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President Donald Trump listens in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)2026-01-14T20:21:53Z WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump said Wednesday made a vague statement that hes been told on good authority that plans for executions in Iran have stopped, even as Tehran has indicated fast trials and executions ahead in its crackdown on protesters.The U.S. presidents claims, which were made with few details, come as hes told protesting Iranians in recent days that help is on the way and that his administration would act accordingly to respond to the Iranian government. But Trump has not offered any details about how the U.S. might respond and it wasnt clear if his comments Wednesday indicated he would hold off on action.Weve been told that the killing in Iran is stopping -- its stopped -- its stopping, Trump said at the White House while signing executive orders and legislation. And theres no plan for executions, or an execution, or executions -- so Ive been told that on good authority. Trump did not specify where he had received that information but only described it as very important sources on the other side.Trump said he would find out later if it was true, but he didnt explain how. I hope its true, he said. Who knows?When asked if that meant he was not planning to take any action against the Iranian government, Trump said: Were going to watch it and see what the process is. But we were given a very good statement by people that are aware of whats going on. The president on Tuesday consulted with his national security team about next steps after telling reporters he believed the killing in Iran was significant.Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and key White House National Security Council officials began meeting last Friday to develop options for Trump, ranging from a diplomatic approach to military strikes.The Iranian security force crackdown on the demonstrations has killed at least 2,586, the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency reported. On Wednesday, Iranian officials signaled that suspects detained in nationwide protests would face fast trials and executions while the Islamic Republic promised a decisive response if the U.S. or Israel intervene in the domestic unrest.The threats emerged as some personnel at a key U.S. military base in Qatar were advised to evacuate by Wednesday evening following Trumps escalated warnings of potential military action over the killing of peaceful demonstrators.Mohammad Pakpour, commander of Irans paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, reiterated Iranian claims, without providing evidence, that the U.S. and Israel have instigated the protests and that they are the real killers of protesters and security forces who have died in the turmoil, according to Irans semiofficial Tasnim news agency.He added that those countries will receive the response in the appropriate time.Earlier Wednesday, Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, Irans judiciary chief, said the government must act quickly to punish more than 18,000 people who have been detained through rapid trials and executions. Mohseni-Ejeis comments about rapid trials and executions were made in a video shared by Iranian state television online. If we want to do a job, we should do it now. If we want to do something, we have to do it quickly, he said. If it becomes late, two months, three months later, it doesnt have the same effect. If we want to do something, we have to do that fast.The comments stand as a direct challenge to Trump, who warned Iran about executions in an interview with CBS aired Tuesday. If they do such a thing, we will take very strong action, Trump said.___Amiri reported from New York. 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 FARNOUSH AMIRI Amiri covers foreign policy and the United Nations as a correspondent for The Associated Press, based in New York. twitter mailto

Plumes of smoke rise from the area of a UPS cargo plane crash at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry, File)2026-01-14T20:27:27Z Boeing warned plane owners in 2011 about a broken part that contributed to a UPS plane crash that killed 15 last year but at that point the planemaker didnt believe it threatened safety, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday. The UPS plane crashed in November 2025 shortly after taking off in Louisville, when the left engine flew off the wing as the plane rolled down the runway.The NTSB said Wednesday that Boeing had documented in 2011 there were four previous failures of a part that helps secure the MD-11s engines to the wings on three different planes, but at that point the planemaker determined it would not result in a safety of flight condition. NTSB didnt say whether there had been additional documented failures of the spherical bearing race since 2011. Investigators found that part broken into two pieces after the UPS crash, and the lugs that held that part were cracked. Photos released by the NTSB of the Nov. 4 crash show flames erupting as the rear of the engine starting to detach before it flew up and over the wing. Then the wing was engulfed by fire as the burning engine flew above it. Three pilots on the plane that was headed for Hawaii were killed along with 12 more people on the ground near Louisvilles Muhammad Ali International Airport. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on The factual report released Wednesday doesnt state what caused the engine to fly off. That conclusion wont come until the NTSBs final report, which usually doesnt come until more than a year after a crash. Boeing, UPS and the Federal Aviation Administration are limited on what they can say while the NTSB investigation is ongoing. UPS spokesperson Jim Mayer reiterated that the company was devastated by the crash. We remain profoundly saddened by the Flight 2976 accident. Our thoughts continue to be with the families and Louisville community who are grieving, and we remain focused on the recovery effort, Mayer said. The NTSB previously said investigators found cracks in some of the parts that held the engine to the wing. Those cracks hadnt been caught in regular maintenance done on the plane, which raised questions about the adequacy of the maintenance schedule. The last time those key engine mount parts were examined closely was in October 2021, and the plane wasnt due for another detailed inspection for roughly 7,000 more takeoffs and landings.The 34-year-old MD-11 plane only got 30 feet (9.1 meters) off the ground before crashing into several industrial buildings just past the runway and generating a massive fireball that could be seen for miles. Dramatic videos of the crash showed the plane on fire as it plowed into buildings and released a massive plume of smoke.Airlines quit flying this type of plane commercially years ago because it isnt as efficient as newer models, but they had continued to fly for cargo carriers like UPS and FedEx and a few of these planes were also modified for use in firefighting. All the MD-11s that had been in use and 10 related DC-10s have been grounded since the crash. Its not clear when the cracks started to develop in the engine mounting pylon parts, but this crash is reminiscent of a 1979 crash in Chicago when the left engine flew off an American Airlines DC-10 during takeoff, killing 273 people. The DC-10 was the predecessor of the MD-11.That previous crash led to the worldwide grounding of 274 DC-10s. The airline workhorse was allowed to return to the skies because the NTSB determined that maintenance workers damaged the plane that crashed while improperly using a forklift to reattach the engine. That meant the crash wasnt caused by a fatal design flaw even though there had already been a number of accidents involving DC-10s. JOSH FUNK Funk is an Associated Press reporter who covers transportation including aviation safety and airlines along with all the major freight railroads. Funk also covers Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway, the impact of the ongoing bird flu outbreak, agriculture and other news out of the Midwest. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00161-3A rare sample from a woolly rhinoceroses reveals how the population changed in the lead-up to the species extinction.

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04164-4Fully stretchable organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have been limited by poor efficiency, in part because their elastic-polymer components hinder the harvesting of triplet-state quasiparticles that can be converted into light-emitting states. Fully stretchable OLEDs with unprecedented efficiencies have been developed that recycle triplets in an elastomer-tolerant manner.

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09923-xDisease course and pathology an infection may cause can change owing to the structural and functional physiological changes that accumulate with age, but therapy can be tailored accordingly; disease tolerance genes show antagonistic pleiotropy.

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09928-6Spatially variable surface-elevation changes across 40 global deltas using interferometric synthetic aperture radar are reported.

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09935-7The Assessing Genetic Diversity in Africa (AGenDA) project shares their processes, including community engagement, obtaining ethics approvals, navigating legal compliance and developing a common governance framework.

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This photo provided by NASA shows clockwise from bottom left are, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui gathering for a crew portrait wearing their Dragon pressure suits during a suit verification check inside the International Space Stations Kibo laboratory module, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (NASA via AP)2026-01-14T22:22:20Z CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) An astronaut in need of doctors care departed the International Space Station with three crewmates on Wednesday in NASAs first medical evacuation.The four returning astronauts from the U.S., Russia and Japan are aiming for an early Thursday morning splashdown in the Pacific near San Diego with SpaceX. The decision cuts short their mission by over a month. Our timing of this departure is unexpected, NASA astronaut Zena Cardman said before the return trip, but what was not surprising to me was how well this crew came together as a family to help each other and just take care of each other.Officials refused to identify the astronaut who needed care last week and would not divulge the health concerns. The ailing astronaut is stable, safe and well cared for, outgoing space station commander Mike Fincke said earlier this week via social media. This was a deliberate decision to allow the right medical evaluations to happen on the ground, where the full range of diagnostic capability exists. Launched in August, Cardman, Fincke, Japans Kimiya Yui and Russias Oleg Platonov should have remained on the space station until late February. But on Jan. 7, NASA abruptly canceled the next days spacewalk by Cardman and Fincke and later announced the crews early return. Officials said the health problem was unrelated to spacewalk preparations or other station operations, but offered no other details, citing medical privacy. They stressed it was not an emergency situation.NASA said it would stick to the same entry and splashdown procedures at flights end, with the usual assortment of medical experts aboard the recovery ship in the Pacific. It was another middle-of-the-night crew return for SpaceX, coming less than 11 hours after undocking from the space station. NASA said it was not yet known how quickly all four would be flown from California to Houston, home to Johnson Space Center and the base for astronauts. One U.S. and two Russian astronauts remain aboard the orbiting lab, just 1 1/2 months into an eight-month mission that began with a Soyuz rocket liftoff from Kazakhstan. NASA and SpaceX are working to move up the launch of a fresh four-person crew from Florida, currently targeted for mid-February. Computer modeling predicted a medical evacuation from the space station every three years, but NASA hasnt had one in its 65 years of human spaceflight. The Russians have not been as fortunate. In 1985, Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Vasyutin came down with a serious infection or related illness aboard his countrys Salyut 7 space station, prompting an early return. A few other Soviet cosmonauts encountered less serious health issues that shortened their flights.It was the first spaceflight for Cardman, a 38, biologist and polar explorer who missed out on spacewalking, as well as Platonov, 39, a former fighter pilot with the Russian Air Force who had to wait a few extra years to get to space because of an undisclosed health issue. Cardman should have launched last year but was bumped to make room on the way down for NASAs Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who were stuck nearly a year at the space station because of Boeings capsule problems. Fincke, 58, a retired Air Force colonel, and Yui, 55, a retired fighter pilot with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, were repeat space fliers. Finke has spent 1 1/2 years in orbit over four missions and conducted nine spacewalks on previous flights, making him one of NASAs top performers. Last week, Yui celebrated his 300th day in space over two station stays, sharing stunning views of Earth, including Japans Mount Fuji and breathtaking auroras. I want to burn it firmly into my eyes, and even more so, into my heart, Yui said on the social platform X. Soon, I too will become one of those small lights on the ground.NASA officials had said it was riskier to leave the astronaut in space without proper medical attention for another month than to temporarily reduce the size of the space station crew by more than half. Until SpaceX delivers another crew, NASA said it will have to stand down from any routine or even emergency spacewalks, a two-person job requiring backup help from crew inside the orbiting complex. The medical evacuation was the first major decision by NASAs new administrator Jared Isaacman. The billionaire founder of a payment processing company and two-time space flier assumed the agencys top job in December.The health and the well-being of our astronauts is always and will be our highest priority, Isaacman said in announcing the decision last week.___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institutes Department of Science Education and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00061-6A ferocious surge of flu cases is linked in part to a variant that has not been dominant in the past few years resulting in a waning of natural immunity.

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09961-5Single strontium atoms are trapped in optical tweezer arrays generated via holographic metasurfaces, overcoming a critical barrier to realizing scalable neutral-atom quantum technologies.

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09940-wIn mice, a SPOCD1TPR-dependent nowhere-to-hide mechanism is required for complete non-stochastic piRNA-directed LINE1 DNA methylation by preventing transposons from escaping surveillance within heterochromatin.

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09926-8Integrating computational analyses of T cell exhaustion and mitochondrial fitness atlases with in vivo CRISPR screens has identified KLHL6 as a dual-negative regulator of both exhaustion differentiation and mitochondrial dysfunction, highlighting its potential as a target to enhance anti-tumour immunity.

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00058-1The outlook has brightened for federal science budgets, but political appointees are likely to have a big say in how that funding is spent.

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Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09945-5N1-Methylpseudouridine enhances the translation of synthetic mRNAs, independently of innate immunity.

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04089-yAnalysis indicates that the light from little red dots is generated by young supermassive black holes obscured by dense clouds of gas.

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09900-4The highest-quality JWST spectra reveal that little red dots are young supermassive black holes shrouded in dense cocoons of ionized gas, where electron scattering, not Doppler motions, broadens their spectral lines.

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00006-zTrust in science needs researchers, journals and institutions to correct the scientific record quickly and transparently when errors are found.

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09933-9CLASSIC is a high-throughput genetic profiling platform that combines long- and short-read next-generation-sequencing modalities to quantitatively assess pools of constructs of arbitrary length containing diverse genetic part compositions.

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Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00016-xHuman memory often needs to link specific items to the situation in which they feature. Brain recordings reveal that two distinct groups of neurons respond to stimuli and contextual information. These groups then cooperate to form flexible memories, rather than individual neurons encoding both signal types.

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00159-xA gene that protects against sepsis in young mice raises the risk of death in older mice with the condition.

Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00069-ySymmetrical arrangements of botanical motifs indicate a grasp of spatial division long before the advent of formal written numbers.

In a thriller at Stamford Bridge, Mikel Arteta's Arsenal took a major step toward ending a major trophy drought.