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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

Lead On Jan. 9, 2026, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani distributed QR-coded vouchers for 1,500 free tickets to the Under the Radar theater festival, saying access to culture belongs within the city’s affordability agenda. The giveaway took place on Hillel Place in Flatbush, outside the Leonard and Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts … Read more

Lead: General Motors said on Jan. 9, 2026, that it will record roughly $6 billion in charges in the fourth quarter after U.S. reductions to electric-vehicle tax incentives and a loosening of federal emissions rules. The company reported the write-downs in a late-Thursday filing and noted an earlier related $1.6 billion charge in the prior … Read more

Lead: David Bowie released Blackstar on January 8, 2016 — his 69th birthday — and died two days later on January 10 from liver cancer. The album’s arrival and his death turned listeners’ attention from the record’s musical risks to a single dominant reading: a deliberate, final statement. Within days Blackstar was recast as Bowie’s … Read more

Lead A recent conversation on Hacker News, linked to a ScienceDaily summary of systematic evidence, revived a recurring finding: structured exercise can substantially reduce depressive symptoms and, in some trials, approach the effect size seen with psychotherapy. The Cochrane-style synthesis cited in the thread pooled dozens of randomized trials and reported a standardized mean difference … Read more

Lead Kevin Stefanski, the Cleveland Browns head coach who was dismissed earlier this week, placed a full-page farewell message to fans in The Plain Dealer on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. The message thanked the Dawg Pound and the broader Cleveland community after six seasons leading the team. Stefanski departs with franchise-leading marks for the modern … Read more

At a White House gathering (remarks and exchanges recorded between 20:34–21:23 GMT), President Donald Trump met energy executives to discuss post-Maduro plans for Venezuela’s oil sector. He said revenue from Venezuelan crude would flow to Venezuela first, then to US interests and the companies involved, and promised US “security guarantees” for firms that invest. Executives … Read more

The Artemis II mission — the first crewed Moon-flight in more than half a century — could lift off as early as the first week of February, with NASA’s launch window opening on 6 February and extending into the spring. Launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the roughly 10‑day flight will carry four astronauts … Read more

Dec 22 Romanian President Nicușor Dan told POLITICO that a resurgent U.S. foreign policy strand—summed up by reports that President Trump said, “I don’t need international law”—is pushing economics ahead of principles and leaving European capitals uncertain about long-term security choices. Dan warned this transactional posture has recalibrated allied expectations and complicated cooperation on issues … Read more