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January 22, 2026 19:57 UTC

We went 2-2 on our picks in the NFL playoffs’ divisional round, with wins coming on the Denver Broncos money line and the New England Patriots covering the spread. Unfortunately, the under just missed in the Seattle Seahawks’ dominant win over the San Francisco 49ers, and the Los Angeles Rams survived in overtime but didn’t cover against the Chicago Bears. One conference championship game features a massive line move that doesn’t quite match what’s happening on the field. When this line opened, it quickly moved toward Seattle, a sign that sharp bettors see the Seahawks as the superior team. The Rams, meanwhile, have survived rather than impressed, needing late comebacks in both playoff games and struggling to move the ball consistently.

January 22, 2026 19:52 UTC

On Jan. 3, 2026, United States forces conducted a large-scale military operation in Venezuela, striking strategic locations such as Caracas and capturing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, under the administration of President Trump. The U.S. now claims control over Venezuelan oil exports indefinitely and plans to sell tens of millions of barrels on global markets. Alongside two dozen Venezuelan officers, 32 Cuban military and police officers working in Venezuela were also killed in the attack. Colombian President Gustavo Petro has also been outwardly critical of the Trump Administration’s strike on Venezuela, expressing his strong opposition to the entire situation. “If it is a pure resource grab, then the country that the United States would look to next would be Greenland.

January 22, 2026 19:46 UTC

Kosamtu via Getty Images It can be hard to notice you're irritating someone when you're not paying attention. People — whether on the playground or in the office — are often too polite to say, “Hey, you’re annoying me right now.” Instead, it shows up through subtle changes in posture, facial expressions, tone and attention. Here are the body language signs to watch for when you’re annoying someone. So behaviors like deep breaths, fidgeting or shifting in place, she said, are all physical attempts to calm the nervous system and reset when tension is building, aka when you’re annoying someone. AdvertisementIf someone suddenly starts sighing or picking at their fingernails while you’re talking, it may be their body signaling overload.

January 22, 2026 19:39 UTC

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A federal magistrate judge rejected the Justice Department’s initial attempt to bring charges against journalist Don Lemon for appearing alongside protesters who breached a Minnesota church over the weekend, a source told CNN. In Lemon’s case, Justice Department officials immediately, and publicly, asserted that he would face charges. The Department of Justice could always try again to bring charges against Lemon. The church protesters claimed in Lemon’s video that a pastor at Cities Church in St. Paul, David Easterwood, appeared to be a top ICE official in the Twin Cities. The Justice Department has arrested at least three people involved in the protests.

January 22, 2026 19:07 UTC

As hemp-derived THC ban looms, some senators are working to prevent it ABC News’ Ashan Singh sits down with Sen. Amy Klobuchar to discuss her push to prevent the looming hemp-derived THC ban from going into effect.

January 22, 2026 18:58 UTC

Democrat Jerry Nadler defends the integrity of Jack Smith’s investigations Smith testified that his office developed "proof beyond any reasonable doubt" on President Trump’s alleged scheme to overturn the 2020 election and the willful retention of classified documents.

January 22, 2026 18:47 UTC

Fork Food Lab member vendors package foods in the facility's shared kitchen space in August. Otherwise, we just might not have as many local food brands.”The impending foreclosure is not Fork Food Lab’s first existential crisis. Food Fork Lab first launched on Parris Street in Portland in 2016, and was then purchased in 2017 by a New York-based company called Pilotworks. In summer 2018, Pilotworks announced that it planned to close Fork Food Lab that fall, because it was not economically sustainable in that location. Fork Food Lab moved in 2023 to its current 42,000-square-foot space on Darling Avenue, paying $5.9 million for the property.

January 22, 2026 18:46 UTC

President Donald Trump said Thursday that a large bruise on his left hand came after he bumped it on furniture in Switzerland. The White House had made a similar statement earlier Thursday, saying Trump hit his hand on the signing table during a Board of Peace event in Davos, Switzerland, earlier in the day. “At the Board of Peace event today in Davos, President Trump hit his hand on the corner of the signing table, causing it to bruise,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. However, the bruising was noticeable roughly 10 minutes later after he was sitting at the table and signing several documents. Trump has long had bruising on his right hand, which CNN has reported predated his return to the White House.

January 22, 2026 18:45 UTC

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January 22, 2026 18:44 UTC

The Department of Veterans Affairs is proposing its biggest health care overhaul in three decades, a plan that would slash the number of regional networks from 18 to five and eliminate a top executive position. VA Secretary Doug Collins says the changes will cut red tape and get veterans faster access to care. The reorganization aims to reduce bureaucracy and improve communication across the nation’s largest health care system. But questions and concerns are emerging, including from the United Veterans Care Alliance. “All health care is local, right?

January 22, 2026 18:42 UTC

A magistrate judge rejected federal prosecutors’ bid to charge journalist Don Lemon related to the church protest, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the ongoing investigation. Lemon has said he has no affiliation to the organization that organized the protest and was there chronicling as a journalist. That’s called journalism.”WATCH | Protesters Disrupt Church Service in MInnesota Where ICE Official is a PastorIt wasn’t immediately clear what the Justice Department would do after the magistrate judge’s rejection. But authorities could gather more facts and return to a magistrate judge to again seek a criminal complaint or they could seek an indictment against Lemon before a grand jury.

January 22, 2026 18:34 UTC

Open this photo in gallery: Elizabeth Holmes was convicted of defrauding Theranos’ investors and is not eligible for release until December, 2031.Jeff Chiu/The Associated PressElizabeth Holmes, the founder of now-defunct blood testing startup Theranos, has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to release her from prison with nearly six years left before she is eligible for release. Theranos was once valued at U$9-billion, and Forbes magazine estimated Holmes’ net worth at US$4.5-billion in 2015. Holmes would still owe restitution if Trump released her from prison, but would not owe it if he pardoned her. She is housed at a minimum security federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, and eligible for release in December, 2031. The White House declined to comment on Holmes’ request.

January 22, 2026 18:32 UTC

A federal magistrate judge declined to sign off on charges against Don Lemon, the former CNN anchor, in connection with a protest at a Minnesota church over the weekend, according to a person familiar with the matter. Abbe Lowell, an attorney representing Lemon, said Lemon engaged in constitutionally protected activity. “The magistrate’s reported actions confirm the nature of Don’s first amendment protected work this weekend in Minnesota as a reporter. It is “extremely rare” for a magistrate judge to reject charges, said Andrew Tessman, a former federal prosecutor. “I saw him the way he walked in that church, it was terrible,” Trump said of Lemon earlier this week.

January 22, 2026 18:29 UTC