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Lead CES 2026 was a showcase for laptop makers reasserting design direction and performance targets for the year ahead. On the show floor and in vendor briefings we saw new flagship productivity systems, refreshed gaming lineups and bold concept devices that push screen and form-factor boundaries. Notable launches ranged from rollable ultrawide gaming concepts to … Read more
Lead: At CES 2026 in Las Vegas this January, exhibitors unveiled a mix of practical innovations and outright oddities that drew equal parts curiosity and eye-rolling. Highlights ranged from an overhead living-room hair dryer priced around $700 to a perineum electrode kit selling for roughly $300, plus a host of hybrid devices and prototypes that … Read more
Lead On Jan. 7, 2026, Alaska Airlines announced its largest-ever aircraft purchase, committing to more than 100 Boeing jets to secure delivery slots into the mid-2030s and accelerate expansion. The agreement comprises 105 yet-to-be-certified 737 MAX 10s and five 787-10 Dreamliners, with deliveries expected to start in 2027 once FAA approvals are complete. Alaska’s fleet … Read more
Lead: A new annual migration report from United Van Lines shows Americans shifted moving preferences in 2025, favoring smaller, more affordable markets and locations closer to family rather than large urban cores. Oregon became the top inbound state for the first time, while Florida and Texas saw more balanced flows after pandemic-era surges. The change … Read more
Lead: Aidarous al‑Zubaidi, leader of the UAE‑aligned Southern Transitional Council (STC), was expelled from Yemen’s Saudi‑backed presidential council and formally accused of treason after he did not join an STC delegation bound for Riyadh and, according to the Saudi‑led coalition, repositioned forces toward al‑Dahle. Coalition aircraft struck those forces early Wednesday, reports say, while the … Read more
Lead: On Jan. 6, 2026 in Corpus Christi, the criminal trial of former Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District officer Adrian Gonzales took an unexpected turn when a former Robb Elementary teacher, Stephanie Hale, gave testimony that defense lawyers say conflicts with her earlier statements. The change prompted immediate objections, halted testimony for the day and … Read more
Lead On a late-summer afternoon in August, a visitor in Parc des Buttes-Chaumont was shown an unexpected sight: a single California sequoia rising among Parisian greenery. The tree, planted around the park’s opening in 1867, now tops 100 feet and may be the tallest tree in the city. Parc des Buttes-Chaumont was transformed from a … Read more
Lead On Tuesday at Neville Arena in Auburn, Ala., KeShawn Murphy launched a 35-foot shot at the buzzer that initially appeared to complete a comeback, but a video review determined the ball left his hand after time expired and the basket was nullified. The reversal left Texas A&M with a 90-88 victory over Auburn on … Read more
Jan. 7, 2026 — Timothée Chalamet, who turned 30 on Dec. 27, arrives at this awards season as a clear frontrunner for his third Academy Award nomination for his work in Marty Supreme. His performance as an obsessive, risk-taking table-tennis player has drawn strong praise from critics and industry voters alike. Yet the bigger obstacle … Read more
Lead On Jan. 6–7, 2026 a San Diego Superior Court judge granted a petition to resentence Charles “Andy” Williams, the 15-year-old who opened fire at Santana High School on March 5, 2001. Williams pleaded guilty to killing two students and wounding 13 others and was serving a 50-years-to-life term; the judge ordered his case transferred … Read more
Nick Reiner, 32, is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on two counts of first-degree murder after his parents, filmmaker Rob Reiner, 78, and Michele Singer Reiner, 70, were found dead on Dec. 14 in their Brentwood, Los Angeles, home. Los Angeles prosecutors say both victims died of multiple sharp force injuries and that Nick Reiner … Read more
Lead: On Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, the Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) board unanimously renewed its recommendation that shareholders reject Paramount Skydance’s hostile takeover bid and instead uphold a signed merger agreement with Netflix to sell WBD’s studio and streaming assets for $72 billion. The board said Paramount’s all-cash $30-per-share offer for the entire company remains … Read more
Lead: On Jan. 7, 2026, several private firms began offering commercial screening tests based on early autism biomarker research developed at academic labs across the United States. Promoters say the assays — ranging from a single hair strand to maternal blood samples — can estimate a child’s risk of autism, while independent scientists warn the … Read more
Lead: One year after the Eaton fire swept down from the San Gabriel Mountains, 19 people are known to have died, nearly 9,500 structures were destroyed and tens of thousands were displaced across Altadena, Pasadena and Sierra Madre. Homes and businesses that survived the flames now confront lingering contamination from lead, asbestos and other toxic … Read more
Lead Euro area consumer inflation eased to 2.0% in December, Eurostat’s flash estimate showed on Wednesday, matching economists’ consensus and aligning with the European Central Bank’s 2% target. Core inflation, which strips out energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, fell to 2.3% year-on-year from 2.4% in November, while services inflation slowed to 3.4% from 3.5%. The … Read more
