Trump cried during a meeting with 20 freed Israeli hostages, calling it his greatest day, as envoy Steve Witkoff detailed diplomacy efforts and Iran talks.

Mike Chapman, a 1970s–80s rock and pop hitmaker, won a 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award for shaping global pop music.

Premier Doug Ford reaffirmed Ontario’s support for the DFO system at its annual event.

Inkcarceration Festival 2026 announces headliners Disturbed, Bad Omens, Limp Bizkit, and more at Ohio’s historic reformatory, July 17–19.

A fire damaged a vacant historic building in Jacksonville, causing major destruction but no injuries.

Evansville beat Pensacola 3-2 in a shootout, ending a five-game losing streak.

A new, highly contagious flu strain is spreading in New York, causing severe symptoms and prompting health warnings.

Kurdish forces destroyed two Euphrates bridges in Raqqa as Syrian government troops entered Kurdish-held areas for the first time in over ten years.

A pro-ICE rally in Minneapolis was dwarfed by a larger anti-ICE protest amid freezing weather, highlighting national divisions on immigration.

An elderly, partially blind man was left in a stolen car in Queens on Jan. 17, 2026; police seek suspect, no injuries reported.