Latest published reports in strict reverse chronological order.
Guinea-Bissau paused a U.S.-backed newborn hepatitis B vaccine study while authorities conduct an ethical review, after concerns were raised about oversight and trial design.
Indiana’s College Football Playoff national championship win over Miami averaged about 30 million viewers, marking one of the most-watched college football games in more than a decade, according to the AP.
Senior U.S. envoys urged Israel’s prime minister to advance the next stage of a ceasefire framework amid negotiations over Rafah crossing arrangements, troop withdrawals and monitoring proposals, while violence and disputes continued on the ground.
The World Economic Forum’s 2026 annual meeting ended after leaders and executives debated security tensions, economic growth and the future of innovation amid sharper global competition.
With a heavy snowstorm forecast for January 25, several Connecticut sports bars opted to close for safety—even as football fans prepared for the day’s NFL conference championship games—highlighting how extreme weather can disrupt local commerce on marquee events.
Witness accounts and visual evidence reviewed by The Washington Post describe a violent crackdown in the northern Iranian city of Rasht in early January, with security forces opening fire amid chaos near a burning market as a nationwide internet shutdown hampered outside reporting.
The CDC says public health officials are investigating a multistate Salmonella outbreak tied to Live it Up Super Greens supplement powder, advising consumers to discard or return recalled products while noting that reported case counts can understate the true scale of illnesses.
A newly released research paper introduces APEX-Agents, an open benchmark designed to test how well AI agents handle long-horizon, multi-step tasks that mirror professional workflows in fields like finance, consulting and law—an area where real-world reliability is still difficult to assess.
With a major winter storm impacting travel and safety, ESPN announced a set of college basketball schedule changes for January 24–25, including time shifts and postponements—an example of how weather can reshape major sports programming at the last minute.
The White House hosted a private screening of an Amazon MGM documentary about the first lady as political pressure mounted after the fatal shooting of an ICU nurse in Minneapolis, fueling protests and sharpening congressional fights over DHS and ICE oversight.
A major winter storm pushed heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across wide swaths of the United States, prompting emergency declarations, power-outage preparations and mass flight cancellations as forecasters warned that dangerous cold could linger well after the precipitation ends.
The CDC announced it accepted recommendations from a scientific assessment of U.S. childhood immunization practices following a presidential memorandum directing a review of international approaches. The CDC said vaccines remain covered without cost-sharing while the schedule is organized into three categories: routine for all children, for certain high-risk groups, and shared clinical decision-making.