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The ‘Holy Grail of comic books’ that Nicolas Cage bought for $150,000 before it was stolen sells at auction for a record $15 million

The ‘Holy Grail of comic books’ that Nicolas Cage bought for $150,000 before it was stolen sells at auction for a record $15 million

It eclipses the previous record price for a comic book, set last November when a copy of “Superman No. 1″ was at sold at auction for $9.12 million.

By Bruce Shipkowski and The Associated Press

January 10, 2026

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As U.S. debt soars past $38 trillion, the flood of corporate bonds is a growing threat to the Treasury supply

Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026. The nationwide protests started in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar against the failing economic policies in late December, which spread to universities and other cities, and included economic slogans, to political and anti-government ones. (Photo by MAHSA / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

Dozens feared dead as Iran hit by largest protests in years

By Arsalan Shahla and Bloomberg

NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 23: Michael Burry attends the “The Big Short” New York premiere at Ziegfeld Theater on November 23, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Jim Spellman/WireImage)

Investor Michael Burry reveals options bet against Oracle

By Carmen Reinicke, Jeran Wittenstein, and others

Minneapolis is so unsafe in the ICE shooting aftermath that families can choose remote learning for their kids for the next month

By Rebecca Santana, Steve Karnowski, and others

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Argentina has repaid its $20 billion credit line from Trump administration, Scott Bessent says

By The Associated Press

January 9, 2026

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Rumors are swirling about Venezuela holding $60 billion in Bitcoin—but crypto experts are skeptical

By Carlos Garcia

January 9, 2026

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Walmart’s CEO Doug McMillon out-earns the average American’s salary in less than 20 hours—during a typical 30-minute commute, he’s already made $1,563

By Emma Burleigh

January 9, 2026

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Strip out health care and social services, the U.S. lost jobs in 2025—something that usually happens in recessions

By Eva Roytburg

January 9, 2026

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Renee Good’s ex-husband describes her as no kind of activist whatsoever, she was heading home before ICE encounter

By Michael Biesecker, Jim Mustian, Giovanna Dell'Orto and The Associated Press

January 9, 2026

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Philly burbs police stunned by arrest of apparent grave robbery carrying sack with skulls, bones, mummified remains

By Mark Scolforo and The Associated Press

January 9, 2026

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‘That’s a dangerous decision to make’: policing experts baffled by ICE officer stepping in front of moving SUV before opening fire

By Claire Galofaro and The Associated Press

January 9, 2026

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ICE shooter in Minneapolis identified as Jonathan Ross; court records reveal he was previously dragged 100 yards by a fleeing car

By The Associated Press

January 9, 2026

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Sluggish economy crawls on with 50,000 jobs added in December, unemployment ticks down to 4.4%

By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press

January 9, 2026

Bill Gates attend a meeting of Bloomberg at the Plaza Hote on September 23, 2025 in New York City.

Bill Gates warns the world is going ‘backwards’ and gives 5-year deadline before we enter a new Dark Age

By Eleanor Pringle

January 9, 2026

A refinery owned by Citgo, a subsidiary of PDVSA, the Venezuelan state owned oil company, sits along the I&M Canal on May 15, 2019 in Lemont, Illinois.

Paul Singer’s Elliott Management is one of the big winners in Venezuela’s forced sale of Citgo and the toppling of Maduro

January 9, 2026

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Wall Street has written off a Fed cut this month as it awaits 2 market-moving events today

January 9, 2026

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Tennessee theater professor reinstated, with $500,000 settlement, after losing his job over a Charlie Kirk-related social media post

By Jonathan Mattise and The Associated Press

January 8, 2026

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From George Floyd to Trump calling Somali immigrants ‘garbage’ to a fatal ICE shooting, Minnesota’s in the crosshairs

By Nicholas Riccardi, Steve Karnowski and The Associated Press

January 8, 2026

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Greenland, Denmark officials meet with White House to discuss Trump’s ‘takeover’ threats

By Aamer Madhani, Claudia Ciobanu and The Associated Press

January 8, 2026

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Nicolas Maduro and Luigi Mangione joined at Brooklyn lock-up by Tekashi 6ix9ine

By Philip Marcelo and The Associated Press

January 8, 2026

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Vance on woman shot and killed by ICE: ‘a tragedy of her own making’

By Michelle L. Price and The Associated Press

January 8, 2026

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Tim Walz insists Minnesota has a role to play in investigating fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by ICE

By Rebecca Santana, Tim Sullivan and The Associated Press

January 8, 2026

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Former ICE director says ‘wartime recruitment’ tactics like influencer campaigns and $50,000 bonuses could attract the wrong kind of agents

By Jacqueline Munis

January 8, 2026

President Trump, standing in front of American flags, points to his right with his mouth open.

Trump already has open door to grow U.S. military presence in Greenland thanks to a little-known Cold War-era agreement between the U.S. and Denmark

By Sasha Rogelberg

January 8, 2026

Founder of $30 billion defense tech company Anduril embraces Trump’s threat to crack down: It’s ‘good to scare people sometimes’

Founder of $30 billion defense tech company Anduril embraces Trump’s threat to crack down: It’s ‘good to scare people sometimes’

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

January 8, 2026

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Google billionaire Larry Page copies the Jeff Bezos playbook, buying a $173 million Miami compound that will save him millions in taxes

By Nick Lichtenberg

January 8, 2026

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Why Trump’s Venezuela strike may have been about Cuba as much as it was about oil

By Joseph J. Gonzalez and The Conversation

January 8, 2026

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Trump’s former surgeon general: One year in, the war on vaccination is undoing the Trump administration’s health agenda

By Jerome Adams

January 8, 2026

What to look for in crypto in 2026: Bitcoin, Trump, and the battle for DeFi

What to look for in crypto in 2026: Bitcoin, Trump, and the battle for DeFi

By Leo Schwartz

January 8, 2026

America’s healthiest state has clean air and water, good education, and safe cities—And says a lot about the country’s rural-urban divide

America’s healthiest state has clean air and water, good education, and safe cities—And says a lot about the country’s rural-urban divide

By Tristan Bove

January 8, 2026

Trump would have wide-ranging ability to impose taxes if Supreme Court sides with his tariff plan, experts say

Trump would have wide-ranging ability to impose taxes if Supreme Court sides with his tariff plan, experts say

January 8, 2026

Photo of Noam Shazeer and Daniel de Freitas, Character.ai founders

Google and Character.AI agree to settle lawsuits over teen suicides linked to AI chatbots

By Beatrice Nolan

January 8, 2026

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State Department suspends all U.S. aid to Somalia, citing ‘zero-tolerance policy for waste, theft, and diversion of life-saving assistance’

By Matthew Lee and The Associated Press

January 8, 2026

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America has actually tried to acquire Greenland 3 other times, as early as 1867

By R.J. Rico and The Associated Press

January 8, 2026

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