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Lead: In the last week of 2025, Kansas City recorded its fourth-highest weekly total of influenza cases in the past 15 years, driven by a dominant Influenza A Subclade K variant that local clinicians have called a “super flu.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned the surge has not yet peaked and … Read more

NASA has moved to bring the four-member Crew-11 team home early after an onboard medical incident, targeting undocking no earlier than 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT) on Jan. 14 and a splashdown off California early on Jan. 15. The decision affects the August 2025-launched Crew-11 — Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, Kimiya Yui and Oleg Platonov … Read more

Lead On January 9, 2026, a federal judge in New York granted a temporary measure preventing the Trump administration from halting federal child care subsidies and related social-service grants to five Democratic-led states for at least 14 days. The states—California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York—argued the administration’s announced freeze was causing immediate operational disruption. … Read more

Lead On 9 January 2026 at STōK Cae Ras, Wrexham forced a 3-3 draw with Premier League side Nottingham Forest before winning 4-3 on penalties in the FA Cup third round. The Welsh club — buoyed by owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney — twice held two-goal leads but were hauled back each time, with … Read more

Lead: US President Donald Trump urged major oil companies at the White House to commit at least $100bn in investment to Venezuela’s petroleum sector, saying US control of sales could lower global energy costs. The meeting, held in Washington, followed a US operation cited as the 3 January seizure of Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, and … Read more

Lead Noah Whittington, Oregon’s top rusher, was cleared to play Friday night in the College Football Playoff semifinal against Indiana in Atlanta after appearing on the team’s injury report as questionable. Coach Dan Lanning indicated the Ducks plan to use Whittington at some point in the game. The decision arrives amid pressing depth problems at … Read more

The American Film Institute’s AFI Awards luncheon on Friday in Beverly Hills brought a high-profile roster of actors, executives and creators to the Four Seasons red carpet, showcasing both stars and the projects the institute honored. Early arrivals included George Clooney, Emma Stone, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ethan Hawke, Wunmi Mosaku and Rhea Seehorn, joined by figures … Read more

In early January 2026, Google urged publishers not to restructure articles into small, machine-friendly fragments solely to influence search ranking. The company’s public guidance, relayed by its search liaison, cautions that apparent short-term uplifts from splitting content for large language models (LLMs) are likely artifacts of current system behavior rather than durable strategies. Google said … Read more

Lead On Thursday afternoon in the village of Binaliw, Cebu City, a large mound of waste and earth collapsed onto low-slung buildings at a municipal landfill, burying and trapping dozens. Emergency crews recovered 13 survivors overnight while one person died in transit to hospital and about a dozen others sustained injuries. As of Friday officials … Read more

Brooks Koepka applied this week to regain his PGA Tour membership, sources told ESPN, marking the first formal step toward a possible return to the circuit. The 35‑year‑old left the LIV Golf League on Dec. 23, 2025, with one year remaining on his LIV contract and has not held active PGA Tour membership since 2022. … Read more

Lead: Los Angeles Chargers rookie running back Omarion Hampton, sidelined for the Week 18 win over the Denver Broncos with a right ankle issue, said on Friday he expects to play in Sunday’s playoff game against the New England Patriots. Hampton was listed as questionable and took part in a limited practice, his first on-field … Read more

Lead: On Jan. 9, 2026, at a White House meeting with oil-industry executives, President Donald Trump said his administration will act on Greenland “whether they like it or not,” signaling an intention to press the United States’ interest in the Danish territory. The comment came amid wider U.S. moves in the hemisphere after the military … Read more

Lead: On Jan. 9, 2026, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its routine childhood immunization guidance, moving six vaccines—respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), hepatitis A, hepatitis B, rotavirus, meningococcal disease, influenza and COVID—from universal recommendation to either risk-based use or “shared clinical decision-making.” The change preserves routine recommendations for 11 other childhood vaccines and … Read more

Lead After watching Crave’s hit series Heated Rivalry on Christmas Eve, former Quebec youth player Matt Kenny experienced a five-day panic attack that reopened memories of hiding his sexuality in the locker room. Kenny — who skated competitively four to six days a week as a child before quitting in his late teens — shared … Read more

Jan. 9, 2026 — Health authorities in South Carolina reported a rapid escalation in a measles outbreak that began in October along the state’s northern border. In the latest update, officials announced 99 new cases over three days, bringing the total to 310 confirmed infections, most of them children, and prompting quarantines and a statewide … Read more