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Jan. 29, 2026 — In Heshun County, Shanxi Province, prosecutors concluded that a woman identified by the surname Bu was so impaired by mental illness that she had “no sexual self-defense capacity,” yet they decided not to criminally charge a man who lived with her and fathered several of her children. The ruling, involving relationships … Read more

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Beijing on a four-day visit that began in late January 2026 and met Chinese President Xi Jinping in a high-stakes summit that both sides framed as the start of a strategic reset. The two leaders agreed to expand cooperation across education, healthcare, finance, AI research, biological sciences and … Read more

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Jan. 28, 2026, told reporters at City Hall that New York City faces a severe fiscal shortfall — a $12 billion gap across two years — and pinned much of the responsibility on his predecessor, former Mayor Eric Adams. Mamdani repeated his demand that the state legislature and Gov. Kathy Hochul … Read more

Lead: A video reportedly recorded on Jan. 13 appears to show a man resembling 37-year-old Alex Pretti spitting at federal agents and striking the taillight of a U.S. government SUV in Minneapolis. The footage, released days later by The News Movement, shows agents responding to the disturbance, using crowd-control measures and briefly detaining the man … Read more

Lead: On Jan. 28, 2026, the WLD token issued by World Network rallied more than 27% after a Forbes report said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is exploring a “biometric social network” to help platforms verify humans and reduce AI-driven bot accounts. The report named Apple’s Face ID and World Network’s iris-scanning Orb as possible verification … Read more

Lead: On the evening of Wednesday, January 28, 2026, a driver repeatedly struck the rear entrance of the Chabad World Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Officers on a detail nearby intervened around 8:45 p.m., detained the driver and handed the case to the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force for further review. … Read more

Lead Meteorologists warn a powerful winter storm could organize along the Atlantic Seaboard this weekend and may develop into a nor’easter that rapidly deepens into a bomb cyclone. Forecast models show the system intensifying as it moves northward, bringing heavy snow, strong gusts and coastal flooding from parts of the Southeast into the Mid-Atlantic and … Read more

Apple TV has acquired screen rights to Brandon Sanderson’s expansive Cosmere universe, the company and industry reporting show. The streamer is developing a feature adaptation of Mistborn and a separate series based on The Stormlight Archive, both described as being in early development with Blue Marble Pictures attached as producer. Sanderson’s interconnected fantasy setting—centered on … Read more

Lead On January 28–29, 2026, global commodity markets accelerated as gold, copper and silver reached fresh record highs against a weakening U.S. dollar and rising geopolitical tensions. Gold surged 2.7% to $5,564 an ounce, bringing its January advance to roughly 29%. Copper spiked as much as 7.9% on the London Metal Exchange while silver and … Read more

Lead Deutsche Bank reported on Thursday that it posted a net profit of 1.3 billion euros for the fourth quarter of 2025, exceeding analysts’ forecasts and delivering record results in several business lines. The lender recorded group revenues of 7.73 billion euros for the three months to December, broadly in line with external estimates. At … Read more

Lead On the evening of January 28, 2026, a vehicle struck the rear door of the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The incident, captured on video, occurred about 8:45 p.m. while thousands were gathered for a Chabad holiday; no injuries were reported and the driver was taken into custody. … Read more

Lead Americans born in 2024 can expect to live, on average, to age 79, a rise of more than half a year from 2023, according to a National Center for Health Statistics report released Thursday. The new figure marks the highest U.S. life expectancy since the federal government began tracking the metric in 1900 and … Read more

Lead: Odessa A’zion announced Wednesday night that she has left A24’s upcoming film Deep Cuts after an online uproar over her casting. The controversy emerged roughly 48 hours after the casting was first reported, centering on the decision to cast A’zion as Zoe Gutierrez, a character described in Holly Brickley’s 2023 novel as half Mexican … Read more

The Los Angeles Chargers announced today that they have agreed to terms with Chris O’Leary to become the team’s defensive coordinator. O’Leary returns to the Chargers organization after serving as the team’s safeties coach in 2024 under head coach Jim Harbaugh and most recently working as defensive coordinator at Western Michigan in 2025. His Western … Read more

Lead: On Wednesday afternoon, musician Kid Rock (Robert Ritchie) testified to a Senate subcommittee led by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R‑Tenn.) in Washington, pressing lawmakers on rapidly rising concert costs and practices by Live Nation and Ticketmaster. He argued the 2009 merger promised to help artists and fans but has instead allowed resale brokers, opaque fees … Read more