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Lead On Jan. 21, 2026, a jury in Texas found former school police officer Adrian Gonzales not guilty on 29 counts of abandoning or endangering children in connection with the May 24, 2022, Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, where a gunman killed 21 people, including 19 children. Gonzales, 52, was the first officer to … Read more
Denver Broncos backup quarterback Jarrett Stidham will make his first start since the final two games of the 2023 season when he takes the field Sunday in the AFC Championship Game in Denver. The start follows Bo Nix’s fractured right ankle, sustained on the game-winning drive in Saturday’s 33-30 overtime win over the Buffalo Bills, … Read more
Lead On Jan. 21, 2026, Austin Thompson, then 15 at the time of the crime, entered a Raleigh courtroom and pleaded guilty to all charges in a 2022 shooting that killed five people and wounded others near the Neuse River trails. The plea covers five counts of murder, two counts of attempted murder, two counts … Read more
Lead A jury on Jan. 14, 2026, returned a not-guilty verdict for former Uvalde school police officer Adrian Gonzales on all 29 child-endangerment counts tied to the May 24, 2022, Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Texas. After roughly one hour of deliberation, jurors cleared Gonzales of allegations that his on-scene conduct endangered 19 students … Read more
Lead A multinational research team from the universities of New Mexico, Arizona, Louisiana and the firm Circle reports that tokenized sign-in links sent by SMS put large numbers of people at risk. Between public SMS gateways the researchers examined, they extracted 332,000 unique URLs from about 33 million text messages sent to more than 30,000 … Read more
LOS ANGELES — On Jan. 21, 2026, outfielder Kyle Tucker agreed to a four-year, $240 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, saying the club’s pursuit of a third straight World Series made his decision easier. Tucker, who weighed offers from the New York Mets and the Toronto Blue Jays, can opt out after years … Read more
Lead: A TMZ report published January 21, 2026, has prompted fresh comparisons between Victoria Beckham’s cameo on ABC’s sitcom Ugly Betty and recent reports about her behavior at son Brooklyn Beckham’s wedding. On the sitcom, Beckham — playing an exaggerated version of herself — made a conspicuous entrance during a Vera Wang fitting for Vanessa … Read more
Jan. 21, 2026, 10:24 PM GMT — New York City and the Tri-State region are increasingly likely to see significant winter weather this weekend as a large coastal low moves north from the South. Forecast models show snow beginning as early as Sunday morning and persisting into early Monday, with widespread travel disruption expected. There … Read more
Lead: Ryan Murphy’s FX series The Beauty, adapted from the Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley comic, arrives as an 11-episode body‑horror thriller that probes the social cost of aesthetic perfection. Opening amid a bloody Paris runway scene, the show follows FBI agents Cooper Madsen and Jordan Bennett as they trace a sexually transmitted, injectable … Read more
On 21 January 2026, President Donald Trump’s Air Force One aborted its transatlantic departure and returned to Washington, D.C., after the crew reported a “minor electrical issue.” The president transferred to an Air Force C-32—a modified Boeing 757 used for smaller or domestic routes—and proceeded to the World Economic Forum in Davos shortly after midnight. … Read more
An 18-year-old former minor, Austin Thompson, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Wake County Superior Court to five counts of first-degree murder and related charges for a October 13, 2022, rampage in the Hedingham neighborhood of Raleigh. The killings began at about 4:20 p.m. when a then-15-year-old Thompson fatally shot and stabbed his brother, James Thompson, inside … Read more
Lead On Jan. 21, 2026, the House Oversight Committee voted to recommend criminal contempt citations against Bill and Hillary Clinton for declining to testify in its inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein. The bipartisan committee advanced referrals to the Justice Department after a daylong, often bitter hearing in Washington. Nine Democrats joined Republicans in supporting contempt for … Read more
Fifty years after Paul Robeson’s death, his life reads like two very different American stories: a meteoric rise from Rutgers football standout and Columbia Law graduate to global stage and screen star, and a political exile stripped of passports, recordings and mainstream recognition during the Cold War. Once celebrated as one of the most famous … Read more
Forecasters on Wednesday issued a Winter Storm Watch for much of North Alabama and parts of southern Middle Tennessee as a complex system is expected to arrive Friday evening and linger through Sunday afternoon. The watch covers numerous counties from Lauderdale and Colbert in the northwest to Jackson and DeKalb in the northeast, and includes … Read more
Jan 2026 The New York Yankees and outfielder/first baseman Cody Bellinger have reached terms on a new contract, according to multiple reports. The Boras Corporation client is set to sign a five-year pact guaranteed for $162.5 million with no deferrals, including a $20 million signing bonus and annual salaries that front-load the deal. The contract … Read more
