Today’s Lead News Stories

Russian army captured more Ukrainian territory in 2025 than previous two years combined; Zelenskyy names new top aide. What we know on day 1,410

The Vienna Point residential care facility went up in flames on August 7, 2025, destroying the building

A strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico, interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum’s first press briefing of the new year as seismic alarms sounded

Cyprus has assumed the presidency of the European Council at a volatile time for Europe, as international peace efforts struggle to end the war in Ukraine, the United States shifts its loyalties and economic headwinds weigh on spending priorities. RFI asked Fiona Mullen, director of Nicosia-based think tank Sapientia Economics,…

Melinda Spencer, 35, allegedly confessed to clinic workers she took medication for her abortion

“Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed, but never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try."

Officers performed a welfare check at the home of Spencer Tepe, 37, and Monique Tepe, 39, in the Weinland Park area of Columbus Tuesday morning

Trump told the WSJ he had a CT scan during a recent medical exam and not an MRI scan, as he previously claimed.

IN FOCUS: Jasmine Crockett tells Eric Garcia that she has not heard people criticize her past comments about immigrants. But some Democrats fear she could cost them a chance to flip a seat in Texas