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Lead New research published in Annals of Internal Medicine finds that nearly half of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s databases that were updated at least monthly at the start of 2025 stopped receiving timely updates by October. At the beginning of 2025 the CDC maintained 82 monthly-updated systems; by late October 38 had … Read more
Ryan Wedding, a 44-year-old former Canadian Olympic snowboarder, is scheduled for an initial federal court appearance in Santa Ana, California, after surrendering at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City last week. U.S. prosecutors allege he led a multinational drug-trafficking organization responsible for moving as much as 60 tons of cocaine and ordered multiple killings; he … Read more
Lead Code Vein II invites players into a vampire-haunted, dual-timeline campaign that alternates between an apocalyptic present and events 100 years earlier. Over roughly 42 hours of play in this review, the experience delivered technical ambition—an expansive character creator, an array of weapon and Blood Code systems—but left the reviewer frustrated by repetitive missions, a … Read more
Lead: Former NBA player and 2010 gubernatorial candidate Chris Dudley announced on Monday in Portland that he is running for Oregon governor in 2024, positioning himself to challenge incumbent Governor Tina Kotek. Dudley framed his campaign around delivering “real change to Oregon,” calling for clearer vision and practical solutions. His entry adds a high-profile name … Read more
Researchers publishing in late January 2026 report two discoveries that push back the record for early hominin use of organic materials: a set of wooden implements dated to about 430,000 years ago from the Marathousa 1 site in southern Greece, and a roughly 500,000-year-old hammer fashioned from elephant or mammoth bone found in southern England. … Read more
President Donald Trump on Monday announced a unilateral increase in U.S. tariffs on South Korean imports — raising duties on autos, pharmaceuticals and lumber from 15% to 25% — citing a delay by South Korea’s legislature to ratify a trade agreement negotiated last summer. The announcement, posted on the president’s Truth Social account, referenced a … Read more
Lead RFK Jr.’s senior vaccine adviser, Milhoan, publicly questioned whether routine polio immunization remains necessary and mused about the consequences if vaccination were widely abandoned. His remarks, made this month, prompted immediate condemnation from medical leaders who warned that falling coverage would revive paralysis and fatalities once kept at bay. The exchange intensified an ongoing … Read more
On 26 January 2026 Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health declared the country’s first-ever Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak over, following two complete incubation periods (42 days) since the last confirmed case died and received a safe, dignified burial on 14 December 2025. The ministry reported a cumulative 19 cases as of 25 January 2026: 14 laboratory-confirmed … Read more
Lead: A former Citigroup executive has filed a lawsuit alleging the bank mishandled sexual harassment complaints and retaliated against the complainant. The complaint, made public in reporting by the Financial Times, accuses the bank of failing to investigate appropriately and of exposing the executive to professional harm. Citigroup has not acknowledged wrongdoing in public reporting, … Read more
Lead: Federal officials moved to alter their public posture Monday after the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti, as the White House sought to distance President Donald Trump from inflammatory language used by some aides. A senior Border Patrol commander, Gregory Bovino, and some agents are expected to begin leaving Minneapolis as early … Read more
Lead On Jan. 26, 2026, Israeli forces recovered the remains of Master Sgt. Ran Gvili from a cemetery in Gaza, closing the last unresolved captivity case from the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks. The discovery follows months of searches and comes as Israeli officials say it clears a political and practical obstacle to reopening the Rafah … Read more
The Los Angeles Angels have agreed to a minor-league contract with right-handed reliever Nick Sandlin that includes an invitation to major-league spring training, per reporting that cites Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register. Sandlin, 29 and represented by the Ballengee Group, spent much of last season on the injured list after a lat strain … Read more
Lead: More than 60 chief executives of Minnesota-based firms, including leaders from Target, Best Buy, 3M, General Mills and UnitedHealth, published an open letter on the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce website on Sunday calling for immediate de‑escalation after two people were fatally shot by federal agents during an immigration enforcement operation. The signatories asked state, … Read more
Google has agreed to pay $68m (£51m) to resolve a class-action lawsuit filed in California that alleged its Google Assistant sometimes recorded private conversations without consent. The proposed settlement, filed on Friday in federal court, must be approved by US District Judge Beth Labson Freeman. Plaintiffs say recordings triggered accidentally by devices dating back to … Read more
Lead On the humid shores of a Thai island during production of Send Help, Dylan OBrien found himself both exhilarated and tested when director Sam Raimi proposed an extreme, in-camera stunt that included eating a beetle. The exchange, later revealed by Raimi as a joke, nonetheless underlined how far OBrien was willing to go for … Read more
