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Lead On 19 January 2026 Denmark and Greenland formally raised the idea of a NATO presence on Greenland during talks in Brussels with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. The proposal, announced by Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen, comes as US President Donald Trump renews pressure to acquire Greenland and threatens tariffs on several European … Read more
Lead On Monday night at Hard Rock Stadium, longtime cinematic observer Angelo Pizzo watched Indiana University’s fans pour into Miami as the Hoosiers prepared to meet the Hurricanes in the College Football Playoff title game. Indiana enters as an 8.5-point favorite and carries an unblemished record this season; Miami, a program with five national championships … Read more
Google appears to be preparing to expand Pixel 10’s Magic Cue by adding Google Tasks and Google Wallet as data sources, according to recent reports on January 19, 2026. The change was spotted in a developer-enabled screenshot and is not yet a public rollout, but it suggests Google is testing broader app access for contextual … Read more
Lead: The 2026 Sundance Film Festival opens Thursday in Park City, Utah, staging 90 films across 10 days for what organizers and attendees expect will be the festival’s final edition in that town. The event arrives with starry premieres and documentary heavyweights on the program, while the community also pauses to mark the recent death … Read more
US President Donald Trump told Norway’s prime minister he felt freed from an obligation to focus solely on peace after not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize last October, and in the same exchange renewed a call for “Complete and Total Control of Greenland.” The message, exchanged with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and referenced alongside … Read more
Arizona has been voted the unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for the first time after collecting all 61 first‑place votes in Monday’s ballot. The 18‑0 Wildcats secured victories in both games last week to remain among college basketball’s three unbeaten Division I teams, while Iowa State’s two … Read more
Lead: Seattle Seahawks running back Zach Charbonnet will miss the remainder of the season after sustaining a significant knee injury, coach Mike Macdonald said following Saturday’s playoff win over the San Francisco 49ers. Initial optimism that the injury might be minor faded after additional testing, and Macdonald said Charbonnet will not play in the NFC … Read more
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell plans to attend oral arguments Wednesday at the U.S. Supreme Court in the case challenging President Donald Trump’s attempt to remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook. The appearance comes as Powell faces a criminal inquiry by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., tied to a multi-billion-dollar renovation of the Fed’s … Read more
Lead: A 70-year-old woman became unresponsive while riding the Revenge of the Mummy roller coaster at Universal Studios in Orlando on Nov. 25, 2025, and later died at a hospital, Florida officials reported. The fatality is recorded in the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ quarterly theme park injury report covering the final three … Read more
Shortly after 8 p.m. on Friday during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, a man who had been pursued and fired upon was shot and killed in the small foyer of Dooky Chase’s Restaurant in New Orleans. Police say the gunfire also struck three women waiting for tables; two tourists from Los Angeles suffered … Read more
Microsoft’s recent foray into ad-supported Xbox Cloud Gaming, highlighted in an Ars Technica report in January 2026, offers a limited option for players who prefer not to subscribe to Game Pass. The move allows some users to stream titles under an advertising wrapper, but critics say it recycles an obvious, low-impact approach instead of exploring … Read more
Lead: A prominent VR modder known for the R.E.A.L. VR project said CD Projekt RED issued a DMCA takedown for his Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod, accusing the studio on January 17 of following corporate priorities over community work. The creator — widely identified as Luke Ross in reporting — responded on Patreon and promptly updated … Read more
Lead: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court’s oral argument on Wednesday in the legal battle over whether President Donald Trump can remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook. The move, reported by a person familiar with the matter, marks an unusually public sign of support from the Fed’s top official. The case centers … Read more
Lead: On January 19, 2026, photographs published from a Los Angeles farmers’ market show professional dancer Gleb Savchenko engaging in public displays of affection with an unidentified woman. The images, circulated by entertainment outlets that morning, capture a close embrace and a kiss; the encounter followed Savchenko’s well-documented split from model Brooks Nader. The photos … Read more
World and corporate leaders converged in Davos, Switzerland, this week as the World Economic Forum’s four-day meeting opened, with nearly 3,000 participants gathered to debate rising inequality, AI’s effects on jobs and strains in global trade. U.S. President Donald Trump, attending for the third time as president and leading a record U.S. delegation, is expected … Read more
