A study of more than 35,000 aircraft water samples found 2.7% tested positive for coliform bacteria; researchers reported some airlines carried potentially unsafe water and advised avoiding onboard tap water for drinking or handwashing.
Reports say Manchester United may consider recalling Marcus Rashford after Ruben Amorim's departure, while Barcelona hold a reported purchase option on his loan.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and KPop Demon Hunters hold the top two spots on Netflix's U.S. Kids Movies list, and both titles also appear on Netflix's overall Top 10 movies list.
President Trump posted on Truth Social that his administration will move to ban Wall Street investors from buying single-family homes and said he would ask Congress to codify the measure; he did not provide details or cite legal authority.
Wilfredo Aquino, a former TD assistant manager in Midtown Manhattan, pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder funds tied to a network that prosecutors say moved hundreds of millions of dollars through TD branches; authorities allege he processed more than 1,600 cheques totaling over US$92-million.
The administration paused leases on five East Coast offshore wind projects citing national security; several developers and the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island have filed lawsuits, and Empire Wind has asked the court for expedited review with a Jan. 16 deadline.
The 2026 King Faisal Prize named Professor Svetlana Mojsov as the Medicine laureate for her work on glucagon-like peptide-1 and Professor Carlos Kenig as the Science (Mathematics) laureate for contributions to nonlinear partial differential equations.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Cuban personnel have deeply influenced Venezuela's security apparatus and described an active U.S. oil quarantine enforced through court orders.
Nick Reiner's arraignment was postponed to Feb. 23 after his lawyer, Alan Jackson, withdrew and asked to be replaced by a public defender; the judge approved the change.
Manitoba formally asked the federal emergency management minister for military support after a Dec. 28 power line failure left infrastructure damaged in Pimicikamak Cree Nation; about 4,000 residents were evacuated and at least 200 homes were reported uninhabitable.
