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On January 5, 2026, former Real Housewives of New York star Bethenny Frankel disclosed that she developed a bacterial infection on her face after spending New Year’s in St. Barths. Frankel posted a TikTok on Monday showing a large rash and captioned the clip that she had left the island three days early because of … Read more

Lead In Berea, Ohio on Monday, the Cleveland Browns opened a formal search for their next head coach after parting ways with Kevin Stefanski. General manager Andrew Berry said defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz “has earned the right for consideration” and received strong endorsements from players. The team will pursue a broad, open-minded search for its … Read more

Asian defense stocks rose for a second consecutive session on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, as investors reassessed regional risk following a U.S. attack on Venezuela and the reported capture of ousted leader Nicolas Maduro. The moves came amid a mixed regional market picture: Japan saw gains and record highs in parts of its equity complex, … Read more

Intel this month rolled out its Core Ultra Series 3 (Panther Lake) processors, marking the first consumer chips built on the company’s long-awaited 18A node. The new parts use a chiplet design joined via Intel’s Foveros packaging: the compute tile that holds CPU cores and the NPU is the 18A die. Intel presented three primary … Read more

Lead: On Monday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a new federal childhood vaccine schedule that immediately narrows universal CDC recommendations to vaccinations against 11 diseases. The change removes broad recommendations for influenza, rotavirus, hepatitis A and B, certain meningitis types and RSV, instead reserving those shots for high‑risk groups or shared … Read more

Hyundai Motor Group announced at CES in Las Vegas that it plans to begin deploying humanoid robots across its production network from 2028, including at a battery plant in Georgia, USA. The company demonstrated Atlas, a general-purpose humanoid developed by Boston Dynamics, and said the machines will be integrated gradually to assist human workers and … Read more

Lead: Sony Honda Mobility (SHM) has begun a trial production run of the Afeela 1 sedan at Honda’s East Liberty, Ohio plant, the company announced in mid‑2026. The initial batch is described as a preparatory run ahead of mass production, with customer deliveries slated to start in mid‑2026 and a Signature trim priced at $102,900. … Read more

Lead At CES 2026 in Las Vegas on 5 January, LEGO introduced a 2×4 “smart brick” that embeds code to light up, make sounds and interact with other pieces. The company demonstrated the brick triggering quacks from a LEGO duck and mood sounds from a minifigure struck in a demo, and said the technology senses … Read more

On Dec. 30, 2025, investigators say dentist Spencer Tepe, 37, and his wife Monique, 39, were found shot to death in their Near East Side home in downtown Columbus. Police believe the fatal shootings occurred between roughly 2 a.m. and 5 a.m.; officers discovered the couple later that morning during a welfare check. Surveillance footage … Read more

Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby reacted to the team’s decision to dismiss coach Pete Carroll on Monday during the latest episode of the Let’s Go! podcast. Crosby said he learned of the move while at the team facility and watching it appear on television, calling the moment “kind of gloomy.” He praised Carroll’s long coaching … Read more

Lead Tony Dokoupil’s arrival as anchor of the CBS Evening News was marked by a hastened on‑air debut and an official first broadcast on Jan. 5 that together drew sharp questions about editorial judgment and newsroom direction. The former morning co‑anchor, who has been with CBS since 2019, opened his tenure with segments that foregrounded … Read more

James Cameron’s Avatar saga has taken another major commercial step after the latest instalment, Fire and Ash, opened globally to around $340m and, following its third weekend, passed $1bn in ticket sales. That pattern of a modest debut followed by sustained box-office growth has repeatedly rescued the franchise from premature write-offs and now makes the … Read more

New York — President Donald Trump has signaled eagerness for U.S. companies to tap Venezuela’s vast petroleum reserves now that Caracas’s political landscape has shifted. Industry leaders and analysts contacted by reporters say private-sector decisionmakers are far more cautious, citing uncertain politics, degraded infrastructure and the financial scale required to revive operations. Executives warn that … Read more

Lead: At CES, Dell announced it is restoring the XPS brand with two new notebooks, the XPS 14 and XPS 16, returning a marquee name it retired last year. The move follows a 2025 rebranding that simplified Dell’s PC names and coincided with a decline in the company’s PC market share. The new models aim … Read more

Lead Derek Hough and his wife Hayley Erbert announced the arrival of their first child in a joint Instagram post on Jan. 5. The couple revealed their daughter’s name and birth date—December 29, 2025—alongside a black-and-white photo of the dancers cradling their newborn’s tiny feet. In the caption they wrote that parenthood has opened their … Read more