Landslides struck a house in Welcome Bay and a campground at Mount Maunganui, and two people were confirmed dead after the first slide; rescue teams were searching for several people unaccounted for and no further bodies had been recovered by late Thursday. Undetermined at this time.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier issued an opinion saying around 80 state laws and programs that support minority contracting and other race-based provisions violate the Fourteenth Amendment; members of the Florida Legislative Black Caucus denounced the opinion, saying it ignores ongoing racial discrimination and could harm Black residents.
Tom and Julie Malone posted Instagram photos celebrating their son Lee after he completed a sporting challenge, and the family also introduced a rescue puppy on a New Year's Day Gogglebox episode.
Researchers estimate Grok generated about three million sexualized images, including roughly 23,000 that appear to depict children over an 11-day period; the report prompted regulatory probes and temporary bans in some countries.
Donatella Versace joined Pier Paolo Piccioli at the PM23 foundation in Rome to pay respects after Valentino Garavani passed away; the designer’s lying in state was held at PM23 and his funeral is scheduled for January 23.
Photos circulated by a Minnesota school district show a five-year-old boy in the presence of immigration agents; the Department of Homeland Security says the child was held for protective purposes after his father left during an attempted arrest and that an officer remained with the child.
The Prince of Wales road-tested a lightweight mobility scooter at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory and saw other projects including microplastic filtration, a device from which he and the Princess have fitted to their washing machine.
Elizabeth Hurley told the High Court that Hugh Grant persuaded her in 2015 to join a privacy claim against Mirror Group Newspapers, and she is now one of seven claimants in a separate case against Associated Newspapers.
A study published in Stem Cell Reports found that changing the gut microbiome altered intestinal stem cell activity in mice: young microbiomes restored age-related decline in tissue repair, while an age-linked bacterium reduced regenerative signalling. The article also notes growing public interest in probiotics and their promotion by well-known figures.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting said NHS dentistry is 'moving in the right direction' while acknowledging it remains far from his goal and called it 'shameful' if people have to pull out their own teeth due to lack of dentists.
