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Google's corporate parent joins $4 trillion club as investors continue to bet on AI breakthroughs 01/12/2026 04:46pm • Google parent Alphabet Inc. on Monday became the fourth Big Tech powerhouse to be valued at $4 trillion, a once seemingly unfathomable milestone that's become more like a rite of passage amid an artificial intelligence arms race. Alphabet reached the threshold just four months after Google dodged th The Trevor Project receives $45M from MacKenzie Scott after difficult years and federal funding cuts 01/12/2026 04:31pm • The Trevor Project, known for its hotline for LGBTQ+ youth, received $45 million from billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025, the organization said Monday. The gift is the largest in the organization's history but also a major boon following years of management turmoil, layoffs a NASCAR's 'Chase' returns: What fans need to know about the 2026 format 01/12/2026 04:28pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� NASCAR's nearly two-year study into an overhaul of its championship-deciding format concluded Monday with the reveal that in 2026 the stock car series will return to a 10-race version closely resembling the very first iteration introduced 22 years ago. The system will return Thousands of nurses go on strike at several major New York City hospitals 01/12/2026 03:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Thousands of nurses in New York City went on strike Monday after negotiations through the weekend yielded no breakthroughs in disputes with three major hospital systems over staffing, benefits and other issues. ���Nurses on strike! ... Fair contract now!��� nurses shouted on a pic Why the Federal Reserve has historically been independent of the White House 01/12/2026 03:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Justice Department has threatened the Federal Reserve with a criminal indictment over the testimony of Fed Chair Jerome Powell this summer regarding its building renovations, Powell said over the weekend. It is a major escalation by the administration after repeated attempts Judge is asked for emergency hearing after Congress members blocked from ICE facility in Minneapolis 01/12/2026 03:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Trump administration secretly reimposed a policy limiting Congress members' access to immigration detention facilities a day after a federal immigration officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis, attorneys for several congressional Democrats said Monday in asking a federal Fire that killed 10 at an assisted living facility prompts Massachusetts to enact safety reforms 01/12/2026 02:41pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� Massachusetts is enacting a series of safety reforms at assisted living facilities including increased inspections and better access to records following a fire last year that killed 10 residents, the governor announced Monday. The recommendations, detailed in a report from the Assis Editorial Roundup: United States 01/12/2026 02:41pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 9 The Washington Post on national nutrition guidelines The Trump administration has flipped the national food pyramid as part of its campaign to ���Make America Healthy Again,��� and once again the new dietary guidelines recom California school district near Nevada caught up in a dispute over transgender athlete policies 01/12/2026 02:27pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� A Lake Tahoe school district is caught between California and Nevada's competing policies on transgender student athletes, a dispute that's poised to reorder where the district's students compete. High schools in California's Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District, set in A 13-win season and a division title provide 'a sturdy platform' for the Jaguars moving forward 01/12/2026 02:08pm • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) ��� Josh Hines-Allen exited Jacksonville���s locker room quicker than normal following a crushing loss to Buffalo in the AFC playoffs. He didn���t want to stick around for any emotional goodbyes. The seventh-year edge rusher enjoyed the Jaguars' surprising season that much an Allegiant Air to acquire Sun Country Airlines in $1.5B deal 01/12/2026 01:39pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Allegiant Air said it will acquire Sun Country Airlines in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $1.5 billion, including debt, in a move combining two low-cost U.S. carriers focused on leisure travel. Executives at both carriers said their route networks complement each other and Africa's megacity of Lagos reshapes its coast by dredging and puts environment at risk 01/12/2026 01:24pm • LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) ��� Beneath an eight-lane expressway, Nigerian men stand waist-deep in the Lagos Lagoon, lowering buckets into murky water. Each load brings up sand, reshaping the coastline of Africa���s largest city and driving away fish and livelihoods for some of its poorest people. Not far f Judge orders HHS to restore funding for children's health programs as lawsuit continues 01/12/2026 01:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore nearly $12 million in funding to the American Academy of Pediatrics, including money for rural health care and the early identification of disabilities in young children. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington, Young Americans are increasingly rejecting the Democratic and Republican parties, a new poll shows 01/12/2026 12:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Americans are increasingly rejecting the two major political parties, according to new polling. Just under half, 45%, of U.S. adults now identify as independents, a new Gallup survey found. That���s a substantial shift from 20 years ago, when closer to one-third of Americans said Iran's leadership is under pressure as protests continue. Here's what to know 01/12/2026 10:52am • LONDON (AP) ��� Iran���s leadership is under incredible pressure as the largest protests in years against the Islamic theocracy shake the country. Government hard-liners have threatened to attack the U.S. military and archrival Israel over support for the demonstrators, though for now President Dona