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A person walks into the One Franklin Square Building, home of The Washington Post newspaper, June 21, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)2026-01-14T14:29:33Z WASHINGTON (AP) FBI agents searched a Washington Post reporters home on Wednesday as part of a leak investigation involving a Pentagon contractor accused of sharing classified information, the Justice Department said. Hannah Natanson, who has been covering President Donald Trumps transformation of the federal government, had a phone and a Garmin watch seized in the search of her Virginia home, the Post reported. Natanson has reported extensively on the federal workforce, and recently she published a piece describing how she gained hundreds of new sources leading one colleague to call her the federal government whisperer. While classified documents investigations arent unusual, the search of a reporters home marks an escalation in the governments efforts to crack down on leaks. Leaking classified information puts Americas national security and the safety of our military heroes in serious jeopardy, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a post on X. President Trump has zero tolerance for it and will continue to aggressively crack down on these illegal acts moving forward. An affidavit says the search was related to an investigation into a system administrator in Maryland who authorities allege took home classified reports, the Post reported. The system administrator, Aurelio Perez-Lugones, was charged earlier this month with unlawful retention of national defense information, according to court papers. Perez-Lugones, who held a top secret security clearance, is accused of printing classified and sensitive reports at work. In a search of his Maryland home and car this month, authorities found documents marked SECRET, including one in a lunchbox, according to court papers. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the search was done at the request of the Defense Department and said the journalist was obtaining and reporting classified and illegally leaked information from a Pentagon contractor. Trumps Republican administration will not tolerate illegal leaks of classified information that, when reported, pose a grave risk to our Nations national security and the brave men and women who are serving our country, Bondi said in a post on X. An FBI spokesperson declined to comment on Wednesday. The Washington Post said Wednesday that it was monitoring and reviewing the situation. An email seeking comment was sent to lawyers for Perez-Lugones. The Justice Department over the years has developed, and revised, internal guidelines governing how it will respond to news media leaks.In April, Bondi issued new guidelines saying prosecutors would again have the authority to use subpoenas, court orders and search warrants to hunt for government officials who make unauthorized disclosures to journalists.The moves rescinded a policy from President Joe Bidens Democatic administration that protected journalists from having their phone records secretly seized during leak investigations a practice long decried by news organizations and press freedom groups. The aggressive posture in this case stands in contrast to the Justice Departments approach to the disclosure of sensitive military information via a Signal chat last spring involving senior Trump administration officials. A reporter was mistakenly added to that chat. Bondi indicated publicly at the time that she was disinclined to open an investigation, saying she was confident that the episode had been a mistake.Bondi also repeated Trump administration talking points that the highly sensitive information in the chat was not classified, though current and former U.S. officials have said the posting of the launch times of aircraft and the times that bombs would be released before those pilots were even in the air would have been classified. ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Richer covers the Justice Department and federal courts. She joined The AP in 2013 and is based in Washington. twitter ERIC TUCKER Tucker covers national security in Washington for The Associated Press, with a focus on the FBI and Justice Department. twitter mailto

Spanish singer Julio Iglesias smiles during his star unveiling ceremony at the Walk of Fame in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, file)2026-01-14T12:29:53Z BARCELONA, Spain (AP) Spanish prosecutors are studying allegations that Grammy-winning singer Julio Iglesias sexually assaulted two former employees at his residences in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.The Spanish prosecutors office told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the allegations were related to media reports from earlier this week that alleged Iglesias had sexually and physically assaulted two women who worked in his Caribbean residences between January and October 2021.Iglesias has yet to speak publicly regarding the allegations. Russell L. King, a Miami-based entertainment lawyer who lists Iglesias as a client on his website, didnt immediately respond to a request for comment by the AP.The Spanish prosecutors office that handles cases for Spains National Court said that it had received formal allegations against Iglesias by an unnamed party on Jan. 5. Iglesias could potentially be taken in front of the Madrid-based court, which can try alleged crimes by Spanish citizens while they are abroad, according to the courts press office. Seeking justice in Spain over the CaribbeanWomens Link Worldwide, a nongovernmental organization, said in a statement that it was representing the two women who had presented the complaint to the Spanish court. The group said that the women were accusing Iglesias of crimes against sexual freedom and indemnity such as sexual harassment and of human trafficking for the purpose of forced labor and servitude.The organization said the women in their testimony also accused Iglesias of regularly checking their cellphones, of prohibiting them from leaving the house where they worked and demanding that they work up to 16 hours a day, with no contract or days off.The organization said it did not reach out to authorities in the Bahamas or the Dominican Republic, and that it didnt know whether authorities in those Caribbean nations have initiated an investigation. Gema Fernndez, senior attorney at Womens Link Worldwide, said in an online press conference Wednesday that Spanish legislation regarding sexual violence, gender-based violence and trafficking could be an interesting option for the two women making the allegations against Iglesias.Listening to what (the two women) are seeking and their definitions of justice, it seems to us that filing a complaint with the Public Prosecutors Office of the National Court of Spain was the path that best suited their definition of justice. That is why we are supporting them along this path, Fernndez said.Jovana Ros Cisneros, executive director of Womens Link Worldwide, asserted that Spanish prosecutors have decided to take statements from the two women and granted them the status of protected witnesses.Being heard by the Prosecutors Office is a very important step in the search for justice, she said.Fernndez said prosecutors have not set a date to take statements from the women and noted that prosecutors have up to six months to determine whether the information they receive warrants a criminal prosecution. Those six months could exceptionally be extended to a year, she added. The Prosecutors Office did not immediately return a message seeking comment. A singer under scrutinySpanish online newspaper elDiario.es and Spanish-language television channel Univision Noticias published the joint investigation into Iglesias alleged misconduct.Ros said the two women initially contacted elDiario.es, which began investigating the allegations but also advised the women to seek legal help.Spanish government spokeswoman Elma Saiz said that the media reports regarding Iglesias demanded respect.Once again I can reaffirm this governments firm and complete commitment to take on any act of violence, harassment or aggression against women, Saiz said Tuesday after the media reports were published.Panky Corcino, spokesman for the Attorney Generals Office in the Dominican Republic, declined to comment, saying he couldnt confirm or deny an investigation.By law, any case in the Caribbean country that involves sexual aggression or violence must be investigated by prosecutors, even if no one has filed a complaint. The 82-year-old Iglesias is one of the worlds most successful musical artists after having sold more than 300 million records in more than a dozen languages. After making his start in Spain, he won immense popularity in the United States and wider world in the 1970s and 80s. Hes the father of pop singer Enrique Iglesias.Julio Iglesias won a 1988 Grammy for Best Latin Pop Performance for his album Un Hombre Solo. He also received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys in 2019.Spains culture minister said Wednesday that its left-wing government, which holds womens rights and equality among its priorities, will also consider stripping Iglesias of the states Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts that he was awarded in 2010. It is something we are studying and evaluating, because evidently we feel obliged to do so when faced by such a serious case, Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun said.___Coto reported from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Associated Press reporters Suman Naishadham in Madrid and Martn Adames in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, contributed to this report. JOSEPH WILSON Wilson covers Spanish news and sports for The Associated Press. He is based in Barcelona. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09904-0Fabrication of fully stretchable organic light-emitting diodes incorporating an intrinsically stretchable exciplex-assisted phosphorescent layer along with MXene-contact stretchable electrodes is described, demonstrating high efficiency and mechanical compliance for applications in next-generation wearable and deformable displays.

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09918-8Direct observation of the Migdal effect in neutronnucleus collisions is reported, which resolves a long-standing gap in experimental validation.

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09960-6A survey of the reconstructed gene set of the last eukaryotic common ancestor shows a consistent link between Asgard archaea and the origin of numerous, functionally diverse eukaryotic genes, demonstrating the dominant Asgard contribution to eukaryogenesis.

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09913-zMolecular mimicry between a gut commensal and a tumour antigen forms part of an important mechanistic framework that can boost the efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade therapy and restrain tumour growth.

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09949-1Colourful patterns in two-dimensional lead halide perovskites are created by letting them self-etch into tiny squares that can template epitaxial growth.

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Cubans line up for appointments at the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)2026-01-14T17:07:28Z WASHINGTON (AP) The State Department said Wednesday it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Somalia, whose nationals the Trump administration has deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States.The State Department, led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, said it had instructed consular officers to halt immigrant visa applications from the countries affected in accordance with a broader order issued in November that tightened rules around potential immigrants who might become public charges in the U.S. The suspension, which will begin Jan. 21, will not apply to applicants seeking non-immigrant visas, or temporary tourist or business visas, who make up the vast majority of visa seekers. Demand for non-immigrant visas is expected to rise dramatically in the coming months and years due to the upcoming 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympics both of which the U.S. will host or co-host. The Trump administration is bringing an end to the abuse of Americas immigration system by those who would extract wealth from the American people, the department said in a statement. Immigrant visa processing from these 75 countries will be paused while the State Department reassess immigration processing procedures to prevent the entry of foreign nationals who would take welfare and public benefits. President Donald Trumps administration has already severely restricted immigrant and non-immigrant visa processing for citizens of dozens of countries, many of them in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The November guidance on which Wednesdays decision is based directed U.S. embassy and consulate officials to comprehensively and thoroughly vet visa applicants to demonstrate that they will not need to rely on public benefits from the government any time after their admission in the U.S. While federal law already required those seeking permanent residency or legal status to prove they wouldnt be a public charge, Trump in his first term widened the range of benefit programs that could disqualify applicants, and the guidelines in the cable appear to go further in scope.Immigrants seeking entry into the U.S. already undergo a medical exam by a physician whos been approved by a U.S. Embassy. They are screened for communicable diseases, like tuberculosis, and asked to disclose any history of drug or alcohol use, mental health conditions or violence. Theyre also required to have a number of vaccinations.The new directive expanded those with more specific requirements. It said consular officials must consider a range of specific details about people seeking visas, including their age, health, family status, finances, education, skills and any past use of public assistance regardless of the country. It also said they should assess applicants English proficiency and can do so by conducting interviews in English.Experts said at the time it could further limit who gets to enter the country at a time when the Republican administration is already tightening those rules. The countries affected by the suspension announced on Wednesday are:Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia, Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Colombia, Congo, Cuba, Dominica, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Republic of the Congo, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan and Yemen. RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

A person is detained by federal agents near the scene where Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE officer last week, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)2026-01-14T16:57:21Z MINNEAPOLIS (AP) A judge made no immediate decision Wednesday on Minnesotas request to suspend the Trump administrations immigration crackdown in the state, where federal agents have yanked people from cars and confronted angry bystanders demanding they pack up and leave.Plumes of tear gas, the deployment of chemical irritants and the screech of protest whistles have become common on the streets of Minneapolis, especially since an immigration agent fatally shot Renee Good in the head on Jan. 7 as she drove away. What we need most of all right now is a pause. The temperature needs to be lowered, state Assistant Attorney General Brian Carter said during the first hearing in a lawsuit filed by Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez promised to keep the case on the front burner and gave the U.S. Justice Department until Monday to file a response to the request for a restraining order. Local leaders say the government is violating free speech and other constitutional rights with the surge of law enforcement. Menendez said the state and cities will have a few more days to respond. It is simply recognition that these are grave and important matters, the judge said of the timetable, noting there are few legal precedents to apply to some of the key points in the case. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on Justice Department attorney Andrew Warden suggested the slower approach set by Menendez was appropriate. The judge is also handling a separate lawsuit challenging the tactics used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal officers when encountering protesters and observers. A decision could be released this week.The Department of Homeland Security says it has made more than 2,000 arrests in the state since early December and is vowing to not back down. The Pentagon is preparing to send military lawyers to Minneapolis to assist, CNN reported. What we see right now is discrimination taking place only on the basis of race: Are you Latino or are you Somali? And then it is indiscriminate thereafter, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey told Fox News. In other words, they are pulling people off the streets. They have pulled U.S. citizens off the streets and you dont need to take my word for it at this point. This has been very well documented.The president of Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota said four tribal members were detained while at a homeless camp in Minnesota last week. Three remained in custody late Tuesday.Enrolled tribal members are citizens of the United States by statute and citizens of the Oglala Sioux Nation by treaty, said tribe President Frank Star Comes Out, who demanded their release.___Associated Press reporters Ed White in Detroit and Graham Lee Brewer in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, contributed. STEVE KARNOWSKI Karnowski covers politics and government from Minnesota for The Associated Press. He also covers the ongoing fallout from the murder of George Floyd, courts and the environment, among other topics. twitter mailto

Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez, center, smiles flanked by Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, right, and National Assembly President, her brother, Jorge Rodriguez, as they prepare ot make a statement in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)2026-01-14T18:14:18Z CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) Venezuelas acting President Delcy Rodrguez on Wednesday vowed to continue releasing prisoners detained under former President Nicols Maduro during her first press conference since Maduro was ousted by the United States earlier this month.Rodrguez served as Maduros vice president since 2018, running Venezuelas feared intelligence service and managing its crucial oil industry. A 56-year-old lawyer and politician, Rodrguez was sworn in as interim president two days after the Trump administration snatched Maduro from his fortified compound and claimed the U.S. would be calling the shots in Venezuela.Addressing journalists from a podium at the presidential palace, Rodrguez said the process of releasing prisoners had begun under Maduro and has not yet concluded.That process remains open, she said, adding that the releases sent a message that Venezuela was opening to a new political moment. Despite sanctioning her for human rights violations during his first term, President Donald Trump enlisted Rodrguez to help secure U.S. control over Venezuelas oil sales. To ensure the former Maduro loyalist does his bidding, he threatened Rodrguez with a situation probably worse than Maduro, who faces federal charges of drug-trafficking from a Brooklyn jail.

Electricians carry out emergency repairs on a power pole after a transformer burned out due to a voltage surge caused by regular Russian air attacks on the country's energy infrastructure in Kyiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)2026-01-14T17:09:29Z BORYSPIL, Ukraine (AP) Emergency repair crews are working flat out to restore power in the Kyiv region of Ukraine, officials said Wednesday, after relentless Russian barrages on energy infrastructure left Ukrainians at the mercy of the coldest winter in years.At Boryspil, a town in the Kyiv region with a population of around 60,000, workers dismantled and rebuilt burned-out electrical systems as they rushed to fix the damage.They work in the snow amid temperatures of -15 C (13 degrees F) from early morning till midnight, Yurii Bryzh, who leads the Boryspil regional department of private electricity provider DTEK, told The Associated Press.They have managed to restore the supply for four hours a day. But Bryzh said the problem was when the power comes back on, people turn on all the electrical equipment that is available in the house as they dash to wash, cook or recharge their phones. That collapses the system again, he said. The hardship of civilians is acute amid what Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko described as the longest and broadest outages since Russias full-scale invasion of its neighbor almost four years ago. Some homes have been going without electricity for days. Apartments in the capital are freezing, and when venturing outside people wear heavy layers of clothes against the bitter cold that chills to the bone. Across Kyiv, snow covers the ground and roofs and is piled up next to sidewalks. At night, the streets are dark and towering apartment blocks show no light in the windows. Kyiv residents told the AP how they cope with the lack of light and heat at home.A married couple, scientists Mykhailo, 39, and Hanna, 43, said the temperature in the bedroom of their 5-year-old daughter Maria has fallen to -15 degrees C (13 degrees F). They gave only their first names for security reasons.They have a gas stove to cook but at night they huddle together in the same bed under heavy blankets. We have to use all the blankets we have in the house, Hanna said. The couple take their daughter to work with them during the day, because the premises have a generator whereas Marias kindergarten has no heating.Christmas decorations still hang on the walls of their apartment, occasionally lit up by their flashlights.Zinaida Hlyha, 76, said she heats water on her gas stove and puts it in bottles that she tucks into bed. She says she doesnt complain because Ukrainian soldiers on the roughly 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line have it worse.Of course its hard, but if you imagine what our guys in the trenches are going through now, you have to endure, she said. What can you do? This is war.Tetiana Tatarenko said two of her sons are fighting in the war. She grew more fearful of Russias nighttime barrages after a Shahed drone hit the apartment building next door.In her cold apartment, it seemed that normal life has shut down.Its as if life in the house has stopped, thats the feeling, she said.Her neighbor, 89-year-old physicist Raisa Derhachova, lives alone and sometimes plays the piano in what she calls this terrifying cold. Of course, its hard to survive this. We survived World War II, and now this terrible war is upon us, she said.Russian barrages are aiming at power plants and large substations, and procuring replacement equipment such as transformers can take months, according to Dennis Sakva, an energy sector analyst at Dragon Capital, a Ukrainian investment company.There are two types of heroes in Ukraine, he said. They are the military and energy workers.___Volodymr Yurchuk in Kyiv, Ukraine contributed.___Follow APs coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff delivers a speech upon the signing of the declaration on deploying post-ceasefire force in Ukraine during the 'Coalition of the Willing' summit on security guarantees for Ukraine, at the Elysee Palace in Paris Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026. (Ludovic Marin, Pool photo via AP)2026-01-14T16:59:23Z WASHINGTON (AP) The United States said Wednesday that it is moving into the next phase of a Gaza ceasefire plan that involves disarming Hamas, rebuilding the war-ravaged territory and establishing the group of Palestinian experts that will administer daily affairs in Gaza under American supervision.President Donald Trumps envoy Steve Witkoff said in a post on X that the ceasefire deal that the Republican president helped broker was entering its second phase following two years of war between Israel and Hamas, including the establishment of a technocratic government in Gaza. But Witkoff did not offer any details about who would serve on the new transitional Palestinian administration that would govern Gaza. Trumps White House did not immediately offer any more information, either. The mediators of the ceasefire deal Egypt, Turkey and Qatar welcomed the establishment of the committee and said it would be led by Ali Shaath, a former deputy minister in the Palestinian Authority. This is an important development to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, they said in a joint statement. The Gaza native served as a deputy minister for transportation with the internationally recognized Palestinian Authority. Shaath, an engineer, is an expert in economic development and reconstruction, according to his biography on the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institutes website. Witkoff said that the U.S. expects Hamas to immediately return the final dead hostage as part of its obligations under the deal.While Wednesdays announcement indicates a key step forward, a new government in Gaza and ceasefire face a number of huge challenges including the deployment of an international security force to supervise the deal and the difficult process of disarming Hamas.Appointees to a technocratic committee are part of a broader plan to end Hamas 18-year rule of Gaza. The appointees will run day-to-day affairs in Gaza, under the oversight of a Trump-led Board of Peace, whose members have also not yet been named. The ceasefire reached under Trumps 20-point plan took effect in October and stopped much of the fighting. Under the first phase of the three-phase deal, Hamas released all but one hostage it was holding in exchange for hundreds of Palestinians who were held by Israel.The technocratic committee that Witkoff said would be established under the second phase will be tasked with providing public services to the more than 2 million Palestinians in Gaza, but it faces towering challenges and unanswered questions, including about its operations and financing.The United Nations has estimated that reconstruction will cost more than $50 billion. The process is expected to take years, and little money has been pledged so far.There also is the more immediate challenge of figuring out how to take over basic services after nearly two decades of Hamas-led rule in Gaza and repeated rounds of conflict with Israel.___Associated Press writers Samy Magdy in Cairo, Sam Metz in Jerusalem and Toqa Ezzidin in Cairo contributed to this report. MICHELLE L. PRICE Price covers the White House. She previously covered the 2024 presidential campaign and politics, government and other news in New York, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. She is based in Washington. twitter mailto

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09965-1Polyamines prevent the action of kinases on acidic phosphorylatable motifs in spliceosomal proteins, thus providing a mechanism for metabolite-mediated regulation of alternative splicing in cells.

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09950-8A completely solid-state, single-chip, microwave-frequency surface acoustic wave phonon laser can generate coherent phonons from thermal noise or resonantly amplify injected phonons using only a direct current bias field.

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09922-yArtificial intelligence boosts individual scientists output, citations and career progression, but collectively narrows research diversity and reduces collaboration, concentrating work in data-rich areas and potentially limiting broader scientific exploration.

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00011-2A panel of fluorescently labelled G-protein-coupled-receptor proteins expressed in living cells has confirmed that, when bound by an activating ligand molecule, these receptors form different complexes with their G proteins. The activation trajectories induced by different ligands explain ligand-specific efficacies of G-protein activation and preferences for G-protein subtypes.

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09969-xChemical language models trained on known metabolites can identify previously unknown metabolites from mass spectrometry-based metabolomics data with high accuracy.

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Winner Kaysha Love of the United States celebrates after the women's monobob race at the Bobsleigh World Cup in Innsbruck, Austria, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)2026-01-14T16:49:33Z LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) When USA Bobsled and Skeleton unveils its Olympic rosters, the most likely scenario is that either eight or nine women will wind up competing for that federation on the ice at the Milan Cortina Winter Games.Most of those sliders will almost certainly be women of color.By the time the Games open, this could be the most diverse U.S. Olympic winter roster ever assembled. The 2018 U.S. roster for the 2018 Games included 21 athletes of either Black or Asian descent, about 8% of the total; the 2026 team could top that number. There is still obvious potential for far more growth on the diversity front, but some athletes feel that steps are being taken in the right direction.Were really doing this, said U.S. skeleton athlete Mystique Ro, a woman of Black and Korean descent and someone who teamed with Austin Florian to win last years world championship in the sports mixed event. The train has left the station. Were going. And its such a surreal feeling. Were really making history out here and its not slowing down at all. People of color fill the rosters for non-traditional winter sports nations like Jamaica but most of the dominant teams from European powers and, to be fair, the U.S. as well are almost entirely white. Still, some of the top American medal hopefuls at these Olympics will be Black women, and thats not exactly a new phenomenon especially in bobsled. Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor is a five-time Olympic medalist and is the most decorated Black athlete in Winter Games history. Kaysha Love is the reigning world champion in monobob, making her the first Black woman to hold that title. Speedskater Erin Jackson, who in 2022 became the first Black woman to win Olympic winter gold in an individual sport, is back for more in 2026. Laila Edwards is a rising star of the powerhouse U.S. womens hockey team and will be the first Black woman to wear the American sweater on the Olympic stage. Its a really big deal, Edwards said when the roster was unveiled. Representation matters. In terms of processing it, I think Im just trying to use it as something that motivates me to be the best role model and person I can be. It also remains clear that the sports offered as part of the Winter Olympic program seem to come with fewer opportunities for athletes of color. The National Ski Areas Association said in 2024 that, of all guests who visit U.S. ski resorts, about 1% identify as Black. The reasons most commonly cited are cost and accessibility: many winter sports are expensive and ski areas are generally remote.Of the 2,900 or so athletes who competed at the most recent Winter Games in Beijing, the overwhelming majority of them identified white. There was a smattering of non-traditional winter sports nations to see athletes qualify Ghana, Nigeria and Haiti among them and the impact that Jamaicas famed Cool Runnings bobsled team had when it debuted at the Olympics a generation ago is still felt today.I never thought I would be doing this. said bobsledder Adanna Johnson, who was 17 when she competed for Jamaica at last years world championships. The sport is growing. There are more opportunities. Much more needs to be done, Ro said, particularly in the years where the Winter Olympic spotlight doesnt shine on these sports.Theres a lot more diversity, Ro said. But seeing us without the helmet, seeing the roster, seeing the names, its just really important how we present it to the people so its not just at the Olympics. It has to be every year because we compete every year.Almost every person who has made a national team over the last few decades came to bobsled after being recruited from another sport often track, since bobsled thrives on a combination of speed and power. Vonetta Flowers was the first Black woman to win a bobsled medal for the U.S., teaming with Jill Bakken for gold at the Salt Lake City Games in 2002, and the Americans have seen women of color make their way to the medal stand steadily ever since. Meyers Taylor, an elite softball player in college, counts Flowers as one of her top inspirations. So does Love, who was a record-setting sprinter in high school who went on to UNLV. She then got invited to try bobsled and is about to become a two-time Olympian.She always knew shed get there. She just thought itd be in gymnastics.Growing up, I was really only excited about summer sports because thats where I saw me. Thats where I saw representation, Love said. You always had Black athletes in gymnastics and track and even swimming sometimes. So, to know that now I get to be that representation along with like some of my other teammates who have worked so hard to be a part of this that change is inspiring.___AP Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics TIM REYNOLDS Reynolds is an Associated Press sports writer, based in South Florida. twitter mailto

Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. Astronomers think they have solved the puzzle of so-called little red dots in space, a population of bizarre objects at the very edge of the observable universe, according to a study published on Wednesday in Nature.The new research suggests that these dots are likely the youngest black holes we have ever glimpsed, which are cocooned in dense gas, a never-before-seen phenomenon that sheds light on the early evolution of the universe.LRDs were first spotted in 2023 in the first images made with the James Webb Space Telescope, said Vadim Rusakov, an astronomer at the University of Manchester, in an email to 404 Media. People have very actively studied these objects since then.They are tiny, bright and red objects seen when the universe was only about 5-15 percent of its current age, he continued. They have puzzled astronomers: on one hand, they are too compact and massive for normal galaxies, on the other, they do not look like typical supermassive black holes, because we do not detect their usual signals, such as X-rays. And they are not just a few odd applesalmost every tenth galaxy in the early universe is an LRD.These baffling properties have sparked spirited debate about the nature of LRDs. Some studies have suggested they might be exotic star-studded galaxies, or weirdly overmassive black holes.Hoping to resolve the mystery, Rusakov and his colleagues analyzed JWST observations of more than a dozen of the little red dots across longer timescales. The team confirmed that the dots are likely black holes that are enshrouded by a cocoon of energetic gas that can explain their novel properties.Our simple solution is: we think that they are massive black holes wrapped in a thick cocoon of dense gas, which makes them appear red and hides the black hole, Rusakov said. This idea of the cocoon was inspired by another work that predicted the presence of thick gas. We could check this idea by studying the hydrogen emission from LRDs. This showed us that the cocoon is partly ionisedmeaning it has lots of free electrons. This was a surprising discovery, because by scattering light, these electrons hid most useful black hole signals from our sight and also made it appear more evolved than it actually is.By looking inside, we found that these are some of the youngest black holes ever seen, he added. This makes them unique laboratories for understanding how black holes got started in the early universe.An image of little red dots from JADES 1 The JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (Eisenstein et al. 2023). Image: The CEERS Survey/The JADES Survey/PRIMER Survey/Dawn JWST ArchiveIn other words, its not that these objects arent radiating in X-rays, its just that those wavelengths are largely blotted out by the gassy cocoons. Moreover, the cocoons warp light from the black holes, making them seem much more massive than they actually are, like some kind of cosmic funhouse mirror. Rusakov and his colleagues calculated that the black holes are probably a few million times as massive as the Sun, more than a hundred times smaller than expected by their appearance.The findings are part of a wave of discoveries about the early universe primarily fueled by the unparalleled precision and sensitivity of JWSTs infrared vision.The first JWST observations caused several debates about how galaxies formed in the early universe, such as whether galaxies grow quicker than we thought, Rusakov explained. In fact, some of those initially problematic galaxies turned out to be Little Red Dots. As our study shows, they were misinterpreted as purely stellar galaxies and they are supermassive black holes instead.As JWST continues to expose strange new frontiers of the universe, astronomers can determine which anomalies point to novel entities and which, like the little red dots, turn out to be familiar objects going through an unfamiliar phase.Either way, each breakthrough raises new questions. Rusakov and his colleagues may have identified the origin of the little red dots, but it remains unclear whether these young black holes grow faster than the galaxies associated with them, and what that might mean for our understanding of galactic evolution.LRDs show us what the black holes looked like a long time ago, and if we are lucky, they may show us how these massive black holes got started, Rusakov said. Just to be clear, even though they are likely the youngest black holes we ever found, they already have masses of a few million Suns.This opens up the next big questions: can we find even smaller black holes with the James Webb Space Telescope? Do black holes start tiny and grow or are they born already quite big? he added. These exciting questions will definitely keep us busy for some time.

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