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Lead On Jan. 2, 2026 in the Sugar Bowl, No. 6 Ole Miss completed a dramatic comeback to upset No. 3 Georgia 39-34 and advance to the College Football Playoff semifinals. Quarterback Trinidad Chambliss led a second-half rally and set up Lucas Carneiro’s game-winning 47-yard field goal with six seconds left. Ole Miss added a … Read more

Lead On Jan. 1, 2026 in Sacramento, the Boston Celtics rallied late to defeat the Sacramento Kings 120-106. Jaylen Brown paced Boston with 29 points and 10 rebounds, while Derrick White’s key 3-pointer gave the Celtics the lead for good in the fourth quarter. Boston pulled away with an 11-2 run in the final three … Read more

On Jan. 1, 2026 in New Orleans, Lucas Carneiro drilled a 47-yard field goal in the closing seconds to lift Ole Miss to a 39-34 victory over Georgia in the Sugar Bowl, sending the Rebels to the College Football Playoff semifinals. The game ended when Ole Miss recorded a safety on a kickoff late in … Read more

On December 31, 2025 in California, musician Este Haim and tech entrepreneur Jonathan Levin were married in an upscale New Year’s Eve ceremony attended by close friends and collaborators. The couple announced an engagement on December 22, 2024 after a surprise proposal on a hike, and Vogue documented Haim’s dress preparations with Louis Vuitton in … Read more

Lead: An off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations officer allegedly shot and killed a man armed with a long rifle outside the officer’s apartment complex in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles late on New Year’s Eve. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says the officer heard multiple shots at about … Read more

Country singer Kelsea Ballerini and actor Chase Stokes appeared to reconcile as they rang in 2026, posting near-identical sunset photos to their Instagram accounts on Dec. 31, 2025. The pair, who had been linked for almost three years before announcing a split in September 2025, shared captions that reflected on a turbulent year and a … Read more

The Department of Health and Human Services announced in late December that federal payments from the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) will be paused until states supply additional verification and administrative data. The action affects all 50 states, but officials said Minnesota will face heightened scrutiny and extra documentation after a series of alleged … Read more

On January 1, 2026 at 4:00 PM UTC, Bloomberg published a roundup in which senior markets editor Sam Potter condensed Wall Street’s annual outlooks. The reports he reviewed — written by strategists, economists and portfolio managers — often run 100 or more pages apiece. Potter’s briefing aims to capture the consensus calls for markets, the … Read more

Lead On January 2026 the U.S. Department of State issued an official response to a Chinese military exercise conducted near Taiwan, urging restraint and de‑escalation. The statement emphasized Washington’s interest in preserving peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and called for all parties to avoid actions that could raise the risk of miscalculation. The … Read more

Lead Actor George Clooney, his wife Amal and their two children were granted French citizenship earlier this month, a move that prompted public criticism from US president Donald Trump on Truth Social and a pointed response from Clooney. The 64-year-old Oscar winner praised France’s privacy protections and said the family values raising their children outside … Read more

Lead: The College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Caesars Superdome on Thursday, January 1, 2026, pits the Mississippi Rebels against the Georgia Bulldogs in an SEC rematch. Kickoff is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. ET and the game will air on ESPN. Georgia enters on a nine-game winning streak after a comeback victory over Mississippi on … Read more

In the early hours of 1 January 2026, a fast-moving fire ripped through Le Constellation, a basement bar in Crans‑Montana, Switzerland, turning a New Year’s celebration into a catastrophe. The blaze began around 1:30am and spread within moments, prompting emergency calls and the arrival of police at 1:32am. Officials say about 40 people died and … Read more

Lead: On Jan. 1, 2026 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, No. 1 Indiana overwhelmed No. 9 Alabama, 38-3, to advance to a College Football Playoff semifinal matchup with No. 5 Oregon at the Peach Bowl on Jan. 9. The Hoosiers, led by Heisman winner Fernando Mendoza, controlled the game on both sides of the … Read more

Jan. 1, 2026 — In his inaugural address as mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani foregrounded the city’s cuisines as symbols of both identity and economic security. Speaking on Thursday, he moved between personal memories and policy commitments, praising the workers who prepare the city’s dishes while proposing city-owned supermarkets to lower the cost … Read more

Lead: President Donald Trump has acknowledged that an advanced imaging exam he discussed for weeks at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center was a CT scan, not an MRI, according to an interview published Thursday in the Wall Street Journal. The White House previously described the president’s advanced imaging results released Dec. 1 as “perfectly … Read more