Astronaut Jonny Kim and Two Cosmonauts Set for Parachute-Assisted Return From ISS

• Undocking Scheduled For 8:41 P.M. EST Monday
• Parachute-Assisted Landing Planned Southeast Of Dzhezkazgan At 10:04 A.M. Local Time

Blue Origin’s NS-37 May Make History — Could Send First Wheelchair User to Space

• Michaela "Michi" Benthaus Could Become The First Wheelchair User In Space
• Blue Origin NS-37 Is A Suborbital Flight Carrying Six Passengers (Launch Date Not Yet Set)

Coast Guard HITRON Sniper Disables Narco-Boat Engines During Major Cocaine Bust

• Coast Guard Cutter Munro Seized Over 20,000 Pounds Of Cocaine In One Mission
• HITRON Helicopter Marksman Fired To Disable Engines On A Go-Fast Smuggling Boat

Complex Cells May Have Emerged Nearly a Billion Years Earlier Than Thought

• Earliest Eukaryotic Signatures Dated To ~2.9–3.0 Billion Years Ago
• CALM Model: Complex Archaeon, Late Mitochondrion
• Mitochondria Estimated To Appear Around ~2.2 Billion Years Ago

Lebanon–Israel Direct Talks: Can U.S.-Backed Negotiations Break the Fragile Status Quo?

• U.S.-Backed Direct Talks Convened In Naqoura
• Primary Goals: Stop Strikes, Return Prisoners, Discuss Withdrawals
• Lebanon Sees Talks As Tool For Deterrence

Photos Link Somali National With 2004 Deportation Order To Prominent Minnesota Democrats After ICE Arrest

• ICE Arrests Somali National With 2004 Deportation Order
• Documented Convictions In Canada For Asylum And Welfare Fraud

Migration and Crime Shape Chile’s Presidential Runoff as Border City Arica Grapples With Violence

• Chile Runoff on Dec 14 Pits Jeannette Jara Against Jose Antonio Kast
• Arica Sees Irregular Migrants Rise From ~200 (2018) To ~5,000 (2023)

Supercomputer Builds a Highly Detailed 3D Virtual Mouse Brain—A Breakthrough for Neurological Research

• Virtual Mouse Cortex Contains About 9 Million Neurons
• Simulation Includes Approximately 26 Billion Synapses

Maggot DNA Could Revolutionize Time‑Of‑Death Estimates, FIU Study Suggests

• Molecular Clock Identified In Maggots
• Study Published Dec. 4 In PLoS Genetics
• Researchers Sampled Larvae Every 10 Hours

Man Charged With Murder After Ex-Girlfriend Found Beaten to Death at Westchester Motel — 2-Year-Old Present

• Justin Bartley Charged With Second-Degree Murder And Child Endangerment
• Victim Identified As Roseberline Phillippe, 32, Found Beaten At Days Inn In Elmsford

SIGAR: Two Decades of Afghan Reconstruction Marred by Waste, Corruption and Lack of Strategy

• Congress Allocated $144.7 Billion For Afghanistan Reconstruction (2002–2021)
• SIGAR Final Report Blames Corruption And Lack Of Clear Strategy

51 Striking Images Show Dusty Rings Tracing Planet Formation Around Nearby Stars

• 51 Debris Disks Imaged By VLT SPHERE
• Survey Covered 161 Nearby Stars
• Debris Disks Formed By Collisions Of Asteroids And Comets

Week One of Brian Walshe Trial Wraps: Key Developments From Day 5

• Phone Messages From Brian To Ana Logged Jan. 2–4, 2023 (Undelivered)
• Dumpster Tools (Hacksaw, Hatchet, Hammer) Entered Into Evidence

Democrats' 'Dignity' Bill Would Repeal Mandatory ICE Detention — Critics Say It Could Weaken Enforcement

• Bill Would Repeal Mandatory ICE Detention And Create A Presumption Of Release
• Proposal Would Phase Out Private Detention Centers By About 2029

Newsom Says White House Declined Wildfire Recovery Meeting as California Pushes for $33.9B

• Newsom Says White House Declined A Routine Wildfire Recovery Meeting
• California Is Seeking $33.9 Billion In Federal Emergency Aid

MIT Uses Electrochemical Microbubbles To Gently Release Living Cells — A Boost For Carbon Capture And Biomanufacturing

MIT scientists developed an electrochemical microbubble technique that gently detaches living cells from surfa...

Judge Reduces Louise Woodward's Murder Conviction; Au Pair Walks Free After 279 Days

• Louise Woodward Convicted Of Second‑Degree Murder In 1997
• Judge Hiller Zobel Reduced Conviction To Involuntary Manslaughter

WHO Chief Optimistic: Nations Poised to Finalise Vaccine‑Sharing Mechanism of Pandemic Treaty

• WHO Says Countries Are Well‑Placed To Finalise PABS Mechanism
• Pandemic Agreement Adopted In April After Over Three Years Of Negotiations

Unlawful Appointments: Why Courts Rejected Jack Smith’s And Lindsey Halligan’s Roles — And What It Means

Summary: Federal judges found both Jack Smith and Lindsey Halligan unlawfully appointed under the Constitution...

Darrell Issa Declines Texas Offer, Vows to Stay and Fight in California After Redistricting

• Issa Declines Move To Texas And Will Remain In California
• He Considered Running In Texas' 32nd Congressional District

Coleman Hughes Exposes Nick Fuentes’s ‘Double Game’ — How a Two‑Faced Media Strategy Shields Extremism

• Coleman Hughes Accuses Nick Fuentes Of A Deliberate Two‑Faced Media Strategy
• Unfiltered Rumble Persona Expresses Explicit Racist And Misogynistic Views

From Kumanovo to Skopje: Revisiting Macedonian Fake‑News Networks and the New Face of Misinformation

• Lead Stories And Nieuwscheckers Exposed The Kumanovo Fake‑News Network
• Operators Included Ordinary Locals Running Dozens Of Ad‑Driven Sites

Set Him On Fire, Then Changed His Clothes: Mississippi Woman Sentenced To 20 Years

• Woman Received 20‑Year Prison Sentence
• Plead Guilty To One Count Of Aggravated Assault
• Incident Occurred On January 16

Flavio Bolsonaro Launches 2026 Presidential Bid After Jair Bolsonaro's Endorsement

• Flavio Bolsonaro Announces 2026 Presidential Pre-Candidacy
• Jair Bolsonaro Publicly Endorses Son; PL Confirms Nomination