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Ryan Wedding, a 44-year-old former Canadian Olympic snowboarder, is scheduled for an initial federal court appearance in Santa Ana, California, after surrendering at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City last week. U.S. prosecutors allege he led a multinational drug-trafficking organization responsible for moving as much as 60 tons of cocaine and ordered multiple killings; he … Read more

Lead Code Vein II invites players into a vampire-haunted, dual-timeline campaign that alternates between an apocalyptic present and events 100 years earlier. Over roughly 42 hours of play in this review, the experience delivered technical ambition—an expansive character creator, an array of weapon and Blood Code systems—but left the reviewer frustrated by repetitive missions, a … Read more

Lead: Former NBA player and 2010 gubernatorial candidate Chris Dudley announced on Monday in Portland that he is running for Oregon governor in 2024, positioning himself to challenge incumbent Governor Tina Kotek. Dudley framed his campaign around delivering “real change to Oregon,” calling for clearer vision and practical solutions. His entry adds a high-profile name … Read more

Researchers publishing in late January 2026 report two discoveries that push back the record for early hominin use of organic materials: a set of wooden implements dated to about 430,000 years ago from the Marathousa 1 site in southern Greece, and a roughly 500,000-year-old hammer fashioned from elephant or mammoth bone found in southern England. … Read more

Lead: A former Citigroup executive has filed a lawsuit alleging the bank mishandled sexual harassment complaints and retaliated against the complainant. The complaint, made public in reporting by the Financial Times, accuses the bank of failing to investigate appropriately and of exposing the executive to professional harm. Citigroup has not acknowledged wrongdoing in public reporting, … Read more

President Donald Trump on Monday announced a unilateral increase in U.S. tariffs on South Korean imports — raising duties on autos, pharmaceuticals and lumber from 15% to 25% — citing a delay by South Korea’s legislature to ratify a trade agreement negotiated last summer. The announcement, posted on the president’s Truth Social account, referenced a … Read more

Lead RFK Jr.’s senior vaccine adviser, Milhoan, publicly questioned whether routine polio immunization remains necessary and mused about the consequences if vaccination were widely abandoned. His remarks, made this month, prompted immediate condemnation from medical leaders who warned that falling coverage would revive paralysis and fatalities once kept at bay. The exchange intensified an ongoing … Read more

On 26 January 2026 Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health declared the country’s first-ever Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak over, following two complete incubation periods (42 days) since the last confirmed case died and received a safe, dignified burial on 14 December 2025. The ministry reported a cumulative 19 cases as of 25 January 2026: 14 laboratory-confirmed … Read more

Lead: Federal officials moved to alter their public posture Monday after the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti, as the White House sought to distance President Donald Trump from inflammatory language used by some aides. A senior Border Patrol commander, Gregory Bovino, and some agents are expected to begin leaving Minneapolis as early … Read more

Lead On Jan. 26, 2026, Israeli forces recovered the remains of Master Sgt. Ran Gvili from a cemetery in Gaza, closing the last unresolved captivity case from the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks. The discovery follows months of searches and comes as Israeli officials say it clears a political and practical obstacle to reopening the Rafah … Read more

The Los Angeles Angels have agreed to a minor-league contract with right-handed reliever Nick Sandlin that includes an invitation to major-league spring training, per reporting that cites Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register. Sandlin, 29 and represented by the Ballengee Group, spent much of last season on the injured list after a lat strain … Read more

Lead: More than 60 chief executives of Minnesota-based firms, including leaders from Target, Best Buy, 3M, General Mills and UnitedHealth, published an open letter on the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce website on Sunday calling for immediate de‑escalation after two people were fatally shot by federal agents during an immigration enforcement operation. The signatories asked state, … Read more

Google has agreed to pay $68m (£51m) to resolve a class-action lawsuit filed in California that alleged its Google Assistant sometimes recorded private conversations without consent. The proposed settlement, filed on Friday in federal court, must be approved by US District Judge Beth Labson Freeman. Plaintiffs say recordings triggered accidentally by devices dating back to … Read more

Lead On the humid shores of a Thai island during production of Send Help, Dylan OBrien found himself both exhilarated and tested when director Sam Raimi proposed an extreme, in-camera stunt that included eating a beetle. The exchange, later revealed by Raimi as a joke, nonetheless underlined how far OBrien was willing to go for … Read more

Lead On January 26, 2026, black-and-white photos captured Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi sharing a relaxed moment while stopped in traffic on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles during the “Wuthering Heights” promotional run. The shots, taken by street photographer Rene Mascarenas, were published and reported by TMZ that morning and updated later in the afternoon. … Read more