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    'You should've never been born': How Buss family infighting drove the $10B sale of the Lakers
    The post-Jerry Buss era was defined by resentment, dysfunction and conflict -- and ended with the loss of the most valuable family-owned franchise in the world.
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    Introducing the HOF Class of 2026: Why Carlos Beltran and Andruw Jones are Hall of Famers
    Cooperstown welcomed two new players Tuesday night. Here's why the center fielders are headed to the Hall.
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    Ranking the top 50 players in the Olympics: Why MacKinnon is No. 1
    As 12 teams face off for gold in Milan Cortina, here are the players who will have the biggest impact.
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    How to bet the American Express: Is it worth betting on Scottie Scheffler to win?
    The second stop of the PGA Tour brings us short, scorable courses and Scottie Scheffler's first start.
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    Inside Trumps Campaign to Tame Higher Education
    Donald J. Trump has unleashed the power of the presidency against American colleges, with mixed results.
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    Miami Beach Nightclub Is Condemned for Playing Kanye Wests Song Heil Hitler
    The club, Vendme, was hosting several right-wing influencers, including Andrew and Tristan Tate, the brothers who are being investigated in Europe in connection with human trafficking.
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    Cubans in Florida Are Being Deported in Record Numbers
    Cubans had long benefited from legal privileges unavailable to immigrants from other countries. President Trump has changed that.
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    US futures climb and gold hits another record as markets steady ahead of Trumps speech at Davos
    Options trader Phil Fracassini works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)2026-01-21T04:51:46Z Follow live updates on President Donald Trump and his administration Global markets mostly declined Wednesday while trading on Wall Street stabilized somewhat ahead of U.S. President Donald Trumps speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average each ticked down 0.1% before the bell, while Nasdaq futures retreated 0.3%. All three indices are coming off steep losses from a day earlier after Trump threatened to slap higher tariffs on eight European countries over their opposition to his push for U.S. control of Greenland. Gold prices crossed the $4,800 mark for the first time, gaining 2.2% to $4,873 per ounce as money flowed into assets considered to be safe havens at times of uncertainty. Trumps plane landed in Switzerland following hours of delay after a minor electrical issue aboard Air Force One forced a return to Washington to switch aircraft. Trump told reporters he planned to highlight his administrations accomplishments during his speech later Wednesday to world leaders, elites and billionaires gathered in Davos. U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who spoke on a panel on Tuesday, said the U.S. message was that globalization has failed. Trump has said he will impose 10% tariffs on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland beginning in February. That would be on top of a 15% tariff specified by a trade agreement with the European Union that has yet to be ratified. European leaders have hit back as Washingtons relations with its Western allies sour, considering countermeasures, including perhaps slow-walking ratification of the trade agreement or ordering retaliatory tariffs, analysts say.In equities markets, Netflix tumbled 7.2% after the streaming service reported slowing subscriber growth last year, underscoring the importance of its contested $72 billion bid to take over Warner Bros. movie studio and HBO Max. Netflix topped Wall Streets fourth-quarter sales and profit forecasts, but the companys subscriber growth fell to 23 million in 2025, down from a gain of 41 million in 2024.Kraft-Heinz tumbled 5.5% after Berkshire Hathaway warned investors Tuesday that it may be interested in selling its 325 million shares in the name brand food giant that former CEO Warren Buffett helped create back in 2015. Berkshire took a $3.76 billion write-down on its Kraft-Heinz stake last summer. Buffett said last fall that he was disappointed in Kraft Heinz plan to split the company in two, and Berkshires two representatives resigned from the Kraft board last spring.In energy markets, U.S. benchmark crude oil lost 71 cents to $59.65 per barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, shed 88 cents to $64.04 per barrel. Natural gas futures are up more than 8% Wednesday and have soared 30% in less than a week as a cold snap and brutal storms hit large swaths of the U.S.At midday in Europe, Germanys DAX shed 1% while the CAC 40 in Paris and Britains FTSE 100 each dipped 0.3%.In Asian trading, Tokyos Nikkei 225 slipped 0.4% to 52,774.64. Markets in Japan have been riled both by geopolitical uncertainty and by domestic issues. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has called a snap election for Feb. 8, sending yields of long-term government bonds to record levels. The assumption is that Takaichi, who is capitalizing on strong public support ratings to try to consolidate a majority for her Liberal Democratic Party, will cut taxes and boost spending, adding to the challenges Japan faces in handling its massive government debt. The yield on the 40-year Japanese government bond was trading at 4.061% early Wednesday, down from the all-time high of 4.22% that it hit on Tuesday. South Koreas Kospi gained 0.5% to 4,909.93.Hong Kongs Hang Seng rebounded to add 0.4% to 26,585.06. The Shanghai Composite index edged 0.1% higher, to 4,116.94.In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 gave back 0.4% to 8,782.90.Taiwans Taiex fell 1.6% and Indias Sensex lost 0.4%. CHAN HO-HIM Chan covers China business, economy and finance for The Associated Press, reporting on key sectors from technology to trade. He is based in Hong Kong. mailto
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    Comic-Con Bans AI Art After Artist Pushback
    San Diego Comic-Con changed an AI art friendly policy following an artist-led backlash last week. It was a small victory for working artists in an industry where jobs are slipping away as movie and video game studios adopt generative AI tools to save time and money.Every year, tens of thousands of people descend on San Diego for Comic-Con, the worlds premier comic book convention that over the years has also become a major pan-media event where every major media company announces new movies, TV shows, and video games. For the past few years, Comic-Con has allowed some forms of AI-generated art at this art show at the convention. According to archived rules for the show, artists could display AI-generated material so long as it wasnt for sale, was marked as AI-produced, and credited the original artist whose style was used.Material produced by Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be placed in the show, but only as Not-for-Sale (NFS). It must be clearly marked as AI-produced, not simply listed as a print. If one of the parameters in its creation was something similar to Done in the style of, that information must be added to the description. If there are questions, the Art Show Coordinator will be the sole judge of acceptability, Comic-Cons art show rules said until recently.These rules have been in place since at least 2024, but anti-AI sentiment is growing in the artistic community and an artist-led backlash against Comic-Cons AI-friendly language led to the convention quietly changing the rules. Twenty-four hours after artists called foul the AI-friendly policy, Comic-Con updated the language on its site. Material created by Artificial Intelligence (AI) either partially or wholly, is not allowed in the art show, it now says. AI is now banned at the art show.Comic and concept artist Tiana Oreglia told 404 Media Comic-Cons friendly attitude towards AI was a slippery slope towards normalization. I think we should be standing firm especially with institutions like Comic-Con which are quite literally built off the backs of artists and the creative community, she said. Oreglia was one of the first artists to notice the AI-friendly policy. In addition to alerting her circle of friends, she also wrote a letter to Comic-Con itself.Artist Karla Ortiz told 404 Media she learned about the AI-friendly policy after some fellow artists shared it with her. Ortiz is a major artist who has worked with some of the major studios who exhibit work at Comic-Con. Shes also got a large following on social media, a following she used to call out Comic-Cons organizers.Comic-con deciding to allow GenAi imagery in the art showgiving valuable space to GenAi users to show slop right NEXT to actual artists who worked their asses off to be thereis a disgrace! Ortiz said in a post on Bluesky. A tone deaf decision that rewards and normalizes exploitative GenAi against artists in their own spaces!According to Ortiz, the convention is a sacred place she didnt want to see desecrated by AI. Comic-Con is the big mecca for comic artists, illustrators, and writers, she said. I organize and speak with a lot of different artists on the generative AI issue. Its something that impacts us and impacts our lives. A lot of us have decided: No, were not going to sit by the sidelines.Oritz explained that generative AI was already impacting the livelihood of working artists. She said that, in the past, artists could sustain themselves on long projects for companies that included storyboarding and design. Suddenly the duration of projects are cut, she said. They got generative AI to generate a bunch of references, a bunch of boards. We already did the initial ideation, so just paint this. Paint what generative AI has generated for us.Ortiz pointed to two high profile examples: Marvel using AI to make the title sequence for Secret Invasion and Coca-Cola using AI to make Christmas commercials. You have this encroaching exploitative technology impacting almost every single level of the entertainment industry, whether youre a writer, or a voice actor, or a musician, a painter, a concept artist, an illustrator. It doesnt matterand then to have Comic-Con, that place thats supposed to be a gathering and a celebration of said creatives and their work, suddenly put on a pedestal the exploitative technology that only functions because of its training on our works? Its upsetting beyond belief.What is Comic-Con trying to tell the industry? She said, Its telling artists: Hey you, youre exploitable and youre replaceable.Ortiz was heartened that Comic-Con changed its policy. It was such a relief, she said. Generative AI is still going to creep its nasty way in some way or another, but at least its not something we have to take lying down. Its something we can actively speak out against.Comic-Con did not respond to 404 Medias request for comment, but Oreglia said she did hear back from art show organizer Glen Wooten. He basically told me that they put those AI stipulations in when AI was just starting to come around and that the inability to sell AI-generated works was meant to curtail people from submitting genAI works, she said. He seems to be very against genAI but wasn't really able to change the current policy until artists voiced their opinions loudly which pressured the office into banning AI completely.Despite changing policies and broad anti-AI sentiment among the artistic community, Oreglia has still seen an uptick of AI art at conventions. Although there are many cons that ban it outright and if you get caught selling it you basically will get banned. This happened to a vendor at Dragon Con last September. Organizers called police to escort the vendor off the premises.And I was tabling at Fanexpo SF and definitely saw genAI in the dealers hall, none in the artists alley as far as I could see though but I mostly stuck to my table, she said. I was also at Emerald City Comic Con last year and they also have a no-ai policy but fanexpo doesn't seem to have those same policies as far as I know.AI image generators are trained on original artwork so whatever output a tool like Midjourney creates is based on an artists work, often without compensation or credit. Oreglia also said she feels that AI is an artistic dead end. Everything interesting, uplifting, and empowering I find about art gets stripped away and turned into vapid facsimiles based on vibes and trendy aesthetics, she said.
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    The rich stopped buying yachts the year time went on sale
    Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03605-4Second thoughts.
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    MMA Rank 50-1: Which stars could shine the brightest in 2026?
    Makhachev, Topruia or Chimaev? ESPN ranks the top 50 fighters in MMA based on how they will perform in 2026.
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    Vincius Jnior's future at Real Madrid: Stay, exit or run contract down?
    Vincius Jnior has returned to form for Real Madrid, but what should he do about his future at the club? Here are his options.
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    'Hire and fire': The exhausting job of a soccer manager in 2026
    Europe's coaching merry-go-round is in full swing. So, what's it like to be on the receiving end of that pressure?
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    Power Rankings: Iowa, Ohio State soar into top 10 -- but can they stay there?
    The Big Ten and Big 12 are winners as Ohio State, Iowa and Baylor crack the top 10. UConn stays No. 1.
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    Stacking the NBA's most valuable players at 10 distinct skills: Where SGA ranks No. 1
    Who needs the eye test? This metric shows the NBA's best players at several categories based on every line of the play-by-play.
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    Michele Tafoya Announces Senate Run in Minnesota
    Ms. Tafoya, once a sideline reporter for N.F.L. games, has more recently turned her focus to Republican politics. She is seeking an open seat now held by a Democrat.
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    Red House
    Four-window square house complete with chimney smoke, two stick parents, and a large sun.Reference #84067The post Red House appeared first on The Onion.
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    Mary Hill and Becca Cox
    The couple wed Saturday after realizing they could not, in fact, get the venue and vendor deposits back.The post Mary Hill and Becca Cox appeared first on The Onion.
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    Dwayne Johnson Intrigued After Learning About Special Trophy For Good Actors
    LOS ANGELESLeaning forward in his seat as a number of questions raced through his mind, Dwayne Johnson was reportedly intrigued Monday after learning there was a special trophy for good actors.Huh, interestingand you said they give them out every year? asked Johnson, who frowned as he racked his brain in an attempt to recall if any of the orange blimps, WWE belts, or other assorted awards on display in his study had been given to him by the academy his dinner companions had mentioned. So the statue is a man, but do you have to be a man to earn one? No? I see, I see. Well, how good of an actor do you have to be? Really good, or just good-good? Is there a certain movie you need to be in?At press time, reports confirmed the veteran pro wrestler was even more confused after being told that sometimes an actor didnt even need to be good to receive one.The post Dwayne Johnson Intrigued After Learning About Special Trophy For Good Actors appeared first on The Onion.
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    Health Experts Warn Americans Not Sensually Eating Enough Fruit
    CHICAGOCalling attention to the startling lack of tied-up cherry stems in the average diet, health experts from the American Medical Association warned Tuesday that Americans were not sensually eating enough fruit.While its recommended that adults erotically suck on at least two pieces of fruit daily, many people are falling far short of that, said Dr. Logan Toledano, emphasizing how essential it is for overall health and well-being to sumptuously lick a strawberry in a slow, circular motion before taking a big, wet bite. Over the past 20 years, weve seen a marked decline in the amount of peach juice dripping down cleavage. While some might prefer to run their tongue up and down a melting ice cream cone or eat sushi off a bare stomach, theres simply no replacement for moaning with tantalizing pleasure while eating grapes.Toledano added that Americans could easily introduce more succulent fruit into their diet by deep-throating a banana.The post Health Experts Warn Americans Not Sensually Eating Enough Fruit appeared first on The Onion.
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    From the NFL sidelines to a US Senate race: Michele Tafoyas new play
    NBC Sports reporter Michele Tafoya is seen before an NFL football game between the New Orleans Saints and the Buffalo Bills, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Tyler Kaufman, File)2026-01-21T14:35:29Z MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya launched her campaign for the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, hoping to win the Republican nomination for the Minnesota seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Sen. Tina Smith.For years, I covered the biggest football games in America, Tafoya said in a video posted on social media. I walked the sidelines when the pressure was mounting and the stakes were the highest. That job taught me about more than football. It taught me about how leadership really works. When leaders are prepared and accountable, teams succeed. When they arent, people pay the price.Tafoya, whos long been active in Minnesota Republican politics, is best known for her work from 2011-2022 as a sideline reporter for NBCs Sunday Night Football. Other Republicans in the race include former NBA player Royce White, who lost to U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar in 2024, and military veterans Adam Schwarze and Tom Weiler.On the Democratic side, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan are competing for their partys nomination to succeed Smith, who announced last February that she wouldnt seek another term. 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
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    Rome pays its last tribute to fashion emperor Valentino in a two-day public viewing
    Flowers and messages are placed in front of the Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti foundation headquarters during the lying in state of the fashion designer Valentino Garavani in Rome, Wednesday Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)2026-01-21T09:37:04Z ROME (AP) Rome is paying its final tribute to legendary designer Valentino, who made his high-glamour gowns and trademark shade of red an iconic symbol of Italian elegance.Valentino Garavani, who died aged 93 at his Rome residence on Monday, built his house in the Italian capital, where he will be lying in state at his foundation in Piazza Mignanelli on Wednesday and Thursday, just a few steps away from the world-known Spanish Steps.His funeral will be held on Friday in the Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri in central Rome. The jet-set Italian designer, universally known by his first name, was adored by generations of royals, first ladies and movie stars, from Jackie Kennedy Onassis to Julia Roberts and Queen Rania of Jordan, who swore the designer always made them look and feel their best. The coffin of fashion designer Valentino Garavani arrives for the lying in state at the Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti foundation headquarters in central Rome, Wednesday Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) The coffin of fashion designer Valentino Garavani arrives for the lying in state at the Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti foundation headquarters in central Rome, Wednesday Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Hundreds of fashion celebrities, authorities and Roman citizens lined up to honor the last emperor of Italian fashion during the public viewing. He always maintained his atelier in Rome, while he mostly unveiled his collections in Paris.Mourners waited in line to enter the headquarters of Valentinos foundation and stop for a few moments in front of his coffin, adorned with just one red rose and surrounded by white flowers. Only his closest relatives and friends sat on both sides of the coffin, including his two beloved fawn-colored pugs.Hailing him as one of Italys most luminous and beloved figures, Romes mayor, Roberto Gualtieri, underlined the designers strong links with the Italian capital. Alessandro Michele, the current creative director of the Valentino fashion house, said the Maestro would be irreplaceable, but left a sound heritage. Hes been a great example of life, Michele told reporters before entering the foundation for his last salute. He came from afar and built something immense.Never one for edginess or statement dressing, Valentinos nearly half-century career stretched from his early days in Rome in the 1960s through to his retirement in 2008. He founded the house of Valentino on Romes central Via Condotti in 1959. Models take to the runway after the presentation of Italian fashion designer Valentinos Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2008 collection, in Paris, Jan. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File) Models take to the runway after the presentation of Italian fashion designer Valentinos Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2008 collection, in Paris, Jan. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Valentinos fail-safe designs made him the king of the red carpet, the go-to man for A-listers awards ceremony needs.His sumptuous gowns have graced countless Academy Awards, notably in 2001, when Roberts wore a vintage black and white column to accept her best actress statue. Cate Blanchett also wore Valentino a one-shouldered number in butter-yellow silk when she won the Oscar for best supporting actress in 2005.
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    EU lawmakers vote to hold up Mercosur trade agreement over legal concerns
    A protestor wears a shirt which reads "Mercosur-danger on our dinner plate" as he participates in a demonstration against the EU-Mercusor trade agreement, outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Pascal Bastien)2026-01-21T12:31:18Z BRUSSELS (AP) European Union lawmakers on Wednesday voted to hold up ratification of a major free trade agreement with the Mercosur group of South American countries over concerns about the legality of the deal.In a vote in Strasbourg, France, lawmakers narrowly approved sending the EU-Mercosur agreement to Europes top court to rule on whether it is in line with the blocs treaties. The result was 334 votes in favor to 324 against, with 11 abstentions.The assembly cannot vote to approve the pact until the European Court of Justice has ruled, and this could take months.The long sought-after free trade agreement was signed into effect on Saturday. Twenty-five years in the making, it aimed to strengthen commercial ties in the face of rising protectionism and trade tensions around the world.The deal was seen as a central priority of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who shepherded it through a key vote on Jan. 9 among the EUs 27 leaders. The more trading partners we have world-wide, the more independent we are, von der Leyen said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, pointing to Mercosur and another trade deal in the works with India. Supported by South Americas cattle-raising countries and European industrial interests, the accord is aimed at gradually eliminating more than 90% of tariffs on goods ranging from Argentine beef to German cars, creating one of the worlds largest free trade zones and making shopping cheaper for more than 700 million consumers. France, Europes major agricultural producer, wanted stronger protections for farmers and has sought to delay the pact. Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot welcomed the parliaments vote, saying in a social media post that the assembly expressed itself in line with the position that we have defended. France takes responsibility for saying no when it has to, and history often proves it right. The fight continues. The European Commission said that it strongly regrets the parliaments decision. However, the EUs powerful executive branch can provisionally apply the deal until then. EU leaders are expected to discuss the way ahead at an emergency summit focused on transatlantic relations on Thursday.In a post on social media, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz described the EU parliaments decision as regrettable.It misjudges the geopolitical situation. We are convinced of the legality of the agreement. No further delays. The agreement must now be applied provisionally, Merz wrote.Bernd Lange, head of the parliaments committee on trade, said the vote was absolutely irresponsible and very harmful for our economic interests. Opponents should simply vote against ratification instead of using delaying tactics under the guise of legal review, he wrote on X.Ratification is considered all but guaranteed in South America, where the agreement has broad support.Mercosur consists of the regions two biggest economies, Argentina and Brazil, as well as Paraguay and Uruguay. Bolivia, the blocs newest member, is not included the trade deal, but could join in the coming years. Venezuela has been suspended from the bloc and is not included in the agreement.-AP writers Sam McNeil in Brussels and David McHugh in Frankfurt, Germany contributed. RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site
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    HAM Radio Operators in Belarus Arrested, Face the Death Penalty
    The Belarusian government is threatening three HAM radio operators with the death penalty, detained at least seven people, and has accused them of intercepting state secrets, according to Belarusian state media, independent media outside of Belarus, and the Belarusian human rights organization Viasna. The arrests are an extreme attack on what is most often a wholesome hobby that has a history of being vilified by authoritarian governments in part because the technology is quite censorship resistant.The detentions were announced last week on Belarusian state TV, which claimed the men were part of a network of more than 50 people participating in the amateur radio hobby and have been accused of both espionage and treason. Authorities there said they seized more than 500 pieces of radio equipment. The men were accused on state TV of using radio to spy on the movement of government planes, though no actual evidence of this has been produced.State TV claimed they were associated with the Belarusian Federation of Radioamateurs and Radiosportsmen (BFRR), a long-running amateur radio club and nonprofit that holds amateur radio competitions, meetups, trainings, and forums. WhatsApp and email requests to the BFRR from 404 Media were not returned.On Reddit, Siarhei Besarab, a Belarusian HAM radio operator, posted a plea for support from others in the hobby: MAYDAY from Belarus: Licensed operators facing death penalty.I am writing this because my local community is being systematically liquidated in what I can only describe as a targeted intellectual genocide, Besarab wrote. They have detained over 50 licensed people, including callsigns EW1ABT, EW1AEH, and EW1ACE. These men were paraded on state television like war criminals and were coerced to publicly repent for the "crime" of technical curiosity. Propagandists presented the Belarusian Federation of Radioamateurs and Radiosportsmen (BFRR) as a front for a massive spy network.State propaganda unironically claims these men were pumping state secrets out of the air using nothing more than basic $25 Baofeng handhelds and consumer-grade SDR dongles, he added. Any operator knows that hardware like this is physically incapable of cracking the modern AES-256 digital encryption used by government security forces. It is a technical fraud, yet they are being charged with High Treason and Espionage. The punishment in Belarus for these charges is life in prison or the death penalty.The Belarusian human rights group Viasna and its associated Telegram channel confirmed the detention and said that it spoke to a cellmate of Andrei Repetsi, who said that Repetsi was unable to talk about his case in jail: The case is secret, so Andrei never told the essence of the case in the cell. He joked that his personal file was marked Top secret. Burn before reading, Viasna wrote.Most HAMs operate amateur radios for fun, as part of competitions, or to keep in touch with other HAMs around the world. But the hobby has a long history of being attacked by governments in part because it is resistant to censorship. Amateur radio often works even if a natural disaster or political action takes down internet, cell, and phone services, so it is popular among people interested in search and rescue and doomsday prepping. Amateur radio has been used to share information out of Cuba, for example, and in 2021 the Cuban government jammed HAM radio frequencies during anti-government protests there.
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    Why ADHD goes undiagnosed in girls
    Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00098-7Differences in how the condition presents in girls, and co-occurring psychiatric conditions, make detection more difficult.
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    ADHD treatments move beyond stimulants
    Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00095-wResearchers are developing drugs to broaden the options on available therapies.
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    Is paracetamol in pregnancy a risk factor for ADHD?
    Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00097-8A common pain reliever taken in pregnancy might raise the risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to research in the past decade. But proof of cause and effect remains elusive.
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    Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00099-6Key studies and trials examine genetic mutations, the impact on life expectancy, cognitive impairments and other aspects of this condition.
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    Untangling the connection between dopamine and ADHD
    Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00094-xDopamine signals have long been a target for ADHD treatments. Now, researchers are learning how the neurotransmitter influences the condition.
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    NBA Power Rankings: Biggest questions for all 30 teams at midseason
    What are the biggest questions hovering above all 30 teams midway through the season, and where do the teams land in this week's rankings?
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    Why teens with ADHD are so vulnerable to the perils of social media
    Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00096-9For many young people with the condition, screen interactions are especially hard to resist and intensify the mental-health challenges they face.
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    ADHD is on the rise, but why?
    Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00093-yThe more we learn, the less we seem to understand this condition.
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    Publisher Correction: Multiple oestradiol functions inhibit ferroptosis and acute kidney injury
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    Widespread Winter Storm Is Forecast to Bring Heavy Snow to Central and Eastern US
    People across a large section of the central and eastern United States are facing predictions for heavy snow and ice starting Friday.
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    Mediaite Starts a Newsletter to Summarize Media Newsletters
    A new daily email from Mediaite intends to cut through the cacophony of online media news.
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    Prince Harry Gives Emotional Testimony About Effects of U.K. News Coverage
    Harry said in court that reading articles about him published by Associated Newspapers, which he has accused of acting unlawfully, had been traumatic.
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    After Maduros Last Dance, a New Rhythm Goes Viral in Venezuela
    For years, Nicols Maduro and his movement used song and dance to rally support. Now, millions of Venezuelans are dancing to a different political tune.
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    Trumps Dear Jonas Letter Is No Prize
    We have three years left with a mad king. It doesnt feel sustainable.
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