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Lead: Tesla reported that its 2025 car deliveries fell 9 percent year‑over‑year, and fourth‑quarter shipments dropped 16 percent, the company said on Jan. 2, 2026. For the first time, China’s BYD sold more electric vehicles globally than Tesla, marking a shift in market leadership. U.S. policy changes — including elimination of federal tax credits — … Read more

Lead: LG has previewed two Gram Pro laptops ahead of CES 2026, including a 17-inch model the company calls the “world’s lightest 17‑inch RTX laptop.” The Gram Pro 17 (model 17Z90UR) pairs a 2,560 x 1,600 panel with Nvidia’s new RTX 5050 laptop GPU (8GB VRAM), while the Gram Pro 16 (16Z90U) uses a 2,880 … Read more

Lead: On Jan. 12, 2020, 31‑year‑old Shea Briar was found gravely wounded on a rural Jay County, Indiana road and later died after surgeons discovered a bullet that entered his heart. Investigators say Briar’s former fiancée, 29‑year‑old Esther Jane “E.J.” Stephen, and 19‑year‑old assistant coach Shelby Hiestand were arrested on murder charges after Hiestand admitted … Read more

Lead: Over six days of unrest across parts of Iran, President Donald Trump and senior Iranian officials traded blunt warnings Friday as protests driven by the rial’s collapse and other grievances left at least seven people dead. The demonstrations — the largest public unrest since 2022’s Mahsa Amini protests — have not yet reached full … Read more

Lead On 2 January 2026, advances across startups, consumer-electronics labs and academic teams signalled a step-change in how we manage unwanted sound. Companies from Apple and Bang & Olufsen to Hearvana and Meta are pursuing targeted, context-aware noise control that blends hearing support with traditional Active Noise Canceling (ANC). New materials research from universities and … Read more

This week, the young daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made a high-profile visit to the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang, a ritual site that houses the embalmed bodies of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. Photographs released by state media showed the girl, reported to be about 13 and … Read more

Lead A Los Angeles County lawsuit filed this week alleges that violinist Brian King Joseph was terminated after reporting an apparent hotel intrusion and possible sexual misconduct while touring with Will Smith. The complaint, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, ties the claim to an incident in Las Vegas on or around March 20, … Read more

An ex-aide to Prime Minister Keir Starmer has warned that elected politicians have ceded so much authority to lawyers, activists and arms‑length bodies that they struggle to fulfil manifesto promises. Writing in The Times, Paul Ovenden — who resigned as the PM’s director of political strategy in September after offensive private messages from 2017 surfaced … Read more

Lead Stock futures climbed on the first trading day of 2026 as technology names extended momentum from last year. On Friday morning, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were up 188 points (about 0.4%), S&P 500 futures rose 0.6% and Nasdaq-100 futures jumped roughly 1.1%. Early gains were led by AI-linked names—Nvidia rose more than 1% … Read more

Lead: Samsung has introduced the Freestyle Plus, a portable all-in-one projector it says delivers 430 ISO lumens — a claim unveiled ahead of the CES show. The company presents that output as “nearly twice the brightness of the previous generation,” while earlier Freestyle models listed 550 lumens on their spec sheets. The announcement emphasizes the … Read more

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — On Thursday at the Orange Bowl, No. 5 Oregon shut out No. 4 Texas Tech 23-0 to advance to a College Football Playoff semifinal. Oregon’s defense forced four turnovers and repeatedly halted a high-powered Texas Tech offense, while quarterback Dante Moore passed for 234 yards and Jordon Davison produced two rushing … Read more

Lead Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro left a Brasilia hospital on Thursday, one week after undergoing a double hernia operation, and was taken by car back to the federal police headquarters where he is serving a 27-year prison term. Hospital DF Star confirmed he was discharged after additional minor procedures following the hernia surgery, which … Read more

Lead On Thursday, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani revoked nine executive orders that his predecessor, Eric Adams, issued after Adams’s Sept. 26, 2024, federal corruption indictment. The rescissions, announced hours after Mamdani’s inauguration in Brooklyn, target policies ranging from definitions of antisemitism and restrictions on protests to immigration and the horse-carriage industry. Mamdani’s team said … Read more

NEW ORLEANS — On Jan. 1 in the Sugar Bowl, Georgia coach Kirby Smart accepted responsibility after a decisive fourth-down blunder helped Ole Miss beat the Bulldogs 39-34. Facing fourth-and-2 at Georgia’s own 33, the Bulldogs briefly sent out their punt unit but then returned the offense to the field; a snap that wasn’t supposed … Read more

Lead PASADENA, Calif. — On Jan. 1, 2026, No. 1 Indiana demolished No. 9 Alabama 24-0 in the Rose Bowl, a result that upended expectations and vaulted the 14-0 Hoosiers into the College Football Playoff semifinals. Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza completed 14 of 16 passes for 192 yards and three touchdowns while Indiana outrushed … Read more