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More than 100,000 El Paso residents left with little to no water after main break

12 janvier 2026 à 21:35

Officials in Texas city issued boil water notice and set up water distribution centers after main line break on Saturday

More than 100,000 residents in the Texas border city of El Paso were left with little to no water after a main break over the weekend, and it was expected to take till midweek for operations to return to normal, officials said.

The break in the 36-inch water main line happened late Saturday night in El Paso, which has a population of about 700,000, officials said. Gilbert Trejo, an official with El Paso Water, called it “an event of unprecedented proportion”. He said the break was made even more impactful because of “the way the pipeline itself was designed along with how different connections of smaller lines were made to it”.

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© Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

© Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

Brooks Koepka returns to PGA Tour after $5m charitable donation

12 janvier 2026 à 21:16
  • PGA offers re-entry to LIV Golf players via new program

  • Koepka stands to miss out on at least $50m in equity

Brooks Koepka is returning to the PGA Tour just five weeks after bolting from LIV Golf, agreeing to a one-time program for elite players that comes with a financial penalty that could rank among the largest in sports.

Koepka plans to resume his PGA Tour career in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines at the end of the month. But he will not be eligible for PGA Tour equity grants for five years, he will not receive FedEx Cup bonus money in 2026 and he cannot play signature events unless he earns his way in.

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© Photograph: Gene J Puskar/AP

© Photograph: Gene J Puskar/AP

Suspected arsonist targeted Mississippi synagogue for its ‘Jewish ties’, FBI says

12 janvier 2026 à 21:15

Man charged with maliciously damaging building after blaze at historic Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson

The FBI says that a suspect in the arson fire at a historic Mississippi synagogue admitted to targeting the institution because of its “Jewish ties”.

Stephen Spencer Pittman was charged on Monday with maliciously damaging or destroying a building by means of fire or an explosive, the FBI said.

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© Photograph: Sophie Bates/AP

© Photograph: Sophie Bates/AP

Actor Timothy Busfield charged with child sexual abuse offense

12 janvier 2026 à 15:53

Emmy-winning actor and director allegedly touched child inappropriately on set of The Cleaning Lady TV series

Authorities in New Mexico issued an arrest warrant recently for the director and Emmy-winning actor Timothy Busfield to face a child sexual abuse charge.

An investigator with the Albuquerque police department filed a criminal complaint in support of the charge, which says a child reported that Busfield touched him inappropriately. The acts cited in the warrant – issued on Friday – allegedly occurred on the set of The Cleaning Lady, a TV series Busfield directed and acted in.

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© Photograph: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

© Photograph: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

Trick play helps 49ers eliminate Super Bowl champion Eagles from NFL playoffs

12 janvier 2026 à 02:18

Brock Purdy threw a go-ahead touchdown pass to Christian McCaffrey late in the fourth quarter, San Francisco used a trick play on a TD toss from wide receiver Jauan Jennings, and the 49ers eliminated the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles with a 23-19 wildcard victory on Sunday.

The 49ers head to top-seeded Seattle next weekend for an NFC divisional playoff game. The NFC West rivals split the season series.

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© Photograph: Chris Szagola/AP

© Photograph: Chris Szagola/AP

Three arrested after alleged racially motivated attack on Muslim religious leader in Victoria

Police allege a 47-year-old imam was assaulted after he and his wife were forced off the road by three people in Melbourne’s south-east

Three people have been arrested after a Muslim leader was allegedly forced from his car on a Melbourne freeway and punched in the face in what police say was a racially motivated attack.

The Bosnia-Herzegovina Islamic Society in Noble Park said its leader, Imam Ismet Purdic, and his wife who was also allegedly forced from the car, had suffered “profound trauma” as a result.

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© Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

© Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

Guard at Winter Olympic construction site dies in freezing conditions

11 janvier 2026 à 17:43
  • 55-year-old worker died during overnight shift

  • Temperatures plunged to -12C in Cortina d’Ampezzo

A guard at a construction site near a 2026 Winter Olympic venue in the mountain resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo died during a freezing overnight shift, authorities have confirmed. Italy’s infrastructure minister, Matteo Salvini, called for a full investigation into the circumstances of the 55-year-old worker’s death.

Italian media reported that the death occurred on Thursday while the worker was on duty at a construction site near Cortina’s ice arena. Temperatures that night plunged to -12C (10.4F).

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© Photograph: Andrew Medichini/AP

© Photograph: Andrew Medichini/AP

Federal judge blocks White House freeze of childcare subsidies in Democratic states

10 janvier 2026 à 15:53

Funding was paused because health department said benefits were going to people in country illegally

A federal judge ruled on Friday that the Trump administration cannot block federal money for childcare subsidies and other programs aimed at supporting low-income families with children from flowing to five Democratic-led states for now.

The states of California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York argued that a policy announced on Tuesday to freeze billions of dollars in funds for three grant programs was having an immediate impact on them and creating “operational chaos”. In court filings and a hearing earlier on Friday, the states contended that the government did not have a legal reason for withholding the money from them.

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© Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

© Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

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