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Three years after his death in 2023 at age 73, Tom Verlaine’s creative estate — packed in 35 cardboard boxes from a modest Manhattan apartment — has been acquired by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The collection, transferred by Jutta Koether, Verlaine’s longtime partner and executor, includes 145 notebooks, lyric drafts, … Read more

Lead Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, signaled on Friday that security forces would move against nationwide demonstrators, accusing them of damaging public property to curry favor with U.S. President Donald Trump. The comments came as Iran’s judiciary chief, Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, vowed strict, uncompromising punishment for participants. Despite a near-total communications blackout, activists shared short … Read more

Lead: A nationwide NPR/Ipsos poll conducted in December finds a large majority of Americans—61%—believe the United States should be the world’s moral leader, yet only 39% say it presently fills that role. That 39% mark is down sharply from 60% in a comparable 2017 survey. The poll, fielded ahead of the Jan. 3, 2026 U.S. … Read more

Lead: The UK government on Friday condemned X’s decision to restrict Grok’s image-editing features to paying subscribers after widespread complaints that the AI produced sexualised, non-consensual images. Officials and survivors’ groups said the move — announced amid reports of images generated or altered without consent — risks treating a public-harm problem as a premium feature. … Read more

Researchers warn that, in a worst-case emergency such as an extreme solar storm, satellites circling Earth could begin colliding in under three days — a dramatic reduction from seven years ago that shortens response windows for operators worldwide. A newly proposed metric, the Collision Realization And Significant Harm (CRASH) Clock, estimates how long it would … Read more

Obsidian Entertainment announced that Avowed will arrive on PlayStation 5 on February 17, coinciding with the game’s anniversary update on all platforms. The studio revealed the news during an interview on the New Game+ Showcase and confirmed that the free update will add long-requested features. Pre-orders for the PS5 version opened the day of the … Read more

Lead On Wednesday night, Jan. 7, 2026, President Donald J. Trump and Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro spoke by telephone for the first time in a 55-minute conversation that participants described as a sharp change in tone. The call followed a weekend in which Mr. Trump’s comments seemed to suggest possible military action toward Colombia and … Read more

Lead An amber Met Office warning has been issued for the West Midlands as Storm Goretti brings heavy snow and hazardous travel. The alert runs from 17:00 GMT on Thursday, with the most severe conditions expected from around 20:00, and remains in force until 09:00 GMT Friday. Forecast accumulations are generally 10–15cm, with some locations … Read more

Lead: Hollywood’s leading stars converge this weekend for the 83rd Golden Globes in a ceremony many see as a key waypoint on the road to the Oscars. Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another leads the field with nine nominations and strong critical momentum, while Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and Timothée Chalamet’s Marty Supreme are major … Read more

Lead On Jan. 9, 2026, a 550-pound bear known as “Yellow 2120” was removed after living in the crawl space beneath a homeowner’s Altadena kitchen since around Thanksgiving. The animal was discovered by the homeowner and later coaxed out following repeated removal attempts by state wildlife officials and intervention from a Lake Tahoe nonprofit. Professionals … Read more

Lead Nintendo has announced that Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, the tactical role‑playing game first released for the Nintendo GameCube in 2005, is now available under the Nintendo Classics banner. The port preserves the series’ signature permadeath mechanics while presenting fully voiced cutscenes and 3D battle maps. The release brings Ike and the conflict on … Read more

Lead Hundreds of thousands of mostly barefoot Filipino Catholics took part in Manila’s annual Black Nazarene procession on Friday, using the religious event to register anger over a sprawling flood-control corruption scandal. The life‑size wooden statue of Jesus the Nazarene was carried on an open carriage for nearly six kilometers through congested streets near the … Read more

Lead: In the mid-2010s Moscow moved to deepen its foothold in Venezuela’s oil industry, sending state-backed companies, credit lines and technical teams to shore up production and secure crude supplies. The partnership, built around loans-for-oil deals and joint ventures, unfolded amid Venezuela’s economic collapse and mounting U.S. sanctions. By 2019–2020 the strategy had failed to … Read more

Lead GLENDALE, Ariz. — After Ole Miss fell 31-27 to Miami in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, former Miami and Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis pulled All-America running back Kewan Lacy aside in the locker room to offer perspective and encouragement. Lacy, nursing a black arm brace and a bandage on a hamstring he hurt on … Read more

Lead: On Jan. 8, 2026, dozens of French farmers drove convoys of tractors into Paris and staged a demonstration outside the National Assembly to oppose renewed European Union talks to finalize a trade agreement with the Mercosur bloc. Protesters — organized by the Rural Coordination union — said the deal would damage local farming incomes … Read more