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Texas sends voter rolls to DOJ to look for ineligible registrations

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Texas sends voter rolls to DOJ to look for ineligible registrations

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday said the state was sending its voter rolls to the Justice Department to check for potential ineligible registrations.Abbott confirmed the state’s move in a post on X, writing that only American citizens can vote in the Lone Star State."Texas sent the Justice Department a list of the state’s registered voters last month," the post read. "We want our voter rolls to be checked for […]

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Grocery chain launches massive expansion with 180 new US stores

Business

Grocery chain launches massive expansion with 180 new US stores

Budget-friendly grocery chain Aldi is expanding its footprint in the U.S.The company announced on Monday that it plans to open more than 180 stores by the end of 2026, pushing its total footprint to nearly 2,800 this year. Its goal is to operate about 3,200 stores by the end of 2028.As part of the company's growth plans over the next five years, it will enter the Colorado market for the […]

todayJanuary 12, 2026 6

Barry Morphew expected to enter plea in wife’s killing years after her disappearance

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Barry Morphew expected to enter plea in wife’s killing years after her disappearance

Barry Morphew, accused of killing his wife Suzanne Morphew, is back in court Monday for the first time in months, as prosecutors and defense attorneys prepare for the next phase of a case that began with her disappearance on Mother’s Day 2020.Morphew is expected to enter a plea in an Alamosa County courtroom on first-degree murder charges tied to his wife’s death.Suzanne disappeared from the couple’s home in Chaffee County […]

todayJanuary 12, 2026 6

Robots that feel pain react faster than humans

Tech/Gear

Robots that feel pain react faster than humans

Touch something hot, and your hand snaps back before you even think. That split second matters.Sensory nerves in your skin send a rapid signal to your spinal cord, which triggers your muscles right away. Your brain catches up later. Most robots cannot do this. When a humanoid robot touches something harmful, sensor data usually travels to a central processor, waits for analysis and then sends instructions back to the motors. […]

todayJanuary 12, 2026 5

GOP attorneys general, female athletes spotlight women’s sports cases ahead of SCOTUS arguments

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GOP attorneys general, female athletes spotlight women’s sports cases ahead of SCOTUS arguments

A group of Republican attorneys general and female sports advocates gathered Monday in Washington, D.C., to call on the Supreme Court to give states the ability to set sex-based rules for school athletics.The group, which included former college swimmer turned activist Riley Gaines, said a decision by the high court in a pair of cases examining transgender athletes in school sports would serve to preserve fairness in women’s sports.The Supreme […]

todayJanuary 12, 2026 6

Dems who praised cop for killing J6 protester now condemn ICE for shooting MN agitator

Politics

Dems who praised cop for killing J6 protester now condemn ICE for shooting MN agitator

Democrats have come out against federal law enforcement's use of lethal force following shootings involving federal immigration officials in Minneapolis and Portland last week, with some going so far as to accuse them of murder. However, their attitudes about lethal force after a U.S. Capitol police officer killed Ashli Babbitt paint a very different picture of these Democrats' views on police using lethal force. As recently as this year, Democratic House Minority […]

todayJanuary 12, 2026 4

Trump declares himself Venezuela’s ‘acting president’ in online post after Maduro ouster

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Trump declares himself Venezuela’s ‘acting president’ in online post after Maduro ouster

President Donald Trump branded himself as the "president" of Venezuela in a social media post Sunday night, after signaling that the U.S. would oversee Caracas, Venezuela, for years. Trump shared a doctored image that looked like a Wikipedia page that identified him as "Acting President of Venezuela" since January 2026, after the U.S. conducted strikes in Venezuela and seized its dictator, Nicolás Maduro. Trump said Jan. 3 that the U.S. would run […]

todayJanuary 12, 2026 3

Florida Lt Gov Jay Collins jumps into Sunshine State gubernatorial race to succeed Ron DeSantis

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Florida Lt Gov Jay Collins jumps into Sunshine State gubernatorial race to succeed Ron DeSantis

Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins is mounting a gubernatorial bid on Monday, joining the field of candidates vying to succeed second-term Gov. Ron DeSantis."I’m running for Governor because leadership is forged under pressure, not in soundbites. I served over 23 years in the United States military, mainly as a Green Beret, where accountability is real, decisions have consequences, and service comes before self. That experience shaped how I lead and […]

todayJanuary 12, 2026 3

Anti-ICE agitators swarm vehicle of conservative influencer Nick Sortor

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Anti-ICE agitators swarm vehicle of conservative influencer Nick Sortor

Anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protesters in Minnesota swarmed the vehicle of conservative influencer Nick Sortor on Sunday, shouting at him and yelling expletives.Sortor said in a video posted on X that his car windows were smashed, and he was forced to drive away from the scene as protesters surrounded him."They then used vehicles to BLOCK US as we were running, forcing me to throw the truck off the road […]

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