Justice Starts With The FactsIn Minneapolis and communities nationwide, trust is built on reporting that follows the facts wherever they lead -- even when powerful institutions resist scrutiny. Support journalism that stands firmly for the public’s right to know. Already a member? Log in to hide these messages.

January 28, 2026 15:18 UTC

Justice Starts With The FactsIn Minneapolis and communities nationwide, trust is built on reporting that follows the facts wherever they lead -- even when powerful institutions resist scrutiny. Support journalism that stands firmly for the public’s right to know. Already a member? Log in to hide these messages.

January 28, 2026 15:18 UTC

Justice Starts With The FactsIn Minneapolis and communities nationwide, trust is built on reporting that follows the facts wherever they lead -- even when powerful institutions resist scrutiny. Support journalism that stands firmly for the public’s right to know. Already a member? Log in to hide these messages.

January 28, 2026 14:40 UTC

Minneapolis police said officers saw the man use a syringe to spray an unknown liquid at Omar. A man is tackled after spraying an unknown substance at Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), left, during a town hall she was hosting in Minneapolis, Minn., on January 27, 2026. Minneapolis police said officers saw a man use a syringe to spray an unknown liquid at Omar. “I am deeply disturbed to learn that Rep. Ilhan Omar was attacked at a town hall today” Mace said. A man was apprehended during a town hall event after spraying her with an unknown substance.

January 28, 2026 14:15 UTC

One member of our group is the HOA president and has held that position for more than 20 years. There’s almost no communication from our HOA board on property repairs or future projects. I addressed this lack of transparency with our HOA president many times over the years and offered my help to the HOA board to improve communication and transparency but was dismissed. Since then, I helped organize a group of owners to address our concerns with the HOA board. We belong to a running group that is more about having beers together than actually running for fitness.

January 28, 2026 14:02 UTC





From outrage to opportunityFor some participants, political betting is deeply personal. Legal gray zones and regulatory limitsBeyond ethics, prediction markets sit on shaky legal ground. The strategy is clear: normalize prediction markets as sources of real-time insight rather than speculative gambling. Yet he insists that political betting provides a signal — a rough forecast of where power might move next. Whether prediction markets represent a new form of collective intelligence or a dangerous fusion of money and state power remains unresolved.

January 28, 2026 13:44 UTC

Justice Starts With The FactsIn Minneapolis and communities nationwide, trust is built on reporting that follows the facts wherever they lead -- even when powerful institutions resist scrutiny. Support journalism that stands firmly for the public’s right to know. Already a member? Log in to hide these messages.

January 28, 2026 13:32 UTC

<!-- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ --> <h1>Las ciudades de California han registrado las tasas de homicidios más bajas en décadas. No está claro por qué.</h1> <p>Por <a href="https://calmatters.org/author/nigelduara/" title="Posts by Nigel Duara" class="author url fn" rel="author">Nigel Duara</a>, CalMatters</p><p>Esta historia fue publicada originalmente por <a href="https://calmatters.org/">CalMatters</a>. Tras años de descenso, la tasa de homicidios en California aumentó un 31 % en 2020, alcanzando 5.5 homicidios por cada 100,000 habitantes. Los 67 homicidios de Oakland en 2025 registraron el nivel más bajo desde 1967. Y entre los que sí lo hacen, algunos no reportan todos sus datos o la información es diferente.

January 28, 2026 12:57 UTC

By Alene Tchekmedyian and Paul PringleLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation said it paid $65,000 to hire a celebrity public relations firm to help the LAFD shape its messaging after the deadly Palisades fire. The foundation also did not provide the contract with the firm or any documentation of the expense. The LAFD has also declined to answer questions about the work of the PR firm, including whether any changes to the report were made at its direction. “I’m assuming they had something to do with the after-action report, because they’re a PR firm,” Moore said in an interview. “I would think a PR firm was going to give advice to the fire chief, because at the time, they didn’t have a director of public information.

January 28, 2026 12:49 UTC

Junior Kaleena Smith of Ontario Christian has upped her scoring average this season. Leqi Zhen of L.A. Lincoln is averaging 28.9 points in 10 games. Darby Dunn of Canyon Country Canyon has had some big scoring nights and is at 26.2 points over 25 games. This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports. AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementSign up for the L.A. Times SoCal high school sports newsletter to get scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular.

January 28, 2026 12:43 UTC

And given how pretty the bouquets (which Bunches aims to source from sustainable and ethical farms) are, they’ll certainly want to. It mixes long-lasting Carnations in various shades of red and burgundy alongside dark pink Waxflower with a resplendent single red rose in its centre. And their Romantic Red Rose plant, which arrives in bud so your loved one can watch it bloom, is great if you fancy something straightforwardly romantic. Lisianthus, limonium, stocks, freesias, pink Mondial roses come together with florinca alstroemeria and thlaspi blooms to create a meaningful (and harmonious) bunch. The three colours of roses in the Amore bunch are perfect for a softer approach, too; and of course, they have a classic dozen Red Roses bunch too.

January 28, 2026 11:51 UTC

LOADING ERROR LOADINGThe Doomsday clock has moved closer to midnight, jumping from 89 seconds to midnight in 2025 to 85 seconds this year (2026). “Midnight” on the Doomsday clock symbolises global catastrophe. This is the closest the clock has been to midnight since 1947, when the clock was first introduced. Why has the Doomsday clock time changed? Advertisement“We cannot solve problems we cannot agree exist.”Why was the Doomsday clock invented?

January 28, 2026 11:51 UTC

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January 28, 2026 11:16 UTC

A Florida man was sentenced to four years in prison after he jumped through a Taco Bell drive-thru window while shirtless and robbed workers and customers with a "large rock." Kewarren Lee Anderson, 40, was arrested in July after he was captured by an Ocala Police Department K-9 dog who found him behind a dumpster. MCDONALD'S CUSTOMER LAUNCHES FLYING KICK AT EMPLOYEE DURING HEATED RESTAURANT BRAWLThe man then fled the fast-food establishment, but he was quickly tracked down by a K-9. Kewarren Lee Anderson, 40, was sentenced to four years in prison. Anderson was homeless during the robbery and told police he needed money, according to an arrest affidavit, News 6 reported.

January 28, 2026 11:06 UTC

Justice Starts With The FactsIn Minneapolis and communities nationwide, trust is built on reporting that follows the facts wherever they lead -- even when powerful institutions resist scrutiny. Support journalism that stands firmly for the public’s right to know. Already a member? Log in to hide these messages.

January 28, 2026 10:08 UTC