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Lead: On the evening of Wednesday, January 28, 2026, a driver repeatedly struck the rear entrance of the Chabad World Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Officers on a detail nearby intervened around 8:45 p.m., detained the driver and handed the case to the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force for further review. … Read more
Lead Meteorologists warn a powerful winter storm could organize along the Atlantic Seaboard this weekend and may develop into a nor’easter that rapidly deepens into a bomb cyclone. Forecast models show the system intensifying as it moves northward, bringing heavy snow, strong gusts and coastal flooding from parts of the Southeast into the Mid-Atlantic and … Read more
Apple TV has acquired screen rights to Brandon Sanderson’s expansive Cosmere universe, the company and industry reporting show. The streamer is developing a feature adaptation of Mistborn and a separate series based on The Stormlight Archive, both described as being in early development with Blue Marble Pictures attached as producer. Sanderson’s interconnected fantasy setting—centered on … Read more
Lead Americans born in 2024 can expect to live, on average, to age 79, a rise of more than half a year from 2023, according to a National Center for Health Statistics report released Thursday. The new figure marks the highest U.S. life expectancy since the federal government began tracking the metric in 1900 and … Read more
Lead On January 28–29, 2026, global commodity markets accelerated as gold, copper and silver reached fresh record highs against a weakening U.S. dollar and rising geopolitical tensions. Gold surged 2.7% to $5,564 an ounce, bringing its January advance to roughly 29%. Copper spiked as much as 7.9% on the London Metal Exchange while silver and … Read more
Lead Deutsche Bank reported on Thursday that it posted a net profit of 1.3 billion euros for the fourth quarter of 2025, exceeding analysts’ forecasts and delivering record results in several business lines. The lender recorded group revenues of 7.73 billion euros for the three months to December, broadly in line with external estimates. At … Read more
Lead On the evening of January 28, 2026, a vehicle struck the rear door of the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The incident, captured on video, occurred about 8:45 p.m. while thousands were gathered for a Chabad holiday; no injuries were reported and the driver was taken into custody. … Read more
Lead: Odessa A’zion announced Wednesday night that she has left A24’s upcoming film Deep Cuts after an online uproar over her casting. The controversy emerged roughly 48 hours after the casting was first reported, centering on the decision to cast A’zion as Zoe Gutierrez, a character described in Holly Brickley’s 2023 novel as half Mexican … Read more
The Los Angeles Chargers announced today that they have agreed to terms with Chris O’Leary to become the team’s defensive coordinator. O’Leary returns to the Chargers organization after serving as the team’s safeties coach in 2024 under head coach Jim Harbaugh and most recently working as defensive coordinator at Western Michigan in 2025. His Western … Read more
Lead: On Wednesday afternoon, musician Kid Rock (Robert Ritchie) testified to a Senate subcommittee led by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R‑Tenn.) in Washington, pressing lawmakers on rapidly rising concert costs and practices by Live Nation and Ticketmaster. He argued the 2009 merger promised to help artists and fans but has instead allowed resale brokers, opaque fees … Read more
Lead On January 27, 2026 a malicious Visual Studio Code extension impersonating Moltbot (branded as “ClawdBot Agent – AI Coding Assistant”) appeared on the official VS Code Marketplace and was later removed by Microsoft. The extension executed automatically when the IDE launched and fetched a configuration file that triggered installation of a ConnectWise ScreenConnect client, … Read more
Lead: President Donald Trump’s decision this week to reshuffle the leadership overseeing immigration enforcement in Minnesota capped a months-long internal struggle inside his administration over how aggressively to carry out deportations and interior arrests. The move elevated officials who favor targeted arrests of criminals in the country illegally and sidelined operatives who had pushed for … Read more
Lead On Jan. 28 in Los Angeles, Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi attended the premiere of the new film adaptation of Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel Wuthering Heights, presenting a coordinated gothic aesthetic on the red carpet. Robbie, 35, wore a Schiaparelli gown paired with the Cartier Taj Mahal necklace from the Elizabeth Taylor Archive and … Read more
Lead: On the evening of Jan. 28, 2026, Representative Ilhan Omar was assaulted at a Minneapolis town-hall meeting when an attendee rushed the stage and used a syringe to spray a vinegar-scented liquid before being subdued by security. The incident came as U.S. Capitol Police data show threats against lawmakers surged to 14,938 last year, … Read more
Lead: Senate Democrats in Washington on Wednesday issued a set of demands for the Department of Homeland Security amid a nationwide outcry after the deaths of two protesters in Minneapolis. They want enforceable limits on immigration enforcement — including officers showing identification, turning off masks and using body cameras — and have pledged to block … Read more
