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Satellite images reveal Venezuela’s massive methane problem

By Aaron Clark
Jan 09, 2026 7:24 pm - Oil executives weighing a potential investment in Venezuela’s fields may want to check out the view from space. Satellites have detected enormous amounts of methane billowing from the country’s abandoned oil rigs, rusty pipelines and other dilapidated energy infrastructure.
ExxonMobil CEO calls Venezuela ‘uninvestable’ without ‘significant changes’

By Evan Halper
Jan 09, 2026 7:05 pm - As President Donald Trump pushed U.S. oil companies to commit to invest $100 billion in Venezuela at a White House meeting on Friday, the CEO of ExxonMobil warned the company is far from enlisting.
Oregon officials launch probe after Border Patrol agents shoot 2 in Portland

By Casey Parks, Daniel Wu and Andrew Jeong
Jan 09, 2026 4:08 pm - Officials in Oregon have launched an investigation after federal agents shot and injured two people Thursday, in an incident that came a day after the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE officer in Minneapolis and prompted fierce criticism from officials in Oregon.
Grok limits image generator after backlash over sexualized AI pictures

By Victoria Craw and Karla Adam
Jan 09, 2026 3:55 pm - Grok, the AI chatbot on Elon Musk’s social media platform X, is limiting image generation and editing capabilities to paying subscribers amid a global outcry from officials and users over the tool being used to create sexualized images of people without their consent. Critics quickly said that merely requiring payment does not address the underlying problems with the tool.
NASA, in a rare move, cuts space station mission short after an astronaut’s medical issue

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN
Jan 09, 2026 3:43 pm - In a rare move, NASA is cutting a mission aboard the International Space Station short after an astronaut had a medical issue.The space agency said Thursday the U.S.-Japanese-Russian crew of four will return to Earth in the coming days, earlier than planned.
Trump posted unreleased jobs data early on social media

By Reade Pickert and Molly Smith
Jan 09, 2026 3:22 pm - President Donald Trump posted a chart on social media Thursday evening that included figures in the yet-to-be released December employment report.
Trump says he will meet Machado — and would accept Nobel Peace Prize from her

Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
Jan 09, 2026 2:17 pm - Speaking to Fox News, Trump said it “would be a great honor” if the Venezuelan opposition leader decided to share her Nobel Peace Prize with him.
US intercepts fifth sanctioned tanker as it exerts control over Venezuelan oil distribution

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, AAMER MADHANI, and MICHAEL BIESECKER
Jan 09, 2026 1:06 pm - U.S. forces boarded another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea on Friday, the U.S. military said, as the Trump administration targets sanctioned tankers traveling to and from Venezuela as part of a broader effort to take control of the South American country's oil.
Minnesota prosecutor calls on the public to share Renee Good shooting evidence with her office

By REBECCA SANTANA, TIM SULLIVAN and GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO
Jan 09, 2026 12:10 pm - Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty on Friday called on members of the public to send any video or other evidence in the fatal shooting of Renee Good directly to her office, challenging the Trump administration's decision to leave the investigation solely to the FBI.
Iran supreme leader signals crackdown coming as protesters are ‘ruining their own streets’ for Trump

By JON GAMBRELL
Jan 09, 2026 8:18 am - Iran signaled Friday that security forces would crack down on protesters, directly challenging U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to support those peacefully demonstrating as the death toll rose to at least 50.

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