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Learn about the Presidential Medal of Freedom, its significance, and the 19 individuals who have received this prestigious honor this year from President Joe Biden. Image Credit: Getty Images The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the United States’ highest civilian honor, awarded to individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the nation. From influential leaders to cultural icons, the medal recognizes those whose achievements have had a lasting impact on society. Here’s what you need to know about this award and the individuals who have recently received it at the start of this new year. Find out more below. What…
In the past week, the U.S. saw a pair of New Year’s Day attacks in Nevada and Louisiana that took multiple lives and injured dozens, and the 119th Congress kicked off with a packed first day. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was reelected to the highest post in the lower chamber in a lengthy first-round vote Friday afternoon. The Senate gavelled in on Friday and was less contentious as Vice President Harris swore in new chamber members. The new Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) made a vow, contending he would make sure to preserve the Senate filibuster. The body’s oldest and longest-serving…
Three-time elite men’s cyclocross world champion Wout van Aert was in superior form in the Dendermonde mud as he won the World Cup round solo by one minute and 20 seconds. The Visma-Lease a Bike rider showed he was “ahead of schedule” for his road season ambitions as he went back-to-back with victories on the weekend, triumphing the previous day after a last-lap battle with Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen-Cibel Clementines) in Gullegem.”It means a lot that I managed to win twice this weekend. I surprised myself. It’s already a huge boost towards the upcoming road season. In terms of feeling,…
The Russian invaders attacked the village of Kivsharivka in Kupiansk district of Kharkiv region, damaging a hospital and an ambulance vehicle. This was reported on Telegram by the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, according to Ukrinform. “On January 5 at 11:45, the Russian armed forces carried out artillery shelling of the village of Kivsharivka in Kupiansk district. A hospital and an ambulance vehicle were damaged,” the statement reads. Later, around 12:15, the occupiers struck the village of Oleksandrivka in Zolochiv community of Bohodukhiv district with an FPV drone. The explosion damaged a private residence. In the village of Vidrodzhenivske, also in Bohodukhiv…
Last year, about a quarter of all health insurance claims were denied in California — a reality mirrored nationwide that has stoked public anger toward health care companies, and led to accusations that such decisions lack human empathy.But this month, a new state law is taking on the latest twist in the debate, ensuring that a human’s perspective cannot literally be removed from such decisions by prohibiting coverage denials be made on the sole basis of artificial intelligence algorithms.Signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last September, Senate Bill 1120 — known as the “Physicians Make Decisions Act” — comes as frustration with…
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had a surprise meeting with President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday at Mar-a-Lago, becoming the latest world leader to meet the incoming president as he is set to take office later this month.Meloni stayed the whole evening, including a screening of a Trump-friendly documentary about John Eastman, one of his closest allies who tried to help him in his quest to overturn the 2020 election results. Meloni, who became prime minister in October 2022, helped found the Brothers of Italy party, which is now the most right-wing government in Italy since World War II. Trump praised her…
While the Tour de France remains, by far, the biggest race in cycling for some riders – like Mathieu van der Poel – it offers little in the way of motivation. For 2025, the Dutchman is more focused on completing his set of world titles with the mountain bike cross-country rainbow jersey. Van der Poel is currently injured and taking time out of his cyclocross season, a discipline in which he has been a six-time world champion. He’s also won one road world title so far in his illustrious career from the Glasgow World Championships in 2023. However, despite two appearances at…
Nissan put the new Z on sale in 2021, but it took the company a long time to ramp up production. Finally, it seems to be churning out Zs at a decent clip, and for the first time in its history, Nissan’s new sports car outsold its closest rival, the Toyota Supra. Nissan managed 3,164 U.S. Z sales in 2024, compared to 2,615 Supra sales. It’s just 549 more cars, but that’s something considering that in 2023, the Supra outsold the Z by almost 1,000 cars. And that in the new Z’s first two years on sale, Nissan didn’t even…
Find hints, solutions, and everything you need to know about the New York Times game. Image Credit: NurPhoto via Getty Images The famous New York Times word game, “Wordle,” has become a global addiction. All players have six tries to guess the five-letter answer for each day’s “Wordle” in the games section of the publication. So, what was today’s Wordle answer? See the hints for the January 5, 2025, Wordle and the answer by scrolling all the way down below. What Is Today’s Wordle Hint? The Wordle hint for January 5, 2025, is: Related to technology or the internet. What Letter Does Today’s Wordle Start With? Today’s Wordle starts with the letter…
Zelensky says Ukraine could temporarily cede territory in exchange for Nato membershipFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsRussian and North Korean forces suffered heavy losses in Russia’s southern Kursk region, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said, as a Kyiv’s forces begin a counter attack.“In battles yesterday and today near just one village, Makhnovka, the Russian army lost up to a battalion of North Korean infantry soldiers and Russian paratroops,” Mr Zelensky said in his nightly…