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Couples opt for open-fire cooking for wedding meals

Some couples are forgoing traditional catering for meals cooked over open fires. Kyra Hodes and her husband, Danny Weir, were married in March at Garrett Field in Slidell, La., a venue that lacked an industrial kitchen, and they served a post-ceremony dinner for 145 guests prepared over an open fire

World

Man in his 50s found dead after tree falls on caravan in Helston

Independent.co reports a man in his 50s has been found dead after a tree fell on to a caravan in the Mawgan area of Helston, Devon and Cornwall Police said. Emergency services were called at around 7.35pm on Thursday and work took place on Friday to remove the

Culture

Times critics lay out their choices for Oscar nominees ahead of Jan. 22

The New York Times film critics Manohla Dargis and Alissa Wilkinson published their picks for who they think voters should nominate for this year’s Academy Awards; Academy Award nominations will be announced on Jan. 22. The critics identify several consensus selections: Paul Thomas Anderson for Best Director for One

Culture

Bob the Drag Queen 'fully obsessed' with League of Legends ahead of Broadway debut

Bob the Drag Queen said he is "fully obsessed" with the video game League of Legends as he prepares to make his Broadway debut in Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Jan. 27. He will play club owner Harold Zidler under his non-drag name, Caldwell Tidicue, he said in

Politics

Expert warns Trump’s Venezuela push and Maduro capture risk uncontrollable fallout

Time reports that Dominic Tierney, a scholar of war and regime change, warned that President Donald Trump’s push into Venezuela — including the capture of Venezuelan President Nicholás Maduro and repeated talk of the country’s oil — could produce unpredictable consequences. Tierney said the use of force is hard to

Health

Scientists raise concerns about H9N2 and other bird flu strains as H5N1 spreads

Researchers say several bird flu viruses — not just H5N1 — are prompting growing concern worldwide, and the Agriculture Department last month announced the first detection of H5N1 in a dairy herd in Wisconsin, the third wildlife-to-cattle spillover this year. A study published in November by researchers in Hong Kong found that

Crypto

Advocacy group runs prime-time ads pushing DeFi exclusion from Senate crypto bill

Beincrypto reports a new advocacy group has launched prime-time television ads urging lawmakers to exclude decentralized finance from the upcoming Senate crypto market-structure bill. The group, calling itself 'Investors for Transparency,' began airing spots during Fox News prime-time and urged viewers to pressure senators to remove DeFi provisions

Business

Brighty co-founder says startup has brokered 100+ apartment deals for HNWIs in Europe

Brighty co-founder Nikolay Denisenko said his startup has brokered over 100 deals for HNWIs to buy apartments in Europe. Denisenko is a former lead backend engineer at Revolut. The comment attributes the figure and the transactions to Denisenko in his role at Brighty. Key Topics Business, Brighty, Nikolay Denisenko, Revolut,

Culture

2000 Bruce Willis Comedy The Whole Nine Yards Returns to Free Streaming

Collider reports that The Whole Nine Yards, the 2000 crime comedy starring Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry, is now available to stream for free on Tubi. The article notes the film did just fine financially during a competitive box office weekend, even as critics were less convinced. The piece describes

Politics

Federal and local law enforcement ties strain after ICE shootings in Minneapolis and Portland

Cooperation between federal, state and local law enforcement is fraying after a series of shootings involving immigration agents, including an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis and a separate incident in Portland that wounded two people. State investigators said federal authorities excluded them

World

Iran braces for more anti-government protests as crackdown escalates

Iranian cities were braced for more nights of anti-government protests over the weekend, despite an escalating crackdown by authorities who have vowed to quell the unrest, The New York Times reported on Jan. 10, 2026. The demonstrations began in late December in response to a currency crisis and have since

Sports

Declan Rice banned from driving and fined after two speeding offences

According to Goal, Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice has been banned from driving for six months and fined after being caught speeding twice on the same road in the space of a week; he did not appear at Crawley Magistrates Court. The incidents were reported to have occurred near his reported

Tech

ZDNET highlights standout smart-home devices seen at CES 2026

ZDNET's reviewer spent CES 2026 on the show floor and compiled a selection of notable smart-home devices, saying the show emphasized smarter, more autonomous home tech and wider use of AI-driven features. Standouts described in the article include Roborock's Saros Rover, a wheel‑leg robot vacuum

Culture

Hounslow family photo captures siblings' goofy bond after mother's death

A photograph on the writer's desk shows them and their only sibling, probably aged six and 13, perched on the lurid bedspread of their grandparents' spare room in Hounslow, smiling from either side of a bootleg calendar image of supermodel Cindy Crawford. The brother is seven years

Culture

Jennifer Lawrence says she prefers sex scenes with strangers

Movieweb reports that Jennifer Lawrence says she prefers performing sex scenes with co‑stars she did not already know, adding "doing it with a stranger is preferable." Lawrence made the comments while discussing her role as Grace in Die My Love, a film in which her character’s

Culture

REM song helped former Children of God member leave commune in 1991

A former member of the Children of God says hearing REM’s song "Losing My Religion" pushed her to escape a commune in Japan in 1991. She had been living in the commune with about 200 other people and says the group preached the world would end in

Culture

Oprah’s Amazon winter picks include slippers, socks and cozy loungewear

People reports Oprah Winfrey has handpicked a selection of cozy winter must-haves available at Amazon, with prices starting at $17 and several items currently marked down. Highlights include Dearfoams Moritz ankle boot slippers ($35, orig. $70) — faux-fur lined with cushioned insoles described by a shopper as "like walking on

Crypto

Betterment warns users after fake crypto promotion urged sending BTC or ETH

Betterment warned users on Friday to disregard a crypto promotion message that circulated, calling it an unauthorized notification sent through a third-party system. Screenshots shared on Reddit showed the message urging recipients to send as much as $10,000 worth of Bitcoin (BTC) or Ether (ETH) to specified wallet addresses

Sports

Alcaraz and Sabalenka top seeds as Australian Open draw set for 15 January

Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka are the top seeds ahead of the Australian Open main draw in Melbourne, the Independent.co reports, with Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek the second seeds; the draw will take place on Thursday 15 January at 2:30pm local time (3:30am UK time) and

Business

When managers shirk sick-leave duties and middle managers bear the strain

A New York Times workplace column addressed two common office problems: a retail employee whose manager pressures staff to find their own sick‑day coverage, and a middle manager stuck between unhappy local workers and out‑of-touch corporate directives. In the retail case, the columnist noted that the employer’s

Culture

Wagner Moura nominated for Golden Globe for role in ‘The Secret Agent’

Wagner Moura, the Brazilian star of the political drama The Secret Agent, has earned a Golden Globe nomination for his lead performance in the film and is being discussed as a major Oscar contender. The Secret Agent, set in 1977 during Brazil’s military dictatorship, follows Armando, a widowed father

Culture

Meditation urged as a response to AI’s rise

Time published an essay arguing that meditation is essential in the age of artificial intelligence, as machines increasingly predict and perform tasks once considered uniquely human. The piece says AI’s speed, scale and lower cost promise progress but are also prompting economic disruption and a growing sense of anxiety,

Culture

Bruno Mars to Release First Solo Album in a Decade; Robyn and Jill Scott Also Have New Music

Bruno Mars will release his first solo album in a decade, The Romantic, on Feb. 27, and its lead single, "I Just Might," channels a 1960s Motown groove. Robyn announced her first album since 2018, due March 27, and released two new songs, "Talk to Me"

Crypto

BNY Mellon launches tokenized deposit service with Ripple Prime and Circle

Beincrypto reports BNY Mellon has launched a tokenized deposit service that allows institutional clients to convert cash into digital tokens on a private blockchain, and the platform is being tested by major crypto and financial firms including Ripple Prime and Circle. The bank said the hybrid structure keeps deposits recorded

Tech

Lenovo and Motorola unveil Qira AI assistant and Motorola's Project Maxwell

At CES, Lenovo and Motorola introduced Qira, an AI assistant designed to work across their ecosystem of devices, including smartphones, wearables, PCs and tablets. Lenovo says Qira goes beyond traditional chatbots by performing tasks across devices and apps — including transferring files both online and offline — and by acting as an