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Lead NintendoEverything has ordered every Xenoblade Chronicles release (definitive versions only) from least to most essential, placing Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed at the top and the Xenoblade Chronicles: Future Connected epilogue at the bottom. The list excludes original Wii/XC3D and the original Xenoblade X release, focusing on remasters, DLC and definitive editions players can … Read more

Lead Peacock’s Cold War drama Ponies, starring Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson, premiered in a full-season binge release roughly a week before Jan. 23, 2026, and quickly became one of the streamer’s most-discussed originals. Creators Susanna Fogel and David Iserson told industry outlets they are eager to continue with a second season, but Peacock … Read more

Lead: A new analysis of Apollo-era lunar soils led by Tony Gargano (NASA Johnson Space Center/Lunar and Planetary Institute) revisits the long-running question of where Earth’s water originated. Using triple oxygen isotope measurements on regolith collected during the six Apollo missions, the team found that only about 1% of the sampled lunar soil (by mass) … Read more

Lead As of Sunday, January 25, 2026 (04:43 GMT), most of southeast Texas is under Winter Storm Alerts after an arctic front moved into the region late Saturday. Alerts run from Saturday at 6:00 a.m. through Sunday at 6:00 p.m., with widespread freezing rain expected along the Gulf Coast and an Extreme Cold Warning in … Read more

Lead: Last week Africa CDC officials announced Guinea-Bissau had paused a contentious vaccine study that would have placed 7,000 newborns in a no-vaccine control arm, while U.S. health authorities maintained the trial remained active. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reportedly characterized the Africa CDC as “fake and powerless,” prompting a forceful … Read more

Lead Researchers led by Benjamin Fernando used a dense network of earthquake seismometers to reconstruct the April 2024 reentry path of a 1.5-ton module that detached from China’s Shenzhou 17 capsule. The team analyzed data from 127 seismic stations across California and identified a sonic-boom track roughly 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of the U.S. … Read more

Lead On Jan. 24, a lifetime Family subscription for AdGuard — an ad-blocking and privacy-focused app — is on sale for $39.99, down from $169.99. The offer, sold through third-party retailers, covers up to nine devices across Windows, macOS, Android and iOS and adds parental controls to limit adult or unwanted content. Once installed, AdGuard … Read more

Lead: As soon as Feb. 6, four astronauts will board NASA’s 16.5-foot-wide Orion spacecraft for Artemis II, even though the capsule’s heat shield retains damage of a type that alarmed engineers after the uncrewed Artemis I return in 2022. NASA says the agency has identified the likely causes and can manage risk by adjusting the … Read more

Lead Forecast confidence increased this afternoon for the winter storm sweeping over Houston: widespread icing is now expected Sunday, with impacts possibly lingering into Monday. The situation may include thunderstorms and even rare thundersleet before precipitation ends on Sunday. Officials and forecasters advise minimal travel as roads could become hazardous across much of the metropolitan … Read more

Lead On January 24, 2026, at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event, champions Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky defended the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles against Judgment Day’s Liv Morgan and Roxanne Perez. Judgment Day controlled much of the early match, but Ripley ultimately scored the pinfall after hitting Riptide on Liv while she was the … Read more

Jan. 24, 2026 — A federal appeals court on Friday refused the Justice Department’s extraordinary request to compel a magistrate judge to issue arrest warrants for Don Lemon and four others tied to a disruptive protest at a St. Paul church earlier this month. The appeal followed Magistrate Judge Douglas L. Micko’s decision to find … Read more

Amazon MGM’s sci-fi thriller Mercy led U.S. box office Friday with a $5.0 million opening day from 3,468 locations, marking the weekend’s only major new wide release. The film is on track for a $12.6 million domestic weekend projection, setting up the first credible challenge to Avatar: Fire and Ash’s five-week run at the top. … Read more

Lead: Dozens of immigrant families gathered behind the fences of the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley on Saturday to protest the recent transfer of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father to the facility after their detention in Minnesota earlier this week. Demonstrators chanted for freedom and held signs demanding better treatment for … Read more

Lead On Jan. 24, 2026, Rep. Maxwell Frost reported that he was assaulted at a Sundance Film Festival event in Park City, Utah. Frost said the attacker told him, before striking him, that former President Trump would deport him; the congressman posted that he is okay and that the suspect was arrested. The claim was … Read more

Lead On Saturday night, January 24, 2026, at the Fontainebleau in Las Vegas, Raymond Muratalla narrowly beat Olympic gold medalist Andy Cruz by majority decision (114-114, 116-112, 118-110) to retain the IBF lightweight title. Muratalla (24-0, 17 KOs) used sustained pressure and strong body work to pull ahead in the championship rounds. Cruz (6-1, 3 … Read more