Today is Monday, Jan. 5, the fifth day of 2026. There are 360 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 5, 1980, “Rapper’s Delight,” by The Sugarhill Gang, became the first hip-hop song to reach the Billboard … Continued
The 50th annual World Junior Championships were going to be different for Canada this year. After back-to-back quarterfinal exits viewed as something of a national catastrophe in a hockey-mad country, 2026 was a chance for the favored power to return … Continued
OWATONNA, Minn. — A Minnesota appellate court judge was ordered to serve probation after pleading guilty to driving while drunk. Renee Worke, age 67, of Owatonna, waived her right to a jury trial on Friday and pleaded guilty to one … Continued
The cases of Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan president, and his wife will move Monday from the secretive realm of military special operations into the mundane world of U.S. District Court in lower Manhattan, where at noon they are to stand … Continued
Venezuela’s ousted president, Nicolás Maduro, arrived in New York City late Saturday to be held on drug and weapon charges, hours after President Donald Trump said the United States had captured him and intended to “run the country.” The U.S. … Continued