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Lead In a rare jailhouse interview, Aimee Bock, the only non-Somali defendant convicted in what prosecutors call Minnesota’s largest pandemic-era fraud, expressed regret and disputed the label of “mastermind.” The charges allege a roughly $250 million scheme during COVID that routed federal school-meal funds through the nonprofit Feeding Our Future. Prosecutors say 78 people were … Read more

On the second day of a High Court privacy trial, Prince Harry and actress Elizabeth Hurley were present as barrister David Sherborne continued to set out allegations that Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) used unlawful methods to obtain private information. The hearing, which revisits stories dating from the 1990s through 2018, focuses on a series of … Read more

Lead — On Tuesday, 20 January 2026, the UK government granted planning approval for China to build a 20,000 square‑metre (215,000 sq ft) embassy at Royal Mint Court in central London. The decision comes after three postponements and a 240‑page planning report that concluded the scheme met planning requirements. Critics — including lawmakers, exiled dissidents … Read more

Lead: One year after President Trump vowed on the campaign trail to cut Americans’ energy bills in half, results are mixed. Gasoline costs fell roughly 20% from 2024 to 2025, delivering visible relief at the pump, while electricity prices have continued to climb in many regions. Oil production did not surge as the administration had … Read more

The Berlin International Film Festival on Tuesday released its competition roster for the 76th edition, scheduled Feb. 12–22. The slate mixes international auteurs, politically charged dramas and intimate character pieces, and includes high-profile entries such as Karim Aïnouz’s Rosebush Pruning and Beth de Araújo’s Josephine, starring Channing Tatum. The announcement — issued by artistic director … Read more

Lead On Jan. 20, 2026, the Indiana Hoosiers captured the program’s first-ever college football national championship, beating Miami (Fla.) 27-21 in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game in Miami. Top-seeded Indiana finished a perfect 16-0 season under head coach Curt Cignetti, who took over a struggling program two years earlier. Heisman winner Fernando Mendoza … Read more

Lead On the night of 19 January 2026, two high-speed trains collided near Adamuz in southern Spain, killing at least 39 people and injuring dozens more. The Madrid-bound train, carrying about 300 passengers, derailed just before 20:00 local time and struck a southbound service on an adjacent track. Authorities said all survivors had been removed … Read more

Lead President Donald J. Trump issued a proclamation recognizing Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the evening of Jan. 19, 2026, after civil rights groups publicly criticized the initial absence of a presidential statement. The proclamation came as Mr. Trump attended the College Football Championship in Miami and while his White House social accounts focused … Read more

Lead On Jan. 20, 2026, a large overnight Russian strike campaign hit multiple Ukrainian regions, killing and injuring civilians and striking energy infrastructure that supports nuclear power plants. Ukrainian officials reported widespread outages of electricity, heating and water in Kyiv and other oblasts after missiles and drone swarms targeted substations and generation facilities. Kyiv and … Read more

Lead On January 20, 2026, Citigroup’s research team lowered its recommendation on European equities for the first time in over a year, blaming a sharp rise in friction between Brussels and Washington tied to President Donald Trump’s push to seize Greenland. The bank’s strategists — including Beata Manthey — said the escalation in transatlantic tensions … Read more

Lead On January 19, 2026, a chain-reaction collision involving more than 100 vehicles, including more than 30 semitrailer trucks, occurred on Interstate 196 just southwest of Grand Rapids near Hudsonville, Michigan. Michigan State Police closed both directions of I-196 while crews worked to remove vehicles and assist stranded motorists; officials reported numerous injuries but no … Read more

Lead: Prince Harry returned to London on Jan. 19, 2026, to attend the third and final civil trial in a series of lawsuits claiming Britain’s tabloid press engaged in unlawful information gathering. The 41-year-old Duke of Sussex is among high-profile claimants — including Sir Elton John and actresses Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie Frost — who … Read more

NVIDIA plans to ship ARM-based laptop SoCs to the consumer market this year, with N1/N1X variants reportedly appearing in notebooks in Q1 and reaching retail by Q2. The chips are built on TSMC’s 3nm process and are described as sharing design DNA with the GB10 used in DGX Spark systems. Reports also say NVIDIA is … Read more

President Donald Trump will use a high‑profile address at the World Economic Forum in Davos on the anniversary of his inauguration to argue he can ease housing costs for Americans. The speech comes amid criticism that he spends more time with wealthy investors than directly engaging the working‑class voters who cite affordability as a top … Read more

Lead On January 19, 2026, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Indiana fans again outnumbered the home crowd during the College Football Playoff national championship. Broadcast commentators noted the stands leaned heavily toward the Hoosiers, estimating the split at roughly 60/40 in Indiana’s favor. That followed large showings from Indiana at both the Rose … Read more