Fans mourn closure of cupcake vending machine company Sprinkles Cupcakes
A company known for its “cupcake ATMs” has shut down after decades in the U.S. Sprinkles Cupcakes’ former owner Candace Nelson announced the closure Dec. 30.
Day: January 3, 2026
Elon Musk’s Grok Under Fire After Complaints It Undressed Minors In Photos
Elon Musk’s Grok on Friday said it was scrambling to fix flaws in the artificial intelligence tool after users claimed it turned pictures of children or women into erotic images.
Nightclub owners who renovated bar themselves could face manslaughter charges after ‘sparklers caused fire’ killing 40
MANSLAUGHTER charges could be handed down to the owners of the Swiss ski resort nightclub after a deadly inferno killed 40 people trapped inside. The married couple who bought the venue in 2015 turned it from a rundown café into a party hotspot for the…
Anti-Khalistani activist Harman Singh Kapoor says his London home was ‘vandalised’ and police failed to respond: ‘Not doing their job…’
A Sikh activist known for opposing Khalistani extremism reported his London home was attacked multiple times within an hour. Harman Singh Kapoor claimed the Metropolitan Police failed to respond despite repeated calls and shared CCTV footage of the van…
Trump warns Iran about killing “peaceful protesters”
President Trump warned in a social media post that if Iran “violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue.” Natalie Brand and Elizabeth Palmer have more.
Ilya Lichtenstein, sentenced in Nov. 2024 to five years in prison for hacking Bitfinex, has been released early due to First Step Act, Trump’s prison-reform law (CNBC)
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Ilya Lichtenstein, sentenced in Nov. 2024 to five years in prison for hacking Bitfinex, has been released early due to First Step Act, Trump’s prison-reform law — The Russian-U.S. national who hacked crypto exchange Bitfinex a…
Software error will force 325,000 Californians to replace Real IDs
Some state-issued cards issued to legal immigrants could be valid longer than the people holding them are allowed to remain in the U.S., state officials said.
Subway Ride To Introduction To French Tourists: Zohran Mamdani’s First Day As New York City Mayor
Less than 24 hours after throngs of ecstatic supporters poured into Manhattan for his history-making inauguration, Zohran Mamdani began his first full day of work with a routine familiar to many New Yorkers.
The year angry men dominated Bollywood – and what it means for India
Violent, male-driven films dominated the Indian box-office and cultural conversations in 2025.
Many countries urge Israel to lift Gaza aid restrictions as Palestinians suffer
Several countries in the Middle East and Asia have called on Israel to allow “immediate, full, and unhindered” deliveries of humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip as winter storms lash the bombarded Palestinian enclave.