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Conflict
Jan 16
Kyiv Faces Severe Power Shortages — Mayor Says City Has Only Half The Electricity It Needs
Kyiv currently has about half the electricity it needs — roughly 1,700 MW for 3.6 million residents — after recent Russian strikes and years of wartime damage weakened the national grid. Some households face 18...
Politics
Jan 16
Greenland Isn't For Sale: Why Greenlanders Reject Becoming Americans — And What the U.S. Should Do Instead
- Trump Suggested The U.S. Could Acquire Greenland For National Security
- Denmark And Greenland Rejected U.S. Acquisition Plans
Conflict
Jan 16
Tens of Thousands Rally in Aden Demanding Independent South Yemen as Tensions Escalate
- Tens Of Thousands Rally In Aden’s Khor Maksar District
- Protesters Back STC Leader Aidarous Al-Zubaidi Despite Council’s Dissolution
Technology
Jan 16
Eutelsat Signs Multi-Launch Deal With MaiaSpace to Deploy LEO Satellites — A European Push Against Starlink
- Eutelsat Signs Multi-Launch Deal With MaiaSpace Starting In 2027
- MaiaSpace Is A Unit Of ArianeGroup Developing A Partially Reusable Mini-Launcher
Science
Jan 16
The Best Meteor Showers of 2026 — When to Watch, What to Expect, and Moon Effects
- Perseids Peak Aug. 12–13 Under A New Moon — 50–75 Meteors/Hour
- Geminids Peak Dec. 13–14 — Potential For 100–120 Meteors/Hour In Dark Skies
Society
Jan 16
18-Year-Old Survives 262-Foot Fall on Mount Walsh After Parents Reach Him Through Bluetooth Headphones
- 18-Year-Old Jake McCollum Fell About 262 Feet (80 Meters) On Mount Walsh
- Sustained Fractured Spine, Multiple Broken Ribs, Internal Bleeding And A Head Injury
Science
Jan 16
Researchers Model a Strange 'Pinball' Quantum State in Moiré Electron Crystals
- Pinball State Observed In Computational Model
- Moiré Two-Layer Stencil Templates Electron Organization
- Generalized Wigner Crystals Form Stripes, Honeycombs And Other Lattices
Society
Jan 16
“Love, Ted”: Cousin Edna Martin Recalls Bundy’s Patronizing Death‑Row Letters and Chilling Sign‑Off
- Bundy Repeatedly Denied Guilt In Letters
- Every Letter Was Signed "Love, Ted"
- Correspondence Began Sept. 9, 1980 After Ann Rule’s Book
Politics
Jan 16
Sources: Trump Preparing Pardons for Former Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced and Two Co-Defendants
President Trump is reportedly preparing to pardon former Puerto Rico governor Wanda Vázquez Garced, who pleaded guilty last year in a federal corruption case. Two co-defendants, Julio Martin Herrera-Velutini an...
Security
Jan 16
Royal Navy’s Proteus Completes Maiden Flight — Full-Sized Autonomous Helicopter Aimed At North Atlantic Threats
- Proteus Completes Maiden Flight On Jan 16
- Full-Sized Autonomous Helicopter Developed By Leonardo Under £60M Programme
Politics
Jan 16
Trump Keeps Nobel Medal Given by María Corina Machado — Echoes 2016 Purple Heart Moment
- Nobel Peace Prize Awarded To María Corina Machado In 2025
- Norwegian Nobel Institute Clarified Laureateship Is Nontransferable
Society
Jan 16
Lawyer Asks Judge To Order Return Of Babson Freshman Mistakenly Deported To Honduras
- Judge Asked To Order Government Plan To Return Deported Babson Student
- Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, Detained Nov. 20 And Flown To Honduras Nov. 22
Politics
Jan 16
Lula Skips EU–Mercosur Signing in Asunción, Deepening Regional Strains
- Brazilian President Lula Will Not Attend Asunción Signing
- Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira To Represent Brazil
- Leaders From Argentina, Paraguay And Uruguay Expected To Attend
Politics
Jan 16
Kari Lake Defends Voice of America’s Iran Coverage as Critics Cite Cuts
- Internet Blackout In Iran Amid Deadly Protests Reportedly Killed More Than 2,000
- Voice Of America Is The Largest U.S. Government-Funded International Broadcaster
Science
Jan 16
8,000-Year-Old Pottery Motifs May Be Earliest Evidence of Mathematical Thought
- 8,000-Year-Old Pottery Motifs Suggest Numerical Reasoning
- Halafian Culture In Northern Mesopotamia (c. 6200–5500 BC)
Politics
Jan 16
Trump Border Czar Urges Better ICE Messaging As Agency’s Popularity Falls
- Tom Homan Calls For Improved ICE Messaging
- ICE Favorability Reported 17 Points Underwater (CNN)
- Economist/YouGov Poll Shows Plurality Support Abolishing ICE
Politics
Jan 16
Kristi Noem Says ICE May Ask People To Prove Citizenship As Raids Intensify — Critics Raise Alarms
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Jan. 15 that ICE conducts "targeted enforcement" and may ask people near operations to validate their identities. Her remarks come amid intense scrutiny of ICE af...
Society
Jan 16
Greece Forces Hellenic Train To Invest €420M In Safety Upgrades After Deadly Larissa Crash
- Greece Orders €420 Million In Safety Upgrades From Hellenic Train
- Parliament Amends 2017 Contract To Include Break Clause If Trains Not In Service By 2027
Politics
Jan 16
Yulia Tymoshenko Granted $762,000 Bail Ahead Of Vote-Buying Trial
- Tymoshenko Granted Bail Of About $762,000
- Former PM Faces Trial Over Alleged Cash-For-Votes Scheme
- Prosecutors Allege $10,000 Monthly Payments To Influence Votes
Politics
Jan 16
Virginia Advances Measure To Allow Mid-Decade Redistricting, Setting Up Voter Referendum
- Virginia Senate Advances Mid-Decade Redistricting Measure
- Voters Likely To Decide In April; Map To Be Shown Before Referendum
Culture
Jan 16
Drumstick Diplomacy: Japan’s PM and South Korea’s President Bond Over K‑Pop Drum Session
- Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi And South Korea’s President Lee Jae‑myung Performed K‑Pop Hits Together
- They Played BTS’s “Dynamite” And “Golden” On Pearl Six‑Piece Drum Kits
Science
Jan 16
Separating Psilocybin’s Antidepressant Power From Hallucinations: 5‑HT1B Emerges As A Promising Target
- Psilocybin Can Produce Weeks-To-Months Antidepressant Effects
- Hallucinatory Effects Are Primarily Linked To 5‑HT2A
Conflict
Jan 16
Ukrainian Children at Risk of Hypothermia as Power Supplies and Generator Stockpiles Run Low
- Children Face High Risk Of Hypothermia As Cold Weather Bites
- UNICEF Racing To Restore Water And Heating After Missile And Drone Attacks
Technology
Jan 16
X Widespread Outage: 62,000+ Users Report Losing Access; Mobile App Most Affected
- 62,000+ Users Reported Issues With X As Of Jan. 15
- 56% Of Reports Tied To X Mobile App
- Outage Reports Concentrated In New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston
Technology
Jan 16
Supervised AI Tutors Outperform Human-Only Tutoring in Randomized Trial
The Eedi randomized trial of 165 British students (ages 13–15) found that an AI tutor, supervised by expert human reviewers and given detailed, non-identifying student data, outperformed human-only text tutorin...
Science
Jan 16
Researchers Find Y‑Chromosome Clues on Artifacts Linked to Leonardo da Vinci — Could His DNA Be Retrieved?
- Dry Swabbing Recovered Environmental And Human DNA From Artifacts
- A Matching Male Y‑Chromosome Was Found On A Letter And The "Holy Child" Drawing
Politics
Jan 16
Seattle Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson Pays $250 Ethics Fine After Failing To Disclose Over $10,000 From Parents
- Mayor-Elect Paid $250 Ethics Fine Over Undisclosed Parental Contributions
- Commission Found More Than $10,000 From Parents Qualified As Campaign Contributions
Security
Jan 16
SpaceX Falcon 9 Set To Launch NRO Reconnaissance Satellites — Will Arizona See It?
- Falcon 9 Launch Scheduled Jan. 16 At 8:18 P.M. PT (35‑Minute Window)
- Mission NROL-105 To Deploy Small Reconnaissance Satellites For The NRO

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Conflict
Jan 16
Kyiv Faces Severe Power Shortages — Mayor Says City Has Only Half The Electricity It Needs
Kyiv currently has about half the electricity it needs — roughly 1,700 MW for 3.6 million residents — after recent Russian strikes and years of wartime damage weakened the national grid. Some households face 18...
Politics
Jan 16
Greenland Isn't For Sale: Why Greenlanders Reject Becoming Americans — And What the U.S. Should Do Instead
- Trump Suggested The U.S. Could Acquire Greenland For National Security
- Denmark And Greenland Rejected U.S. Acquisition Plans
Conflict
Jan 16
Tens of Thousands Rally in Aden Demanding Independent South Yemen as Tensions Escalate
- Tens Of Thousands Rally In Aden’s Khor Maksar District
- Protesters Back STC Leader Aidarous Al-Zubaidi Despite Council’s Dissolution
Technology
Jan 16
Eutelsat Signs Multi-Launch Deal With MaiaSpace to Deploy LEO Satellites — A European Push Against Starlink
- Eutelsat Signs Multi-Launch Deal With MaiaSpace Starting In 2027
- MaiaSpace Is A Unit Of ArianeGroup Developing A Partially Reusable Mini-Launcher
Science
Jan 16
The Best Meteor Showers of 2026 — When to Watch, What to Expect, and Moon Effects
- Perseids Peak Aug. 12–13 Under A New Moon — 50–75 Meteors/Hour
- Geminids Peak Dec. 13–14 — Potential For 100–120 Meteors/Hour In Dark Skies
Society
Jan 16
18-Year-Old Survives 262-Foot Fall on Mount Walsh After Parents Reach Him Through Bluetooth Headphones
- 18-Year-Old Jake McCollum Fell About 262 Feet (80 Meters) On Mount Walsh
- Sustained Fractured Spine, Multiple Broken Ribs, Internal Bleeding And A Head Injury
Science
Jan 16
Researchers Model a Strange 'Pinball' Quantum State in Moiré Electron Crystals
- Pinball State Observed In Computational Model
- Moiré Two-Layer Stencil Templates Electron Organization
- Generalized Wigner Crystals Form Stripes, Honeycombs And Other Lattices
Society
Jan 16
“Love, Ted”: Cousin Edna Martin Recalls Bundy’s Patronizing Death‑Row Letters and Chilling Sign‑Off
- Bundy Repeatedly Denied Guilt In Letters
- Every Letter Was Signed "Love, Ted"
- Correspondence Began Sept. 9, 1980 After Ann Rule’s Book
Politics
Jan 16
Sources: Trump Preparing Pardons for Former Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced and Two Co-Defendants
President Trump is reportedly preparing to pardon former Puerto Rico governor Wanda Vázquez Garced, who pleaded guilty last year in a federal corruption case. Two co-defendants, Julio Martin Herrera-Velutini an...
Security
Jan 16
Royal Navy’s Proteus Completes Maiden Flight — Full-Sized Autonomous Helicopter Aimed At North Atlantic Threats
- Proteus Completes Maiden Flight On Jan 16
- Full-Sized Autonomous Helicopter Developed By Leonardo Under £60M Programme
Politics
Jan 16
Trump Keeps Nobel Medal Given by María Corina Machado — Echoes 2016 Purple Heart Moment
- Nobel Peace Prize Awarded To María Corina Machado In 2025
- Norwegian Nobel Institute Clarified Laureateship Is Nontransferable
Society
Jan 16
Lawyer Asks Judge To Order Return Of Babson Freshman Mistakenly Deported To Honduras
- Judge Asked To Order Government Plan To Return Deported Babson Student
- Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, Detained Nov. 20 And Flown To Honduras Nov. 22
Politics
Jan 16
Lula Skips EU–Mercosur Signing in Asunción, Deepening Regional Strains
- Brazilian President Lula Will Not Attend Asunción Signing
- Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira To Represent Brazil
- Leaders From Argentina, Paraguay And Uruguay Expected To Attend
Politics
Jan 16
Kari Lake Defends Voice of America’s Iran Coverage as Critics Cite Cuts
- Internet Blackout In Iran Amid Deadly Protests Reportedly Killed More Than 2,000
- Voice Of America Is The Largest U.S. Government-Funded International Broadcaster
Science
Jan 16
8,000-Year-Old Pottery Motifs May Be Earliest Evidence of Mathematical Thought
- 8,000-Year-Old Pottery Motifs Suggest Numerical Reasoning
- Halafian Culture In Northern Mesopotamia (c. 6200–5500 BC)
Politics
Jan 16
Trump Border Czar Urges Better ICE Messaging As Agency’s Popularity Falls
- Tom Homan Calls For Improved ICE Messaging
- ICE Favorability Reported 17 Points Underwater (CNN)
- Economist/YouGov Poll Shows Plurality Support Abolishing ICE
Politics
Jan 16
Kristi Noem Says ICE May Ask People To Prove Citizenship As Raids Intensify — Critics Raise Alarms
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Jan. 15 that ICE conducts "targeted enforcement" and may ask people near operations to validate their identities. Her remarks come amid intense scrutiny of ICE af...
Society
Jan 16
Greece Forces Hellenic Train To Invest €420M In Safety Upgrades After Deadly Larissa Crash
- Greece Orders €420 Million In Safety Upgrades From Hellenic Train
- Parliament Amends 2017 Contract To Include Break Clause If Trains Not In Service By 2027
Politics
Jan 16
Yulia Tymoshenko Granted $762,000 Bail Ahead Of Vote-Buying Trial
- Tymoshenko Granted Bail Of About $762,000
- Former PM Faces Trial Over Alleged Cash-For-Votes Scheme
- Prosecutors Allege $10,000 Monthly Payments To Influence Votes
Politics
Jan 16
Virginia Advances Measure To Allow Mid-Decade Redistricting, Setting Up Voter Referendum
- Virginia Senate Advances Mid-Decade Redistricting Measure
- Voters Likely To Decide In April; Map To Be Shown Before Referendum
Culture
Jan 16
Drumstick Diplomacy: Japan’s PM and South Korea’s President Bond Over K‑Pop Drum Session
- Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi And South Korea’s President Lee Jae‑myung Performed K‑Pop Hits Together
- They Played BTS’s “Dynamite” And “Golden” On Pearl Six‑Piece Drum Kits
Science
Jan 16
Separating Psilocybin’s Antidepressant Power From Hallucinations: 5‑HT1B Emerges As A Promising Target
- Psilocybin Can Produce Weeks-To-Months Antidepressant Effects
- Hallucinatory Effects Are Primarily Linked To 5‑HT2A
Conflict
Jan 16
Ukrainian Children at Risk of Hypothermia as Power Supplies and Generator Stockpiles Run Low
- Children Face High Risk Of Hypothermia As Cold Weather Bites
- UNICEF Racing To Restore Water And Heating After Missile And Drone Attacks
Technology
Jan 16
X Widespread Outage: 62,000+ Users Report Losing Access; Mobile App Most Affected
- 62,000+ Users Reported Issues With X As Of Jan. 15
- 56% Of Reports Tied To X Mobile App
- Outage Reports Concentrated In New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston
Technology
Jan 16
Supervised AI Tutors Outperform Human-Only Tutoring in Randomized Trial
The Eedi randomized trial of 165 British students (ages 13–15) found that an AI tutor, supervised by expert human reviewers and given detailed, non-identifying student data, outperformed human-only text tutorin...
Science
Jan 16
Researchers Find Y‑Chromosome Clues on Artifacts Linked to Leonardo da Vinci — Could His DNA Be Retrieved?
- Dry Swabbing Recovered Environmental And Human DNA From Artifacts
- A Matching Male Y‑Chromosome Was Found On A Letter And The "Holy Child" Drawing
Politics
Jan 16
Seattle Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson Pays $250 Ethics Fine After Failing To Disclose Over $10,000 From Parents
- Mayor-Elect Paid $250 Ethics Fine Over Undisclosed Parental Contributions
- Commission Found More Than $10,000 From Parents Qualified As Campaign Contributions
Security
Jan 16
SpaceX Falcon 9 Set To Launch NRO Reconnaissance Satellites — Will Arizona See It?
- Falcon 9 Launch Scheduled Jan. 16 At 8:18 P.M. PT (35‑Minute Window)
- Mission NROL-105 To Deploy Small Reconnaissance Satellites For The NRO