Day: January 19, 2026

Ukrainian drone strikes leave hundreds of thousands without power across Russian-controlled area

12:37 am January 19, 2026

Ukrainian drone strikes targeted energy infrastructure across Russian-controlled areas in southern Ukraine in an attack on Sunday, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power. Ukrainian officials say the attack is an effort to “weaponize winter,” much as Russian forces targeted Ukraine’s power grid. Russia’s attacks continued in kind overnight, killing two people, Ukraine says. […]

‘Long Island Lolita’ survivor Mary Jo Buttafuoco says bullet in her head ‘will get me eventually’

12:30 am January 19, 2026

Mary Jo Buttafuoco was shot in the head on the front porch of her home by her husband’s 17-year-old mistress, Amy Fisher, who was later dubbed the “Long Island Lolita.” Nearly 34 years after her husband’s affair almost turned fatal, the suburban mom at the center of the scandal is telling her story in the […]

Florida woman, 81, arrested in murder-for-hire plot after sharing plan with undercover detective, sheriff says

12:25 am January 19, 2026

An 81-year-old Florida woman was arrested Friday after allegedly trying to hire someone to commit a murder, detailing the plot to an undercover law enforcement officer, authorities said. Elouise Ruth Leland, of Hernando, was taken into custody after detectives received confidential information earlier this month indicating she was actively seeking someone to carry out a […]

The real reason for nail-biting and other ‘bad habits,’ according to psychologists

12:09 am January 19, 2026

Nail-biting, procrastination and avoidance are often framed as bad habits we can’t control, but a new psychology book argues that they’re more like survival strategies that may have once protected us. In “Controlled Explosions in Mental Health,” clinical psychologist Dr. Charlie Heriot-Maitland examined why people stick with bad habits that seem to work against their […]

Nobel Foundation weighs in after Machado presents Peace Prize to Trump

12:09 am January 19, 2026

The Nobel Foundation weighed in Sunday after Venezuela’s opposition leader gifted her Nobel Peace Prize to President Donald Trump. Maria Corina Machado gave her Peace Prize to Trump during a meeting at the White House last week. The Nobel Foundation pushed back on the legitimacy of such a transfer on Sunday, however. “One of the […]

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