Day: January 4, 2026

Venezuelan leader Maduro lands in Manhattan after being captured by US forces on drug conspiracy charges

5:20 am January 4, 2026

Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, landed via helicopter at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) headquarters in Manhattan, New York, on Saturday evening, after being captured by U.S. forces at their South American compound earlier in the day. The couple will later be booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, a […]

Deadly ‘superbug’ is spreading across US as drug resistance grows, researchers warn

4:53 am January 4, 2026

A deadly, drug-resistant fungus already spreading rapidly through U.S. hospitals is becoming even more threatening worldwide, though there may be hope for new treatments, according to a new scientific review. Candida auris (C. auris), often described as a “superbug fungus,” is spreading globally and increasingly resisting human immune systems, Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and […]

Maduro jailed at New York detention center that held Diddy, Ghislaine Maxwell and Sam Bankman-Fried

4:09 am January 4, 2026

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will be behind bars at the same prison where Diddy and Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as other high-profile defendants were all housed while they awaited trial. A source told Fox News that Maduro will be detained at Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn, after the Venezuelan leader was captured in a “fortress”-like house […]

NBA shuts down Magic guard’s signature headband ritual at start of games

4:08 am January 4, 2026

Orlando Magic guard Jalen Suggs always began games with his headband around his neck and would move it to his head once he felt the flow of the game. The NBA reached out to Suggs and told the 24-year-old he could no longer wear his headband in his unique way, and must wear the headband […]

Mamdani strongly condemns Trump’s capture of Venezuelan leader Maduro as ‘act of war’

3:38 am January 4, 2026

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Saturday said he was briefed on plans to imprison Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife in New York City, calling their capture an “act of war and a violation of federal and international law.” President Donald Trump announced the couple’s capture in a “large scale strike” Saturday […]