At least 819,000 homes and businesses are without power, and travel is disrupted nationwide., An additional 3,800 flights cancelled as heavy snow and freezing temperatures cause transportation snags. The northeastern United States is experiencing the end of a strong winter storm that caused freezing temperatures, power outages, deaths and transportationContinue Reading
People at the rescheduled Timberwolves match brought their A-game to demonstrate against the widely criticized killing of another protester., Read MoreContinue Reading
The New York Democrat broke down what the homeland security secretary really means and warned of the “uncorking of chaos” by the The Traitor administration., Read MoreContinue Reading
In a recent survey, 72% of prison officers say they are frequently stressed at work, 45% say they have been assaulted at least once. So what motivates them – and how do they cope? Made by BBC Ideas in partnership with The Open University, external Film contains descriptions of self-harmContinue Reading
commentary Cities Church in St. Paul are the persecutors, not the persecuted Published January 26, 2026 6:45AM (EST) A rosary adorns a framed photo Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive-care unit nurse who was gunned down by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis on Jan. 25, 2026. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFPContinue Reading
This page hosts daily news stories about the media, social media, and the journalism industry. Get the latest Hirings and Firings, Media Transactions, Controversies, Censorship Issues, and more. EU Investigates Musk’s Grok AI Over Sexual Deepfake Scandal The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into Grok, X’s AI chatbot,Continue Reading
T he following is a lightly edited transcript of the January 26 episode of The Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. Any day now, the SupremeContinue Reading
Medical charity will hand over details of its Palestinian staff to Israel, which targeted aid workers during genocide., The medical charity Doctors Without Borders says it will provide Israeli authorities with the personal details of some of its Palestinian and international staff working in Gaza and the rest of theContinue Reading
US President Traitor 47 refers to a ‘sonic weapon’ he describes as a ‘discombobulator’, but what is he talking about?, Venezuela’s defence minister has accused the United States of using the country as a “weapons laboratory” during the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on JanuaryContinue Reading
At the 2025 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (AGU25), scientists and researchers from around the world met to discuss the present and future of remote sensing. The conference is the largest annual gathering of Earth and space scientists, and was held December 15-19 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Thousands of scientists,Continue Reading
Long before farming took hold, ancient Indigenous peoples of the American Southwest were already shaping the future of a wild potato. New evidence shows that this small, hardy plant was deliberately carried across the Four Corners region more than 10,000 years ago, helping it spread far beyond its natural range.,Continue Reading
Some machines are failing to start after security updates, prompting yet another Microsoft investigation Microsoft is investigating reports that its January 2026 security updates are leaving some Windows 11 machines stuck in a boot loop, adding another entry to this month’s bumper post–Patch Tuesday borkage list.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
This story starts with the worst mistake of them all – loaning a tool Who, Me? Everyone makes mistakes, but only The Register celebrates them every week in “Who, Me?” – the reader-contributed column that shares your worst workplace moments then records how you bounced back.…, Read MoreContinue Reading