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Lead On Monday a Hong Kong court heard mitigation arguments in the sentencing phase for 78-year-old publisher and democracy advocate Jimmy Lai, convicted under the national security law. Lai, founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily, faces two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one count of conspiracy to publish seditious materials; the … Read more

Lead The Atlanta Falcons have opened a national search for the franchise’s 20th head coach after parting ways with Raheem Morris following the final game of the 2025 season. Club leadership engaged ZRG Partners and Sportsology Group to assist in vetting candidates and scheduling interviews. The organization has begun interviewing multiple prominent coaches and coordinators, … Read more

Stocks closed at fresh records Monday as U.S. benchmarks recovered from early losses. The S&P 500 ended at 6,977.27 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 49,590.20 after both hit intraday highs; the Nasdaq closed at 23,733.90. Traders shrugged off news that federal prosecutors opened a criminal inquiry into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, … Read more

In Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday night at Bank of America Stadium, veteran quarterback Matthew Stafford engineered a late drive that flipped a tight Wild Card matchup and sent the No. 5 seed Los Angeles Rams past the No. 4 seed Carolina Panthers, 34-31. With 2:34 left in the fourth quarter Stafford signaled for an aggressive … Read more

Microsoft is urging PC users to move to a new “Copilot+” class of Windows 11 machines to be ready for what it calls the next generation of computing. The company’s marketing materials, reported by Windows Latest on January 12, 2026, define Copilot+ PCs by specific hardware thresholds — notably an NPU capable of 40+ TOPS … Read more

Lead Chancellor Friedrich Merz is travelling to New Delhi this Sunday with a large delegation after Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul’s recent visit, underscoring Berlin’s sharpened focus on India as an economic and geopolitical partner. Germany sees India—home to about 1.45 billion people and forecast by the OECD to grow faster than China this year—as a … Read more

Last fall George Saunders, 67, received the National Book Foundation’s medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. In a Jan. 10, 2026 interview he discussed his new novel Vigil (released this month), his long teaching career at Syracuse University, and a set of three “delusions” he says people should abandon to live more compassionately. The … Read more

Lead: The January 2026 Golden Globes reshaped several Oscar contests, producing clear matchups and surprising winners that could influence Academy voting. Wins for Jessie Buckley, Wagner Moura, Rose Byrne and Stellan Skarsgård — among others — have narrowed several races and created head-to-head narratives to follow as the Oscars approach. Although the Globes are chosen … Read more

On January 11, 2026, YouTube TV began a wide rollout of a redesigned Live Guide to its Android and iOS apps, bringing the mobile experience closer to the television interface introduced in 2023. The new layout increases information density, moves channel icons to the left and adds swipeable upcoming-program previews. A prominent red “Jump to … Read more

On January 10, 2026, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assessed that Russian forces continued multi-axis offensive operations across eastern and southern Ukraine — notably in northern Kharkiv, Kupyansk, Luhansk/Donetsk directions, and the Zaporizhia and Kherson axes — but made no confirmed, broad territorial gains that day. ISW reported recurring Russian infiltration attempts, … Read more

Lead A local futsal coach and a university student are among hundreds reportedly killed during mass anti-government demonstrations that began on 28 December and have spread across Iran. Rights groups and local sources say violence intensified in early January, with live ammunition used in several cities and an internet blackout hampering independent verification. Human-rights monitors … Read more

Lead: In the wake of several dramatic wild-card games, Mike Vrabel’s first-year blueprint for the New England Patriots — unveiled officially on Jan. 13, 2025 — looked vindicated on Sunday night as the Patriots beat the Los Angeles Chargers 16–3 at Gillette Stadium. The win, driven by a swarming defense and timely, if imperfect, offense, … Read more

Lead: On Jan. 11, after the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in St. Louis, U.S. Figure Skating named a 16-athlete Olympic roster for the 2026 Winter Games in Milan. The delegation — three men, three women, three ice-dance duos and two pairs — mixes established champions and emerging talent, including reigning world champions Ilia Malinin, Alysa … Read more

Lead Canadian prime minister Mark Carney arrives in Beijing in January for a state visit aimed at repairing a relationship strained over the past decade. The trip is the first time a Canadian leader has been welcomed in Beijing in nearly ten years and comes amid rupturing global alliances and escalating economic pressure from the … Read more

Lead On January 12, 2026, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen publicly condemned X’s AI chatbot Grok after reports that users could generate sexually explicit “undressed” images of women and children. She called the behavior “unthinkable” and warned that the EU will not outsource child protection and consent to Silicon Valley. Regulators across Europe … Read more