to free capacity for humanoid robot production and said it … Read more

Lead Gold recently climbed to all-time highs as investors sought a refuge from mounting geopolitical and policy uncertainty, then slid sharply after a U.S. political signal suggested lower near-term risk. The rally built over weeks across markets in Europe, Asia and the U.S., driven by central-bank buying, broad investor demand and heightened trade and geopolitical … Read more

Lead Suspected jihadists mounted an assault on Diori Hamani International Airport outside Niamey overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, leaving 20 attackers dead and four Nigerien soldiers wounded, the defence ministry said. State television reported that a French national was among those killed and 11 people were taken into custody. The Islamic State group, via its … Read more