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Bovino Allegedly Mocked Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Jewish Faith During Jan. 12 Call Lead: On Jan. 12, 2026, Border Patrol field leader Gregory Bovino is reported to have made derisive remarks about the religious observance of Daniel N. Rosen, the U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota, during a telephone meeting with office lawyers. The exchange, … Read more

Lead On 31 January 2026, a powerful explosion ripped through an eight‑storey residential building in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, killing a four‑year‑old girl and injuring 14 people. Local emergency authorities said investigations are ongoing into the cause of the blast. In the hours that followed, reports and social‑media footage suggested explosions or … Read more

On Jan. 24 in south Minneapolis, 41-year-old immigrant Jose Huerta Chuma says he witnessed Border Patrol agents fatally shoot resident Alex Pretti after agents stopped pursuing an immigrant they had been following. Huerta Chuma, who has lived in the U.S. for over two decades and works as a rideshare driver, told reporters he hid inside … Read more

Lead Early Saturday, coordinated assaults across Pakistan’s Balochistan province left 21 people dead — 11 civilians and 10 security personnel — and triggered widespread security operations. The outlawed Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for near-simultaneous strikes that targeted civilians, a high-security prison, police stations and paramilitary posts. Authorities said security forces killed dozens of … Read more

Lead A Nor’easter will impact Hampton Roads and parts of northeastern North Carolina over the weekend, bringing heavy winds, very cold air and snow that will begin Saturday afternoon and peak early Sunday morning. The National Weather Service updated forecasts late Friday and early Saturday, lowering expected accumulations for much of Hampton Roads while keeping … Read more

Democratic state election chiefs say they are planning for the possibility of federal interference in the 2026 midterms after a spike in actions by Trump administration appointees who continue to pursue debunked 2020 fraud claims. Officials described the risk of a federal presence or demands for sensitive voter data as a new, actionable contingency to … Read more

Paul George, the Philadelphia 76ers forward, has been suspended without pay for 25 games after the NBA announced a violation of the NBA/NBPA Anti‑Drug Program. The suspension, which the league said begins with Saturday’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans, leaves George ineligible until the club’s final 10 games of the season; his earliest possible … Read more

In Calgary on Friday, Pierre Poilievre won 87.4% support in a Conservative Party leadership review held among delegates, consolidating his hold on the party despite the Conservatives’ defeat in last April’s federal election and his loss of a long-held House seat. The vote came at the party convention where Poilievre delivered an extended speech urging … Read more

A rapidly intensifying nor’easter is bombing out off the Carolina coast this weekend, unleashing hurricane‑force gusts, heavy wind‑driven snow and major coastal flooding across the Southeast. The system’s central pressure plunged roughly 35–40 millibars in 24 hours, prompting emergency declarations in three states and widespread travel shutdowns. Coastal communities from the Outer Banks to Hatteras … Read more

Lead NASA is preparing tonight, Jan. 31, to station flight controllers and pad engineers roughly 49 hours before a planned Artemis 2 Space Launch System (SLS) wet dress rehearsal, a full fueling and countdown simulation at Kennedy Space Center. The wet dress rehearsal is slated as a critical check on the 322-foot rocket ahead of … Read more

Lead: Adan Banuelos, the award-winning cowboy and the man reported to have been dating model Bella Hadid until this month, was arrested in Parker County, Texas, in the early hours of Saturday, January 31, 2026. Local records show he was booked on a public intoxication charge and subsequently posted bond after paying a $386 fee. … Read more

This week Google said it disrupted IPIDEA, a sprawling residential proxy network that covertly enlisted everyday devices worldwide. Security teams traced the infrastructure to hundreds of apps and SDKs that turned phones, PCs and other connected kit into exit nodes without clear user consent. Google combined legal measures, domain seizures and Play Protect scans to … Read more

Lead: Silver suffered a sharp sell-off on Friday, and Jeffrey Christian, managing director at CPM Group, warns that the metal could still fall further if several market signals confirm a loss of momentum. Christian told Business Insider he is watching three specific indicators that, if they deteriorate, could drive silver down another 17% to about … Read more

Lead Look skyward this weekend: February’s full moon, commonly called the snow moon, will reach its peak at 5:09 p.m. ET on Sunday and will appear fullest low in the eastern sky near sunset. The event coincides with preparations for NASA’s Artemis II mission, which would send four astronauts on a crewed trip around the … Read more

Bill Belichick was reportedly one vote short of induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame after the class vote required 40 of 50 ballots for election. A column by Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—published amid debate over the Hall’s opaque voting—says Belichick received 39 votes. The result has reignited criticism of a process … Read more