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Lead: Three of the top four playoff seeds remain alive heading into Championship Sunday after a Divisional Round that produced decisive blowouts, narrow escapes and an injury that reshaped the AFC picture. The Seahawks, Patriots and Rams emerge as the top teams, while Denver’s season was upended by Bo Nix’s broken ankle, forcing Jarrett Stidham … Read more
Lead At the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 20, 2026, senior European officials publicly rebuked President Donald Trump’s foreign-policy stance as a diplomatic row over Greenland escalated. European leaders—including Emmanuel Macron and Ursula von der Leyen—warned that aggressive tactics and tariffs risk undermining international norms. The dispute followed a series of social-media posts … Read more
Russell Brand was granted bail following a brief virtual hearing in London on Tuesday after facing two further charges of rape and sexual assault that are alleged to have occurred in 2009. The comedian and media figure attended Westminster Magistrates’ Court by video link from the United States and spoke only to confirm his name … Read more
Lead: The International Monetary Fund in its latest outlook says U.S. expansion through 2026–27 outperforms peers but rests on an unusually narrow base: a surge in AI-driven investment and richly priced tech stocks. The IMF warns that heavy concentration in a few firms raises the risk of a market correction and reduces the overall margin … Read more
Lead: Netflix will release fourth-quarter 2025 results after the bell on Tuesday, with investors watching both the company’s quarter and its surprise December agreement to buy Warner Bros. Discovery assets. Analysts polled by LSEG expect fourth-quarter EPS of $0.55 and revenue of $11.97 billion. The deal — an equity valuation of $72 billion at $27.75 … Read more
On January 20, 2026 at 8:24 AM PST, 94-year-old actor William Shatner was photographed at a Los Angeles stoplight eating from a bowl of cereal in his car. The images show him seated in the driver’s seat with a bowl in his lap and a spoon raised to his mouth; after finishing a bite he … Read more
Lead Netflix announced the first wave of programming for Netflix Is a Joke Fest 2026, the festival’s third edition, which will run across Los Angeles from May 4–10. Produced by Netflix with Live Nation, the week will span 35 venues and more than 350 live events, including stand-up, variety shows, live podcast tapings, screenings and … Read more
Lead: At the World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan. 20, 2026, technology firms and their offerings — especially artificial intelligence platforms — dominated the visible conversation and social scene. Long lines formed at AI-focused events such as the nonprofit AI House and an Axios-hosted forum on AI and cybersecurity, while other initiatives drew comparatively … Read more
Lead Private exchanges show French President Emmanuel Macron and NATO figures adopting conciliatory tones toward U.S. President Donald Trump even as European governments publicly criticize his proposal involving Greenland. The messages — published by Trump and confirmed by the recipients’ offices — mix cooperation on Syria and Iran with puzzlement over Greenland. Macron’s text began … Read more
Lead: The Justice Department’s assistant attorney general for civil rights, Harmeet Dhillon, said on Monday the department “will pursue charges” tied to an anti-ICE demonstration held inside a St. Paul, Minnesota, church — remarks that singled out former CNN anchor Don Lemon for reporting from inside the building. The comments came in an interview with … Read more
Vast Space’s Haven-1, billed as the world’s first commercial space station, has completed its primary structure and moved into clean-room integration, the company says. The 15-ton vehicle is being prepared for an uncrewed Falcon 9 launch now targeted for the first quarter of 2027 after an earlier mid-2026 date became untenable. Following launch, Vast plans … Read more
Lead: Adobe has rolled out a set of updates for Premiere Pro and After Effects that introduce new AI-driven editing features designed to speed routine tasks and streamline creative workflows. The headline addition for Premiere is an AI Object Mask that lets editors hover and click to generate and track masks for people or objects, … Read more
Lead: Today brings three items that could reshape storylines across baseball: the Baseball Hall of Fame vote is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. CT, with anyone reaching a 75% threshold joining Jeff Kent in the 2026 class; the Hillsborough College board will consider a memorandum of understanding with the Tampa Bay Rays at 4:00 p.m. local … Read more
At CES 2026 on stage, The Verge’s Nilay Patel pressed Razer CEO Min‑Liang Tan over the company’s AI bets — notably the Grok‑powered “Ava” demo and broader plans to invest in AI. The exchange grew tense as Tan struggled to give concrete answers about product timelines, safety safeguards and clear use cases. Razer is promoting … Read more
Lead Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney are developing a semiconductor, called a thermoradiative diode, that converts night-time infrared emissions into electricity. Building on earlier work at Harvard and Stanford, UNSW’s team first produced a measurable electrical output from such a device in 2022. The prototype currently produces only a … Read more
